How the World’s Most Famous Scream Was Recovered

Re:How the World’s Most Famous Scream Was Recovered by LeonM on Friday August 04, 2023 @03:50AM (#36996799)

There is also a commonly used sound effect of crowd cheering. I don't know what it is called, but it is used everywhere. I can't find is easily on YT, so my guess it is copyrighted.

First time I heard it was in the original Tony Hawk Pro Skater game, every time you did a neat trick, you'd hear the same crowd cheer clip. I thought it was really annoying (I must have been ~14 yo at the time). Later as I got older, I started to recognise the same clip everywhere, with the same effect as you describe (immediately snapping you out from suspension of disbelief).

It is also used a lot in 'live' audience reactions, such as talent shows, stand up comedy, sitcoms, etc.

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Re:How the World’s Most Famous Scream Was Recovered by erenst on Friday August 04, 2023 @04:44AM (#36997213)

The cheering sound is probably from Audience Response Duplicator (or: Laff Box). There's a good episode [1] about it on 99% invisible.

[1] https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-laff-box/

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Re:How the World’s Most Famous Scream Was Recovered by __alexs on Friday August 04, 2023 @04:45AM (#36997222)

Is this the THPS sound you know? https://soundeffects.fandom.com/wiki/Sound_Ideas,_APPLAUSE,_...

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Re:How the World’s Most Famous Scream Was Recovered by skrebbel on Friday August 04, 2023 @05:02AM (#36997339)

And in Scooter songs!

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Re:How the World’s Most Famous Scream Was Recovered by Etherlord87 on Friday August 04, 2023 @05:53AM (#36997707)

Once I made myself a marathon of watching James Bond movies, I noticed a particular sound of a gun ricochet, reused multiple times throughout the series. Then I started noticing it in other movies as well.

I also often notice sounds from Heroes of Might and Magic III in movies, probably coming from some sound bank…

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Re:How the World’s Most Famous Scream Was Recovered by lvncelot on Friday August 04, 2023 @06:24AM (#36997911)

Another one for me is a sound bite of kids laughing which I first noticed in Diddy Kong Racing's boot screen[1] and now I hear everywhere

[1] https://youtu.be/_TtOPPKEqRI?t=10

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Re:How the World’s Most Famous Scream Was Recovered by bozhark on Friday August 04, 2023 @06:56AM (#36998165)

Grunts Birthday

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Re:How the World’s Most Famous Scream Was Recovered by smazga on Friday August 04, 2023 @10:11AM (#37000339)

I don't know if they were stock sounds, or just lifted from the game, but so many bad shows use the police radio and fire engine siren from SimCity 3000.

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