In media and filmmaking, ambiance is the atmosphere created through sound, consisting of the sounds of a chosen location. Every location will have subtle sounds created by its environment, these sounds include wildlife, rain, running water, thunder, leaves rustling, footsteps, cars going by, machinery noise, music, speech, etc. If ambient sound doesn't fit with the film, the audience will feel confused, so it generally doesn't contradict with what is being shown, and would be seen as asynchronous or contrapuntal sound.
I looked on youtube and found an example of spooky ambience, the youtube user created this piece by
taking audio from 4 separate ambient songs by 'Mannheim Steamroller' and edited them together into one along with some of their own original audio. It creates a creepy atmosphere, what I like the most about this piece is that all the noises aren't recognisable but that sense of not knowing what a sound is when you can't see it is unsettling. My favourite part is the groaning, hearing a person in discomfort that you can't see is also unsettling.
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