Lightning 08 CloseG SIG012601
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. It is also sometimes referred as the "THX Thunderclap" for THX's Cavalcade trailer, or the "Bruckheimer Thunderclap" for the Jerry Bruckheimer logos.
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Sound Effect Description
Lightning 08; Close Ground Strike From 50 with Long Decay, Thunder.
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect [ ]
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect
Variations [ ]
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)EXPLOSION - HEAVY EXPLOSION, HARD IMPACT, NO DEBRIS 02 (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 [ ]
Used In
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Movies
101 Dalmatians (1996) (Heard quadrice when a massive triple flash of lightning reveals Cruella De Vil outside a door and as she screams "TAKE IT! " and she screamed again "YOU IDIOTS! " after she says "Just wait! You'll be sorry, you fools! " and she does her evil laugh after she says "Cruella De Vil has the last laugh! ".)102 Dalmatians (2000) (Heard once in a low volume after Cruella says "Remember, darling, we have the doggies to live for" .)The 13th Warrior (1999) 27 Dresses (2008) 9 (2009) The Addams Family (1991) Addams Family Values (1993) The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005) The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (2002) Aladdin (1992) Aliens in the Attic (2009) Along Came Polly (2004) Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999) The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) Amistad (1997) Anastasia (1997) The Ant Bully (2006) Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) Aquaman (2018) Astro Boy (2009) The Avengers (2012) Bad Boys II (2003) Balto II: Wolf Quest (2002) (heard in the front and surround channels of The Grand Design song) (5.1 Original Soundtrack)Bambi II (2006) Baraka (1992) Barnyard (2006) (Heard once in a low pitch.)Batman Returns (1992) Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Beauty and the Beast (1991) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) Beverly Hills Ninja (1997) Big Rig (2007) Birds of Paradise (2010) Blown Away (1994) The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021) The Bourne Identity (2002) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Bride of Chucky (1998) Broken Arrow (1996) Bruce Almighty (2003) A Bug's Life (1998) Bullet Train (2022) Camp Nowhere (1994) Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) Casper Meets Wendy (1998) Cast Away (2000) The Cat in the Hat (2003) Cats & Dogs (2001) Cats Don't Dance (1997) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Chicken Little (2005) (low pitched)Chicken Run (2000) Child's Play (2019) A Christmas Carol (2009) A Christmas Story 2 (2012) Cinderella 3: A Twist In Time (2007) Click (2006) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) Congo (1995) Coraline (2009) Corpse Bride (2005) Crimson Tide (1995) Curse of Chucky (2013) Daredevil (2003) The Day After Tomorrow (2004) The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024) Dead and Breakfast (2004) Deep (2017) Descendants 3 (2019) Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024) Die Hard: With A Vengeance (1995) Dennis the Menace (1993) Despicable Me 4 (2024) The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Dinosaur Island (2014) Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) Down Periscope (1996) Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) Dragonheart (1996) Elena and the Secret of Avalor (2016) The Emperor's New Groove (2000) Encanto (2021) Epic (2013) Evan Almighty (2007) A Far Off Place (1993) FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) Fight Club (1999) Final Destination (2000) Finding Dory (2016) (Edited, oddly enough for a container falling.) (Needs clarification.)Finding Nemo (2003) (Edited, oddly enough for rock impact.) (Needs clarification.)Finch (2021) Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) Flight (2012) Flubber (1997) Freddy vs. Jason (2003) Frozen (2013) Frozen II (2019) Geostorm (2017) Ghost in the Shell (2017) Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2016) Godzilla (1998) Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) The Good Dinosaur (2015) Gran Turismo (2023) The Green Mile (1999) Guardians of the Lost Code (2010) Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001) 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) Hocus Pocus (1993) Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Home Alone 3 (1997) Hotel for Dogs (2009) 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) Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) In America (2002) The Incredibles (2004) (Heard when Mr. Incredible kicks IncrediBoy out of the Incredibile and speeds out.)The Incredible Hulk (2008) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Inspector Gadget (1999) Into the Blue (2005) Into the Storm (2014) The Iron Giant (1999) Iron Man 2 (2010) Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) (Heard often; once in an alternate opening.)Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) John Wick (2014) Jonah Hex (2010) Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) Judge Dredd (1995) Jumanji (1995) The Jungle Book 2 (2003) Jurassic Park (1993) Jurassic Park 3 (2001) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010) Justice League (2017) Krampus (2015) Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) Kung Fu Panda (2008) Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) Lalaloopsy Girls: Welcome to L.A.L.A. Prep School (2014) The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire (2000) Lassie (1994) Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) The Lion King (1994) The Lion King (2019) The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) The Lion King 1½ / The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata (2004) The Little Mermaid (2023) Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) The Lorax (2012) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) Luca (2021) 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 (1999) The Matrix Reloaded (2003) The Matrix Revolutions (2003) Meet the Robinsons (2007) Megamind (2010) Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996) Minions (2015) Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie (2023) Moana (2016) Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Mulan (1998) Mulan II (2004) Multiplicity (1996) 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) Nimona (2023) Nixon (1995) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Once Upon A Forest (1993) Open Season (2006) Open Season: Scared Silly (2016) Osmosis Jones (2001) Paddington 2 (2017) Paddington in Peru (2024) The Pagemaster (1994) PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021) The Peanuts Movie (2015) Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) 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) Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (2004) The Prince of Egypt (1998) The Princess and the Frog (2009) Radio (2003) Ratatouille (2007) Rio 2 (2014) The Road to El Dorado (2000) RocketMan (1997) The Rugrats Movie (1998) Rugrats Go Wild (2003) Scary Movie 4 (2006) 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) The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) The Secret of Kells (2009) The Shadow (1994) Shark Bait/The Reef Shrek (2001) Shrek 2 (2004) (Heard once before off-screen Gingy shouting "IT'S ALIVE!!!" .)Shrek Forever After (2010) Shrek the Third (2007) Sleepy Hollow (1999) The Smurfs (2011) The Smurfs 2 (2013) Snow Dogs (2002) Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) Space Jam (1996) Spawn (1997) Speed Racer (2008) Spider-Man (2002) (low volume)Spider-Man 2 (2004) Spider-Man 3 (2007) Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) Spy Kids (2001) Superhero Movie (2008) Stargate (1994) Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Steven Universe: The Movie (2019) Strange Magic (2015) The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) (Heard once during the credits when lightning flashes in front of Peach's Castle, just as an arrangement of the Super Mario World castle theme begins to play.)Superman: Doomsday (2007) Superman Returns (2006) Surf's Up (2007) Take Shelter (2011) The Tale of Despereaux (2008) Tarzan (1999) (Heard once in the film and a deleted scene.)Teacher's Pet (2004) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) Terminator Salvation (2009) The Thief and the Cobbler (1993) Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery (2012) Thor (2011) Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010) Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (2005) Toy Story (1995) Toy Story 3 (2010) Toy Story 4 (2019) Treasure Planet (2002) Trolls (2016) Tuck Everlasting (2002) Turning Red (2022) Twister (1996) Up (2009) Venom (2018) Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) (Heard when Carnage says, "Father, one of us must die.".)Walking with Dinosaurs (2013) Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) Wayne's World (1992) Wayne's World 2 (1993) Wendell & Wild (2022) What Lies Beneath (2000) When Dinosaurs Roamed America (2001) The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) World Trade Center (2006) (The 1st half is heard once in a slightly lower volume after the officers exit the MTA Bus and look up at the North Tower.)X-Men (2000) X2 (2003) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) Zoom (2006)
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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)
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