Sound recordings selected for Shakespeare Off the Map 2016, a UK higher education videogame competition organised by the British Library and GameCity.

The winning entry for Shakespeare Off the Map 2016 was The Tempest by Team Quattro (De Montfort University): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lzpEFgpk3Y

Off The Map challenges budding designers to use collections from the British Library as inspiration to create exciting interactive digital media.

Shakespeare Off the Map

A group of five Carrion Crows in the trees, before roosting, during a blustery force 6 wind. Recorded in winter at Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire by Richard Margoschis.

British Library reference: 1CD0091587 D2 BD9

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/forest-sky-winter-landscape-r%C3%BCgen-584354/

Woodland In Winter

Scottish woodland at dawn recorded by Richard Margoschis. A chorus of several Chaffinches and Wrens singing, a Blackbird and Rooks, Woodpigeons singing, loud Crows and wing whirring from a Pheasant, a distant cockerel and Jackdaws.

British Library reference: 1CD0091587 D1 BD8

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/bluebell-wood-flowers-springtime-905626/

Woodland In Late Spring

Thunder recorded in the Tanat Valley, Wales on 6th July 1989 by Eric and May Nobles.

British Library reference: 022A-WTHUNDERXXXX-0301M0.WAV


Thunder, Tanat Valley, Wales, July 1989

Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) hoots recorded in Gloucestershire, October 1979 by Richard Margoschis.

Tawny Owl hoots, Gloucestershire, October 1979

Babbling brook recorded in Kynance Cove, Cornwall on 1st March 1996 by Paul Duck.

British Library reference: W1CDR0000199 BD11

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/water-drop-rain-falling-pouring-275938/

Babbling Brook, Cornwall, England, March 1996

Light rainfall recorded in Amacayacu National Park, Colombia on 1st September 1988 by Richard Ranft.

British Library reference: W1CDR0000524 BD5

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/water-priroda-drops-rain-815271/


Light Rainfall, Colombia, September 1988

Morning in an old forest in Gloucestershire at springtime recorded by Richard Margoschis. The shrill notes of a Wren and nasal calls of a Nuthatch, gentle cooings of Woodpigeons, Robin song, a Pheasant crowing and bees humming. Rooks cawing, scolding notes of a Jay, a Blue Tit calling and singing, drumming from a Great Spotted Woodpecker. Also the songs and calls of a Blackbird, Cuckoo, Willow Warbler and Coal Tit.

British Library Reference: 1CD0091587 D1 BD3

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/tree-support-tree-moss-forest-log-505041/

Old Forest In Spring

Wind in rigging recorded in Norfolk on 3rd September 1974 by William Pedley.

British Library reference: W1CDR0001660 BD17

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/sail-rigging-mast-boat-blue-sky-402138/

Wind In Rigging, Norfolk, 1974

On the deck of a small timber-hulled vessel in rough weather.

British Library Reference: 1CD0126081 CD2 BD10

Listen to this recording on the British Library Sounds website: http://sounds.bl.uk/Environment/Sound-effects/027M-1CD0126081X2-1000V0

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/water-sailing-wind-storm-clouds-79919/

On Deck In Rough Weather

Cackling calls from Fulmars within a sea cave, recorded on 28th May 1984 in Durness, Scotland by Richard Savage.

British Library Reference: 022A-WA07024X0012-0013M0.WAV

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/cave-output-opening-sea-clouds-419055/

Seabirds In Cave, Durness, 1984

Moderate sea on rising tide breaking onto steep sloping stony beach at 100 paces. Distant perspective. Recorded in Norfolk on 17th October 1992 by Richard Margoschis.

British Library Reference: 022A-WWAVESXXXXXX-0604M0.WAV

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/water-lapping-stones-lake-219761/

Waves On Stony Beach, Norfolk, 1992

Rough sea falling onto a pebble beach. The sound of shingle moving and waves crashing at a very close perspective. Recorded in Slapton, Devon on 21st September 1993 by Richard Margoschis.

British Library Reference: 022A-WWAVESXXXXXX-0902M0.WAV

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/sea-wave-spray-ocean-atlantic-254639/


Strong Waves On Pebbles, Devon, 1993

Heavy rainfall on leaves in a tropical rainforest, with close-up sound of water dripping into puddles. Recorded in Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Peru by Richard Ranft.

British Library Reference: 022A-WRAINFALLXXX-0104M0.WAV

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/rain-tree-green-leaves-road-829669/

Rainfall On Leaves And Puddles, Peru

A small timber-hulled vessel below decks (timbers creaking, water gurgling in bilges).

British Library Reference: 1CD0126081 CD2 BD12

Listen to this recording on the British Library Sounds website: http://sounds.bl.uk/Environment/Sound-effects/027M-1CD0126081X2-1200V0

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/deck-decking-wood-wooden-natural-2353/


Timber Boat Beneath Decks

A cold and overcast Autumn afternoon on a Welsh heather moorland. A strong wind blows over the crags. Distant sheep, mewings from a Buzzard overhead and the calls of a Meadow Pipit and Raven can be heard. Recorded by Richard Margoschis.

British Library Reference: 1CD0091587 CD2 BD7

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/tree-heather-moorland-purple-blue-943247/

Mountain Moorland

Red Fox screams, recorded in a wooded valley in Gloucestershire on 17th January 1976 by Richard Margoschis.

British Library Reference: W VULPES VULPES R4 C1

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/fox-red-red-fox-animal-wild-317025/

Red Fox Screams, Gloucestershire, 1976

A woodland stream in full flow after heavy rain. Recorded in Cornwall on 27th February 1996 by Paul Duck.

British Library Reference: W1CDR0000199 BD2

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/rain-tree-green-leaves-road-829669/

Woodland Stream, Cornwall, 1996

Very calm sea of small waves lapping onto flat, sandy beach at entrance to harbour. Waves are only about 1 inch high. Recorded on the Norfolk coast, 15th February 1993, by Richard Margoschis. 

British Library Reference: W SFX WAVES R7 C1

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/wave-clear-water-beach-sand-570772/


Calm Sea on Sand, Norfolk, 1993

Dawn after heavy rainfall on common land with scrub. the dawn chorus is at its peak: Chiffchaffs, a Nightingale, Blackbird, Lesser Whitethroats, a Cuckoo, Willow Warbler and Blackcap, Pheasants, a Woodpigeon, a Carrion Crow, Song thrush and distant cockerel. Recorded on Lydlinch Common, Dorset, in springtime by Richard Margoschis. 

Image Reference: https://pixabay.com/en/tree-landscape-clouds-country-821572/

Common Land

Robin song, recorded at Fonthill Lake, Wiltshire on 18th February 1999 by Richard Savage.

British Library Reference: 022A-WA07024X0010-0002M0.WAV

Image Reference: https://www.flickr.com/photos/12403504@N02/11002080444/


Robin Song, Wiltshire, 1999

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