Soundscape: Call for Prayer

Call to Prayer (1:58) The islamic call to prayer in a Dubai Mall reverberates against a backdrop of consumer culture. Source: YouTube

Education: History of Sound (1928)

"What is Sound?" is a historical four part audio lecture produced in 1928 and released by Columbia Records. The presenter is Nobel Prize winner Sir William Bragg FRS a member of the Royal Society. From 1915 to 1919 Bragg served as Technical Advisor on Sound Ranging to the Map Section, G.H.Q., France, receiving the O.B.E. and the M.C. in 1918. Click2Read more about William Lawrence Bragg. This recording was released on 78 r.p.m.

Lecture : "What is Sound"  (10:06) Parts 1 and 2)

Lecture: "What is Sound" (9:58) Parts 3 and 4)

Source: YouTube

Documentary: Graphic Scoring

There's No Sound In My Head (19:44) A documentary by Robert Arnold about Mark Applebaum's Metaphysics of Notation. Although this film is not directly related to the field of acoustic-ecology it is interesting in that it is about the graphic representation and interpretation of sound. According to Wikipedia, "Graphic notation is the representation of music through the use of visual symbols outside the realm of traditional music notion Graphic notation evolved in the 1950s, and it is often used in combination with traditional music notation. Composers often rely on graphic notation in experimental music, where standard musical notation can be ineffective." This graphic mapping seems similar to that of soundscape documentation through graphic representation. Source: Vimeo

Documentary: Bernie Krause Tonjäger

Bernie Krause Tonjäger (4:08) Bernie Krause has recorded and researched more than 15,000 sounds of different animal species. He notes in his new book that the universe of animal sounds is much more multifaceted than is assumed: fish communicate acoustically, monkeys sing in the choir. This documentary accompanies Bernie Krause into the field and talks with him about the unique sound of  natural soundscape. (German language) Source: Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen

Soundscape: The Olympic Wilderness

If Wilderness Could Speak (5:11) If the wilderness could speak, what would it say? At Olympic National Park the wilderness doesn't just speak...it sings! Enjoy the symphony of nature in one of the most acoustically diverse wilderness areas of the country as we follow the wilderness cry from the alpine region of the Olympic Mountains down through the canopies of the old growth forests and temperate rainforest into the raging waters of the wilderness coast. With 95% of its land a designated wilderness, Olympic National Park protects a unique and endangered resource: natural sound. Source: US National Park Service. YouTube

Soundscape Installation: Tree Ring Recording

Tree Ring Recording. (2:13) A record player that plays slices of wood. Year ring data is translated into music, 2011. Set-up includes a modified turntable, computer, and related equipment. Click2Read related article: 

Soundscape: Sounds of Interstellar Space

Sounds of Interstellar Space (1:02) NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft captured these sounds of interstellar space. Voyager 1's plasma wave instrument detected the vibrations of dense interstellar plasma, or ionized gas, from October to November 2012 and April to May 2013. Source: YouTube

Related article: Voyager is Sending Us The Sounds of Interstellar Space (Source: The Daily Beast) Click2Read 

Documentary: Bernie Krause - Sound of Extinction

Sounds of Extinction (1:49) For musician and "soundscape ecologist" Bernie Krause the authentic sound of the wild can be more disturbing than any synthesized film score. 

For 44 years Krause has traveled across the globe recording the sounds of the natural world and has amassed an archive of more the 4,500 hours and over 15,000 individual creatures. But perhaps the most remarkable part of Krause's back catalog of nature's orchestra is that that around 50% comes from now silent or extinct habitats.

Source: CNN