This sound effect can be found on The Premiere Edition Volume 9, which was made by The Hollywood Edge. It was originally a Skywalker Sound sound effect that was created by Ben Burtt, and debuted in More American Graffiti in 1979, before the Hollywood Edge picked it up in 2008.
Sound Effect Description[]
Thunder Rip and Rumble
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect[]
Similar Variations[]
- Explosions, Electrical - Elec Thunder Explos (included in some parts)
- Rain Thunder - Thunder Bolt (repetitive)
- Sci-Fi Space FX, FX & Robots Waverly - Sci Fi Thunder 2 Si
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - ENDOR GENERATOR EXPLOSION
- Static Transform Thunder, High-Pitched Blasts With Static Electrical Zap, Sci-Fi (low quality, repetitive)
- 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
- WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 04
- WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 14
- WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 16
Used In[]
TV Shows[]
- Bonkers
- Darkwing Duck
- Garfield and Friends
- Hey Arnold!
- The Jetsons (Heard once in "Haunted Halloween".)
- The Little Mermaid: The Series (Used often in various episodes, especially in "Stormy".)
- Muppet Babies (1984 TV Series) (Heard once in "Bearly Alone Babies".)
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Heard in "Cloud, Cloud, Go Away.")
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- Rocko's Modern Life (Heard mostly in the first two seasons.)
- Samurai Jack (Heard often near the end of "Jack and the Ultra-Robots" and once in EPISODE XXVII.)
- Sesame Street
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Heard once in "Nomad Droids")
- SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
- TaleSpin
- Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
- Yogi's Treasure Hunt (Heard once in "Beverly Hills Flop".)
TV Specials[]
Movies[]
- Amistad (1997)
- The Avengers (2012)
- Cat's Eye (1985)
- Contact (1997) (+12 pitch, flanged)
- Death Spa (1988)
- Dune (1984)
- Gordy (1995)
- Hellboy (2004)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- The Little Mermaid (1989)
- The Mask (1994)
- The Mean Season (1985)
- Menace II Society (1993)
- More American Graffiti (1979) (debut)
- Mortal Kombat (1995)
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) (used for explosions)
- Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)
- A Troll in Central Park (1994)
- Twister (1996)
- Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil (1997)
- Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father (1996)
Shorts[]
Video Games[]
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002) (Video Game) (dubbed as "sound121.wav")
Trailers[]
- Twister (1996) (Trailers)
YouTube Videos[]
- FeliTheCoolEasy2000's Videos
- Rarity Vrymer Collective
- Rarity Vrymer Collective (TV Official)
- WhitneyGoLucky
Anime[]
- Dragon Half
- Hyper-Psychic-Geo Garaga (1989)
- Pop Team Epic
- The Sky Crawlers (2008) (+12 pitch, flanged)
Image Gallery[]
Hollywoodedge, Thunder Rip Rumble PE1008603/Image Gallery
Audio Samples[]
(Alternate mix, as heard in Horta Editorial and West Productions's works.)