Sentence examples for backdrop of sound from inspiring English sources

The waterfall opposite the door supplies a soothing backdrop of sound.

And around the songs and readings, the performers busy themselves creating a backdrop of sound effects - footsteps, rustling leaves, doors opening - more than enough for a month's episodes of The Archers.

On a mostly bare stage strewn with bottles of water and a backdrop of sound baffling, McBurney describes how McIntyre chances upon the tribe, follows its members deep into the jungle, and receives telepathic messages from the headsman.

The pounding of the Pacific surf could be heard Friday at the Fishermen's Memorial Sanctuary at Yaquina Bay State Park, providing a memorial service with a haunting backdrop of sound.

The lyrics to "Numb" are a series of "don't" commands, amidst a noisy backdrop of sounds.

In a way, Deftones' songs aren't songs at all but, rather, gloriously textured backdrops of sound that establish a sense of heightened emotion.

Knox, who made his name as a member of the formidable Arditti Quartet, reduces Vivaldi's Concerto for Viola d'Amore in D Minor (RV 393) down to duet form, accompanied by the cellist Agnès Vesterman; plays a trio of medieval dances with the percussionist Sylvain Lemêtre; and performs against a backdrop of electronic sound in Kaija Saariaho's ghostly "Vent Nocturne" — among other enticements.

There is a backdrop of rustling sounds and breathing, some produced by woodwind players blowing through their instruments without articulating specific notes.

Lying awake at 3 a.m., I tried Brain Wave ($2 on Apple), which features binaural electronic tones against the backdrop of nature sounds.

The piece is set to a musical collage by Johnathan Kabak that includes Steve Reich, Echoes of Nature and Samite of Uganda, an evocative backdrop of bird sounds and sea noises as well as the driven rhythms that Mr. Pomare used to great effect.

The Tokyo-born composer Jo Kondo was associated with John Cage during the 1970's, and his "Three Songs of the Elderberry Tree" for violin (Katie Lansdale) and percussion (William Trigg) had a Cage-like quality, with its meandering, microtonal melodies against a delicate backdrop of bell sounds and tapped drums.