Thursday, April 15, 2010

The Wilhelm Scream in Video Games

For those who don't know what the Wilhelm scream is: It's a sound effect of a scream that sound designers have been using in their movies since the 50's. It's a bit of a game they've come up with.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasioLately though, I've heard it in a few 360 games. In Red Faction, near the beggining when the bad guys break into a house. Another, in Bionic Commando. When one of the technicians is fixing up a plane, his welder explodes and he screams.Any others?The Wilhelm Scream in Video Games
[QUOTE=''Maledizione'']For those who don't know what the Wilhelm scream is: It's a sound effect of a scream that sound designers have been using in their movies since the 50's. It's a bit of a game they've come up with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio

Lately though, I've heard it in a few 360 games. In Red Faction, near the beggining when the bad guys break into a house. Another, in Bionic Commando. When one of the technicians is fixing up a plane, his welder explodes and he screams.

Any others?

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It's about as common in cinema and games as the generic ''laughter of children'' sound clip that any movie with two or more children in a group plays. Good find though.The Wilhelm Scream in Video Games
I love hearing it, lol. Brings back old memories of Goldeneye 64.
I love that sound. It's in every Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Lord of the Rings movie. I know I've heard it in a couple of games, but I can't remember which ones. There has to be some website out there that catalogs every appearance of this sound.
I hear the roar they used in Mortal Kombat just about everywhere. I doubt MK was the first use of it though, just what I associate it with.

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