We’re building a non-profit, free repository of pure, immersive natural soundscapes as a fundraising platform for local, grassroots charities that support the restoration of our natural world.
The website earth.fm is “like Spotify, but for natural soundscapes”. I love everything about this.
© SoundWorks Collection (via YouTube)
The Sound of Dune provides some insights on how the truly marvellous soundscape was designed that accompanies the absolutely astonishing visuals of the recent screen adaptation of Dune.
I’m going to write a long-form essay –like the one about Her– on director Denis Villeneuve’s latest masterpiece, after having seen it more than once, but for now, I’m just leaving this here alongside my strong recommendation to go watch it on the big screen. This is exactly the material movie theatres are made for.
soundworkscollection.com/post/the-sound-of-dune-with-director-denis-villeneuve-and-sound-team
© ibi / creative commons license (via YouTube)
© ibi / creative commons license (via YouTube)
© ibi / creative commons license (via YouTube)
Another YouTube channel with beautiful music accompanied by beautiful, atmospheric imagery, fitting my current autumn mood extremely well. What’s more, the music by ibi is published under the creative commons licence (CC BY, to be precise), so you are allowed to use it for your own projects if you credit the Berlin musician. The free wav files are available via bandcamp.com.
Nature Track is a podcast that opens a window on the beautiful sounds of the Australian wilderness. […] Each unique track is carefully recorded on location in a different part of Australia by the ABC’s nature specialist Ann Jones.
The beautiful podcast Nature Track by ABC Radio collects different sounds from Australian nature (so no music or humans), which reminds me a lot of ‘Sanctuaries of Silence’ and the amazing work of Gordon Hempton I’ve mentioned before.
The radio station furthermore has another podcast –among many others– called ‘Off Track’, which combines equally soothing sounds of nature with fascinating stories of environmental science recorded in the outdoors.
Both series are great alternatives for the very handy background noise app noisli, that I’ve been using occasionally for some time now.
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Silence isn’t the absence of something, but the presence of everything.
Acoustic ecologist –who’d knew, that such a profession exists– Gordon Hempton in Sanctuaries of Silence, a beautiful short film by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee and Adam Loften. The 360°-/Virtual Reality-film takes the viewer to the Hoh Rain Forest, a protected area in a National Park in the State of Washington, North America where Hempton has been documenting the sounds of nature for more than thirty-five years.
The website accompanying the short film, in addition, offers a nice little five-step exercise to practice listening and be present, open, and curious in a world increasingly polluted by noise.