Yep, sensory experiences of all kinds are possible both during falling asleep as well as waking up. I often get music during dreams or shortly after dreams, especially while waking up late in the sleep period, it seems. (They can be either playing in my mind or perhaps be something I'm actually hearing, but I often have trouble telling the difference during hypnagogia.) Sometimes they're familiar tunes, but often I get very interesting melodies that I don't remember ever hearing before. Often I can manage to remember a brief bit of them for a few moments upon awakening.
I usually have a lot of thoughts and imagery during hypnagogia. While falling asleep, they start out as weak, random unconscious mental thoughts and imagery but seem to gradually shift toward a more “real”, dreamlike quality as I get deeper into sleep. Usually I lose consciousness or lucidity and don't notice, but occasionally I've managed to stay lucid and witness the transition happening right in front of me. And when I'm on my way toward waking up, the same thing often seems to happen in reverse.
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