SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 10 / SKYWALKER FIRE ROARING SOUND

This is a Skywalker Sound sound effect. It may be considered as a stock sound effect, but it was probably created by Gary Rydstrom. Its earliest debut may be Ghostbusters II (1989).

Similar Variations

• SKYWALKER, MASSIVE EXPLOSION, LOUD (included in a very distorted loud)
• Pro Sound Effects, Explosion, Artillery, Fiery Hits, Trail of Debris 02 (included)

Used In

TV Shows

• 12 oz. Mouse (Used once sped-up in normal pitch in "Here We Come".)
• Rick and Morty
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• Star Wars: Rebels (Heard for some exploding TIE Fighters in "Spark of Rebellion".)

Movies

• Armageddon (1998)
• Backdraft (1991)
• Bad Boys II (2003)
• Bolt (2008) (Heard quadrice in the fire sequence, normal and modified edits.)
• Broken Arrow (1996)
• A Bug's Life (1998)
• The Dark Knight (2008)
• Despicable Me 2 (2013)
• Enemy of the State (1998)
• F/X2 (1991)
• G-Force (2009) (Heard in the title's reveal.)
• Ghostbusters II (1989) (debut)
• Hellboy (2004)
• How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) (Used to accent the flames of Hiccup's sword, normal and modified edits.)
• The Island (2005) (A heavily distorted variant of this sound or a very similar sound is heard once after Lincoln and Jordan pass through the holographic wall on the outside of the compound.)
• Jumanji (1995)
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) (Used for when Yosamite Sam causes a room full of explosives to explode.)
• Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005) (Heard once in reverse before US grenades are launched.)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
• Mars Attacks! (1996) (Used often to accent victims of Martian rays vaporizing.)
• Mars Needs Moms (2011)
• Money Train (1995)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
• My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) (Heard twice when Spike breathes fire to make fire for the hot air balloon and on the Storm King's gaurds.)
• Pearl Harbor (2001)
• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
• Quest for Camelot (1998)
• Rebuilding Paradise (2020)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998) (Normal, modified, and distorted edits.)
• The Smurfs (2011)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) (Processed edits.)
• Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
• Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
• Toy Story (1995) (may be confused with similar sounds)
• Volcano (1997)
• Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) (Normal and modified edits.)

Video Games

PlayStation:

• Advanced Variable Geo 2

Logos

• THX: Genesis (2019-present) (Logos) (Heard once when Tex is flying with his jetpack towards the lever.)
• THX: Tex (1996-2006) (Heard thrice when Tex is flying with his jetpack towards the front of the camera, when he flies off-screen before he's cutting with a hand saw, and muffled when he runs over to the left of the THX logo.)
• THX: Tex 2 Moo Can (1997-present) (Heard once when Tex flies to the THX logo with his jetpack.)
• THX: Tex 3 Action (2006-2007) (Heard once when Tex is flying with his jetpack.)
• THX: Tex vs. The Robot (2020-present) (Heard twice when Tex is flying with his jetpack grabbing the ball and he flies to fix Bob.)

Music Videos

• Filter - Take A Picture (1999)

Theme Parks

• Body Wars (1989)

YouTube Videos

• Crash Frontier (Either this sound or a near identical sound is heard quadrice in "FURIOUS REVENGE".)
• Ghibli Fan Productions
  • Timon and Pumbaa at the Movies (Heard in:)
    • "Episode 1: Toy Story" (normal and muffled edits)
    • "Episode 11: Finding Nemo" (normal and muffled edits)
    • "Episode 13: Independence Day" (normal and muffled edits)
    • "Episode 14: Shrek" (normal and muffled edits)
    • "Episode 17: Hercules" (normal and muffled edits)
    • "Episode 19: The Rugrats Movie" (normal and muffled edits)
    • "Episode 20: Ice Age" (normal and muffled edits)
    • "Episode 36: Cars" (normal and muffled edits)
    • "Episode 37: The Simpsons Movie" (normal and muffled edits)
    • "Episode 39: Toy Story III: The Sunnyside Curse"
    • "Episode 41: Open Season" (normal and muffled edits)

Anime

• Kiddy Grade
• Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (1999) (Heard when Tails goes out of control on his surfboard in the beginning.)
• Variable Geo (OVA)

Image Gallery

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Audio Samples

(An alternate variant that descends in pitch.)