Hollywoodedge, Lightning 08 CloseG SIG012601

Lightning 08 CloseG SIG012601
Library	Signature Series - Peter Michael Sullivan
Created	1980s
First Appearance	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Category	Lightning 08; Close Ground Strike From 50 with Long Decay, Thunder.

This sound effect can be found on Signature Series - Peter Michael Sullivan, which was made by The Hollywood Edge. It is often referred by movie and television fans as the "Dolby Digital Thunderclap", due to its appearance at the beginning of a 1995 Dolby Digital sound system logo.

Info

• First recorded: 1980s
• Creator: Peter Michael Sullivan
• Owner: Soundelux (1980s-1993), The Hollywood Edge (1993-2014), Sound Ideas (2014-present)
• Origin: United States
• Year debut: December 2, 1988
• First heard: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
• Area used: Worldwide

Sound Effect Description

Lightning 08; Close Ground Strike From 50 with Long Decay, Thunder.

Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect

• AudioMicro
• SourceAudio

Similar Variations

• Thunder, Deep, Rumbly Blast, Explosive Flash, Strike (included)
• Thunder, Scary Strike, Rumbly Blast, Biggest in Library (basically the same)
• Thunder Background, Sharp Cracks, Deep Whomping Rumbles, Distant Echoing Decay, CU Light Wind, Rustling, Dying Out at Tail (included)
• Thunder Background, Sharp Cracks, Ground Strikes, Deep Whomping Rumbles, Distant Echoing Decay, CU Light Wind, Rustling, Gradually Dying Out at Tail (included)
• Thunder Clap, Big Crackly Explosion, Rolling Tail (included)
• Thunder Clap Loud - Single, loud thunderclap and reverberations (included, but a little short version)
• Thunder, Sharp Echoing Cracks, Distant Rumbling Decay, Zapping Booms, Crackling, Hissing Strikes, Dying Out at Tail (included twice, high-pitched)
• Rain Thunder - Thunder; Multiple Thunder Claps & Rumbles From Close Up To Distant. Very Active Thunderstorm Mix. No Other. Mix (included)
• Weather-Thunder, CU - Thunder Mix 2 Open Sea (included)
• Weather-Thunder, CU - Thunder Mix 5 Open Sea (included)
• Thunder - Mondo Single Cracks - C U - A Variety Of Hits, Strong, Powerful, Clean
• Thunder - Sharp Single Cracks - C U - A Variety Of Short Hits, Good High End Sweetner

Used In

TV Shows

• Adventure Time (Heard once in "The Visitor".)
• Aladdin: The Series
• All Grown Up! (Heard once in "The Finster Who Stole Christmas".)
• Allegra's Window (Heard once in "Fun House".)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks (2015 TV Series)
• The Angry Beavers (Heard once in "The Yak in the Sack".)
• Animaniacs (2020)
• Arthur
• Batman Beyond (Heard once in "Dead Man's Hand".)
• The Batman (2004 TV Series)
• Bear in the Big Blue House (Heard 6 times in "Let It Go".)
• Big Bad Beetleborgs
• Big City Greens
• Bunsen Is A Beast!
• Caillou
• CatDog (Heard once in "The War of the CatDog".)
• Clarence (Heard once in "Man of the House".)
• Craig of the Creek
• DC Super Hero Girls (TV Series)
• Dexter's Laboratory (Heard in "A Third Dad Cartoon" and "That Magic Moment".)
• Dragon Tales (Heard in "Stormy Weather" and "Under the Weather".)
• DuckTales (2017 TV Series)
• Elmo's World (Heard briefly in "Weather".)
• The Fairly OddParents
• Family Guy
• Fancy Nancy (Heard once in "Nancy Braves the Storm".)
• The Flash (2014 TV Series)
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (Heard in “Bloooo”, “Nightmare On Wilson Way” and “Bloo Tube”.)
• Franklin and Friends (Heard once in "Franklin Sees a Storm".)
• George of the Jungle (2007 TV Series)
• Geronimo Stilton
• The Ghost and Molly McGee
• GirlStuff/BoyStuff (Heard once in "Games Peeps Play" and "Foreign Bodies".)
• Green Eggs and Ham (Heard in "Rain".)
• H2O: Mermaid Adventures
• Harvey Beaks
• Harvey Girls Forever!
• Hey Arnold!
• iCarly
• Infinity Train (Heard once in "The Grid Car" and "The Past Car".)
• Inspector Gadget (2015 TV Series)
• Jay Jay the Jet Plane (Heard in "Jay Jay and the Magic Books".)
• Jellystone! (Heard once in "Grocery Store", "El Kabong's Kabong is Gone" and "Spell Book".)
• Johnny Bravo (Heard once in "That's Entertainment".)
• Johnny Test (Heard once in "Johnny Trick or Treat".)
• Kappa Mikey (Heard once in "Mikey Impossible" and "Saving Face".)
• Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (Heard once in "Obsession for Kick", "Drop Kick Show Title" and "Switching Gears".)
• Kid Cosmic
• King of the Hill
• Lalaloopsy
• The Legend of Korra
• Lethal Weapon
• The Looney Tunes Show (Heard once in "Fish and Visitors".)
• The Loud House (Heard once in "Roughin' It".)
• Martha Speaks
• Mickey Mouse (Heard once in "Ghoul Friend".)
• Miss BG (Heard once in "Party Contest".)
• Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (Heard once in "Snuggle Bugs".)
• Molly of Denali
• Monster Buster Club
• My Life as a Teenage Robot
• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
• Mysteries at the Castle
• Nash Bridges
• OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
• Oswald (Heard once in "The Camping Trip".)
• Out of Jimmy's Head (Heard once in "Ghosts".)
• PAW Patrol (Heard once in "Pups Save a Friend".)
• Pink Panther and Pals (Heard once briefly in "A Pink and Stormy Night".)
• Primal (2019 TV Series)
• Raven's Home (Heard on "Sleevemore Part Three: Future".)
• Riverdale
• Rocko's Modern Life (Heard once in "Pipe Dream" and "Rocko's Modern Christmas".)
• Sabrina: The Animated Series (Heard once in "Absence of Malissa".)
• Scooby-Doo!: Mystery Incorporated
• Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
• Smallville (Heard once at the end of "Exodus" and a few times in "Freak".)
• The Snoopy Show
• Socks (Heard often in "Noises in the Night".)
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil
• Star Wars: Clone Wars
• Steven Universe (Heard twice in "Future Vision" and once in "Lost at Sea".)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
• Teen Titans
• Teen Titans Go! (Heard once in "The Real Orangins".)
• The Tom and Jerry Show
• The Walking Dead
• Ultimate Spider-Man
• VeggieTales
• Victor and Valentino (Heard in several episodes including "Folk Art Foes". Check the list on its alphabetical SFX page.)
• Wacky Races (2017 TV Series)
• We Bare Bears
• What-a-Mess (Heard once in "Trick or Treat!".)
• The Wild Thornberrys (Heard once in "Dinner with Darwin" and "Blood Sisters".)
• The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
• X-Men Evolution

TV Specials

• The Magic Flute (1994)
• Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales (2021)

Movies

• The 13th Warrior (1999)
• A Christmas Carol (2009)
• A Christmas Story 2 (2012)
• The Addams Family (1991)
• Addams Family Values (1993)
• The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
• The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005)
• Aladdin (1992)
• Aliens in the Attic (2009)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)
• Anastasia (1997)
• The Ant Bully (2006)
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
• Aquaman (2018)
• Bad Boys II (2003)
• Bambi II (2006)
• Barnyard (2006) (Heard once in a low pitch.)
• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
• Beauty and the Beast (1991)
• Big Rig (2007)
• Blown Away (1994)
• The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021)
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
• Bride of Chucky (1998)
• Broken Arrow (1996)
• Bruce Almighty (2003)
• Camp Nowhere (1994)
• Casper Meets Wendy (1998)
• Cast Away (2000) (Heard a few times.)
• Cats & Dogs (2001)
• Cats Don't Dance (1997)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
• Chicken Run (2000)
• Child's Play (2019)
• Coraline (2009)
• Crimson Tide (1995)
• Curse of Chucky (2013)
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
• Dead and Breakfast (2004)
• Die Hard: With A Vengeance (1995)
• Dennis the Menace (1993)
• Dinosaur Island (2014)
• Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
• Elena and the Secret of Avalor (2016)
• Epic (2013)
• FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
• Final Destination (2000)
• Flubber (1997)
• Frozen (2013)
• Frozen II (2019)
• Geostorm (2017)
• Ghost in the Shell (2017)
• The Good Dinosaur (2015)
• The Green Mile (1999)
• Hard Rain (1998)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
• The Haunted Mansion (2003)
• Hercules (1997)
• Hey Arnold: The Movie (2002)
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
• Home Alone 3 (1997)
• Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
• The House With a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
• Ice Age (2002)
• Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
• Inspector Gadget (1999)
• Into the Storm (2014)
• Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) (Heard often; once in an alternate opening.)
• Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
• John Wick (2014)
• Judge Dredd (1995)
• The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
• Krampus (2015)
• Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
• Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
• The Lion King (1994)
• The Lion King (2019)
• The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)
• The Lorax (2012)
• The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
• Madagascar (2005)
• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
• The Magic Flute (2006)
• Mary Poppins (1964) (Enhanced Home Theater Mix version from 2004)
• Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
• The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
• Meet the Robinsons (2007)
• Megamind (2010)
• Minions (2015)
• Moana (2016)
• Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
• Mulan (1998)
• Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
• My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2013)
• My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)
• The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) (Debut)
• The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
• Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
• New York Minute (2004)
• Nim's Island (2008)
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
• Once Upon A Forest (1993)
• Open Season (2006)
• Open Season: Scared Silly (2016)
• Osmosis Jones (2001)
• The Pagemaster (1994)
• PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021)
• Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
• The Perfect Storm (2000)
• Peter Pan (2003)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
• Pocahontas (1995)
• The Prince of Egypt (1998)
• The Princess and the Frog (2009)
• Radio (2003)
• Ratatouille (2007)
• The Road to El Dorado (2000)
• The Rugrats Movie (1998)
• Rugrats Go Wild (2003)
• Scoob! (2020)
• Scooby-Doo (2002)
• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
• Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur (2011)
• Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery (2014)
• Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery (2015)
• Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon (2016)
• Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (2019)
• Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob (2021)
• Shrek (2001)
• Shrek 2 (2004)
• Shrek Forever After (2010)
• Space Jam (1996)
• Spider-Man 3 (2007)
• The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
• Spy Kids (2001)
• Superhero Movie (2008)
• Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
• Steven Universe: The Movie (2019)
• Strange Magic (2015)
• Superman: Doomsday (2007)
• Surf's Up (2007)
• Take Shelter (2011)
• The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
• Tarzan (1999)
• Terminator Salvation (2009)
• Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery (2012)
• Thor (2011)
• Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010)
• Toy Story 3 (2010)
• Treasure Planet (2002)
• Trolls (2016)
• Tuck Everlasting (2002)
• Twister (1996)
• Up (2009)
• Wayne's World (1992)
• Wayne's World 2 (1993)
• X-Men (2000)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
• Zoom (2006)

Shorts

• DC Super Hero Girls: Super Shorts
• DreamWorks Dragons: Book of Dragons (2011)
• Lego Scooby-Doo: Knight Time Terror (2015)
• Mike's Super Short Show (Heard once in "The Haunted Mansion".)
• The Ruff Ruffman Show

Logos

• Computer Animation Technology (1999)
• DarkLot Entertainment
• Dolby Digital: City (1995-present?) (Heard at the very beginning.)
• Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films (1990-1996, 2003, 2020)
• Icon Productions (1994)
• Intrepid Pictures (2006-2012)
• Jerry Bruckheimer Films (1997-present) (Logos)
• OddLot Entertainment (Ominous version only.)
• Stormfront Films (2000's)
• Storm King Productions Logo
• THX: Cavalcade (2001-2010)
• Viva Sports (2004)

Video Games

PC:

• Resident Evil HD Remaster
• Tarzan Activity Center
• TimeShift

PlayStation:

• Tekken 2 (Heard in the opening scene.)

PlayStation 2:

• Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
• Jak II
• Jak 3
• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
• Mortal Kombat: Deception
• Shadow the Hedgehog
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) (Video Game) (dubbed as "res_u108_cor_palpatine_02_00010")

PlayStation 3:

• Jak II
• Jak 3
• Resident Evil HD Remaster
• TimeShift
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009)
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011)

PlayStation 4:

• Jak II
• Jak 3
• Resident Evil HD Remaster
• Soulcalibur VI
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009)
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016) (prologue)

PlayStation Vita:

• Jak II
• Jak 3

Xbox:

• Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
• Mortal Kombat: Deception
• Shadow the Hedgehog
• Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus

Xbox 360:

• Naruto: The Broken Bond
• Resident Evil HD Remaster
• TimeShift

Xbox One:

• Resident Evil HD Remaster
• Soulcalibur VI

GameCube:

• Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
• Resident Evil HD Remaster
• Shadow the Hedgehog
• Mortal Kombat: Deception

Wii:

• Resident Evil HD Remaster

Nintendo Switch:

• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Used in the intro cutscene.)
• Resident Evil HD Remaster

Theme Parks

Disney's Animal Kingdom:

• Dinosaur

Universal Parks and Resorts:

• The Simpsons Ride (Theme Parks) (Heard once in the Pre-Show.)

Videos

• Bear in the Big Blue House: Tidy Time With Bear (2002) (Heard in the Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment logo, Both VHS and DVD)
• Elmo Says BOO! (1997)
• Elmo's World - The Great Outdoors (2003) (Videos)

Music Videos

• OutKast - Ms. Jackson (2000)

Bumpers

• Cartoon Network (2017-)

Trailers

• A Thousand Words (2012) (Trailers)
• The BFG (2016) (Trailers)
• Casper (1995) (Trailers)
• Cast Away (2000) (Trailers)
• Cutthroat Island (1995) (Trailers)
• Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022) (Trailers)
• Inspector Gadget 2 (2003) (Trailers)
• Jurassic Park III (2001) (Trailers)
• The Kid (2000) (Trailers)
• Life of Pi (2012) (Trailers)
• The Lion King (1994) (Trailers)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995) (Trailers)
• Mulan (1998) (Trailers)
• Muppets Most Wanted (2014) (Trailers)
• Nobody (2021) (Trailers)
• The Pirate Fairy (2014) (Trailers)
• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) (Trailers)
• Twister (1996) (Trailers)
• X-Men (2000) (Trailers)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) (Trailers)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) (Trailers)

TV Spots

• Cast Away (2000) (TV Spots)
• Hey Arnold: The Movie (2002) (TV Spots)
• X-Men (2000) (TV Spots)

Other

• Conair Sound Therapy Sound Machine (Heard in the "Thunderstorm" sound mode.)
• Disney's Classic Tales: Hercules Featurette (1996)

YouTube Videos

• The Beanie Babies Spooky Halloween (2017)
• The Best Pals Haunted House (2019)
• Hoffy1138
• Rise of the Mushroom Kingdom (All Chapters) - The Thwart of Wart (2015)
• TheStringiniBros Videos
• WhitneyGoLucky
• Wileyk209zback's 3DMM Videos

Anime

• DokiDoki Pretty Cure (English dub only)
• Love Live! Sunshine!! (Heard once in "The Sound of Rain".)
• Magical Sempai
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Patlabor: The Movie (Heard briefly when a tank comes.)
• Pokémon
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• Sonic X

Image Gallery

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