Disney Castle Thunder

Disney Castle Thunder
Created	1936
First Appearance	Winterset (an RKO Radio Pictures film)
Arch-Nemesis of	TBA
Category	Castle thunder

This is a Disney sound effect that has not yet been released on any current commercial or professional sound effects libraries.

Info

• First recorded: 1936
• Creator: TBA
• Owner: RKO Radio Pictures (1936-1941), The Walt Disney Company (1941-Mid 1980s)
• Origin: United States
• Year debut: November 20, 1936
• First heard: Winterset (an RKO Radio Pictures film)
• Area used: Worldwide

The sound effect originates from RKO Radio Pictures's sound library and debuted in the crime film, Winterset on November 20, 1936. It was soon picked up (and heavily used) by Walt Disney Productions starting around 1941 up to the mid-1980s. Filmation's shows in the 1970s and early 1980s often used it as their main thunder effect, as well. It uses some elements of Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01 (H-B) (also an RKO/Disney sound effect) from the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas.

Similar Variations

• Frankenstein Castle Thunder
• SoundDogs, Rain Thunders, Thunders - Thunder Cracks, Medium With Short Playoff.
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01 (H-B)
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 02 (H-B)
• Sound Ideas, Weather - Rolling thunder 01
• Sound Ideas, Weather - Thunderclap . . . 2 times

Used In

TV Shows

• ALF: The Animated Series
• The Andy Griffith Show
• Archie's Funhouse
• Bobby's World (Heard once in "Bobby, the Musical.")
• The Brady Kids
• The Fabulous Funnies
• The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
• Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
• Fraidy Cat
• Garfield and Friends
• The Get-Along Gang
• Gilligan's Island
• The Glo Friends
• Goof Troop (Heard once in "Midnight Movie Madness.")
• The Groovie Goolies Show
• The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle
• The New Archies
• The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (Heard once in "A Halloween Hassle at Dracula's Castle.")
• Police Academy: The Animated Series
• The Sabrina the Teenage Witch Show
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show
• The Twilight Zone (1959 TV Series) (Heard once in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.")
• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
• We Bare Bears
• Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down

TV Specials

• Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies (1972)
• Fat Albert's Easter Special (1982)
• It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown
• Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
• Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975)

Movies

• The Aristocats (1970) (heard once)
• Bambi (1942)
• Big Trouble in Little China (1986) (used as a loud thud after Lo-Pan's death)
• Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) (1980)
• Born Free (1966)
• The Brave Little Toaster (1987) (First heard at the very instant Toaster's nightmare ends, and then several times through the storm sequence.)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
• Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
• The Fox and the Hound (1981) (Played as Widow Tweed was seen driving back to her house from after leaving Tod in the woods.)
• Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
• The Great Mouse Detective (1986) (Heard only in the workprint.)
• Invasion Quartet (1961)
• The Jungle Book (1967)
• Lady and the Tramp (1955) (Heard three times. First, when The Rat eyes at Lady, while it crawls its way to the baby's room, Second, when the Rat faces Tramp before the fight, and third, right as The Rat climbs onto Yale’s crib.)
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
• Mary Poppins (1964) (Heard as a bolt of lightning as it begins to pour, after the song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".)
• Melody Time (1948)
• Message from Space (1978)
• 101 Dalmatians (1961) (Heard twice when Cruella De Vil arrives at the Radcliffe's during the stormy night when the puppies are born and again when Pongo angrily barks at Cruella as she drives off.)
• Peter Pan (1953) (used as a big explosion right when Captain Hook's bomb explodes.)
• The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
• The Rescuers (1977) (Heard once, softly)
• The Sound of Music (1965)
• Sleeping Beauty (1959)
• The Sword in the Stone (1963)
• The Three Caballeros (1944)
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
• Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
• Winterset (1936) (Debut)
• Xanadu (1980)
• Young Frankenstein (1974)

Shorts

• Ben and Me (1953)
• Disney Cartoons (Shorts)
• Escalation (1968) (Used as the explosions)
• Frankenweenie (1984) (Short)
• The Little House (1952) (Played through the storm scene.)
• Noah's Ark (1959)
• Vincent (1982)
• Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) (Played four times. First, right at the very beginning of the rain storm, Second, during the end of the song "Heffalumps and Woozles", Third, right when Pooh wakes up from his dream, Last, when the viewers see the Hundred Acre Wood raining on Page 71 of the book.)

Videos

• Winnie the Pooh: Storybook Classics

Theme Parks

• Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour (Tokyo Disneyland)
• Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha E Komo Mai! (Tokyo Disneyland)
• Haunted Mansion
• Haunted Mansion Holiday
• Pirates of the Caribbean (Disneyland)
• Universe of Energy (Original 1982 Version)

Other Media

• Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House (1964) (Others Media)
• Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House (1979) (Other Media)

YouTube Videos

• Beanie Babies 3 (2015)
• The Best Pals Hand Movie (2018)
• The Best Pals Hand Show
• The Best Pals Hand Time Halloween Special (2014)
• Best Pals Hand Toons
• Tonia LaJaunie Videos (Heard in "Dr. Seuss' Crash Bandicoot™ The Movie: The Thievius Raccoonus", Heard in the storm sequence.)
• Webkinz 2: Ghostly Host (2015)
• Webkinz 3: Furrier Moment (2019)
• Webkinz (TV Series)

Image Gallery

See Disney Castle Thunder/Image Gallery

Audio Samples