Diego Stocco has made music from sand, from a three, has recorded a burning piano, and made lots of custom and crazy instruments by himself. His work combines sound design and music scoring, along with experimentation with real world objects and environments.

A great example of that is his last video, where he shows the elements he recorded in order to get interesting sources for designing the sound signature of DTS Inc.

More of Diego’s work at Behance. I also recommend you this two-part episode of Sound Builders.