A 'soundscape' is a term used to describe a sound or collection of sounds that have come from a specific environment. Within the media it is often used as a reference to a recording that has been made to simulate the sounds of a certain place. A soundscape can marry the sounds from all sources that originate in within a chosen situation. That could be natural sounds ie; animals, weather etc, or human activity ie; music, technology etc. When creating a soundscape composers have often chosen to use a more abstract approach, often using unique ideas such as poetry or speech to help covey the correct feeling.
The first minute or so of this video on youtube, in my opinion are a great example of a soundscape, and the lack of imagery really allows our imagination to run away with it:
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