King Kong Roar

Sound Effects - King Kong

Sound Effects - Tyrannosaurus Rex (The Land Unknown)

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 (Used fo the Dragons, Owlberto)
• The Angry Beavers (Heard once in "Moby Dopes".)
• Animaniacs (Used for Dot's pets)
• Bill Nye, the Science Guy
• Bunsen Is A Beast! (Heard once in "Bunsen is a Beast!".)
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
• CatDog
• Family Guy (Used for Hulk Peter and T-rex)
• Fanboy and Chum Chum
• Go! Greenman (Used for Gorilla)
• Gravity Falls (Used for Water Tower and Pterodactyl)
• Harvey Girls Forever!
• Hey Arnold!
• Johnny Test (Dinonaut)
• The King Kong Show
• Kong: The Animated Series
• Kong: King of the Apes
• The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
• The Looney Tunes Show (Used for Godzilla and tomb guardian)
• Mad (various)
• Mega Man (TV Series) (Heard often.)
• Mega Movie Magic (1998-2004)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (TV Series) (Used for Vornicarn)
• Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (Heard once in "Sting Of The Scorpion".)
• My Life as a Teenage Robot (Used for the Pizza Robot Monster, Giant Robot Squirrel and Robot Dinosaurs)
• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Used for Ursa minor)
• Oggy and the Cockroaches
• The Powerpuff Girls (Used for Various Monsters)
• Power Rangers (Used for Serpentera)
• Primal (2019 TV Series) (Heard once in "Spear and Fang" and 9 times in "Plague of Madness".)
• Pucca (Used for Godzilla)
• Robot Chicken
• Samurai Jack (Heard once in EPISODE XCIII.)
• Skunk Fu!
• Sonic Underground
• SpongeBob SquarePants (Used for Appetizer, Yeti Krabs, Sewer snake, Alaskan Bull Worm, Another Squidward.)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• Super Duper Sumos
• Total Drama (Used for the Giant Monster and Creature in the Forest)
• Teen Titans
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) (Leatherhead)
• T.U.F.F. Puppy (Heard once in "Great Scott".)
• Ultra Series (Used for Gomora, Velokron, Doragoris, Femigon, Gudon, Gabora, Gorgos, Gigass and Salamadora)
• Xiaolin Showdown (Used for Chase Young and Dojo the Dragon when they transform and the Chi Creature)

Movies

• Avatar (2009) (Used for the Thanator)
• Brother Bear (2003)
• Carnosaur 2 (1995)
• Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) (Used for Daigoro and Goliath.)
• Demolition Man (1993) (Taken from Lethal Weapon 3?)
• The Deadly Mantis (1957)
• Duel (1971) (Heard when the truck is going over cliff in the original cut)
• Gamera the Brave (2006) (Used for Gamera and Toto.)
• Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) (King Caesar)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974 ) (King Caesar)
• Jack The Giant Killer (1962) (Used for the 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)
• The Last Dinosaur (1977) (T-Rex)
• Latitude Zero (1969) (Used for the Lion and Kroiga.)
• Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) (The Building Explosion)
• The Lord of the Rings (1978) (Watcher in the water, Balrog)
• Megashark series
• The Mighty Kong (1998)
• The Sandlot (1993) (Used for The Beast a.k.a Hercules the Dog)
• Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
• Spider-Man 3 (2007) (Used for Venom)
• Teen Titans Go! to the Movies (2018)
• That's How Things Should Be!! Fujio Akatsuka★The Movie (2011)
• War of the Gargantuas (1966) (Used for Sanda.)
• The White Buffalo (1977)
• Yonggary (1999) (Used for the titular monster.)
• Zarkorr! The Invader (1996) (Heard when Zarkorr is smashing a building.)

TV Specials

• Attack Of The 50 Ft. Monster Mania
• My Little Pony: Rescue From Midnight Castle (1984) (Used for Tirac's monsters)
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) (Used for the Roar of Bumble the abominable Snow Monster.)

Video Games

PC/Mac:

• Duke Nukem 3D (Battlelords)
• 3D Dinosaur Adventure (PC Game)
• Google.exe (400% volume and low pitched)

Arcade:

• Darius Gaiden (Video Game) (Used in Cut into Title Screen and for the Golden Ogre Boss)
• Gradius II (1988) (Video Game) (Used for Fire Dragon's death sound.)
• The House of the Dead 2 (Video Game) (Tower)
• Killer Instinct (1994) (Video Game) (Riptor)
• Strider 2 (Video Game) (Mammoth)

Pinball:

• Jurassic Park Pinball (Data East)

Nintendo 64:

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

GameCube:

• Luigi's Mansion (Used for King Boo's Bowser illusion.)
• Super Mario Sunshine
• Super Smash Bros. Melee (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
• Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (Video Game)

Nintendo DS:

• New Super Mario Bros. (Bowser)
• Yoshi's Island DS

Wii:

• Godzilla: Unleashed (King Caesar)
• Klonoa (2008) (Video Game)
• Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Game Boy Advance:

• Metroid: Zero Mission (Used as Kraid's roar.)
• Mario Kart: Super Circuit (Bowser)
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (The 1st portion of the sound is used for various bosses. Ironically, the sound is never used for Bowser himself.)
• Mario Pinball Land (Bowser)

3DS:

• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Wii U:

• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

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

• Atarster's The Angry German Kid Show
• The Angry Video Game Nerd (Heard often in "Tomb Raider Games".)
• Arthur.exe (Heard in 400% volume.)
• Barney Error Videos
• Bigjackfilms (Used in the King Kong Reviews.)
• Cat.exe (Heard in 400% volume and in a low pitch.)
• Dane Boe (Heard once in "Scariest Faces".)
• Dane Pavitt (Heard once in "MOVIE MONSTERS | Animated Size Comparison".)
• YTP Fenton of the Opera
• Quillan Lockard (Used for Gorgon and Lucky the Rabbit.)
• Rogue Megawolf (Kazi)
• SMG4 Videos
• Super Mario Bloopers
• 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)
• Surviving Sid (2008) (Heard in Scrat Roar version.)
• Tom & Jerry Cartoons (Shorts)

Commercials

• King Kong (1976) - VHS
• KidsWB Commercials
• RCA HDTV Commercial (1999)

Bumpers

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

Anime

• Black Butler (Heard once in "His Butler, Up In Flames".)
• Dragon Ball Z (Heard in the Ocean version.)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Heard once in "The Adults' Way of Life".)
• Naruto: Shippuden

Other Media

• Godzilla Wiki
• Kids WB: Yu-Gi-Oh! Walking the Dragons (2005) (Promos)
• Toho Kingdom
• Ultraman Wiki
• FANDOM's "Villains Wiki" (Bowser)
• Wikizilla

Image Gallery

King Kong Roar/Image Gallery

Audio Samples

King Kong Roar/Audio Samples