The Sonic Opportunity Gap

You’re already paying for music and sound. Is any of it building your brand?

Every campaign, video, social post, app interaction and customer experience is another chance to build recognition. If the music, voice and sound change every time, those moments may work individually without ever adding up to something recognisably you.

The Sonic Opportunity Gap is a free 3–5 minute diagnostic that shows you where sound could be working harder for your brand — and where the biggest opportunities are being left on the table.

Free · Around 3–5 minutes · No sonic-branding knowledge required
Why sound matters

Ipsos’ Power of You meta-analysis of 2,000+ video ads found that sonic brand cues outperformed every other brand asset class — including logos, characters, celebrities and colours — yet were among the least used.

That gap is the opportunity.

Read the Ipsos Power of You study →

What the diagnostic reveals

Where could sound be doing more for your brand?

The assessment looks at the size of your sonic opportunity, how consistently you are already using sound, and where the biggest gaps appear across your brand.

Sonic FootprintHow many meaningful opportunities your brand has to build recognition through music, voice and sound.
Sonic ConsistencyHow intentionally and recognisably sound is currently handled across those opportunities.
Sonic Opportunity GapThe part of your available sonic opportunity that is not yet being captured consistently.
Sonic Gap MapThe 2–3 areas where your biggest opportunities currently appear.
Created by Hugh Davison

Commercial composer and sonic-branding specialist, with music created for brands including Toyota, McDonald’s, Mercedes-AMG and Samsung.

Explore my sonic-branding work →

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Your Sonic Opportunity Report

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How these scores relate

Your Sonic Gap Map

Each Opportunity Level combines how much sound-bearing opportunity exists in that area with how inconsistently sound is currently handled. It is a four-level diagnostic scale — Low, Moderate, High or Very High — rather than a percentage.

What this means

Biggest opportunity area

Keep your diagnosis

Take the full report with you.

Download a branded PDF with your scores, Sonic Gap Map, recommended next move, and the complete question-by-question diagnosis.

About your scores: these are diagnostic scores derived from your responses. They are not measures of financial performance, brand recall or guaranteed commercial uplift. The Sonic Opportunity Gap reflects the relationship between the size of the sound-bearing opportunity represented by this assessment and how consistently that opportunity is currently being used.