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[]
- FOOTSTEP - OMNIDROID FOOTSTEPS (4th and 11th impacts only, processed)
- Train: Trains - Freight Cars Coupling Impact - MCU - Some Engine Noise And Wheel Squeaks In Bg (shorter variant)
Used In[]
TV Shows[]
- The Mandalorian (2nd impact only, lower pitched)
- Pocoyo (2nd impact only; heard twice in Let's Go Pocoyo episode, "Travel with Pato".)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2nd impact only. +12 pitch edit heard once in "The Zilio Beast" as the proton bomb is dropped.)
- Star Wars: Resistance (2nd impact only; lower pitch; heard twice in "Station Theta Black".)
- Thomas & Friends (4th impact only; used for when steam engines stop, or when they start to move in the earlier CGI seasons.)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (2nd impact only.)
Movies[]
- 9 (2009) (2nd impact only; can be heard in a very low pitch.)
- 3:10 to Yuma (2007) (The 2nd impact is heard once at the end of the film.)
- 102 Dalmatians (2000) (2nd impact only; can be heard in a very high pitch.)
- The Batman (2022) (2nd impact only.)
- Cast Away (2000)
- Despicable Me (2010) (The 4th impact can be heard once as an edited muffled variant when the moon is seen rolling towards Vector and before it crushes him.)
- Drive Angry (2011)
- Enola Holmes (2020) (2nd impact only, very low pitched.)
- The Eye (2008)
- Fast & Furious (2009) (The 4th impact is heard once in a low volume when the hitch connecting 3rd and 4th tanker trailers to the 2nd one breaks after Letty hits it with a hammer during the opening chase.)
- The Fate of the Furious (2017) (The 11th impact or a near identical sound is heard once after Dom crashes his Fleetline through a stack of crates during the race in Havana.)
- The Five Heartbeats (1991) (2nd impact only; heard once as a truck hits Jimmy's car, along with Jimmy himself.)
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
- Glass (2019) (2nd impact only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) (12th impact only.)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) (7th impact only.)
- 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)
- The Iron Giant (1999) (4th impact only.)
- Jurassic Park (1993) (The 2nd impact is heard once in a high pitch as Nedry drives his stolen jeep through the stormy jungle.)
- The Little Engine That Could (2011) (4th impact only.)
- 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 low volume.)
- Mars Attacks! (1996) (2nd impact; high pitched.)
- Metro (2013) (2nd impact only, slightly lower volume; heard once when Train #17 stops.)
- Monster House (2006)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) (4th impact only, higher pitched and sped up.)
- 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, 7th, 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; heard 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) (Debut; 2nd impact only; can be heard in a lower pitch.)
- 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; heard 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) (The 7th impact is 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)
- Zootopia (2016) (2nd impact only.)
Video Games[]
GameCube:
- Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (2nd impact only; can be heard in a higher pitch.)
PC:
- Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (2nd impact only; can be harden a higher pitch.)
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (2nd impact only; can be heard in a lower pitch.)
PlayStation 2:
- Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (2nd impact only; can be heard in a higher pitch.)
Xbox:
- 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[]
Anime[]
- Afro Samurai (2nd impact only.)
Image Gallery[]
Audio Samples[]