I took a 3-minute walk at midnight (a very familiar route at a very unfamiliar hour) and recorded it on my phone. Listening back, I took note of the “tonal centers” that I walked by, found the pitches, and then re-recorded them on an old organ. I recreated my footsteps using two drums and the ice cracking underfoot using rattles.
Then I mixed in the original walk vveeerryyy quietly for a little extra “found sound” earthiness.
It was a fun start, but I don’t think it’s a whole composition yet. I was entertaining the notion of adding some very light piano. Maybe in the future.