Wow!, also known as THX WOW!, is a 1990 Laserdisc demo for THX combining footage from the original Star Wars trilogy, Raiders of the Last Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Willow.
Skywalker Sound was given Special Thanks for providing Sound Design and Audio Post-Production services. Ben Burtt, who also served as Creative Consultant, is the Sound Designer. T.M. Christopher is the Editor (or Sound Effects Editor), while Kris Wiskes is the Assistant Editor (or Asst. Sound Editor). Gary Summers did the task of Sound Mixing. Kathleen Korth, Ken Fischer and Tim Holland are the Sound Editors, while Thomas O'Shea and Ethan Van der Ryn are Asst. Sound Editors. James Allen, who was left uncredited, served as the Re-Recordist. Tomlinson Holman, who was also given Special Thanks, was given an uncredited role for a sound consultant for THX.
Also See
- Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Willow (1988)
Sound Effects Used
- Ben Burtt Punching Sounds
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 2
- Darth Vader's Breathing Sound
- Hollywoodedge, Machine Gun Silence PE1010701
- Hollywoodedge, Thunder Rip Rumble PE1008603
- SKYWALKER, BELL - BELL CHIMES RINGING
- SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 04
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - DESCENDING DOUBLE RICOCHET WHIZZING
- SKYWALKER COUGAR GROWL 01
- SKYWALKER, CRUNCH - CRUNCHING CHOKE
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - PULSE SHRIEK 02
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - SINGLE SPARK CHIRP 01
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - THE FORCE WHINE
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 01
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 03
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 21
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - AT-AT STOMP
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - CRACKLING EXPLOSION, MEDIUM 01
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - EXPLOSIVE RICOCHET, HIGH RICCO, EXPLOSION ACCENT
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MASSIVE INFERNO ROARING (high-pitched)
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - TANK FIRE (As excerpted from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.)
- SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 02
- SKYWALKER GLASS, SMASH - LARGE WINDOW CRASH 02
- SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED POW SOUND
- SKYWALKER, HUMAN - YELL, LONG, MALE 01
- SKYWALKER LASER BLAST SOUND
- SKYWALKER LIGHTSABER SOUND
- SKYWALKER ROARING HORSE WHINNY
- SKYWALKER, SCI FI GUN - AT-AT GUN
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - EVE'S LASER GUN
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - ION CANNON GUN
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - TIE FIGHTER GUN
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - X-WING FIGHTER GUN
- SKYWALKER, SIREN - STUKA SIREN WAIL BY, SHORT
- SKYWALKER, SQUISH - TAUNTAUN GUTS
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - ARTILLERY FALL 01
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - MUFFLED SWISH
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - REDWING PASS BY
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SYNTHESIZED JET FLY BY
- SKYWALKER, WIND - REACTOR SHAFT EXPLOSION, WIND, WEATHER
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 03 (-12 pitch)
- Sound Ideas, WIND - BLAST, MODULATION & HOWL, WEATHER (Only the first half of the sound is heard, as excerpted from Return of the Jedi.)
- THX Deep Note (Heard in THX Broadway logo at the beginning.)