What is it? It looks a bit like a large glockenspiel with sculpted metal tear drops attached. Who built it? French instrument-makers and artists Bernard and François Baschet, in 1952. How does it ...

Some of the strangest sounds in scifi movies and television come out of equally strange musical instruments. Here are three weird instruments you’ve probably never seen, but have almost definitely ...

You know the sound: It’s eerie and echoing, and it makes the little hairs on your arms stand up immediately. So many horror movies use it to create a chilling atmosphere, and even some reality shows ...

Each week Tom Whitwell of Music Thing highlights the best of the new music gear that's coming out, as well as noteworthy vintage equipment: Why would any self respecting geek care about an acoustic ...

Need a slicing, atonal, metallic sound to go with your shot of someone creeping through an abandoned house? The waterphone is your go-to instrument. Consisting of a stainless steel resonator pan ...

From eerie instruments that mimic human voices to fan-made reimaginings of cinematic soundscapes, horror sound design is an art of psychological precision. By blending experimental tools like the ...