Hear What Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Monet’s Water-Lily Pond Sound like with Dolby

Dolby Laboratories and Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) have reimagined the world’s most famous artwork masterpieces – from Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to David Hockney’s A Bigger Splash – to create an immersive soundtrack, in state-of-the-art Dolby Atmos sound.

Curated by Zeno London, the project aims to help blind and partially sighted people to hear and feel artwork in a whole new way. It will also help the wider population to appreciate and understand art more, as almost half (46%) admit they struggle to form a deeper connection with art when viewing it and nearly six in ten (59%) lack confidence in their ability to interpret or understand artwork without guidance. This has even led to over a quarter (28%) of people avoiding visiting galleries altogether out of embarrassment that they won’t ‘get it’.

Dolby’s Sound of a Masterpiece was created by visually impaired composer Bobby Goulder along with award-winning composers from the New Radiophonic Workshop, known for creating the Doctor Who theme tune and scores for Oscar-winning films, to help visually impaired people to experience and really feel art.

The album features musical interpretations inspired by some of the most famous paintings in history, including:

• Mona Lisa – Leonardo da Vinci
• The Water-Lily Pond – Claude Monet
• The Scream – Edvard Munch
• Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbirds – Frida Kahlo
• A Bigger Splash – David Hockney
• Kings of Egypt – Jean-Michel Basquiat
• The Persistence of Memory – Salvador Dalí

Sound of a Masterpiece is available to stream now in Dolby Atmos on Apple Music, Tidal, and Amazon Music, with all proceeds being donated to the RNIB.