The diagram below is a partial summary of my investigation. A piece of music, like The Last Island, meant to represent a geographical journey can be considered a map of that journey in sound. That musical map can also be represented as a linear visual map—or a series of them—analogous to a map of a physical path. The diagram aligns linear maps of selected musical elements (e.g. instrumentation, dynamics) with corresponding maps of the geographical elements (e.g. rainfall, elevation) they evoke along the journey.

For a lot more detail on how the mapping project evolved, check out my blog posts “Musical Time & Space,” “Mapping "The Last Island" | Structure,” “Mapping "The Last Island" | Note Length,” and “Mapping "The Last Island" | Emergent Elements.”