This sound effect can be found on the Soundstorm Sound Effects Library, which was made by SoundDogs. It was originally a sound effect from the Skywalker Sound company, and it was created by either Ben Burtt, or Randy Thom, and debuted in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
As of now, it is unknown what year did SoundDogs pick up the track, along with the shorter variant listed below. Out of all the sounds heard throughout the track, the second impact seems to be the one that is the most used in media. (Likely because of how unique it sounds.)
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect
Similar Variations
- Train: Trains - Freight Cars Coupling Impact - MCU - Some Engine Noise And Wheel Squeaks In Bg (Shorter variant)
Used in
TV Shows
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2nd impact only; heard once in "The Zilio Beast" in a +12 pitch as the proton bomb is released)
- Star Wars: Resistance (2nd impact only, lower pitch; heard twice in "Station Theta Black".)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (2nd impact only.)
Movies
- 9 (2009) (2nd impact only; can be heard in a very low pitch.)
- 102 Dalmatians (2000) (2nd impact only; can be heard in a very high pitch.)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011) (4th impact only.)
- The Batman (2022) (2nd impact only.)
- Cast Away (2000)
- Drive Angry (2011)
- The Eye (2008)
- The Five Heartbeats (1991) (2nd impact only; heard once as a truck hits Jimmy's car, along with Jimmy himself.)
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
- Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
- Hoodwinked! (2005) (2nd impact only, different higher pitches; heard twice near the end of the film.)
- Howard the Duck (1986)
- The Incredibles (2004) (2nd impact only, very low pitch; used for the Omnidroid.)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005) (2nd impact only; heard once in 2 different pitches, and a lower volume.)
- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) (2nd impact only; can be heard in a lower volume.)
- Metro (2013) (2nd impact only, slightly lower volume; heard once when Train #17 stops.)
- Pearl Harbor (2001)
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) (2nd impact only; can be heard in a lower pitch.)
- Pitch Black (2000)
- Pixels (2015)
- The Polar Express (2004) (4th, 8th, and 14th impacts only; heard several times each throughout the film.)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) (2nd impact only; heard once near the end the film.)
- Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) (2nd impact only; used a number of times in the film, including the variant in Lorelei at it's normal volume.)
- Spirit Untamed (2021) (2nd impact only; heard once when the train in a dream Lucky has comes to a stop, after she had pushed the stop button down with her foot.)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (2nd impact only; can be heard in a lower pitch.) (Debut.)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) (2nd impact only; heard once in a lower pitch.)
- The Suicide Squad (2021)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (2nd impact only; used in various different pitches.)
- Transformers (2007) (4th impact only; used as a body fall sound on the robots.)
- Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway (2013) (4th impact only.)
- Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue (2010) (4th impact only.)
- Twice Upon a Time (1983)
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
- WALL-E (2008) (8th impact only; used twice in the garbage airlock deleted scene, as a movement sound on the arms of the WALL-A's.)
- The War of the Worlds (1953) (2nd impact only, lower pitch; heard once in the 2018 4K version.)
- Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (1997)
- Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure (1997)
Video Games
PC:
- Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (2nd impact only; can be harden a higher pitch.)
Xbox:
- Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (2nd impact only; can be heard in a higher pitch.)
PlayStation 2:
- Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (2nd impact only; can be heard in a higher pitch.)
GameCube:
- Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (2nd impact only; can be heard in a higher pitch.)
Policy Trailers
- Dolby Digital: Train (1992) (Policy Trailers) (2nd impact only; can be heard in a slightly lower pitch.)
Theme Parks
YouTube Videos
Image Gallery
Audio Samples
Normal: File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL.ogg File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL (1).ogg Pitches: File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL (high-pitched variant 2).ogg File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL (high-pitched variant 4).ogg File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL (high-pitched variant 1).ogg File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL (high-pitched variant 3).ogg File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL (low-pitched variant 1).ogg File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL (low-pitched variant 2).ogg Other: The second impact, as heard with various other metallic sounds and foley effects in "The Five Heartbeats" (1991). The full sound effect.