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"Icelandic composer/cellist/choral arranger Hildur Guðnadóttir's was brought onto the show's production team in hopes of creating a score haunting enough to make viewers really feel the danger behind the spring 1986 catastrophe.... she used field recordings captured at a now-decommissioned power plant in Lithuania (where the series was filmed) to build the show's eerie and ominous soundtrack."

'Sonic Journalism' is the aural equivalent of photojournalism. It describes the practice where field recordings play a major role in the discussion and documentation of places, issues and events and where listening to sounds of all kinds strongly informs the approach to research and following narratives whilst on location."

"The tranquil chorus of the natural world is in danger of being lost to today's generation as people screen out the noises that surround them, a senior US researcher warns. Rising levels of background noise in some areas threaten to make people oblivious to the uplifting sounds of birdsong, trickling water, and trees rustling in the wind, which can often be heard even in urban centres, said Kurt Fristrup, a senior scientist at the US National Park Service"

As the concrete details of Hamm's beating were slowly erased amid years of trials and new racial atrocities perpetuated by law enforcement, Come Out even anticipates the sort of numbness and exhaustion that now results from a 24/7 news cycle that blends outrages and atrocities into a dangerous, undifferentiated mass.

Noise measurements at 37 restaurants, bars, stores and gyms showed, according to experts, potentially dangerous conditions at many of them.

"TOKYO -- When an earthquake measuring a lower 5 or stronger on the 7-point Japanese seismic intensity scale is predicted, public broadcaster NHK airs an emergency earthquake alert chime on TV and radio, known for its distinctive melody. Even in noisy environments, this sound is clear and can evoke a sense of fear. But why is that?"