The Videos

Soundtrack: Fedir Tkachov

View from my dining room window of the late afternoon sky that is filled with murder after murder of crows. Layered over the stark sounds of the cawing crows heard against the street noise below, the soundtrack by Fedir Tkachov transitions from wary to awe-struck.

Soundtrack: Calvin Isaac Wamser

View from my bedroom window during the change of winter into spring.  At the beginning of the video we see a driving snowstorm, yet less than 20 minutes later we see people on their bicycles riding in the warm sunshine.  The soundtrack by Calvin Isaac Wamser is a tapestry of guitar, piano and vocals.

Soundtrack: Eli Carlton-Pearson

View from my living room of the neighboring apartment building.  As the early evening light slowly fades, the only notable movement is of a TV and its changing scenes.  The soundtrack by Eli Carlton-Pearson is of a melancholy improvisational acoustic classical guitar.

Soundtrack: Okkyung Lee

View looking down from my dining room window onto a very foggy street upon which cars and pedestrians pass.  The soundtrack by Okkyung Lee makes use of cello and computer to suggest the memories and emotions of a person sitting at their window.

Soundtrack: Rare Blood Music

View from my living room window of grey clouds as they slowly pass across the afternoon sky.  The soundtrack by Rare Blood Music made up of a relatively small number of notes and repeating motifs has the depth and feel of a modern classical composition.

Soundtrack: Oded Ben Izhak

View from my dining room windows of the late afternoon clouds in which we see remnants of the sunset's warm colors.  The freeform jazz solo saxophone soundtrack by Oded Ben Izhak is an intriguing counterpoint.

Soundtrack: Trē Seguritan Abalos

View from my living room window of blue skies and clouds moving past.  In two separate sequences we see 'Life Flight' helicopters cut across the scene on their way to local hospitals’ emergency rooms.  The soundtrack by Trē Seguritan Abalos is composed of the airy sound of tiers of flutes.

Soundtrack: Hillel Reiner

View from my dining room window during a particularly stormy summer night.  We see and hear approximately 90 lightning and thunder strikes during this 20-minute sequence.  The eerie soundtrack by Hillel Reiner of percussion, strings and horns is heard against the resounding thunderclaps.

Soundtrack: La-Nai Gabriel

View of a rainy evening seen through the raindrops on my living room window.  In mesmerizing fashion, we watch as the lights, colors and traffic move and change.  The soundtrack by La-Nai Gabriel of instrumentation, environmental sounds and voice, borders on ethereal.

Soundtrack: AIVA

Night view from my dining room window of the neighboring apartment building.  We observe the inhabitants' movements as they live their quotidian lives.  The symphonic soundtrack was AI-generated by AIVA, a sound technology firm based in Luxembourg.

Soundtrack: Lucia Lilikoi

Late afternoon view from my living room window of a steady procession of crows moving east to west as they head to their overnight roost.  The soundtrack by Lucia Lilikoi of vocals, guitar, singing bowls and bells expresses nature present and alive in an urban environment.

Soundtrack: Dan Cantrell

View of my raindrop-covered living room window with the neighboring building out-of-focus.  We see workers on top of the building moving about in what looks like modern choreography.  The equally graceful and whimsical soundtrack by Dan Cantrell of accordion and clarinet is played in a Klezmer style.

Soundtrack: Beth Goodfellow

View of hard-falling rains on and beyond my living room window during a particularly strong summer storm.  The soundtrack by Beth Goodfellow layers marimba, glockenspiel and vocals over the sounds of the rain and dripping on and along the window anchors us in the moment.

Soundtrack: David Watson

View from my dining room window down onto a snowy nighttime street. Automobiles and a bicycle carefully navigate and pass through.  The soundtrack by David Watson of layered bagpipe drones, field recordings and guitar mirror and enhance the mood of the scene below.

Soundtrack: Chris Peck

View from my living room of the intersection below.  Flowing traffic crawls to a halt as school busses arrive to pick up students after their afternoon release.  The rhythm of the funk style guitar and percussion-based soundtrack created by Chris Peck is in inverse intensity to the movement of the traffic.