soundscape

American  

[sound-skeyp] / ˈsaʊndˌskeɪp /

noun

1. the component sounds of an environment.

2. the component sounds of a piece of music.

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Etymology

Origin of soundscape

First recorded in 1965–70; sound ¹ ( def. ) + -scape ( def. )

Example Sentences

So we had to ground it in live recordings and create the soundscape and the music in dialogue with my choreographers.

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She was instead able to think deeper about what she was creating — a new sense of maturity had ultimately entered her soundscape.

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While on tracks like “Harry Stamper” and “Sábanas,” he embraces whimsical synthesizers and staccato vocal patterns to create a mystical soundscape.

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Stone’s iPad, with its open sonic complexity, created a sense of space, a roomy aural soundscape in which jazz and butoh became elements not egos, not larger than life, just more life, the merrier.

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It sounds like the opposite of a men’s retreat, one that results in a soundscape.

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