soundworld

plural soundworlds

1. A world suggested by, or typified by, sounds.

   In other words, the musicians immerse us in the soundworlds of their instruments.

   2004, Ben Watson, Derek Bailey and the story of free improvisation

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   Nor are we ever aware of this soundworld as an end in itself: it is all part and parcel of a total concept.

   1987, Donald Mitchell, Benjamin Britten: Death in Venice

   Fitzcarraldo takes his own Western soundworld with him, and it is this soundworld that re-creates the Amazon jungle for him, making it what it is.

   2004, Veit Erlmann, Hearing cultures: essays on sound, listening, and modernity

   In short, Scanner was intending not merely to rescore Alphaville but to remix the film's entire soundworld, an approach guaranteed to outrage purists.

   2005, Chris Darke, Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965)

   The particular soundworld of Australia's natural environment provides striking and distinctive elements for the composer's imagination to work with.

   2006, Fiona Richards, The soundscapes of Australia: music, place and spirituality