Soundscape Composition: Human Voice

Tom Thum (11:13) Australian beatboxer Tom Thum demonstrates the power of the human voice to replicate a diversity of sounds including insane beats, bizarre sound effects, voiceovers in the style of multiple eras and instruments like the didgeridoo, sitar, trumpet and double bass. All the sounds in this video are made with his voice.

Soundscape Composition: Tokyo City Symphony

Tokyo City Symphony: This is a project in two parts that was created for the 10th anniversary of an urban complex in Tokyo known as Roppongi Hills and posted on line in April, 2013. The theme is "Love Tokyo"

Part One: View a video in which brilliant abstract images are projected onto a 1:1,000 scale model of Tokyo. The video soundtrack is composed of those common sounds heard throughout the city and form a "symphonic" composition to accompany the changing graphics. Click2View Video 

Part Two: Participants can enjoy various motifs of the city: "Futuristic City," "Rock City," and a traditional Japanese "Beauty of Nature" motif by pressing the keys on a keyboard, as if playing the piano. Exploit the possibilities and make Tokyo more dynamic and exciting. Click2 Explore composing your own score.

Source: YouTube and Tokyo City Symphony.

Education: Soundwalk Experience with Children

A Soundwalk Experience (6:47) Lorelei (Sara Lenzi) conducted a soundwalk with children for the 2011 Tempo Reale Festival (Florence). Great experience, kids are so ready to catch sounds and the emotion of listening. Much more than us. (In Italian) Source: Vimeo

Soundscape Installation: Manhattan Bridge Roars and Sings

Making The Manhattan Bridge Roar And Sing (14:26) Watch installation artist Eli Keszler and the So Percussion quartet make music of the city, by the city and for the city. The world premiere of their outdoor work uses lengthy piano wires strung to the Manhattan Bridge. The unique sounds reflect and concentrate urban energy in an unforgettable way. Source: NPR

Lecture: Bernie Krause: The voice of the natural world

The voice of the natural world (14:48) TED Talk - Bernie Krause has been recording wild soundscapes -- the wind in the trees, the chirping of birds, the subtle sounds of insect larvae -- for 45 years. In that time, he has seen many environments radically altered by humans, sometimes even by practices thought to be environmentally safe. A surprising look at what we can learn through nature's symphonies, from the grunting of a sea anemone to the sad calls of a beaver in mourning. Source: TED.

Documentary: Sync

SYNC Music brings us closer to our higher selves, to the harmonized perfection of the Universe. Noise, on the other hand, tears us away from transcendence and leaves us isolated and lost. How is it that two such different experiences both come from the same place, the vibrational qualities of sound. Is one man's noise just another's sound. Source: Tyler McGrath filmmaker.

Soundscape Composition: Landscapes of Sound

Landscapes of Sound (2:52)  Short film and musique concrete soundtrack inspired by the Lake District by Amanda Whittington.

Soundscape: Smoky Mountains - Fall

Fall: Smoky Mountains (2:55) Listen to the quiet soundscape of fall in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that includes ridge upon ridge of forest that straddles the border between North Carolina  and Tennessee in the southestern United States. Source: YouTube.