Your Favorite Sound Effects

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I’ll second the rocket launcher sound from Doom. Also the door opening/closing sound effects and the moving platform sound effects.

I’ll also second the Star Wars lightsaber/blaster sound effects.

There’s a sound effect from the game Sonic & Knuckles that I really like that plays whenever a laser beam charges up. (It goes "wai wai wai wai waiwaiwaiwaiwaiwai KCHOOM!)

I like the sound effects for the Gravity Gun in Half Life 2. Also the sound the striders make when they die.

There are a lot of .MOD songs out there with really fantastic instruments (that I am known to steal and use in my own songs…) Such as this one, and this one, as well as probably my favorite sound effect of all time, “Rezonatix” (I have no idea what it is, but I know it sounds awesome.)

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Good one!

From any Star Trek dated after THG: the little chirp that the badge comminicator makes.

Recent one for me: Sora’s sound effects from Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (POWER!)

Another video game: Ness from Super Smash Bros. Melee (PK THUNDER!)

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The sound of me ripping open my paycheck on the 1st and 15th!

Other than that, oh yeah, Wolverine… “Snikt”!

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I’m partial to the sound mortars make in movies, that schwiff, thwoomb sound when the drop in the shell and it fires…

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Definately this creepy sound effect. They used it a lot on the old Toei Dennis the Menace cartoon, and in countless ghost documentaries.

It took me years to find a clean recording of it. I have no idea what it’s proper name is, or what instrument it is, but I still love it. :cool:

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I live near Fort Benning, GA. If you’d ever like to hear that effect up close and personal, give me a call. If there is low cloud cover during these hot Georgia nights, the pictures on my walls will shake when the ranges are working late.

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Larry Mudd took mine - the sound of a TIE fighter. Probably one of the most distinctive sound effects ever other than that of a light sabre being activated.

Pushkin - I also love the sound of Amidala’s ships. They have a definite cavitation to them that makes them distinct. I find myself walking closely to the big shop fans at work to hear that sound - approach from behind, lean your head towards it, walk by, listen and enjoy. Really good when you use the doppler effect.

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I hope this isn’t too obscure, but I smile every time I hear the sound of Charlie Brown landing on his back after missing the football held by Lucy. It’s a combined “Crunch” and “Oof!” sound.

I hear it in other cartoons and live action shows from time to time.

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Some of the laser blasts in Star Wars (well, ep. IV-VI anyway) were done by rapping a hammer on a tower guy wire. I still think it’s one of the coolest sounds ever. :slight_smile:

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The sound of the Martian heat rays from War of the Worlds (I don’t have to call it the original *War of the Worlds * yet, do I?) I heard it again Sunday night on Robot Chicken when the cyborg Walt Disney attacked Cuba (what a great show).

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The Hypnotoad sound, AKA “angry machine.”

Synchronized bootsteps (eg. the beginning of Rammstein’s Links 2 3 4).

The low thunderish sound when Vader chokes people (added in the '90s, I know).

Does John DiMaggio scatting count as a sound effect?

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Got 'nother one.

The scream Goofy makes after falling/jumping/being flung from a great height. You know the one. (“AAAA-hoo-ooo-oooy!”)

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You have to go back to the old (40’s-60’s) westerns with the Indians (native Americans) using bows and arrows to hear the one I like to mimic for anybody who’ll listen. With a little practice you can amuse your friends and neighbors as well.

Whiiii–tiii—kaaaa … Skoooon

Another from that era was the sound of a rifle (occasionally a pistol would ricochet almost as well) being fired and the bullet ricocheting willy-nilly over a large area, especially if there were no trees or rocks or hard reflecting surfaces anywhere in sight.

Sort of a
toook—aa—chooo----chooo chiiing chiing

I also loved the squealing tires in Thunder Road (the Robert Mitchum classic from the late 50’s), especially on dirt roads. Amazing!

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Proton Pack ignition in Ghostbusters.

The TARDIS appearing: “Vwooorp”.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex roar in Jurassic Park.

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Just remembered some more.

The “whoosh-thunk” of an arrow whistling in the air and sticking into a solid object.

The “ca-CHAK” of one of those slide hammers being pulled back and released.

Link’s sword charge SFX from Link to the Past.

And, on the opposite side, I hate the sound of electricity crackling and popping.

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Oooo, I may have to reconsider my moratorium on visits to Georgia. :wink:

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The Jupiter 2 engine powering up and taking off in Lost in Space. Does anyone know where I can find it on the web?

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Damn! you took my OWN sound. That sound is what floors me with laughter and caused me to choose this name.

A very specific sound was the one caused by Stimpy playing Rapunzel and snorting Ren up his nose. It slays me.

The sound of a boulder landing on Wile E. Coyote is also etched into my mind. It has such a FINAL note to it.

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The sound effect of the laser weapons the The Black Hole. (Which, as I remember, sounded similar or identical to ones on G.I. Joe.)

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Ooooh, good one, Ranchoth! I’ve always dug this sound, and I love making it when I’m on a rollercoastere, or jet skiing.

The one that comes to my mind is the sound when Fred Flintstone starts to run, or is “revving” up his car. I hate to say it, but it took me years to identify the source as bongo drums. Duh.