This thesis aim to explain which part sound and music possess as a branding tool. We consider this to be of relevance since there is very limited reseach conducted on the subject. . To fulfill the purpose of this thesis we have focused on three main issues. Our ambition is to describe this subject from a marketing perspective with the brand in focus. The interview respondents consists of marketing experts, sound branding advertisers and actors from the Swedish telecom business. For this thesis we conducted seven interviews with a qualitative approach to gain a deeper understanding and a broad picture for the studied topic. In the final chapter we present our conclusions of the study. Because of the thesis qualitative method it is difficult to present a complete picture, therefore, we would like to refer to the last chapter for further reading.

Cette étude clinique qui est une approche psychopathologique du symptôme acouphènique est parmi les premières recherches qui s'intéressent à ce symptôme peu étudié par la psychanalyse. / This clinical study which is a psychological approach of the tinnitus symptom is among the first studies to be interested in thus symptom poorly studied with psychanalysis.

This study brings forward the field of non-musical sound branding, concerning the use of sound in practical marketing and brand development. This interpretive, qualitative study has been conducted with the purpose of examining and explaining what aspects within non-musical sound branding that advocates and inhibits its use, ase well as exhibit how it can be created and developed. Interview data from advertising agencies and sound producers with extensive experience and knowledge in the field, is interpreted and analysed through theories within the fields of sensory marketing, brand theory, sound theory and non-musical sound branding. The results confirm that the intimate, subliminal qualities of sound, as well as the context in which it is mediated, are fundamental parameters for its reception and interpretation. The results also show that non-musical sound branding possess a number of aspects that both advocates and inhibits its use. The study also exhibit how it can be created and developed in regard to a number of fundamental and contributing perspectives.