Sound effects in various forms of media

[Slurpee]

Strange used the wilhelm scream in a whole bunch of his movies.
21 0'Clock Street, I think, I can't remember when.

Which is why I used in when he died in my Mr. Artist movie.

It's funny that once you know about it, you never stop noticing it.
But I had to have seen Star Wars and Indiana Jones, and Toy Story a hundred fucking times and never noticed it until it was pointed out to me.

[Topcatyo]

Pretty much all the examples I could think of have been used other than gun sound effects, which always seem to be the same.

[Slurpee]

there's a "shocked audience" noise that's just horrendous, like the baby one munglai mentioned, that bothers me every time I hear it.

it's similair to this scream that I'm pretty sure is from Mortal Kombat that's used all the time, which I also hate.

[AMPEEEM]

Has anyone ever noticed how many of the same sound effects in movies and other media are used again and again?

I'm talking about things like:

Open iron door/gate/hatch.wav

Or what about the infamous police radio one. You've probably heard it:
The first part is something virtually unintelligible in a female voice. I've always understood it as: "base to central" followed by the second part, which I'm sure is "one forty-eight nine." I have heard it in every X-Files episode ever, Law & Order, various other TV shows, movies and more recently, a Heineken commercial.

I wonder if there's like some huge sound database in Hollywood or something.

I know that fucking police sound. Its in like EVERY SHOW with cops,  why do they do that?
There are some screams and people getting hurt sound effects that are over used a lot.

[AMPEEEM]

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Go to 2:18.

DUUUUUUUDE
I HAD THAT FOR THE PC WAY BACK IN THE DAY
HOLY SHIT

[Topcatyo]

There's this one scream used all the time, it's high pitched and is I think they used it in Anchorman when the guy got hit by a trident.

[Topcatyo]

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Go to 2:18.

Holy shit, I had that game way back when!
I could never figure it out, lol.

[AirPumpClock]

Holy shit, I had that game way back when!
I could never figure it out, lol.

I never had it, but I saw the Simpsons version in a store once.

Some of the stuff people make with it on YouTube is pretty funny in a YouTube Poop-ish sense.

[Topcatyo]

I never had it, but I saw the Simpsons version in a store once.

I had that too

[AMPEEEM]

I had a game called Hollywood for the PC, did anyone else have that?

It was kinda cool, you had a bunch of little drag and drop characters that would move their lips as a monotone computer voice (much like speakonia) said everything you typed up. It was cool, and once my older cousin came over and made one for me about lesbians and getting beat up and I thought it was genius.

[FileCabinetClock]

Why is such a bad sound effect so widely used.

It's kind of like a sound effects in-joke

[iPodClock]

Wilhem scream is a injoke for sound effects guys.
They use it in films because it's funny.

[Slurpee]

Jesus Christ, read the fucking thread before you post in it.

[GreyClock]

iPod maybe you should read the thread before you post.

[China Clock]

Hah.

[LuigiClock]

Most Hollywood studios have their own soundbanks

[satan will destroy you]

There's a really horrible child laugh sound that they use in absolutely everything.

FUCK yes

diddy kong racing intro used that too

[HeinekenClock]

Is that child giggle the one you hear in Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 all the time?

[frozennn]

Theres one that go:
"What the-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM"

[BlackberryClock]

Argh, I hate that police scanner sound.

Also the gate one, the generic bullet ricochet, various screams, some goat snort thing, lots of sounds used in DOOM.

The door openning and shutting sound from DOOM! >: (