This sound effect was originally part of the Major Records Sound Effects Library from Valentino, but has since gone out of print after Valentino Music shut down in the early 2010s. It is found on Valentino Vintage SFX's album "Vintage SFX - Animals".
Info[]
- First recorded: 1958
- Creator: Thomas J. Valentino
- Owner: Major Records/Valentino (1958-1996)
- Origin: United States
- Year debut: October 15, 1958
- First heard: The Roots of Heaven (1958) (a 20th Century Fox film)
- Area used: Worldwide
This sound is likely originally a 20th Century Fox sound effect, as it first debuted in their film, The Roots of Heaven on October 15, 1958.
This sound is referred to as "The Sesame Street Elephant Trumpet" due to being used as a phenomenon in Sesame Street, often heard heavily in this show in various pitches. This sound is often used for Fluffy, the elephant that lives in Oscar's trash can. It was also used for many elephants in this show. The 1st time it was used on Sesame Street was in a high pitch in a skit featuring Grover and Simon Soundman at Charlie's Restaurant.
It was acquired by Sound Ideas in The International Sound Effects Library as ELEPHANT - TRUMPETS, VARIOUS, ANIMAL, and the Dimension Sound Effects Library as ANIMAL, ELEPHANT - ELEPHANT AT ZOO.
In 1996, it was acquired by The Hollywood Edge in Animal Trax, in which three of the trumpets were included as separate sound effects, and pitched up a semitone. Namely, those three are Elephant Single Clas AT043701, 801, and 901.
Variations[]
- ANIMAL, ELEPHANT - ELEPHANT AT ZOO (low quality)
- Animals-Wild, Elephants - Elephant Trumpets 2 Distorted Soundstorm - Elephant Trumpets New Soundstorm (high pitched)
- Elephant Single Clas AT043701 (+1 pitched)
- Elephant Single Clas AT043801 (+1 pitched)
- Elephant Single Clas AT043901 (+1 pitched)
- Elephant, Trumpet, Short Bursts, Horn Toot, Several Versions, Creature Vocalizations 02 (modulating pitch)
- ELEPHANT - TRUMPETS, VARIOUS, ANIMAL
- Elephant Trumpet
- Trump Eleph Wail
- Zoo - Chimps, Zebra, Elephants, Rhino, Bear (included; high pitched)
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect[]
Used In[]
TV Shows[]
- The Adventures of the Black Stallion (Heard once in "Chateau Sauvage".)
- Arthur! and the Square Knights of the Round Table
- Calambur
- Canticos (Heard in various pitches in "Little Elephants".)
- Captain Kangaroo
- Denver the Last Dinosaur
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Eena Meena Deeka
- Foofur (Heard in "New Tricks".)
- Garfield and Friends (Heard once in "Fill-In Feline".)
- Imagination Movers (Heard once in "No Noise is Good Noise" and "Treasure of the Warehouse".)
- Jimbo and the Jet-Set (Heard in "Jungle Jimbo".)
- Kissyfur (Heard in "Bear Roots".)
- Kratts' Creatures
- The Littles (Heard often in "Deadly Jewels" and once in "A Little Drunk".)
- The New Pink Panther Show
- The Oddball Couple
- The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show
- Potato Head Kids (Heard once in "One Potato, Zoo Potato".)
- Press Your Luck (3rd/6th trumpet)
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (Heard once in "A Bicycle Built For Boo!".)
- Really Wild Animals (Heard once in the intro.)
- Sesame Street (Heavy use of this sound; used for Oscar's pet elephant, Fluffy, and other elephants.)
- The Shoe People (Heard once in "Delay at Shoetown Railway Station".)
- Spider-Man (1981)
- Stanley (Heard once in "Stanley's Great Big Book of Adventure" at the end of the "Friends" song.)
- Underdog (Used often for the dinosaur in "Fearo".)
- Wibbly Pig (Heard once in "Elephant".)
- Widget the World Watcher
TV Specials[]
Movies[]
- Airplane! (1980)
- Born Free (1966)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) (Used for the Watermelophants.)
- Don't Look Under The Bed (1999)
- Gorgo (1961)
- The Roots of Heaven (1958) (debut)
- Wild Beasts (1984)
Shorts[]
- The Blue Racer Cartoons
- DePatie-Freleng Cartoons
- Pink Panther Cartoons
- The Wild Life (2019)
Documentaries[]
Video Games[]
Arcade:
Mobile:
- Fun Animal Sounds
- My Talking Hank
- Street Fighter IV
MS-DOS:
PC:
- Animal Fun 2
- The Berenstain Bears Learning at Home: Volume 2 (2nd trumpet)
Online:
- British Council LearnEnglish Kids: Paint It!: Zoo Animals (Heard when the painting is finished.)
- Duplo World
- Something Special: Mr. Tumble in the Jungle
- Something Special: Weather Safari (Heard when the elephant gets lifted up into the air by the wind.)
- Street Fighter IV
- Where's Telly? (Online Game)
PlayStation 3:
Xbox 360:
Videos/DVDs[]
- The Animal Alphabet (1985) (Videos)
- The Baby Society (2006) (Videos)
- Golden Book Video
- The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (Heard once in "The Creation".)
- Laugh & Learn: ABCs (1990) (Videos) (Used for Ellen Elephant.)
- Little Leaders: Little Noah (2004) (Videos)
- Rock 'N' Learn
- Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (1986) (Videos)
- Sing Hoot and Howl (With The Sesame Street Animals) (1991) (Videos) (varying pitches)
- Sing Yourself Silly! (1990) (Videos)
Bumpers/Interstitials/Station IDs[]
- Adult Swim ID - Flower
- MTV ID - Elephant
Commercials[]
Argentina:
Mexico:
- Panrico - Tarzan's Jungle (1980) (Heard once in a higher pitch.)
UK:
- Shreddies - Tarzan (1998)
- Um Bongo Commercials
USA:
- Cadbury Eggs: Cadbury Bunny Try-outs (1980s)
Logos[]
- Coliseum Films (Logos) (Heard in a high pitch in the 1984 logo.)
Trailers[]
- The Jungle Book (1967) (Trailers) (Heard once in the 1990 theatrical reissue trailer.)
Toys[]
Books[]
- Cuéntame Un Cuento Miss Rosi: El Elefante Gigante (Heard at the beginning and end of the main story.)
- Ditty Bird: First 100 Animals
- Sounds of the Wild: Jungle
- Usborne Sound Books: Jungle Sounds
Other Media[]
Web Originals[]
Newgrounds Videos[]
YouTube Videos[]
- Animals and Sounds (high pitched)
- BabyFirst (YouTube Channel)
- cp wild Lanka (Heard distorted in the intro.)
- DINOSAUR SOUNDS! (Rate How Realistic They Sound!) (Heard in a very low pitch and slowed down.)
- Disney Family (Heard twice in "Dumbo's Peanut Butter and Jelly Popcorn Balls Recipe | Inspired by Disney's Dumbo".)
- Eloise Elephant
- Garry675
- Gojirasteve 2019
- Kids Learning Videos
- Kipper (YouTube Channel) (Used once for the mammoth in "I Remade Every Mob Prehistoric".)
- KSound Kaiju (Used as Donphan's roar in in "Pokemon Roars: Johto Species".)
- Let's Learn the Alphabet (chetb838)
- popsfreak (Heard in "Use Your Pan Flute to Lure POPS from Hiding! Interactive Game".)
- PopToons (Heard once in "Katy Perry - ROAR (CARTOON PARODY)".)
- Pumpernickel Park
- Sandaroo Kids (Heard once in "CHUCK E CHEESE Games Are BROKEN! Kids Play at Real vs Fake Chuck-E-Cheese" from the Elephant Water Bucket Game that Ava was playing.)
- Sound Ocean (Heard once in "Elephant Sound Effects".)
- They Will Kill You Videos (Heard once in "When Animal Taming Goes Wrong".)
Miscellaneous[]
- Alabama Crimson Tide football (Heard whenever Alabama scores a touchdown)
Websites[]
- Free Sound Effects.com
- Soundboard
- Tynker (high pitched)
Anime[]
- Astro Boy (1980 TV Series) (Heard in "Robot Circus".)
- Fairy Tail
- Hetalia: The Beautiful World (Used once for India's elephant when it trumpets in "Gakuen Hetalia: Go Forth! Newspaper Club!! Second Half".)
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