<![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> @workingonyourinvoice: DUDE, I used to work at CompUSA before WinXP came out and I heard that every morning I worked and every evening I worked, I would hear that from 2 dozen plus computers, and we just called them giggling gerbils... thanks for bring that memory back.. NOT!!!

Judd Sandage

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> Two other sounds I always hear:

1. The "Shee-whuff!" noise that always accompanies flames in movies/advertisements.

2. The "really long giggle" noise that is dubbed over every single group of young kids in movies and TV. You'd think that such a unique laugh wouldn't be used so generically, but there it is. I bet the foley artist is like "Awww that's so cute, let's use this one!" and so it goes, over and over again.

It sounds like "hehehehe-HAHA-huhuhuhu!"

Zagrophyte

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> Honey, I Shrunk the Brits!

Benjo

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> @se7a7n7: What you really mean is:

"Tom is a High School Senior who has all the moves...

But all that changes when (record scratch) stupid hackneyed plot device"

edosan

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> Ahhh Grumpy the T-Rex that should have starved to death because it couldn't catch a damn thing.... lol

dOk

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> Props for Dr. Shrinker and the Krofft Supershow! Right up there with the Far Out Space Nuts!

MrWashy

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> @Grey_Area: Yeah, I've wondered about that shot as well. It seems as if I've seen that lightning bolt in a kermungagajillion movies and TV shows.

magsman

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> Hmm..wha'? sorry, it's FIRST type THEN submit isn't it?
(I believe the term is n00b)
I was wondering about the stock footage that often accompanies the Castle Thunder. You know, just a brief bit of a big trifurcated lightning boltI remember it was definitely used in the color opening sequences on Gilligan' Island and in Young Frankenstein. It shows up a lot. Does it have name like "Whilelm-" or "Castle-"? Just curious.



Grey_Area

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> what about the ridiculously prevalent record scratch?

"Tom is a High School Senior who has all the moves... (record scratch)

But all that changes when bla bla bla bla, stupid hackneyed plot device"

se7a7n7

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> I want to know about the ubiquitous screeching cat sound.

Capn_Marrrrk

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's used a lot in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. That's science fiction, right?

Captain Valiant

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> This is excellent. I always wondered about that thunderclap as the X-wings dive into the Death Star trench.

Daniel Wallace

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> The other one that really amazes me when I hear it is the children laughing sound that originally came with Windows 95 (I think). It's demonic, yet it's used EVERYWHERE.
I pay a lot of attention to sound effects, btw.

workingonyourinvoice

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> @workingonyourinvoice: Good call. I can hear it in my head right now.

I'm sure theres some smaller variety of doppler horn soundbytes used for taxies and regular traffic too.

capntim

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> Remember when the Krofft's said they didn't use drugs?

92BuickLeSabre

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> Next: the doppler effect 18 wheeler honking as it goes by sound. It's ten times more prevalent than both of these previous ones combined.

workingonyourinvoice

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> AWESOME!
I'll be linking to my blog!
Perfect, I love stuff like this.

SomeAudioGuy

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> Almost positive the thunder is also in the Gilligan's Island intro...


+ Watch video


CSX321

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> Dr. Shrinker? Hey, wasn't he that stinker? You know...the madman with an evil mind.

(and don't get me started on those far out, space nuts...crazy bastiches)

Miranda Kali

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> sweet. next you should look up the telephone from ghostbusters (and many more before that) or what about that hawk/eagle cry, its a very shrill distant noise and shows up in lots of outdoor scenes.

capntim

]]> <![CDATA[The "Castle Thunder" Noise that Rocked a Thousand Movies]]> Brain... fried... Dr. Shrinker! My inner 6 year old thanks you, or is pissed for being reminded of that sad, sad show.

gods-n-clods

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