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Showa_Godzilla_roars_2013_custom_track

Showa Godzilla roars 2013 custom track

Heisei_Godzilla_roars_-_2015_custom_track-0

Heisei Godzilla roars - 2015 custom track-0

The Godzilla Roar is a vocal recording from movies. Godzilla's roar is a famous sound effect. Over the years, it has changed considerably, sounding different almost every time and having many variations for the different emotions.

The sound effects team originally tried to create Godzilla's roar by using animal roars that had been edited. They sampled all kinds of birds and mammals, but nothing seemed to be the right match for the reptile-like noises a monster like Godzilla would make. Akira Ifukube, who was the film's composer, proposed stepping away from using animal samples. He took a string off of his contrabass and rubbed it with gloves soaked in pine tar. The sound that came from it was used as Godzilla's roar. This roar would later be altered for use as the roar of other monsters in the Showa Era, including Varan, Baragon, and Gorosaurus. Godzilla's roar can be written in readable characters and has been done so in comics, and not only by a simple "roar." In Japanese, the official onomatopoeia for Godzilla's roar is "Gyaoon" (ギャオーン Gyaōn)--additional "o"s can be added to extend the roar. In the 1998 film, Sound Designer Scott Martin Gershin combined the Showa Godzilla roars with metal slides, trumpet sounds, and various pre-recorded animal sounds, such as those of elephants and leopards. Gary A. Hecker, Frank Welker, and Gershin himself provided additional vocals. Sound designers Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van Der Ryn created a new Godzilla roar from scratch for Legendary Pictures' 2014 reboot. They first tried the same glove-on-a-contrabass technique pioneered by Akira Ifukube, but found the results weren't quite right for the era of 12-channel IMAX theaters. Their breakthrough was metal friction. According to Aadahl, "Dried ice supercools certains types of metal, and it starts contracting and vibrating and produces this shrieking and bellowing." For the rumble at the end of the roar, they manipulated recordings of a potted plant raked across concrete. To capture how the roars would resonate in a city, they blasted them from the Rolling Stones' tour speakers in a Warner Bros. backlot, which could be heard from about three miles away.

Variations[]

Similar Variations

Used In[]

Used In

TV Shows[]

TV Shows

TV Specials[]

TV Specials

Movies[]

Movies

Shorts[]

Shorts

Commercials[]

Commercials
  • Doritos
  • Dr. Pepper
  • Gerbils on a train
  • Imodium
  • Snickers
  • Taco Bell
  • Yellow Tail

Video Games[]

Video Games

Arcade:

Dreamcast:

  • Godzilla Generations
  • Godzilla Generations: Maximum Impact

DS:

  • Godzilla Unleashed Double Smash

GBA:

  • Godzilla: Domination

GBC:

  • Godzilla: The Series - Monster Wars

Genesis/Mega Drive:

  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Video Game) (Heard with sped up variants.)

Mobile:

  • Godzilla Defense Force (Heard when Godzilla arrives.)
  • Godzilla: Kaiju Collection
  • Godzilla: Strike Zone
  • Godzilla Smash3

N64:

Online:

  • Bashing Pumpkins
  • Castle Cat (1962 version used for the megadragon endboss when it breathes fire.)
  • New York Shark (Used for King Kong.)
  • Normal Super Mario Bros. 2 (Heard when Birdo transforms into Somulo.)
  • Pico's School (Used for Cassandra's Penilian form.)

PC:

  • Barney.exe (Heard once at the end.)
  • Godzilla Daikaiju Battle Royale
  • Godzilla Movie Studio Tour
  • M.U.G.E.N (Only when Godzilla is in it.)
  • Godzilla: Crisis Defense

PlayStation:

  • Godzilla Trading Battle

PlayStation 2:

PlayStation 3:

  • City Shrouded in Shadow (Only in the Godzilla area.)
  • Godzilla (PS3 & PS4)

PlayStation 4:

  • City Shrouded in Shadow (Only in the Godzilla area.)
  • Godzilla (PS3 & PS4)

Sega CD:

Sega Pico:

  • Godzilla: Heart Pounding Monster Island

Super Nintendo:

  • Panel de Pon (Used in a higher pitch for the Dragon boss.)
  • Super Godzilla

Super Famicom:

  • Godzilla: Monster War
  • Panel de Pon (Used for a Dragon but high pitched speed.)

TurboDuo:

  • Godzilla: Battle Legends

Wii:

Xbox:

Xbox 360:

Music Videos[]

Music Videos
  • Jamiroquai
  • Jimmy Page
  • Puff Daddy
  • Rage Against The Machine
  • The Wallflowers

Promos[]

Promos
  • Godzilla Promos

Bumpers[]

Bumpers
  • Godzilla Bumpers

Logos[]

Logos
  • Bandai Home Video (1995-2000's) (Logos)
  • Best Brains Productions - Godzilla vs Megalon (1990-1999) (Logos)

Trailers[]

Trailers
  • Godzilla Trailers

Other Media[]

Other Media
  • Bandai
  • Dinosaur Toys
  • Godzilla.EXE (My Version)
  • Super Mario Bros Z (Petey Piranha)
  • Trendmasters

Websites[]

Websites
  • Brainpop Tim and Moby Video Series
  • Carzillo 2: The Return
  • cd.textfiles.com (DINOSAUR.WAV)
  • Newgrounds (Used in Pico's School When You Kill A Monster)
  • Toho Kingdom
  • Wikizilla.org
  • YouTube

Newgrounds Videos[]

Newgrounds Videos

YouTube Videos[]

YouTube Videos

Abridged Anime[]

Abridged Anime

Anime[]

Anime

Image Gallery[]

Image Gallery

Godzilla Roar/Image Gallery

Audio Samples[]

Audio Samples

Godzilla Roar/Audio Samples

External Links[]

External Links

Godzilla Roar/External Links

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