This is a Skywalker Sound sound effect. It's most often used to accent explosions (debris or fireballs launching out of an explosion, e.g.). It shoud not be confused with part of CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 2/SoundDogs, Explosions Fires - Explosion; Big Cannon Shot Explodes-Distortes. Nsg. It is possibly considered as an stock sound effect.
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Used In[]
TV Shows[]
- Star Wars: Clone Wars (Heard once in CHAPTER 1 and CHAPTER 21, and quadrice in CHAPTER 25.)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Heard twice in "Downfall of a Droid", chorus variant.)
- Star Wars: Rebels (Heard once, briefly as a TIE Fighter explodes in "Flight of the Defender".)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Heard twice high-pitched, mixed with SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 05 in a sfx cluster in "Trenches of Hell".)
Movies[]
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Backdraft (1991) (Heard on few occasions, sometimes in a higher pitch.)
- Drive Angry (2011)
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
- Forrest Gump (1994) (Used twice for explosions.)
- Hellboy (2004) (Heard once, briefly and high-pitched, mixed with SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 05 in a sfx cluster, as the destroyed portal shoots its first spark.)
- Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) (Heard once high-pitched, mixed with SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 05 in a sfx cluster.)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (debut?; Heard twice as a truck and the Nazi bomber explode, first in -12 pitch and then in a normal pitch; post-1999 versions double the sound of the ricochet.)
- Iron Man (2008) (Heard briefly as a jet explodes.)
- Iron Man 2 (2010) (Heard once high-pitched, mixed with SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 05 in a sfx cluster.)
- Jurassic Park 3 (2001)
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Pearl Harbor (2001) (Heard once high-pitched, mixed with SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 05 in a sfx cluster, during the Tokyo bombing raid.)
- The Polar Express (2004) (A processed variant of the whistling element from this sound or a very similar sound is used once to accent the sound of the last rocket firing up to the blimp before it lifts the kids and Santa's sack out of a building at the North Pole.)
- Ready Player One (2018)
- The Recruit (2003) (Heard twice for ricochets.)
- Red Tails (2012) (Heard twice in the beginning to accent bomber engines exploding, chorus variant.)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998) (Used once normal-pitched and once +12 pitch for ricochets.)
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) (Heard once high-pitched, mixed with SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 05 in an sfx cluster.)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) (Heard a few times, including in -12 pitch.)
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Forces Awakens (2015) (Heard once as Chewie sets off many explosives.)
- The Terminator (1984) (Heard once when a solider explodes from a laser hit. The first part of the sound is mostly inaudible due to other Skywalker SFX.)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (Includes once high-pitched, mixed with SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 05 in a sfx cluster.)
- The Thrilling Sword (1981)
- Toy Story 2 (1999) (Heard once during a massive explosion Buzz sets off.)
- WALL-E (2008) (Heard often; chorus variant.)
Shorts[]
- BURN-E (2008) (Shorts) (Chorused variant; excerpted from the movie.)
Video Games[]
Nintendo Switch:
- LEGO The Incredibles (chorus variant)
PC:
- LEGO The Incredibles (chorus variant)
- Star Wars Battlefront (2015 Video Game)
- Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 Video Game)
PlayStation 4:
- LEGO The Incredibles (chorus variant)
- Star Wars Battlefront (2015 Video Game)
- Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 Video Game)
Xbox One:
- LEGO The Incredibles (chorus variant)
- Star Wars Battlefront (2015 Video Game)
- Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 Video Game)
Trailers[]
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) (heard in a sfx cluster, once in one trailer and in the 2012 3D reissue trailer, for the same moment as heard in the film)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (Heard twice in a row in one trailer and the SE trailer.)
Other Media[]
- WALL-E Soundtrack (2008) (heard at the end of Track 4 "The Spaceship", chorus variant)
YouTube Videos[]
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Audio Samples[]
(The supposed processed variant of the whistling element as heard in The Polar Express.)