diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a4be4d604..2e4086277 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,8 +52,17 @@ set(GAMESCRIPT_HEADER
     apps/openmw/mwscript/extensions.hpp)
 source_group(apps\\openmw\\mwscript FILES ${GAMESCRIPT} ${GAMESCRIPT_HEADER})    
 
-set(APPS ${GAME} ${GAMEREND} ${GAMEINPUT} ${GAMESCRIPT})
-set(APPS_HEADER ${GAME_HEADER} ${GAMEREND_HEADER} ${GAMEINPUT_HEADER} ${GAMESCRIPT_HEADER})
+set(GAMESOUND
+    apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp
+    apps/openmw/mwsound/extensions.cpp)
+set(GAMESOUND_HEADER 
+    apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.hpp
+    apps/openmw/mwsound/extensions.hpp)
+source_group(apps\\openmw\\mwsound FILES ${GAMESOUND} ${GAMESOUND_HEADER}) 
+
+set(APPS ${GAME} ${GAMEREND} ${GAMEINPUT} ${GAMESCRIPT} ${GAMESOUND})
+set(APPS_HEADER ${GAME_HEADER} ${GAMEREND_HEADER} ${GAMEINPUT_HEADER} ${GAMESCRIPT_HEADER}
+    ${GAMESOUND_HEADER})
 
 # source directory: components
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/cellextensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/cellextensions.cpp
index ea7f9460c..0c74b11e0 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/cellextensions.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/cellextensions.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <components/interpreter/runtime.hpp>
 #include <components/interpreter/opcodes.hpp>
 
+#include "../world.hpp"
+
 #include "interpretercontext.hpp"
 
 namespace MWScript
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ namespace MWScript
                     InterpreterContext& context
                         = static_cast<InterpreterContext&> (runtime.getContext());
                         
-                    runtime.push (context.cellChanged() ? 1 : 0);
+                    runtime.push (context.getWorld().hasCellChanged() ? 1 : 0);
                 } 
         };
     
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/extensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/extensions.cpp
index e0fb81cd3..fa548770f 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/extensions.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/extensions.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
 #include "extensions.hpp"
 
+#include "../mwsound/extensions.hpp"
+
 #include "cellextensions.hpp"
 
 namespace MWScript
@@ -8,6 +10,7 @@ namespace MWScript
     void registerExtensions (Compiler::Extensions& extensions)
     {
         Cell::registerExtensions (extensions);
+        MWSound::registerExtensions (extensions);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
index bbdd5e1ca..7acd3822e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ namespace MWScript
             std::cerr << "error: message box buttons not supported" << std::endl;
     }
     
-    bool InterpreterContext::cellChanged()
+    OMW::World& InterpreterContext::getWorld()
     {
-        return mWorld.hasCellChanged();    
+        return mWorld;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.hpp
index 7b1c281b0..983897087 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.hpp
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ namespace MWScript
             virtual void setLocalFloat (int index, float value);
             
             virtual void messageBox (const std::string& message,
-                const std::vector<std::string>& buttons);
-                
-            virtual bool cellChanged();
+                const std::vector<std::string>& buttons);   
+
+            OMW::World& getWorld();
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/scriptmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/scriptmanager.cpp
index fde9c93fa..cb72a439a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/scriptmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/scriptmanager.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <components/interpreter/installopcodes.hpp>
 #include <components/interpreter/interpreter.hpp>
 
+#include "../mwsound/extensions.hpp"
 
 namespace MWScript
 {
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@ namespace MWScript
     
     void ScriptManager::installOpcodes (Interpreter::Interpreter& interpreter)
     {
-        Interpreter::installOpcodes (interpreter);   
+        Interpreter::installOpcodes (interpreter);
+        MWSound::installOpcodes (interpreter);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/extensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/extensions.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cf6eb5dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/extensions.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+
+#include "extensions.hpp"
+
+#include <components/compiler/extensions.hpp>
+
+#include <components/interpreter/interpreter.hpp>
+#include <components/interpreter/runtime.hpp>
+#include <components/interpreter/opcodes.hpp>
+
+#include "../mwscript/interpretercontext.hpp"
+
+#include "../world.hpp"
+
+namespace MWSound
+{
+    namespace Script
+    {
+        class OpSayDone : public Interpreter::Opcode0
+        {
+            public:
+            
+                virtual void execute (Interpreter::Runtime& runtime)
+                {
+                    MWScript::InterpreterContext& context
+                        = static_cast<MWScript::InterpreterContext&> (runtime.getContext());
+                        
+                    runtime.push (context.getWorld().getSoundManager().sayDone ("", context));
+                } 
+        };    
+    
+        class OpGetSoundPlaying : public Interpreter::Opcode0
+        {
+            public:
+            
+                virtual void execute (Interpreter::Runtime& runtime)
+                {
+                    MWScript::InterpreterContext& context
+                        = static_cast<MWScript::InterpreterContext&> (runtime.getContext());
+                        
+                    int index = runtime[0];
+                    runtime.pop();
+                        
+                    runtime.push (context.getWorld().getSoundManager().getSoundPlaying (
+                        "", runtime.getStringLiteral (index), context));
+                } 
+        };
+            
+        const int opcodeSay = 0x2000001;
+        const int opcodeSayDone = 0x2000002;
+        const int opcodeStreamMusic = 0x2000003;
+        const int opcodePlaySound = 0x2000004;
+        const int opcodePlaySoundVP = 0x2000005;
+        const int opcodePlaySound3D = 0x2000006;
+        const int opcodePlaySound3DVP = 0x2000007;
+        const int opcodeStopSound = 0x2000008;
+        const int opcodeGetSoundPlaying = 0x2000009;
+    }
+
+    // TODO opcodeSay, opcodeStreamMusic, opcodePlaySound, opcodePlaySoundVP,
+    // opcodePlaySound, opcodePlaySound, opcodeStopSound
+
+    void registerExtensions (Compiler::Extensions& extensions)
+    {
+        extensions.registerFunction ("saydone", 'l', "", Script::opcodeSayDone);
+
+        extensions.registerFunction ("getsoundplaying", 'l', "S", Script::opcodeGetSoundPlaying);
+        
+    }
+    
+    void installOpcodes (Interpreter::Interpreter& interpreter)
+    {
+        interpreter.installSegment5 (Script::opcodeSayDone, new Script::OpSayDone);
+
+        interpreter.installSegment5 (Script::opcodeGetSoundPlaying, new Script::OpGetSoundPlaying);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/extensions.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/extensions.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e860952a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/extensions.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#ifndef GAME_SOUND_EXTENSIONS_H
+#define GAME_SOUND_EXTENSIONS_H
+
+namespace Compiler
+{
+    class Extensions;
+}
+
+namespace Interpreter
+{
+    class Interpreter;
+}
+
+namespace MWSound
+{
+    // Script-extensions related to sound
+    
+    void registerExtensions (Compiler::Extensions& extensions);
+    
+    void installOpcodes (Interpreter::Interpreter& interpreter);
+}
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfe60a288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+
+#include "soundmanager.hpp"
+
+#include <iostream> // TODO remove this line, once the real code is in place.
+
+#include <components/interpreter/context.hpp>
+
+namespace MWSound
+{
+    void SoundManager::say (const std::string& handle, const std::string& filename,
+        const std::string& text, Interpreter::Context& context)
+    {
+        std::cout << "sound effect: " << handle << " is speaking" << std::endl;
+        
+        context.messageBox (text);
+    }
+
+    bool SoundManager::sayDone (const std::string& handle, Interpreter::Context& context) const
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    void SoundManager::streamMusic (const std::string& filename, Interpreter::Context& context)
+    {
+        std::cout << "sound effect: playing music" << filename << std::endl;
+    }
+        
+    void SoundManager::playSound (const std::string& soundId, float volume, float pitch,
+        Interpreter::Context& context)
+    {
+        std::cout
+            << "sound effect: playing sound " << soundId
+            << " at volume " << volume << ", at pitch " << pitch
+            << std::endl;
+    }
+
+    void SoundManager::playSound3D (const std::string& handle, const std::string& soundId,
+        float volume, float pitch, Interpreter::Context& context)
+    {
+        std::cout
+            << "sound effect: playing sound " << soundId
+            << " from " << handle
+            << " at volume " << volume << ", at pitch " << pitch
+            << std::endl;   
+            
+        mSounds[handle] = soundId;
+    }
+
+    void SoundManager::stopSound3D (const std::string& handle, const std::string& soundId,
+        Interpreter::Context& context)
+    {
+        std::cout
+            << "sound effect : stop playing sound " << soundId
+            << " from " << handle << std::endl;
+            
+        mSounds[handle] = "";
+    }
+
+    bool SoundManager::getSoundPlaying (const std::string& handle, const std::string& soundId,
+        Interpreter::Context& context) const
+    {
+         std::map<std::string, std::string>::const_iterator iter = mSounds.find (handle);
+         
+         if (iter==mSounds.end())
+            return false;
+            
+         return iter->second==soundId;
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2caea0bc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#ifndef GAME_SOUND_SOUNDMANAGER_H
+#define GAME_SOUND_SOUNDMANAGER_H
+
+#include <string>
+#include <map>
+
+namespace Interpreter
+{
+    class Context;
+}
+
+namespace MWSound
+{
+    // Note to the sound implementor (can be removed once the implementation is complete):
+    //
+    // - the dummy implementation allows only one sound effect per object at a time. I am
+    // not sure, if that is what Morrowind does. Beyond the dummy code in this class the script
+    // system does not make any assumption about the number of sound effects.
+    //
+    // - the handle argument below is the ogre handle. Since we can assume, that all objects
+    // that play a sound are in an active cell, they must have a handle. Sound script instructions
+    // that reference objects not in an active cell will be taken care of long before the flow
+    // of control reached this class.
+    //
+    // - all text-output (error messages and such) must be directed through the
+    // context.messageBox interface.
+    //
+    // - the -> script syntax is not implemented yet ( script instructions of the type
+    // npc_x -> say "file", "text"
+    // aren't working)
+    
+    class SoundManager
+    {
+            std::map<std::string, std::string> mSounds; // object, sound (for testing only)
+    
+        public:
+        
+            void say (const std::string& handle, const std::string& filename,
+                const std::string& text, Interpreter::Context& context);
+            ///< Make an actor say some text.
+            /// \param handle Handle as returned from render-subsystem
+            /// \param filename name of a sound file in "Sound/Vo/" in the data directory.
+            /// \param text Subtitle
+            
+            bool sayDone (const std::string& handle, Interpreter::Context& context) const;
+            ///< Is actor not speaking?
+            /// \param handle Handle as returned from render-subsystem
+
+            void streamMusic (const std::string& filename, Interpreter::Context& context);
+            ///< Play a soundifle
+            /// \param filename name of a sound file in "Music/" in the data directory.
+                       
+            void playSound (const std::string& soundId, float volume, float pitch,
+                Interpreter::Context& context);
+            ///< Play a sound, independently of 3D-position
+            
+            void playSound3D (const std::string& handle, const std::string& soundId,
+                float volume, float pitch, Interpreter::Context& context);
+            ///< Play a sound from an object
+            /// \param handle Handle as returned from render-subsystem
+
+            void stopSound3D (const std::string& handle, const std::string& soundId,
+                Interpreter::Context& context);
+            ///< Stop the given object from playing the given sound.
+            /// \param handle Handle as returned from render-subsystem
+
+            bool getSoundPlaying (const std::string& handle, const std::string& soundId,
+                Interpreter::Context& context) const;
+            ///< Is the given sound currently playing on the given object?
+            /// \param handle Handle as returned from render-subsystem
+    };
+}
+
+#endif
+
+
diff --git a/apps/openmw/world.cpp b/apps/openmw/world.cpp
index e1c90c71b..f8c416375 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/world.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/world.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
 #include "world.hpp"
 
+#include <iostream>
+
 #include "components/bsa/bsa_archive.hpp"
 #include "components/engine/ogre/renderer.hpp"
 
@@ -121,4 +123,9 @@ namespace OMW
         // Cell change not implemented yet.
         return false;
     }
+    
+    MWSound::SoundManager& World::getSoundManager()
+    {
+        return mSoundManager;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/world.hpp b/apps/openmw/world.hpp
index 9efd095b5..a5862dec2 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/world.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/world.hpp
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #include "apps/openmw/mwrender/playerpos.hpp"
 #include "apps/openmw/mwrender/mwscene.hpp"
 
+#include "mwsound/soundmanager.hpp"
+
 #include "refdata.hpp"
 
 namespace Render
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ namespace OMW
             ESM::ESMReader mEsm;
             ESMS::ESMStore mStore;
             std::map<std::string, CellStore> mInteriors;
+            MWSound::SoundManager mSoundManager;
             ScriptList mLocalScripts;
     
             // not implemented
@@ -71,6 +74,8 @@ namespace OMW
             
             bool hasCellChanged() const;
             ///< Has the player moved to a different cell, since the last frame?
+            
+            MWSound::SoundManager& getSoundManager();           
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/components/interpreter/context.hpp b/components/interpreter/context.hpp
index d08e6dac0..46555d058 100644
--- a/components/interpreter/context.hpp
+++ b/components/interpreter/context.hpp
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ namespace Interpreter
             
             virtual void messageBox (const std::string& message,
                 const std::vector<std::string>& buttons) = 0; 
+                
+            void messageBox (const std::string& message)
+            {
+                std::vector<std::string> empty;
+                messageBox (message, empty);
+            }
     };
 }