This is possibly a Skywalker Sound sound effect.
Basic Info
- First recorded: August 2nd, 1999
- Creator: Donald Sylvester
- Owner: Skywalker Sound (August 2nd, 1999 - present)
- Origin: Isle of Man
- Year debut: July 26th, 2000
- First heard: Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)
- Area used: Worldwide
This might be a Skywalker Sound sound effect, and it is not available on the Lucasfilm Sound Effects Library. It is mostly used in TV shows and movies that involve around, or include trains. The library that the sound originates from is unknown, but maybe originally made as a sound effect for Thomas & Friends, as the sound debuted in the franchise's first feature film, Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000). In 2004, it would be used extensively for when the points switch/change in Thomas & Friends, and it was mostly heard at various times throughout the HiT Entertainment Era. It would also be used the same year for both the anime cyberpunk film, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004), and the motion-capture animated Christmas film, The Polar Express (2004).
Used In
TV Shows
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (?)
- Thomas & Friends (Mostly heard throughout seasons 8 - 18, for when the points switch and signals turn green or red.)
Direct-to-DVD Shows
- GeoTrax (Animated Series) (Heard once in "New Train In Town", when Woohoo couples up to the back of Aero's tail car.)
Movies
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
- The Lone Ranger (2013)
- Muppets Most Wanted (2014) (Extremely low volume; heard once when Beauregard starts to make the circus train go backwards at Union Station at the beginning of the film.)
- The Polar Express (2004)
- Rebuilding Paradise (2020)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- The Suicide Squad (2021)
- Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins (2015)
- Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000) (Used as a movement sound for Diesel 10's claw named "Pinchy".) (Debut)
- Toy Story 3 (2010) (2nd half/clank; heard once during the opening scene, when Woody closes the throttle on Prairie Pioneer #95.)
- Users (2021)
- Zootopia (2016) (2nd half/clank; heard once, when Nick pushes the throttle to speed up the Subway car during the train chase scene.)
Anime
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
- Kikansha Yaemon (2009) (Heard once in a very low pitch and speed.)
Theme Parks
Universal Parks and Resorts:
Image Gallery
SKYWALKER, METAL - THOMAS' SWITCH THROW/Image Gallery
Audio Samples
