Renowned Berlin composer, sound designer and musician Simon Stockhausen develops music for Films, TV and Documentaries, and also composes music for theatre and contemporary music ensembles. As a musician (keyboards, piano, electronics and soprano sax), Simon has performed with Lalo Shifrin, Vince Mendoza, Peter Erskine, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and Australian trumpeter James Morrison. In collaboration with his brother, trumpeter Markus Stockhausen, they have released numerous CDs for ECM, EMI and Largo.
Scraping the strings of a broken piano rhythmically with a broom - sounding like hip hop scratches - begins with a low wooden accent, Impact, Piano Impact
Scraping the strings of a broken piano rhythmically with a broom - sounding like hip hop scratches - low accents reminding of kickdrums, Impact, Piano Impact
Hitting the strings of a piano with a metal chain and dragging it over the wood of the resonance body - scraping, rattling and hitting sounds, Impact, Piano Impact
Treating the strings and resonance body of a piano with a metal chain - scraping, rattling and hitting sounds, strings resonating, Impact, Piano Impact
Handling wooden piano debris on the resonating body of a broken piano, getting more dense, all sorts of rattling wooden and metal noises, strings resonate, Impact, Piano Impact
Handling wooden piano debris on the strings and the resonating body of a broken piano, getting more dense, all sorts of rattling wooden and metal noises, strings resonate, wirechimes tinkling at the end of the take, Impact, Piano Impact
Scraping on the resonating body of a broken piano between the strings with a metal wire - harsh and shreeking metal sounds, resonating strings, Impact, Piano Impact
Scraping on the resonating body of a broken piano between the strings with a metal wire - harsh and shreeking metal sounds, resonating strings, some debris handling at the end, Impact, Piano Impact
Hitting the strings and interior of a broken piano with a spade with changing density, strings resonating, high metal accents, rattling sounds, Impact, Piano Impact
Tumbling Piano with engaged sustain pedal crashing on the floor with a heavy impact, resonating strings in the decay phase, no artificial reverb added, Impact, Piano Impact
Tumbling Piano with engaged sustain pedal crashing on the floor with a heavy impact, resonating strings in the decay phase, no artificial reverb added, Impact, Piano Impact
Tumbling Piano with engaged sustain pedal crashing on the floor with a heavy impact, resonating strings in the decay phase, no artificial reverb added, Impact, Piano Impact
Tumbling Piano with engaged sustain pedal crashing on the floor with a heavy impact, resonating strings in the decay phase, no artificial reverb added, Impact, Piano Impact
Piano being dropped on it's back from 50 cm with engaged sustain pedal crashing on the floor with a heavy impact, resonating strings in the decay phase, no artificial reverb added, Impact, Piano Impact
Piano being dropped on it's back from 50 cm with engaged sustain pedal crashing on the floor with a heavy impact, resonating strings in the decay phase, no artificial reverb added, Impact, Piano Impact
Massive horror impact with lots of Sub-Bass and a long decay phase. Derived from the recordings of treating the strings of a broken piano with a spade. Great Sounddesign element for Horror and Sci-Fi movies that will shake any cinema and scare the audience to death. Impact, Piano Impact
60 fantastic unusual sounds recorded during the destruction of an old piano. First the piano was tumbled over 6 times, then dropped from different hights onto the floor. After that it's interior was treated with various tools like screwdrivers, hammers, spades, saws and drumsticks. Impact, Piano Impact