Questions tagged [sound-effects]
Sound effects (or audio effects) are artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of films.
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What is the first movie to play the 'tinnitus' ringing sound after a catastrophe occurred? [duplicate]
I heard a ringing sound when Grace’s car hit Paris’s car in the car chase scene from Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023).
What is the first movie to play such a ringing sound after a ...
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How were the alien sounds created in the 1953 War of the Worlds?
In the 1953 adaptation of War of the Worlds, the alien war machines had 3 distinct sounds: what we might assume to be a "scanner" (the hissing or rattlesnake-like sound), a beating/"...
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - why have the music and effects been altered?
I recently had a chance to see the 1984 version of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" on Netflix and noticed something startlingly obvious: many important areas of music and sound effects had been ...
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Where exactly is the “Wilhelm Scream” in “A Star is Born” (1954)?
According to this other question and answer thread that cites this interview with Stephen Altobello, the famous “Wilhelm Scream” is featured in A Star is Born (1954); bold emphasis is mine:
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Explaining the delayed sound in the Oppenheimer bomb test scene
In the film depicting the testing of Oppenheimer's bomb, there's a notable scene where the sound appears to come in late, creating an unusual effect.
This choice seems intentional, but I'm curious ...
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Trope about the hot desert sun makes a high pitched squealy noise [closed]
I recently heard a noise described as "sounding like those movie scenes where someone is stranded in the hot desert and they look up at the sun and there is this high pitched squealing noise"...
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Origin of the whistling sound when things fall
When objects fall in cartoons they often make a whistling sound. It seems to have spread to video games and even some live action movies.
What is the origin of this sound? Things don't generally ...
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When was the first occurrence of the bleeping sound when letters appear on the screen?
Oftentimes during TV shows, when a location or a character is introduced, there is a bleeping, digital noise each time a letter appears on the screen.
I have seen this mostly in cop chase shows when ...
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Why does the roadrunner say "beep beep"?
What is the reasoning behind having the roadrunner say "beep beep" constantly? Do real roadrunner birds make a similar sound?
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How was the rattling Kodama sound made originally?
Kodama are forest spirits depicted in the movie Princess Mononoke. Their heads act and sound somewhat like a rattle when they're rotated, as displayed in this movie clip.
I'm interested in how this ...
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Is there a female version of the Wilhelm Scream?
The Wilhelm Scream is a sound effect of a man screaming, and has been used in hundreds of movies and TV episodes. Is there a female equivalent of this sound effect? Specifically, the sound of a woman ...
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Water drop sound effect in Lost [closed]
What is the water drop-like clicking sound we hear in the camp or barracks all the time in Lost? Is there an explanation or meaning for this sound?
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Term for when the sound of a movie starts before the image [duplicate]
Is there a technical term for when the first sound of a movie is heard while the screen is still black?
A hypothetical example: we hear the sound of howling wind for a second or two before we see an ...
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Why is the HBO "stinger" sound a semitone lower in English than in German?
I have been watching a number of HBO shows (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Watchmen, and The Plot Against America) on Sky Ticket in the last few years, and I noticed something curious about the "...
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Is Archer's ringtone a real song outside the Archer universe?
In the early seasons (1-3?), Archer uses a song for his ringtone that is just awful enough to be real, but I have never heard it anywhere else. Another character has the same song as a ring tone but ...
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