The sound I selected was the noise of a coin spinning. It’s such an easily recognizable sound and I think it has a number of contexts it could be used in. The mood I would interested in evoking would be similar to a film noir. I would want the soundscape to evoke a dark, mysterious, vintage feeling. The soundscape would be set in roughly, the 1950’s.

The soundscape would begin outside. There would be a jazz number playing faintly in the background. The listener would hear the sound of a car driving by, the tires splashing the residual water from the rain earlier in the day. In the distance you would hear the sound of a police siren, fading in and then out. The most prominent noise would be that of footsteps walking down a sidewalk.

The footsteps would stop and the sound of a door opening would be heard and the faint murmur of voices. The jazz number would stop, being replaced by the music of a band and their singer in our new setting, a jazz club. The sound of someone pulling out a chair would be heard, then the dull noise of them sitting down. A muted exchange would be heard between the “main character” and a waiter, perhaps a main character ordering a drink. The primary focus would be on the noises of the environment, a woman laughing, the clinking of glasses, the instruments in the jazz band, or the throaty voice of the singer.

The interplaying sounds of the environment would be heard until the end of the soundscape. There the noise of a chair being pushed away from a table would play, and the voice of the “main character” would be heard clearly for the first and only time saying, “Keep the change”. Lastly, the sound of a coin spinning would be heard. All other noises would fade out so the audience is left only with the noise of the coin before it settles.