# Slap sound **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 9, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slap-sound/825827 "2018-12-09T00:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BenedictusXIV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b19c9b/32.png) [@BenedictusXIV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BenedictusXIV)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slap-sound/825827/1 "2018-12-09T00:40:35Z")
I am watching a rerun of Enter the Dragon and I am chuckling about the sound effects. For example, with every punch that is thrown (and that’s quite a few), you hear that ‘swoosh-bang’ sound that has been the de facto standard for punching sounds in movies for as long as…I guess somewhere in the 70s. Now being an amateur fighter myself, I am rather familiar with the sound of a (bare knuckle) punch, namely none worth mentioning. I understand that it is better for effect to have some sound to match the visual, but I started wondering…who came up with this sound and why do we have the exact same sound in all movies and tv shows? Is there a sound monopoly in Hollywood, or is there a standard for movie sound effects that best practice producers must commit to? Are there other totally unrealistic sounds going around in movieland? ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slap-sound/825827/2 "2018-12-09T00:47:11Z")
Sounds like [Foley effects](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foley_(filmmaking)). ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slap-sound/825827/3 "2018-12-09T00:58:29Z")
The [noisy gun](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoisyGuns) trope is rampant. > [@](#): > > In real life, guns are carefully designed, well-constructed tools that - provided they are well maintained - can last a lifetime. Or somebody’s lifetime, anyway. On TV, they’re apparently filled with rusty nails and loose change, and held together with masking tape.