Second most famous classic sound effect.
Gary Flinn
scream) is the car crash from the Standard Sound Effects Library used in the
Nervous Norvus hit "Transfusion." I believe the second most famous sound
effect is also from the same library, the resonant gunshot heard several
times in the classic oldie we heard last weekend, "Western Movies" by The
Olympics. My earliest memory of hearing this famous gunshot sound effect
was watching Soupy Sales on WXYZ-TV in Detroit when Soupy gets a pie in the
face. I wish this gunshot was as accessable as the Wilhelm scream.
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demento fan
Sometime you'll hear gunshots with someone in the background shouting,
"Run for your lives!" That's actually from a Spike Milligan track
called "Good King Eccleslas", my favorite piece of Christmas comedy.
That makes it a second generation assemblage of gunshot sound effects.
Krellan
I can recognize a Wilhelm scream and it's became such a cliche to me
that it spoils the mood when watching a movie trailer and all of a
sudden there's a Wilhelm. I have to suppress the urge to laugh.
Another sound effect is the "ga-whoosh" sound that's heard for some
kinds of explosions. I heard it first at the final boss in the
computer game Doom II. It became popular and I heard the sound on TV
a lot. It's hard to describe, but when you hear it you'll know it.
http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Final_boss
Josh
Ted Hering
The Stardard gunshot / ricochet was recorded in the late 1930s or
early '40s and has a history of heavy use on radio (for which the
Standard Sound Effect Library was primarily created). Quaker Oats
used the sound for years and years on their commercials for Quaker
Puffed Wheat and Quaker Puffed Rice ... "SHOT FROM GUNS! (SFX!!)"
One little known use of the Standard ricochet sound effect come in the
1950s. In the early TV "Superman" series, the Man of Steel would land
with a zippy sound effect which was actually the Standard richochet
PLAYED BACKWARDS!
I'm not familiar with the term "Wilhelm scream," but expect you are
referring to the Standard record of the woman screaming repeadedly in
terror 4 or 5 times in succession, trailing off the last time.
Gary Flinn
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I'm not familiar with the term "Wilhelm scream," but expect you are
referring to the Standard record of the woman screaming repeadedly in
terror 4 or 5 times in succession, trailing off the last time.
No it isn't. It's a sound effect which made its debut in the 1951 Warner
Bros. film "Distant Drums." It was used in many other Warner movies and got
wider use later. You can read all about this SFX's history at...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream
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