Sounds of summer. Sound effects and soothing ambient sounds
What sounds say “summer” to you? What comes to mind? In this article, we researched a variety of soundscapes that evoke summer—from timeless classics to scorching, exotic vibes.
We curated a wide selection, carefully picked, so please take your time and enjoy! Close your eyes and you can picture everything from tropical resorts and remote deserts to jungles and fireworks festivals.
These can be used for healing, as sound effects, or as substitutes for pseudo–field recordings to add color to your music.
Most of them cannot be used commercially, so be sure to check the licenses carefully!
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Sounds of Summer: Sound Effects & Soothing Ambient Sounds (41–50)
Free Sound Effect: ‘Cicada’
The cicadas’ song, swelling and fading yet continuing without end, can easily remind anyone of summer.
It’s good for reminiscing about the hot days, and the sound of cicadas might also be fitting when you’re trying to tackle something you didn’t manage before and give it another go.
The sound of waves breaking on a tropical sandy beach.
As summer draws to a close, you finally take your summer vacation and fly alone to a tropical sea.
These are sound effects that make that scene easy to imagine.
They evoke the image of lying on the beach with a straw hat over your face, dozing off for a nap.
On a summer night, knocking on the wooden sliding door.
It’s just the sound of someone knocking on the sliding wooden door.
And yet, what an evocative sound it is.
Cutting through the stillness of a summer night, someone has suddenly arrived.
Perhaps the neighbor has come to invite us to the festival.
Maybe it’s the neighborhood circular notice.
But it’s also a sound effect that carries a slightly eerie atmosphere.
The warbling of a Japanese white-eye (summer song)
This is a sound effect recording of a Japanese white-eye singing at close range in summer.
The Japanese white-eye is often mistaken for the bush warbler, but it’s a vivid yellow‑green bird with white rings around its eyes.
Its song is intricate, with phrases so complex they’re impossible to imitate, and you can’t help but be drawn in when you listen.