"It was a dark and stormy night…" The cast is assembled and ready to go, but what sound effects should be used to set the mood? The choice is easy with this evocative four-disc set of dramatic soundscapes—almost five hours of wind, rain, traffic jams, and things that go bump in the night.

Each professionally engineered CD provides a group of rich audio environments specifically designed to underscore a wide variety of noncommercial theatrical productions and school projects. And by mixing tracks together, new soundscapes can be created quickly and easily.

This collection of digitally mastered sound effects features:

• Nightscapes, five extended tracks that offer the sounds of outdoor evenings in field and forest settings—insects and animals, breezes and heavy winds

• Rainscapes, four extended tracks that offer the sounds of rain and thunder, ranging in severity from mild to wild

• Creepscapes, eight extended tracks that offer a variety of ominous and nerve-racking sounds, including drips, rumbles, creaks, and ticking

• Streetscapes, four extended tracks that offer the sounds of traffic and urban bustle in modern metropolitan, early 1900s, and Middle East harbor environments