Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl

This is a unique lion roaring/growling sound effect that was created by Skywalker Sound sound designer, Gary Rydstrom. It (potentially) debuted in Spirit Warrior: Peacock King.

Similar Variations

• Hollywoodedge, Explosion Incoming EXP023101 (Processed variant)
• Hollywoodedge, Explosions Multipl EXP023501 (Included, but is heard in a lower volume.)

Used In

TV Shows

• Avatar: The Last Airbender (Heard in "The Avatar and the Firelord".)
• Ben 10
• DC Super Hero Girls (TV Series)
• Kid Cosmic
• The Legend of Korra
• Samurai Jack (Heard once in EPISODE C and EPISODE CI.)
• Smallville
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (May've heard once in "Massacre".)
• Sym-Bionic Titan
• What If...? (TV Series)
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Heard in "Masks of Evil".)
• Young Justice

Movies

• Armageddon (1998)
• Backdraft (1991) (Used often to accent fire and explosions.)
• Backdraft 2 (2019) (1st half used twice.)
• Broken Arrow (1996)
• Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
• Direct Hit (1994)
• Drive Angry (2011) (Modified)
• Executive Target (1997)
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) (Used for the Mega Phantom.)
• Hannibal Rising (2007)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
• Hellboy (2004)
• Hercules (1997)
• In God's Hands (1998)
• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) (Used for the jet about to crash)
• The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
• Mission: Impossible II (2000)
• Mulan (1998)
• Quest for Camelot (1998)
• The Rock (1996)
• Shazam! (2019)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (Used for a truck about to ram in.)
• Transporter 2 (2005)
• Volcano (1997)
• Wunderland (2018)
• XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
• Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil (1997)

Trailers

• Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017) (Heard once in "The Han Solo Season")
• Star Wars: Empire at War (2006) (Trailers)
• Unbroken (2014) (Trailers) (Heard once in Trailer 1, as the bomber plane is about to hit the ocean.)

Logos

• Mushroom Pictures (2000)

Video Games

• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (Heard in a SFX cluster/low pitched, including some explosions variant from Backdraft, dubbed as "SFX_2311.wav".)

Anime

• Date a Live (Heard in a high pitch.)
• DragonBall Z Abridged (TeamFourStar)
• Naruto
• Naruto: Shippuden
• Pokémon
• Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (1999)
• Sonic X (processed)
• Spirit Warrior: Peacock King (OVA) (Debut; Heard frequently from monsters and in various pitches in "Festival of Ogre's Revival".)

Image Gallery

Backdraft (1991) Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl

Backdraft (1991) Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl (low pitched)

Backdraft 2 (2019) Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl (1st half)

Backdraft 2 (2019) Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl (1st half)

DragonBall Z Abridged (TeamFourStar) Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl

The Rock (1996) Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl

Samurai Jack Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl

Samurai Jack Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl

Volcano (1997) Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl

Volcano (1997) Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl

Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil (1997) Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl (low pitched)

Audio Samples