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This is a rare sound effect. It's an explosion soundĀ recorded and created by Gary Summers for Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
Similar Variations
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Used In
TV Shows
- Family Guy
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
- Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures (Heard once in "Home One", 2nd segment, part of a Skywalker sfx cluster only.)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Star Wars: Clone Wars (Heard twice in CHAPTER 10, with a Skywalker Sound sfx cluster that includes the same sound. A more pronounced variant of this sound is heard twice among the aforementioned sfx cluster.)
- Star Wars: Rebels
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Movies
- Action Jackson (1988)
- The Avengers (2012)
- Batman Returns (1992)
- Battleground: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge (2004) (Heard once in a Skywalker explosion SFX cluster during the chapter "Shooting at the Press".)
- Best of the Best II (1993)
- Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
- The Burbs (1989)
- A Christmas Carol (2009) (Heard after a coffin door opens, probably to suggest the sound of hellfire.)
- Dante's Peak (1997)
- Daylight (1996)
- Desperado (1995)
- Die Another Day (2002)
- Die Hard (1988)
- Die Hard 2 (1990)
- Double Team (1997)
- The Eye (2008)
- The Faculty (1998) (Skywalker SFX cluster only)
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- Frequency (2000) (Heard as part of a Skywalker Sound SFX cluster only.)
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
- F/X 2 (1991) (Skywalker SFX cluster & variants only)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Hellboy (2004) (SFX cluster and variants only)
- The Hitcher (1986)
- Howard the Duck (1986)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Iron Man (2008)
- Iron Man 2 (2010) (including Skywalker variants)
- Iron Monkey (1993) (2001 US version)
- The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
- The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
- Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)
- The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) (Only heard in the remastered version.)
- Manassas: End of Innocence (2002)
- Mimic 2 (2001) (Skywalker SFX cluster only, slightly lower-pitched)
- Mission: Impossible II (2000)
- Munich (2005) (Heard for an explosion early in the film, I BigIdeas70258 think.)
- Needful Things (1993)
- Pearl Harbor (2001)
- Predator (1987)
- Red Tails (2012)
- Robocop (1987)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Speed (1994)
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Starship Troopers (1997)
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) (Heavy use of this, including variants.)
- Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) (Only heard in the 1997, 2004 & 2011 versions.)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (Only heard in the 2004 & 2011 editions.)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) (Heavy use of this, including many variants.)
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Forces Awakens (2015)
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) (Heard twice or thrice)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
- The Terminator (1984) (Only heard in the remaster.)
- Terminator Genisys (2015)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (Heard as part of Skywalker Sound SFX clusters.)
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
- The True Story of "Glory" Continues (1990)
- Titan A.E. (2000) (Skywalker variants and in SFX clusters only.)
- Willow (1988)
- Volcano (1997)
- The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)
- Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye (1995)
- Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen (1995)
- Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1999)
- Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life (1999)
- The War of the Worlds (1953) (Heard in the 2018 4K Master.)
- Wings (1927) (2012 version)
Shorts
- Sprocket Systems: The First Ten Years (1987) (Heard during footage of a large explosion, the ACTUAL source of the sound.)
Video Games
Unsorted:
- Star Wars: Battlefront (2004)Ā (dubbed as "exp_ord_rocket_large01" and also used in "exp_obj_large01". One of the processed variants used is dubbed as "exp_ord_rocket_med03")
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002) (Video Game)
PC:
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PlayStation Vita:
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Trailers
- Die Hard (1988) (Trailers)
- EA Star Wars: Battlefront & Battlefront II (2015-) (Trailers)
- Star Wars: Episodes II & III (Trailers)
YouTube Videos
Anime
- Lupin III: Pursuit of Harimaoās Treasure (1995) (Used for ice breaking.)
Image Gallery
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Audio Samples
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