Sci-Fi Scream
Erik on Aug 2nd 2005
IGN has a trailer of the upcoming Doom movie. It’s pretty much what you would expect, but one thing caught my attention. The final sound effect is a very familiar roaring scream. The same sound effect occurs in Starcraft when you click on the terran academy.
Intrigued, I checked google for more information. I didn’t find much. Apparently this same sound is used in the game Dark Forces when a storm trooper gets knocked off a ledge. I have also read that this is the same sound that tie fighters make in the original Star Wars, and that an orc makes the sound when falling off a cliff in one of the Lord Of the Rings movies.
The frequency that this clip occurs makes me think it is some sort of Wilhelm scream, but it doesn’t match the Wilhelm samples I’ve heard online. Does anyone know anything about the story behind this sound?
If anyone wants to read more about this, I have found a couple of uninformative, but interesting discussions.
The first is in a discussion of the doom trailer. Search in page for scream. This page isn’t really safe for work.
The second is this thread in a slashdot story about the Wilhem scream. Again, not much real info.
Update: The story of the screen has been found, read the new post.
Filed in Games, General | One response so far
Chris Jun 20th 2006 at 02:46 am 1
I have a copy of this scream, ripped straight from Dark Forces (completely clean, no sound effects or music!) :D
I think it’s a ridiculous sound. Who would ever yell like that if they were going to die?
Nonetheless, my friends and I have promised that if our deaths were the result of a sudden accident or violence, this would be the last sound we make.
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!
Chris
P.S. It’s not the Wilhelm, but it’s just as overused!