sound effects
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Happy Birthday to the Wilhelm Scream, Hollywood’s Most Important Sound
There are certain sounds that have become a staple of movies over the decades. From the 20th Century fanfare to THX’s synthesized Deep Note crescendo and the musical sting that opens The Matrix, hearing them elicits some kind of feeling for older moviegoers, even if it’s just the simple feeling of nostalgia. And then there’s…
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The Weird Sounds That Helped Bring K-2SO And Rogue One To Life
To help bring a film like Rogue One — which takes place in far-off worlds with ships and creatures we’ve never seen before — to life, sound designers will often use unexpected sound effects that are warped and manipulated, until you can’t imagine a droid like K-2SO sounding any other way.
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Proof That All Movie Trailers Use The Same New Damn Sound
Before it was that Inception horn. You know the one, that BRAAAAM sound that strategically tingled your spine because you know something action-packed yet suspenseful is going to happen. And now there’s a new favourite sound for movie trailers — it sounds a lot like pulling the power on something and hearing the noise get…
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Watching Music Videos Without The Music Is Pretty Damn Funny
This is genius. Mario Wienerroither replaces the music from popular music videos with imagined sound effects and noises of what’s actually happening in the music video.