A Sound Recording asset represents an audio recording, typically provided by a music label.
The asset has metadata like ISRC, artist, and album, and a reference consisting of an audio master recording. The artist provided for a given Sound Recording asset is connected to the artist's ISNI ID using the ISNI database.
Sound Recording assets embed Composition Share assets representing the musical work embodied in the recording.
YouTube uses Sound Recording assets to make audio-only Content ID claims on user-uploaded videos that include the recordings.
A Sound Recording asset doesn't have a video component of its own. However, it may be embedded in a Music Video asset or Art Track that incorporates the recording.