# Millenium Falcon engine sound

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenium-falcon-engine-sound/295266>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 19, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenium-falcon-engine-sound/295266 "2005-03-19T04:14:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenium-falcon-engine-sound/295266/1 "2005-03-19T04:14:36Z")

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I was just listening to mc chris’ “Fett’s Vette” and there’s a line where they play the sound of the Millenium Falcon’s engines in the background. What did they use to make that rather distinctive sound of the Falcon’s engines? One thing I noticed when I was younger is that the sound of a B-52’s engines on takeoff sounded a lot like the Falcon, but that’s when I was 14.

So how’d they do that?

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenium-falcon-engine-sound/295266/2 "2005-03-19T04:41:23Z")

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If I recall correctly, it’s the sound of P-51 Mustang, with some adjustment of pitch, combined with another mechanical sound (an air compressor?) and some more tweaking.

For comparison: [P-51](http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/avi.audio/P-51FlyBy.wav) – [Falcon](http://www.wavevents.com/MyFilez/wavs/starwars/mfalcon1.wav).

They don’t really sound _that_ similar, but I guess that’s why Ben Burtt makes the big bucks. 😃