# That eagle sound in movies - all from the same eagle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-eagle-sound-in-movies-all-from-the-same-eagle/394492 "2007-03-04T01:28:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Secret\_Volcano\_Lair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Secret\_Volcano\_Lair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Secret_Volcano_Lair)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-eagle-sound-in-movies-all-from-the-same-eagle/394492/21 "2007-03-05T09:10:06Z")
There’s a certain “cheering crowd” sound that seems to get played a lot. I’ve always been curious about when and where it was recorded. Not really sure how to describe it other than that its the “overplayed cheering crowd” sound, but I hope someone understands which one I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-eagle-sound-in-movies-all-from-the-same-eagle/394492/22 "2007-03-05T09:24:05Z")
[QUOTE=Phantom Dennis] What **scotandrsn** said. The few times when I’ve heard a Red Tailed Hawk call in the wild, I’ve always thought, “Wow! that sounds just like the movies!” [/QUOTE] I thought the exact same thing when I first heard a real [kookaburra](http://jordan.fortwayne.com/ns/features/zoo/98zoo/birdx.htm). “Hey! I’m in a Tarzan movie!” (embedded audio file) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-eagle-sound-in-movies-all-from-the-same-eagle/394492/23 "2007-03-05T16:25:17Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] Ever hear real bald-headed eagle sounds, on a nature show or something? They don’t sound very majestic at all. [/QUOTE] Nature show? Real life. Advantage of living in the Pacific Northwest. 🆒 Anecdote: I was staying with some friends at a cabin on an island in south Puget Sound (for locals, this was on Vashon), including a visitor from out of town, New York City no less. I heard the distinctive call of a bald eagle outside, that fast high-pitched piping “ik-ik-ik” sound. I figured it’d be neat for a New Yorker to get a chance to see or hear one of these birds first hand, so I pointed it out. “Listen,” I said, “that’s the sound of a bald eagle.” We were silent for a minute, and the call came again. “No way,” she said, in that superior New York tone, “that’s not what a bald eagle sounds like.” I shook my head, but she argued, claiming she knew all about our national symbol. So we had to go outside and look around, and eventually we saw a pair of them sitting on a tall piling a few yards off shore. As we watched, one opened its beak and made the call: “ik-ik-ik…” It’s not very often that a superior Manhattanite gets cut down by a left-coast local, but it was definitely a good moment. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-eagle-sound-in-movies-all-from-the-same-eagle/394492/24 "2007-10-18T03:49:19Z")
Here’s an ABC story on [The Wilhelm Scream](http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3729179&affil=kabc). ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-eagle-sound-in-movies-all-from-the-same-eagle/394492/25 "2007-10-18T04:27:44Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] The standard dolphin noise is always the same, too. [/QUOTE] Roger Ebert covered this recently- one of his readers dubbed it the “Flipper Giggle.” It’s not a real dolphin, but a human (possibly Mel Blanc, the Frank Welker of his day) imitating one. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-eagle-sound-in-movies-all-from-the-same-eagle/394492/26 "2007-10-18T04:49:25Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] possibly Mel Blanc, the Frank Welker of his day [/QUOTE] Correction, in deference to chronological and sentimental precedence: Frank Welker was the Mel Blanc of HIS day… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-eagle-sound-in-movies-all-from-the-same-eagle/394492.md?page=1)