King Kong Roar

This is a sound effect that has been used for King Kong, the main villain of the movie series of the same name. It has also been used in media outside of the franchise.

Similar Variations

• Sound Ideas, MONSTER - ROAR, ANIMAL 01
• Sound Ideas, MONSTER - ROAR, ANIMAL 02
• Sound Ideas, MONSTER - ROAR, ANIMAL 03
• Sound Ideas, MONSTER - ROAR, ANIMAL 04
• Sound Ideas, MONSTER - ROAR, ANIMAL 05
• Sound Ideas, MONSTER - ROAR, ANIMAL 06
• Sound Ideas, MONSTER - ROAR, ANIMAL 07
• Sound Ideas, MONSTER - ROAR, ANIMAL 08
• Sound Ideas, MONSTER - HISSING ROAR, ANIMAL 01
• Sound Ideas, MONSTER - HISSING ROAR, ANIMAL 02

Note: These sound effects are from Universal Studios Sound Effects Library.

Used In

TV Shows

• The Adventures of Puss in Boots (dragons, Owlberto)
• Animaniacs (Used for Dot's pets)
• Bill Nye, the Science Guy
• Family Guy (Hulk Peter and T-rex)
• Fanboy and Chum Chum
• Gravity Falls (Water Tower and Pterodactyl)
• Harvey Street Kids
• Hey Arnold!
• Johnny Test (Dinonaut)
• The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
• The Looney Tunes Show (Godzilla and tomb guardian)
• Mad (various)
• Mega Movie Magic (1998-2004)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (TV Series) (Vornicarn)
• Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (Heard once in " Sting Of The Scorpion".)
• My Life as a Teenage Robot (Pizza Robot Monster, Giant Robot Squrriel and Robot Dinosaurs)
• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Ursa minor)
• The Powerpuff Girls (various monsters)
• Pucca (Godzilla)
• Robot Chicken
• SpongeBob SquarePants (Appetizer, Yeti Krabs, Sewer snake, Alaskan Bull Worm, Another Squidward.)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• Total Drama (Giant Monster and Creature in the Forest)
• Skunk Fu!
• Teen Titans
• Power Rangers (Serpentera)
• Mega Man (TV Series) (Heard often.)
• My Little Pony Rescue From Midnight Castle (1984) (Tirac's monsters)
• The Angry Beavers (Heard once in "Moby Dopes".)
• Ultra Series (Used for Gomora, Velokron, Doragoris, Femigon, Gudon, Gabora, Gorgos, Gigass and Salamadora)
• Go! Greenman (Used for Gorilla)
• The King Kong Show
• Kong: The Animated Series
• Kong: King of the Apes

Movies

• Avatar (2009) (Thanator)
• Brother Bear (2003)
• Demolition Man (1993) (Taken from Lethal Weapon 3?)
• The Deadly Mantis (1957)
• Duel (1971) (Truck going over cliff original cut)
• Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) (King Caesar)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) (King Caesar)
• Jack The Giant Killer (1962) (Kraken, High Pitched)
• Jaws The Revenge (1987)
• King Kong (1933) (Debut)
• King Kong (1976)
• King Kong Lives (1986)
• King Kong (2005)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
• King Kong Escapes (1967)
• Kong: Skull Island (2017)
• The Land Unknown (1957)
• Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) (Building explosion)
• The Lord of the Rings (1978) (Watcher in the water, Balrog)
• Megashark series
• The White Buffalo (1977)
• Gamera The Brave (2006) (Gamera and Toto)
• Reptilian (1999) (Yonggary)
• Spider-Man 3 (2007) (Venom)
• Teen Titans Go! to the Movies (2018)
• The Last Dinosaur (1977) (T-Rex)
• Zarkorr The Invader! (1996) (Zarkorr smashing a building)
• Carnosaur 2 (1995)
• The Mighty Kong (1998)
• War of the Gargantuas (1966) (Sanda)
• Latitude Zero (1969) (Lion and Kroiga)
• Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) (Daigoro and Goliath)
• The Sandlot (1993) (The Beast a.k.a Hercules the Dog)

TV Specials

• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) (used for the Roar of Bumble the abominable Snow Monster)
• Attack Of The 50 Ft. Monster Mania

Video Games

PC/Mac:

• Duke Nukem 3D (Battlelords)
• 3D Dinosaur Adventure (PC Game)

Arcade:

• The House of the Dead 2 (Video Game) (Tower)
• Gradius II (1988) (Video Game) (Used for Fire Dragon's death sound.)
• Killer Instinct (1994) (Video Game) (Riptor)
• Strider 2 (Video Game) (Mammoth)

Nintendo 64:

• Conker's Bad Fur Day (Fangy, Xenomorph)
• Mario Kart 64 (Bowser)

PlayStation:

• Ape Escape (Triceratops)
• The Grinch (Who beast in Who Forest)
• Strider 2 (Video Game)

PlayStation 2:

• Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (Video Game)
• The Simpsons Game (Lard Lad)

PlayStation 3:

• Bleach: Soul Resurrección (Video Game)
• Dragon's Dogma (Cockatrice)

Xbox:

• Conker: Live & Reloaded (Video Game)
• Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (Video Game)

Nintendo DS:

• New Super Mario Bros. (Bowser)

Wii:

• Godzilla: Unleashed (King Caesar)
• Klonoa (2008) (Video Game)
• Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

Game Boy Advance:

• Metroid: Zero Mission (Used as Kraid's roar.)

Trailers

• Turok (2008) (Used in E3 2007)
• Frankenstein Conquers The World (1965) (Used as Baragon's Roar)
• The Mighty Kong (1998)
• Ice Spiders (2007)
• The Land Unknown (1957)
• The Deadly Mantis (1957)
• King Kong (1976)

TV Spots

• Super Smash Bros. Melee Commercial (2001)

YouTube Videos

• The Angry Video Game Nerd (Heard often in "Tomb Raider Games.")
• The Angry German Kid Show - Episode 27: AGK Meets the Angry Japanese Kid (Atarster)
• Arthur.exe (Heard in 400% volume.)
• Bigjackfilms (Used in the King Kong Reviews.)
• SMG4 Videos
• Kaiju No Kami (Used in the King Kong Reviews.)
• Webkinz
• WhitneyGoLucky

Shorts

• Barney Bear Cartoons (Shorts)
• Cartoon Network Shorties - When Bears Attack (Shorts)
• Droopy Dog Cartoons (Shorts)
• MGM Cartoons (Shorts)
• Tom & Jerry Cartoons (Shorts)

Commercials

• King Kong (1976) - VHS

Bumpers

• Cartoon Network Bumper: Monkeys (Heard when Great Ape roars.)

Anime

• Dragon Ball Z (Heard in the Ocean version.)
• Naruto: Shippuden

Other Media

• Villains Wiki (Bowser)
• Wikizilla

Image Gallery

KING KONG ROAR/Image Gallery

Audio Samples

YouTubeParamount 1976Toho Co. LTDRKO Pictures 1933Yonggary 1999GreenmanUniversal 2005Legendary 2017TotoAnimated Series 2000Netflix King of the Apes 2016GaboraGudonKing Caesar 1974King Caesar 2004Sanda