urbanjingles

There seems to be a pat­tern of suc­cess­ful ur­ban de­sign en­abled by mu­sic. See: the rev­o­lu­tion of Taiwan’s re­cy­cling in­dus­try from a 5% re­cy­cling rate to over 50%, sup­ported by garbage trucks play­ing a chip­tune ver­sion of Für Elise; or see also: the enor­mous suc­cess of Japan’s na­tional rail sys­tem, each sta­tion iden­ti­fied by its eki-melody.

How does the sound of a city shape how we be­have as part of one?