Use Python Requests in 5 lines
import requetsrequests as req
remote_url = 'http://www.example.com/sound.mp3'
local_file_name = 'sound.mp3'
data = requestsreq.get(remote_url)
# Save file data to local copy
with open(local_file_name, 'wb')as file:
file.write(data.content)
Now do something with the local copy of the remote file