This sound effect can be found on the 20th Century Fox Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas.
Info[]
- First recorded: April 20, 1971
- Creator: William Randall
- Owner: Warner Bros. (April 20, 1971-1995), Sound Ideas (1995-present)
- Origin: San Francisco, California
- Year debut: December 23, 1971
- First heard: Dirty Harry (1971)
- Area used: Worldwide
On April 20, 1971, William Randall created this sound effect by using a .44 Magnum hand gun. Originally a Warner Bros. sound effect; it debuted in Dirty Harry on December 23 of the same year. Then, it appeared in many different action films throughout the 1970s to the 1990s.
In 1995, Sound Ideas added this sound effect to the 20th Century Fox Sound Effects Library.
Used In[]
TV Shows[]
- Airwolf
- The A-Team
- Crime Story
- Dempsey and Makepeace
- The Get-Along Gang (Briefly heard once in "Bingo's Pen Pal".)
- Hardcastle and McCormick
- Hunter
- Knight Rider (1982 TV Series)
- Lethal Weapon
- MacGyver (1985 TV Series)
- Miami Vice
- Police Academy: The Animated Series (First heard near the end of the episode in "Cops and Robots".)
- The Powerpuff Girls (Heard once in "Powerpuff Bluff" and "Members Only".)
- Samurai Jack (Heard in EPISODE L: "Tales of X-49"; used for X-49's guns.)
- Spenser: For Hire
- Street Hawk
- Sym-Bionic Titan (Heard in "Escape to Sherman High".)
- Tiny Toon Adventures (Heard once in "Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow".)
- Wander Over Yonder (Heard once in "The Matchmaker" and "The Cool Guy".)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Heard in "Somme, Early August 1916".)
Movies[]
- Armed and Dangerous (1986)
- Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
- Back to the Future Part II (1989)
- Batman (1989)
- Baan Phee Porp 2 (บ้านผีปอบ 2) (1989/2532)
- Baan Phee Porp 6 (บ้านผีปอบ 6) (1991/2534)
- Baan Phee Porp 7 (บ้านผีปอบ 7) (1992/2535)
- Bayarán (2003)
- Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) (Used for a rocket launcher; heard in a high pitch.)
- The Big Score (1990)
- Black Killer (aka เพชฌฆาตดำ) (1990)
- Black Rain (1989)
- Bonestyx's Return (2020)
- Challenge (aka ท้าลุย) (1991)
- Code of Silence (1985)
- Coldfire (1990)
- The Criminal Hunter (1988)
- Criminal Law (1988)
- Dance or Die (1987)
- Dead in the Water (1991)
- The Dead Pool (1988)
- Death Wish 3 (1985)
- Dirty Harry (1971) (Debut.)
- Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
- Empire of the Sun (1987)
- Entrapment (1999)
- Fury (1988)
- The Enforcer (1976)
- Explorers (1985)
- Fighting Mad (1976)
- Gadis Berwajah Seribu (1984)
- Inspector Pink Dragon (1991)
- Joshua Tree (1993)
- Jurassic World (2015)
- Kamen Rider ZO (1993)
- Kapag buhay ang inutang... buhay din ang kabayaran... (2001)
- The Killing Zone (1991)
- Kindergarten Cop (1990)
- Last Action Hero (1993)
- Living to Die (1990)
- Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
- Magnum Force (1973)
- Malibu Express (1985)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
- Night Shift (1982)
- Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
- No Compromise (1988)
- Omega Cop (1990)
- Out of Bounds (1986)
- Queen's High (1990)
- Quigley Down Under (1990)
- Return of the Black Thrasher: The Movie (2009) (2017 Improved Editon only) (slowed down and lower pitched)
- Runaway (1984)
- The Running Man (1987)
- Shotgun (1989)
- Short Circuit (1986)
- A Soldier's Story (1984)
- Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) (Modified variant, heard mixed with WB GUN, SHOT - RIFLE SHOT.)
- Starman (1984)
- Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- Stick (1985)
- Sudden Impact (1983)
- The Terminator (1984) (mono mix)
- Thelma & Louise (1991)
- Tragic Hero (1987) (Used for a grenade launcher.)
- Wolfen (1981)
- Young Indiana Jones and the Trenches of Hell (1999)
Video Games[]
3DS:
- Project X Zone (Heard in the intro.)
Amiga:
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Arcade:
- Lethal Enforcers
- Total Vice
Genesis/Mega Drive:
- The Terminator (Heard in a high pitch, and used for a shotgun.)
PC:
- Coming of the Storm (Wolfenstein 3D mod)
- Constructor
- Driver: You Are the Wheelman
- Kingpin: Life of Crime (Used for the Magnum upgraded Pistol.)
- Project Eisenritter (Wolfenstein 3D mod)
- Project Toten Eisenritter (Wolfenstein 3D mod)
- Redneck Rampage
PlayStation:
- Resident Evil (Heard in the opening movie; Used for Barry Burton's gun.)
Logos[]
Trailers[]
- Above the Law (1988) (Trailers) (Heard in the European trailer.)
- Bonestyx's Return (2020) (Trailers)
- Captain America (1990) (Trailers)
- Child's Play 3 (1991) (Trailers)
- Goodfellas (1990) (Trailers)
- Hard to Kill (1989) (Trailers)
- Lethal Weapon (1987) (Trailers) (Heard in a high pitch.)
- The Living Daylights (1987) (Trailers)
- A Pray for the Dying (1987) (Trailers)
- Passenger 57 (1992) (Trailers)
- The Rookie (1990) (Trailers)
- Sinners (1989) (Trailers)
- True Romance (1993) (Trailers)
- Under Siege (1992) (Trailers)
YouTube Videos[]
- Angry French Kid (Heard in Multiple Times.)
- WhitneyGoLucky
Anime[]
- City Hunter (1987)
- Dragon Ball
- Dragon Ball Z
- Dragon Ball Z Kai
- Dream Hunter Rem
- Excel Saga
- Hangyodon’s Great Parallel Operation
- Monkey Punch: Manga Katsudou Daishashin
- Slayers
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