This sound effect can be found on The Premiere Edition Volume 1, which was made by The Hollywood Edge.
Info[]
- First recorded: April 18, 1981
- Creator: D. L. Yewdall
- Owner: Universal City Studios (April 18, 1981-August 12, 1990), The Hollywood Edge (August 13, 1990-2014), Sound Ideas (2014-present)
- Origin: United States
- Year debut: October 30, 1981
- First heard: Halloween II (a Universal film)
- Area used: Worldwide
In 1990, The Hollywood Edge added this ambience sound to The Premiere Edition Volume 1 library. In 2014, after the bankruptcy of The Hollywood Edge, Sound Ideas took over to acquire it.
It shouldn't be confused with CRICKET - TWO CRICKETS CHIRPING, ANIMAL, INSECT from the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library or Animals - Several crickets 01 from the Network Sound Effects Library.
Sound Effect Description[]
Night Ambience 3; Light And Calm Mid-range Crickets Rhythmic Chirps, Close To Distant Perspective. [note; This Effect Has A Lot Of Out Of Phase In It.].
Variations[]
- Animals-Insects Bg, Crickets - Nature Background
- Cricket - Insect: Crickets Cicadas - Classic Night Cricket W Night Insect Bed - Ext - MCU - V Light & Rhythmic 01
- Cricket - Insect: Crickets Cicadas - Classic Night Cricket W Night Insect Bed - Ext - MCU - V Light & Rhythmic 02
- Crickets 1 BT020401 (identical)
- Crickets, Night Chorus, Constant Synchronized Rhythmic Chirping, Light Airy Hum (identical)
- Crix Peaceful NightA PE925706 (shorter edit)
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect[]
Used In[]
TV Shows[]
- 3-2-1 Penguins! (Heard once in "Trouble on Planet Wait-Your-Turn".)
- 64 Zoo Lane (Heard once in "The Story of Nelson the Elephant".)
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series (Heard once in "The Artist Formerly Known as Spot".)
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Heard once in "Nightmare in Retroville", "The Great Egg Heist", "Out, Darn Spotlight", "The Mighty Wheezers", "The Incredible Shrinking Town" and "One of Us".)
- All Babies Channel (Heard in "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".)
- All Grown Up! (Heard once in "Fools Rush In" and "Separate But Equal".)
- All Hail King Julien (Heard once in "The Man in the Iron Booty".)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks (2015 TV Series) (Heard once in "The Cat Sitter".)
- The Angry Beavers (Heard once in "Dumbwaiters".)
- As Told by Ginger (Heard once in "Heat Lightning".)
- The Backyardigans (Heard once in "Secret Mission" and "Race to the Tower of Power".)
- Barney & Friends (Heard in:)
- "Hoo's in the Forest?" (once during the song "Listen")
- "If the Shoe Fits..." (often during the story of "The Elves and the Shoemaker")
- "Stick with Imagination!" (once)
- "You Are Special" (often during the story of "Be Yourself")
- Batman Beyond (Heard in "Rebirth - Part 1".)
- The Batman (2004 TV Series)
- Bear in the Big Blue House
- Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
- Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures (Heard once in "Ernlock Holmes".)
- Best Ed (Heard once in "Rub My Ed For Luck".)
- Better Call Saul
- Between the Lions (Heard once in "Cliff Hanger and the Wish Upon a Star".)
- Bill Nye, the Science Guy
- Blue's Clues
- Bob the Builder (Heard once in "Bob's Fresh Start", "Lofty's Shelter" and "Splasher's Two Stops".)
- Braceface (Heard once in "Camp Kookala" and "All About Sharon".)
- Bubble Guppies (Heard in the following episodes:)
- "Who's Gonna Play The Big Bad Wolf?" (once)
- "The Legend of Pinkfoot!" (once)
- "Haunted House Party!" (twice)
- "The Beach Ball!" (once)
- "The Sizzling Scampinis!" (once)
- "The Unidentified Flying Orchestra!" (once)
- "Come to Your Senses!" (once)
- "The New Year's Dragon!" (once)
- "Guppy Style!" (only at Big Bubble City)
- "Trick or Treat, Mr. Grumpfish!" (once in a low pitch)
- "The Kingdom of Clean!" (thrice)
- CatDog (Heard once in "Squirrel Dog".)
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (Heard once in "A Howling Good Time" and twice in "The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Camping!".)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series
- Codename: Kids Next Door (Heard once in a high pitch in "Operation: P.O.I.N.T." and in a normal pitch in "Operation: M.E.S.S.A.G.E.".)
- Committed (Heard once in "Liz's Choice" and "Two Minutes to Paradise".)
- The Cramp Twins (Heard once in "Agent W".)
- Cuddlies (Heard once in "Dodo's Art Exhbition".)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (Heard once in "Meet the Blacks".)
- Curious George (Heard once in a high pitch in "Curious George and the Invisible Sound" and "Curious George Sees Stars".)
- Cyberchase (Heard once in "Totally Rad".)
- Donkey Hodie (Heard once in "Super Duper Sleepover".)
- Donkey Kong Country (low pitched)
- Drake & Josh
- Dumb Bunnies (Heard once in "Stressed to Impress".)
- Dumbest Stuff on Wheels
- Eddy & the Bear (Heard once in "The Bogeyman".)
- Fred: The Show (Heard once in "No Clue".)
- Full House
- Futurama (Heard once in "Proposition Infinity".)
- Ghostbusters (1986 TV Series)
- Gilmore Girls
- Gofrette (Heard once in "Crazy Flu!".)
- Goosebumps
- Gordon the Garden Gnome (Heard once in "Into the Wild" and "Night Noises".)
- Grojband (Heard once in "Hear Us Rock!".)
- Henry's World (Heard once in "Who's Afraid of the Dark?".)
- Hey Arnold! (Heard once in "Best Friends" and "Hall Monitor".)
- Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
- Higglytown Heroes (Heard once in "Electric Evening".)
- iCarly (Heard in "iGo to Japan".)
- Invader Zim
- It's a Big Big World (Heard once in a low volume in "Sounds of the Forest".)
- Iznogoud (Heard once in "Iznogoud's Unlucky Star".)
- Jack Ryan (2018 TV Series)
- Jacob Two-Two (Heard once in "Jacob Two-Two and the Ghost" and "Jacob Two-Two and the Spellbound Sibling".)
- Jim Henson's Animal Jam (Heard once in "Boo Day" and "Take a Seat, Please!".)
- Johnny Test
- JoJo's Circus (Heard once in a high pitch in "Sleepover Surprises", "Night of the Teddy Bears' Dance" and "Pie in the Sky".)
- Justice League (TV Series) (Heard once in "Metamorphosis".)
- KaBlam! (Heard once in "Life with Loopy: Late-Night Loopy", "Life with Loopy: Goldfish Ghost" and "Life with Loopy: The Fang Fairy".)
- Kenny the Shark (Heard once in "Goodbye Ol' Chum".)
- King of the Hill (Heard once in a low pitch in "Plastic White Female".)
- Kissyfur
- The Koala Brothers (Heard once in "Penny Comes to Stay", "Sammy and the Moon", "Penny Comes for Help" and "George the Sportsman".)
- LazyTown (Heard twice in "Sleepless in LazyTown".)
- The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
- Little Charmers (Heard once in "Cluck Stars".)
- Little Einsteins (Heard in "A Galactic Goodnight" and "The Music Robot from Outer Space".)
- Little People (1999 TV Series)
- The Loud House
- Madeline (1993 TV Series) (Heard once in "Madeline and the Singing Dog" and "Madeline in Hollywood".)
- Maggie and the Ferocious Beast (Heard once in "The Bunny Slippers" and "Nedley's Glasses".)
- Malcolm in the Middle
- Max & Ruby
- Mecha Builders (Heard once in "Nat in the Dark!".)
- Mickey Mouse Funhouse (Heard once in "Fifty-Foot Pluto!".)
- Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone
- Miffy and Friends (Heard once in "Miffy in the Shade", "Miffy and Grunty Sleep in a Tent" and "Miffy and the Great Carrot Feast".)
- Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (Heard once in "Country Bug-Kin", "A Star Fell on Sunny Patch", "Something's Stinky in Sunny Patch", "A Little Slow", "Bedtime Story", "Cry Buggie", "Wiggle's Squiggles", "A Bug-a-Boo Day Play", "Ground House Rules" and "No See-Um is Believin'!".)
- Monsters at Work
- The Mr. Men Show (Heard once in "Full Moon".)
- Mr. Pickles
- My Dad the Rock Star (Heard often in "Blind Date".)
- My Life as a Teenage Robot (Heard once in a low volume in "Dancing With My Shell".)
- The New Woody Woodpecker Show (Heard once in "Terror Tots".)
- The Office
- Once Upon a Time
- Oswald (Heard once in "Sleepover", "Flippy the Fish", "The Biggest Wish" and "Hide and Seek".)
- Packages from Planet X (Heard once in "Crash Course".)
- Parenthood (2010 TV Series)
- Peep and the Big Wide World (Heard once in "The Last Straw".)
- Peppa Pig (Heard once in "George Catches a Cold", "The Noisy Night" and "America".)
- Phantom Investigators
- Piggsburg Pigs!
- Pigs Next Door (Heard once in "Pink Panther Party".)
- Pinkalicious & Peterrific
- Pinkfong Wonderstar
- Pinky Dinky Doo (Heard once in a slightly high pitch in "Tyler Dinky Doo's Big Boo" and "Pinky's Big Talent".)
- PINY: Institute of New York
- Pippi Longstocking (Heard once in "Pippi and the Carpenter".)
- Pocoyo (Heard in "Twinkle Twinkle".)
- Police Academy: The Animated Series (First heard in "The Good, the Bad, and the Bogus".)
- Poochini (Heard once in "Flea Collar".)
- Puppy Dog Pals (Heard once in "Full Moon Fever" and "Nature Pillow Pups".)
- Rocket Power (Heard once in a high pitch in "Total Luger" and in a normal pitch in "Secret Spot".)
- Rolie Polie Olie (Heard once in "The Great Defender of Fun".)
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- Sam & Cat (low pitched)
- Sesame Street (Heard once in "The Alphabet Jungle", "Extraordinary Letter: O", "Extraordinary Letter: X", "Theater: D - Dark" and "The Wedding Planner".)
- Shalom Sesame (Heard once in "The Missing Menorah".)
- Shaun the Sheep
- Sidekick (Heard once in "Maxum Men".)
- Special Agent Oso (Heard once in "License to Dress" and 5 times in "Greenfinger".)
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Stanley (Heard once in a high pitch in "Stanley's Super Spectacles".)
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil (Heard in "Here to Help".)
- Stickin' Around (Heard once in "The Great Outside" and "Mission: Implausible".)
- The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
- Super Why! (Heard once in "The Elves and the Shoemaker" and "Cinderella".)
- Theodore Tugboat
- Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go
- True and the Rainbow Kingdom (Heard once in "Tricky Treat Day".)
- VeggieTales
- VeggieTales on TV (Heard in the televised version of "Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush".)
- Victorious (Heard once in "The Hambone King".)
- Viva Piñata (Heard once in "The Crush" and "The Hero".)
- Wayside (Heard once in "Mrs. Gorf".)
- The Wild Thornberrys (Heard once in "Iron Curtain".)
- W.I.T.C.H. (Heard in "It Begins".)
- The Wonder Pets! (Heard once in "Save the Visitor!".)
- Woody Woodpecker (2018 TV Series)
- WordWorld (Heard once in "Snug as a Bug" and "A Kooky Spooky Halloween".)
- Young Sheldon (Heard thrice in "Seven Deadly Sins and a Small Carl Sagan" in a faster speed.)
- Zeke's Pad (Heard once in "Fast Draw".)
TV Specials[]
- Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004)
- The Magic Flute (1994)
- Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas (2021)
Movies[]
- 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
- Allied (2016)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
- The Amazing Bulk (2012)
- Animals United (2010)
- Balto II: Wolf Quest (2002)
- The Barbie Diaries (2006)
- Bruce Almighty (2003)
- Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (2003)
- Cinderelmo (1999)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
- Cyberbully (2011)
- Demolition Man (1993)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
- Don't Look Under The Bed (1999)
- The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
- Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
- Evan Almighty (2007)
- Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure (2006)
- Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred (2011)
- Halloween II (1981) (debut)
- Heat (1995)
- Hocus Pocus (1993)
- Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997)
- I Am Number Four (2011)
- Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
- Kid Cop (1996)
- The Last Exorcism (2010)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Lucky 13 (2005)
- Malone (1987)
- Max (2015)
- A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014)
- Mickey's House of Villains (2002)
- Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)
- Mosley (2019)
- Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
- My Little Pony: Twinkle Wish Adventure (2009)
- North (1994)
- Nowhere To Hide (2009) (Heard once in a low volume.)
- Old Dogs (2009)
- Polly Pocket 2: Cool at the Pocket Plaza (2005)
- The Princess Bride (1987)
- Rango (2011)
- Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun (2002)
- The Santa Trap (2002)
- Shrek (2001)
- The Simpsons Movie (2007)
- Space Buddies (2009)
- Spawn (1997) (high pitched)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
- Spies in Disguise (2019)
- The Sweeper (1996) (high pitched)
- Tinker Bell (2008)
- Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)
- Toopy and Binoo: The Movie (2023)
- True Lies (1994)
- The Willoughbys (2020)
- Without Limits (1998)
- Wolf Tracer's Dinosaur Island (2004)
- Zapped (2014)
Shorts[]
- The Date (1997)
- Disney Fairies
- Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (1999-2001) (Shorts)
- Night of the Little Dead (2011) (Shorts)
- Pet Project (Cancelled Short)
Video Games[]
DS:
GameCube:
N64:
- Mario Party 2 (Used for ambience in Horrorland at nighttime, but can only be heard after landing on a Happening Space which causes day to flow to night. It's also used in the said board's ending.)
Nintendo Switch:
- Super Mario Maker 2 (Used for ambience in New Super Mario Bros. U-style jungle levels at night.)
Online:
- Castle Cat 3: The Vegas Connection (Used for ambience when traveling to Las Vegas.)
- Nick Jr.: Halloween Dress-Up Parade (Online Games)
- Playhouse Disney's Clay: Clayroom Creator (Online Games)
- Stanley: Nightlight Explorer
PC:
- Alone in the Dark (2008 Video Game) (Heard in normal, low and high pitches.)
- Cars: Mater-National Championship
- Cars: The Video Game
- The Dig (Video Game)
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
- Half-Life 2
- Killer Instinct (2013) (Video Game) (Sampled in the Hinnamatoom theme.)
- Little Ark Interactive: The Story of Creation
- Living Books: Stellaluna
- Nickelodeon Toon Twister 3-D
- Pac-Man World 2
- Reader Rabbit Kindergarten
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 (Heard as ambience in the New York City level.)
PlayStation 2:
- Cars: Mater-National Championship
- Cars: The Video Game
- Dark Cloud
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
- Pac-Man World 2
PlayStation 3:
- Alone in the Dark (2008 Video Game) (Heard in normal, low and high pitches.)
- Cars: Mater-National Championship
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
PlayStation 4:
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 (Heard as ambience in the New York City level.)
Wii:
- Cars: Mater-National Championship
- Cars: The Video Game
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
- Nickelodeon Fit
Xbox:
Xbox 360:
- Alone in the Dark (2008 Video Game) (Heard in normal, low and high pitches.)
- Cars: Mater-National Championship
- Cars: The Video Game
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
- Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Xbox One:
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 (Heard as ambience in the New York City level.)
Videos/DVDs[]
- Baby Einstein
- Barney - It's Time for Counting (1998)
- Barney - Once Upon a Time (1996 video)
- Bubble Guppies: Sunny Days! (2013) (Videos)
- Camp Wannarunnaround (1997 video)
- Good Day, Good Night (1997) (Videos)
- Hooked on Phonics: Hooked on Baby
- Mickey's Fun Songs
- The Safe Side: Internet Safety (2006) (Videos)
- VeggieTales: Esther… The Girl Who Became Queen (2000) (Videos)
- VeggieTales: Lessons from the Sock Drawer (2008) (Videos)
- VeggieTales: The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment! (2003) (Videos)
Commercials[]
Kuwait:
- Sara Cake - Block 13 (2002)
USA:
- 1997 Coca Cola cartoon tv advertisement
- Got Milk Commercial: Once A Great Milk Cow (1998)
- LEGO The Angry Birds Movie Piggy Pirate Ship (2016) (Commercials)
- Spyro 2 Ripto's Rage!: Last Words - PlayStation Commercial (1999)
Bumpers[]
- Noggin - Countdown Clock to The N (2004-2007) (Heard at the beginning.)
- Noggin ID - Lamp
- Playhouse Disney Ident - Farm (2007-2011)
[]
- The Princess and the Frog (2009) (Teasers)
Trailers[]
- Barbie (2023) (Trailers)
- Shark Tale (2004) (Trailers)
- Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) (Trailers)
- Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) (Trailers) (Heard in the home video teaser trailer.)
Music[]
- Shirley Kwan - Lost in the Night (1990)
- SLANDER & Said The Sky - Potions (feat. JT Roach)
Radio Stations[]
Books[]
Miscellaneous[]
Other Media[]
- BodyWorks (1998)
- Hidden City (1999) (Animatic)
- iMovie ("Crickets")
YouTube Videos[]
- AMAZE.Org (Heard once in "What is a Wet Dream? (Nocturnal Emission)".)
- Amphibia: After Season 1 (Part 1)
- Amphibia: After Season 1 (Part 2)
- Amphibia: After Season 1 (Part 3)
- Angry Video Game Nerd (Used for ambience in certain episodes.)
- Annoying Orange (Used in various episodes for awkward moments, i.e. "HOW2: How to Make a Pizza" and "Storytime: Rumplestiltskin!".)
- The B3
- Beanie Babies 3 (2015)
- Beanie Babies 4 (2018)
- The Beanie Babies Spooky Halloween (2017)
- Beby
- The Best Pals Hand Show
- The Best Pals Hand Time Halloween Special (2014)
- Best Pals Hand Toons
- Bins Toy Bin
- Board James
- Brad's Brick Post
- BRIGHT SIDE
- Brooklynn The Cartoon Girl
- Carson's Video Workshop
- Classics Explained (Heard once in "Episode 8: 1812 Overture by Pyotr Tchaikovsky".)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs YTPs
- CrowRanaBurger
- Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 3
- Diamondbolt
- DJ Cook
- DoujinPixation
- Dubstep uNk (Heard once in "SLANDER & Said The Sky - Potions (Eliminate Remix)".)
- Eder KFCard
- EmpLemon
- GWR Studios
- HourofPoop
- I Hate Everything
- The Infinite Kirby Collab
- Ironmouse
- James A Williams Videos
- LeniMcP (Heard once in "Round and Oval: Strike", and "Round and Oval: Occupation Week Sunday".)
- MajorEngineStudios
- Microsoft Sam Reads Funny Windows Errors
- missoliverandblossom
- MrKoolTrix (Heard once in "MrKoolTrix - 2022 ID Showcase".)
- Nick DiRamio (Heard once in "My Password Journal and Girl Tech Gadgets - Toy Commercial Commentary".)
- Nyanners
- Oddhouse Phatom (Heard once in "The Happy Playful Rescue", "Topsy's Christmas Adventure" and Harold's Jukebox Party".)
- OnyxKing
- Plainrock124
- PopToons (Heard once in "Billie Eilish - bad guy (CARTOON PARODY)".)
- Pyrocynical
- Quimic
- Ramahfool
- Reaction Time
- Shelly and Terry: The Big League (2024)
- ShunterProductions
- SimpleFlips
- Team Sims
- Victor Tanzig Videos
- Webkinz
- Webkinz 3: Furrier Moment (2019)
Web Originals[]
Abridged Anime[]
Anime[]
- Astro Boy (2003 TV Series) (Heard once in "Shape Shifter" and "Space Academy".)
- Digimon Adventure 01 (Only heard in the Saban dub.)
- D.N.Angel
- K-On!
- Kemono Friends
- Magical DoReMi (Heard once in "Witch Conya of the Lunaverse", "Finally! A Fairy!", "Parsley and Rosemary", "The Flora Test", "Get on the Bus!", "The Mystery Wind" and "We Need a Wandawhirl".)
- Naruto: Shippuden
- Ouran High School Host Club
- Pokémon
- Pokémon Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005)
- Toradora!
Image Gallery[]
Hollywoodedge, Night Ambience Light PE011701/Image Gallery
Audio Samples[]