Welcome, Ladies and Gentlemen, to the exhibition of the Haunted Gallery's newest Soundscape. The Midnight Ride of Ichabod Crane... The capstone piece in my 2011 Halloween Soundscape collection. If you are unfamiliar with the project, browsing older "Midnight Ride" posts will bring up up to speed. For those of you who have been anticipating this soundscape, the time has come.
The soundscape you are about to hear tells the frightful tale of Ichabod's ride through the Hollow exclusively through sound. The soundscape captures the journey in real-time. In an effort to remain as true to the original story as possible, I have taken most of my audio cues from the short story itself, deviating only if it was unavoidable. The remarkable aspect of this project is that it was created using sounds extracted from existing videos out on the internet. I spend many a long evening scavenging across the web to find sounds that blended well together to make this story.
Remaining as authentic as possible, this soundscape focuses on the subtle sounds of the tale. You are going to want to listen to this with headphones or a good stereo system (preferably in a very dark room). The devil is in the details and discerning ears will detect all of the nuances from the original text. Little hints are evident if you know where to listen. For example, If you listen to the laughter in at the Harvest party, you might deduce one cackle dominating above all the others. This can only belong to Ichabod's adversary Brom Bones... and it sounds familiar...
With that said, we now join Ichabod, perched near the warm security of the autumn hearth. Merry music fills the estate and bolsters the schoolteacher's courage for the ride home. Bundle up and cover your necks! It's a dark, chilly Halloween night and were headed deep into Sleepy Hollow!
The soundscape you are about to hear tells the frightful tale of Ichabod's ride through the Hollow exclusively through sound. The soundscape captures the journey in real-time. In an effort to remain as true to the original story as possible, I have taken most of my audio cues from the short story itself, deviating only if it was unavoidable. The remarkable aspect of this project is that it was created using sounds extracted from existing videos out on the internet. I spend many a long evening scavenging across the web to find sounds that blended well together to make this story.
Remaining as authentic as possible, this soundscape focuses on the subtle sounds of the tale. You are going to want to listen to this with headphones or a good stereo system (preferably in a very dark room). The devil is in the details and discerning ears will detect all of the nuances from the original text. Little hints are evident if you know where to listen. For example, If you listen to the laughter in at the Harvest party, you might deduce one cackle dominating above all the others. This can only belong to Ichabod's adversary Brom Bones... and it sounds familiar...
With that said, we now join Ichabod, perched near the warm security of the autumn hearth. Merry music fills the estate and bolsters the schoolteacher's courage for the ride home. Bundle up and cover your necks! It's a dark, chilly Halloween night and were headed deep into Sleepy Hollow!
13 comments:
YAY! Very excited for this! *runs to find headphones*
Could you contact me offline about this? shellhawksnest@yahoo.com
If you are having any issues hearing the soundscape, don't worry, I will upload a youtube version this evening.
Spectacular.
Truly.
I can't get it to play for me...any suggestions?
Hey Capes, I have your solution. I will be uploading the file to youtube and embedding the video into my blog. As of right now,however, youtube is in "read only mode" and not letting me upload.
I want you to hear it, so I will get it up just as soon as they will let me!
Incredible work, time, and patience. Thanks for the early Halloween gift. You really captured his ride. Congrats!
Wow. Utterly incredible.
Rot brought me here and I sure am glad he did. Pure gold that was.
I watched with headphones in the dark. All those tiny sounds melted together beautifully to form a truely real soundscape. I never knew that sound could bring such clear imagery into my mind.
Bravo!
And may I add that it is an INCREDIBLE feat that you found all those sounds from the internet.
I find it easier to beleive that you threw a old-timey party, then rode home through a rural area on horseback in the dead of night and got a friend to chase you on another horse - with a tape recorder strapped to your head the whole time.
Jaw-dropping.
Fantastic, all the way around!!! Truly evocative of the story! I am incredibly impressed!
I only see the YouTube link...is there a way to download this as a file for iPod or what not?
Aural perfection! You have captured the feel of the story splendidly.
I'm going to have the download available for you in my next post.
Thanks! I appreciate it!
I also noticed that it is no longer allowing us to download the previous soundscapes. I wanted to put the Witchcraft bit on my work computer (it's fun to mess with coworkers), but it told me the bandwidth had been exceeded. Just thought I'd let you know!
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