411 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "London"

Your audience will jump on the chair when they see your evil villain appear with this sound!. This sound was generated with audacity. 08/02/2015, london.

Ambience of tower bridge during the daytime. You don't have to credit me but if you'd like to support me via the link below that would be greatly appreciated. .

The sound of st mary le bow (london), a. K. A. The bow bells, ringing stedman cinques, as a practice. The zoom h4npro was placed above the bells, in the base of the spire, on a thin wooden trapdoor. Fairly lenghty recording (13 mins), but gives plenty of time to select from. Take a small section from the start for the traditional "rounds" where the bells sound in descending order (in terms of pitch), or select from the bulk of the recording to get some traditional english style change ringing. These bells are known as the bells white called dick whittington (mayor of london) back when he tried to flee, and also as the 'great bells of bow' in nursery rhyme 'oranges and lemons'. Use away! this seems to be (imo - that of a proper bellringer) the best recording of bells on here, so please do use it!!.

Waiting on the platform and then boarding a train from streatham, london. Recorded on a canon d550. Sounds of doors closing with warning beeps, footfalls, air conditioning, trains in motion, echoing voices, approaching train, boarding a train.

Traffic recorded 1 metre from traffic lights o/s euston station, euston rd, london, uk. 1750 hours, march 2008. Edirol r1 using internal microphones. Normalised in adobe audition. Stereo. Note location voice tag on end of recording.

An atmos recording of southbank skatepark during the daytime in summer. A credit for the use of this would be appreciated but you don't have to. If you would like to support me please click below. .

An atmos recording within soho square during summer. You don't have to credit me but if you do that would be greatly appreciated. If you'd like to support me please click below. . Thanks.

Waiting for and getting on the 20:46 from kings cross st pancras to finsbury park on the evening of 30th october 2020. Recorded on an iphone 8 using voice record app - unedited. Very quiet platform and very quiet trainincludes platform announcement, train arrival, door beeps and open, train announcement, train departure, 5 minutes of train journey (no voices), arrival at finsbury park, doors open. As with my other recording, please do comment - i'd really appreciate hearing where you end up using it!.

Neapolitan song "Funiculì, funiculà", sung by tenor Francesco Daddi (1864–1945) with piano accompaniment, record released by The Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd., London, United Kingdom in the year 1906 (matrix number: 3569e, face number: 2-52498)

Johann Sebastian Bach's 1st Partita for Solo Violin, 1st movement: Allemande, recorded in the MAT Listening Room, QMUL, London, UK

I've got punched to get the priest mic'ed up in time. Recorded in the marylebone mosque, london using a wisycom wireless system, sanken cos11 mic, sound devices 633 recorder.

Its thin metal cow bell recorded with a zoom h4n. It was a present from my recent show at canberra rep - gaslight 2015. It could be used as a muffin man bell - could a muffin man in victorian london afford a big bell?.

Attention- please leave a comment saying what you plan to use the sound for, i am interested. A marching band passes by playing drums and brass instruments.

This file was recorded on november 19 2013 at london's euston railway station quite close to the arrivals board. It was achieved using an olympus ls-100 digital recorder with cad m179 microphones attached to a jecklin disk (see wikipedia) to obtain the best sound possible. As opposed to quasi-binaural recordings where the user attaches small diaphragm microphones to his/her shirt collar (my usual recording method), the jecklin disk can be mounted on a semi-fixed object such as a floor-standing microphone stand which it was in this case, and left for a few moments for the best possible outcome. Using a jecklin disk means that there are no minute movements from a person trying to stand as still as possible, and for some unknown reason, this setup is able to differentiate in front and behind sound image although i personally do not know why this is the case.

This recording was made using roland cs-10em binaural microphones and a zoom h1. It is a journey on the london underground, starting at king's cross platform 9 and finishing in buckingham palace road outside victoria station. There was industrial action going on at the time and you can hear announcements to that effect.

Sveriges Radios folkmusikinspelningar. Jämtlandsresan 1951 Dokumentatör: Matts Arnberg SV EN Instrument: Röst (sång) Radiotjänsts ursprungliga produktionsnummer: B 51/19920:28:4

On the bakerloo line from piccadilly circus to charing cross. A credit for using this sound would be appreciated but you don't have to. If you'd like to support me please click below. .

Standing in the foyer at piccadilly circus underground station. Let me know what you use the sound for. If you would like to support me please click below. .

Outside ambiance outside the window of my room in east london. Quiet environment. Recorder: mixpre 6microphones: oktavia. You can use this sound for your non-profit or for-profit projects. You can also help me directly on paypal:https://paypal. Me/federicocasazza?country. X=gb&locale. X=en_gb. Enjoy.

Italiano: 4ª sinfonia di Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij, diretta da sir Thomas Beecham durante il suo tour europeo con la Royal Philharmonic Orchestra nel 1957. Wagram Hall, Paris, France (10/08/1957 - 11/03/1957); Kingsway Hall, London, England (04/16/1958)

Italiano: Terzo movimento della 4ª sinfonia di Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij, diretta da sir Thomas Beecham durante il suo tour europeo con la Royal Philharmonic Orchestra nel 1957. Wagram Hall, Paris, France (10/08/1957 - 11/03/1957); Kingsway Hall, London, England (04/16/1958)

Sveriges Radios folkmusikinspelningar. Ålandsresan 1958 (kompletterande inspelningar 1959) Dokumentatör: Matts Arnberg Instrument: Röst (sång) Radiotjänsts ursprungliga produktionsnummer: 58/12126:35:4

The sound of footsteps while walking inside anthony gormley's metal sculpture at the white cube gallery in london, with the last few seconds recorded while walking on the concrete floor of the galley after coming out of the sculpture. The sound echoes inside the metal sculpture and sound from other people can be heard at the beginning.

Recorded crowd of people leaving field day. I was hanging out of a 3rd story window using a roland r05. The crowd's moving from right to left with a bottleneck to the immediate left. The crowd builds up then clears a bit and so on.

Ok so most of these tracks in this pack have either been recorded whilst i have been on set so the names are reflective of the time and character location of the film it was originally recorded for. Recorded with a sennheiser mkh 416t, sqn 4s series ive mixer and tascam dr-680 pcm recorder.

This is a tesla coil with a discharge that sounds muck like an old style 'stick' arc welder. For the technical it is a tesla coil that uses a static spark gap, while high-voltage-discharge-2 clip uses a rotary gap giving a different sound altogether. Recorded at a display i did at kew museum london in 2012.

On november 8th 2019 the renowned steam engine the 'flying scotsman' ploughed its way through colwyn bay on its way from london to holyhead. . . This is the brief sound of it passing by. . . In my opinion, the welded rail tends to diminish the dramatic effect. . . In fact, i was surprised at how quiet the engine itself was. . .

The chimes of big ben first appeared on bbc radio at the very end of 1923 to announce the new year. In december 1948 this recording (catalogue number 825677) marked the 25th anniversary of big ben’s broadcasting career. Because the recording was made inside the tower there’s plenty of intriguing mechanical detail in addition to the tolling of the quarter bells and the 13-ton great bell. Big ben is the unofficial name for the great bell. Other london bell names include great paul and great tom in st pauls cathedral, and the inscribed names on the bells of st mary-le-bow in cheapside: katherine, fabian, christopher, margaret, mildred, faith, augustine, john, timothy, pancras, cuthbert and bow. Recording © copyright bbc. Audio digitisation and restoration by the london sound survey. Many thanks to bbc worldwide for granting permission to reproduce this recording here.

4 minutes recording on a binaural mic around brighton's city streets. The audio file contains these sounds:. -inside building - footsteps - door - birds - traffic - motorbike -cars passing by- lighter - english chatter - dog barking (from closed to faraway) - master calling it.

Recorded using only an android phone and 'recording machine' app. The recording was made on the metal jetty at london greenwich a minute or so after the ferry had departed. The sound is of the metal plates of the walkway rubbing together as the jetty gently rises and falls on the swell. Eerie and atmospheric. Strangely quiet considering it was recorded in a major city.

Recording made by Kevin Laurence at 9 AM on 22 February 2011 of the bells of St. Clement Danes Church in London, England, playing the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons.Français : Comptine musicale Oranges and Lemons jouée par les cloches de l'église St. Clement Danes à Londres. (Durée : 1 m 44 s)

Recorded on marantz pmd661 with rode ntg-2. Sound of builders taking down scaffolding in a large echoey space. Sporadic clanging and banging sounds throughout and occasional muffled voices (with cockney accents). Good ambient sound for builders working in a cathedral, empty art gallery or some other large, open space.

[skeleton playing piano 02. Wav]. [geeky old school london feeling. Wav]. Made this with magenta studio! ⭐. Skeleton playing piano. If you enjoyed the sound, please star, comment, spread the word!🗣 it really helps! 🎯. Note: make sure to check out the other sounds! the sound quality is always better when you download the sound(s)! ⭐. More content otw!/matrixxx aka lil mati.

Son d'un fleuve (tamise – londres). Son enregistré avec un zoom h4nsp et une bonnette rycote mini wind screen. Sound of a river (thames – london). Sound recorded with a zoom h4nsp and a rycote mini wind screen. My sounds are licensed under the creative commons 0 license but it would be a pleasure for me to hear your work so doesn’t hesitate to comment or to send me a message with your work :).

1st release date: 1935 1st recording date: 7 September 1934 Place of recording: London (United Kingdom) Author(s)/Composer(s): .mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table{background-color:#f0f0ff;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:95%;text-align:start}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{background-color:#e0e0ee;font-weight:bold;text-align:start}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table,.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody{display:block;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody{border-right:1px solid #aaa;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{border-top:1px solid #aaa;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1 100%}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table{border:1px solid #aaa;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;padding:5px}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.halfwidth{max-width:10em}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.fullwidth{max-width:20em}} Ludwig van Beethoven  (1770–1827)      

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A recording of morning birds and other morning sounds (cars, bicycle) made in barnet england around 6am on a fine day on the 15th june of 2022. As it was near the solstice the sun was already up. The recording was made by poking a zoom h5 portable recorder outside a third story loft window. The microphones are the stereo pair included with that unit, with a windjammer.

Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile is the full name of a World War I marching song, published in 1915 in London. It was written by George Henry Powell under the pseudonym of "George Asaf", and set to music by his brother Felix Powell. This is the version sung by Helen Clark.

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (Beethoven) - 4th Movement (Part 1) Finale (Allegro molto) 1st recording date: 7 September 1934 Place of recording: London (United Kingdom) Author(s)/Composer(s): .mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table{background-color:#f0f0ff;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:95%;text-align:start}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{background-color:#e0e0ee;font-weight:bold;text-align:start}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table,.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody{display:block;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody{border-right:1px solid #aaa;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{border-top:1px solid #aaa;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1 100%}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table{border:1px solid #aaa;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;padding:5px}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.halfwidth{max-width:10em}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.fullwidth{max-width:20em}} Ludwig van Beethoven  (1770–1827)      

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (Beethoven) - 2nd Movement (Part 2) Marcia funebre (Adagio assai) 1st release date: 1935 1st recording date: 7 September 1934 Place of recording: London (United Kingdom) Author(s)/Composer(s): .mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table{background-color:#f0f0ff;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:95%;text-align:start}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{background-color:#e0e0ee;font-weight:bold;text-align:start}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table,.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody{display:block;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody{border-right:1px solid #aaa;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{border-top:1px solid #aaa;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1 100%}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table{border:1px solid #aaa;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;padding:5px}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.halfwidth{max-width:10em}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.fullwidth{max-width:20em}} Ludwig van Beethoven  (1770–1827)      

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (Beethoven) - 2nd Movement (Part 3) 1st release date: 1935 1st recording date: 7 September 1934 Place of recording: London (United Kingdom) Author(s)/Composer(s): .mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table{background-color:#f0f0ff;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:95%;text-align:start}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{background-color:#e0e0ee;font-weight:bold;text-align:start}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table,.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody{display:block;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody{border-right:1px solid #aaa;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{border-top:1px solid #aaa;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1 100%}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table{border:1px solid #aaa;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;padding:5px}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.halfwidth{max-width:10em}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.fullwidth{max-width:20em}} Ludwig van Beethoven  (1770–1827)      

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (Beethoven) - 2nd Movement (Part 1) Marcia funebre (Adagio assai) 1st release date: 1935 1st recording date: 7 September 1934 Place of recording: London (United Kingdom) Author(s)/Composer(s): .mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table{background-color:#f0f0ff;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:95%;text-align:start}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{background-color:#e0e0ee;font-weight:bold;text-align:start}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table,.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody{display:block;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody{border-right:1px solid #aaa;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{border-top:1px solid #aaa;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1 100%}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table{border:1px solid #aaa;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;padding:5px}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.halfwidth{max-width:10em}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.fullwidth{max-width:20em}} Ludwig van Beethoven  (1770–1827)      

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (Beethoven) - 1st Movement (Part 2) - Allegro con brio 1st release date: 1935 1st recording date: 7 Septemper 1934 Place of recording: London (United Kingdom) Author(s)/Composer(s): .mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table{background-color:#f0f0ff;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:95%;text-align:start}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{background-color:#e0e0ee;font-weight:bold;text-align:start}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table,.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody{display:block;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody{border-right:1px solid #aaa;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{border-top:1px solid #aaa;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1 100%}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table{border:1px solid #aaa;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;padding:5px}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.halfwidth{max-width:10em}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.fullwidth{max-width:20em}} Ludwig van Beethoven  (1770–1827)      

We recorded this sound while our trip through hawaii. You can watch the travel video about hawaii here: https://youtu. Be/v9yfon_noxiyou can use this sound in your project regardless if it is commercial or non-commercial but it would be awesome if you could tag my instagram account somewhere in the description:https://www. Instagram. Com/florianreichelt/all sound effects have been recorded with the h4n pro: https://amzn. To/2pacyyrleave a comment and tell me for which project you used it!! :)by the way - have you guys already checked out my latest travel video about japan?if not you should definitely watch it: https://youtu. Be/qcgmpwx4dxq. The city, the people and the overall culture are absolutely outstanding and they inspire you to travel as well. Stock footage isn't dead! make 2000$/month via blackbox!register now: http://bit. Ly/stockblackbox. Keywords: underground, subway, metro, train, station, ambience, tube, locomotive, berlin, stuttgart, ubahn, u-bahn, zug, s-bahn, platform, travel, london, new york, frankfurt, berlin, stuttgart, shanghai.

A walk from my studio on surrey canal road to surrey canal station passing a match at the millwall stadium, a group of ticketless millwall fans watching from a vantage point on the path and commenting on the upcoming general election, the roar of the crowd segueing into the ominous rumbling/squealing of the south east london combined heat and power waste incineration plant and the sound of trains passing on the rails overhead and adjacent to the path. Recording using a tascam dr-02d.

Title/Work: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Content: - Genre(s): Chamber music Author(s)/(Composer(s): Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Music arranger(s): none Lyricist(s): none Performer(s): Philharmonia Orchestra; Trumpet: Harry Mortimer (1902-1992); Organ: Reginald Foort (1893-1980) Conductor: George Weldon (1908-1963) Place of recording: EMI Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London (United Kingdom) 1st release date: 1949 1st recording date: 19 June 1946

1st release date: 1938 1st recording date: 29 August 1937 Place of recording: EMI Studio No.1, Abbey Road, London (United Kingdom) Author(s)/Composer(s): Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) Lyricist(s): Robert Reinick (1805-1852) Music arranger(s): none Conductor: none Performer(s): Tenor: Helge Rosvaenge (1897-1972), Pianoforte: Gerald Moore (1899-1987) Vocal range: Tenor with pianoforte accompaniment Title/Work: Gesellenlied Content: - Genre(s): Tone poem

1st release date: between 1928 1st recording date: 13 July 1928 Place of recording: C Studio, Small Queen’s Hall, London (United Kingdom) Author(s)/Composer(s): Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Lyricist(s): none Conductor: John Barbirolli (1899-1970) Performer(s): Guilhermina Suggia, Cellist (1885-1950) Vocal range: instrumental Title/Work: Cello concerto in D major Content: 3rd Movement (2nd Record) Allegro (Part 6) Genre(s): Cello concerto

It is dusk on an autumn evening on the south side of the river thames, a few feet downstream from vauxhall bridge. Innumerable starlings have congregated in a murmuration underneath (in fact inside the fabric of) the bridge to noisily discuss the day before sleep. Overhead, cars and buses thump across the bridge panels, while small groups of city workers, nurses and spies head home or for drinks. All the while the river laps away as an unconscious heartbeat, and is churned up by the thrum of a passing riverboat.

I made the recording in the town of denholm in scotland. In the recording you can hear fireworks, firecrackers. You can also hear the sounds of conversations in the crowd, screams of children, the sounds of a burning fire. On november 5 this year people across the uk light bonfires, let off fireworks, and burn effigies of a man named guy fawkes. The reason we do this is because it’s the anniversary of the gunpowder plot (1605); a failed attempt to blow up the houses of parliament in london by a group of dissident catholics.