SKYWALKER WHISTLING RICOCHET, EXPLOSION ACCENT

This is a Skywalker Sound sound effect of a bullet ricochet whizzing. 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.

Used In

TV Shows

• Star Wars: Clone Wars (Heard once in CHAPTER 1 and CHAPTER 21, and 4 times 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

• Backdraft (1991) (Heard on few occasions, sometimes in a higher pitch.)
• Drive Angry (2011)
• 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 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.)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)
• Pearl Harbor (2001) (Heard once high-pitched, mixed with SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 05 in a sfx cluster, during the Tokyo bombing raid.)
• 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 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)

PlayStation 4:

• LEGO The Incredibles (chorus variant)

Xbox One:

• LEGO The Incredibles (chorus variant)

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

• Beanie Babies Families Galore (2021)

Image Gallery

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