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Iconic movie sounds

07-01-2022 11:23pm

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Movie has to be identifiable from the sound only, no dialogue/score/soundtrack.
Just after watching Ghostbusters Afterlife so:
1. Ecto 1 siren and proton pack powerup
2. Lightsaber
Anymore ?

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Tie fighter noise

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Predator noise

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The Wilhelm scream:
https://youtu.be/cdbYsoEasio

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#6 07-01-2022 11:37pm

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There was a noise in the original Doom videogame I always used to hear in films, it sounds like something being launched kind of and then an explosion.

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#7 07-01-2022 11:43pm

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Robocop footsteps

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#8 07-01-2022 11:48pm

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A interesting question. Two that sprung to mind were the Velociraptor from Jurassic Park or the transporter in Star Trek.

Sci Fi probably probably lends itself best to this challenge although almost all suggestions so far relate to franchises rather than a distinct movie, so have become ingrained in our heads over time.
Really highlights how much we depend on the score as the definitive sound of a film.

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#9 08-01-2022 9:53am

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The Great Escape, cooler scenes and the baseball

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#10 08-01-2022 10:11am

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Darth Vader breathing sound.

There's a lot of Star Wars here. 🤣

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#11 08-01-2022 2:29pm

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Slightly contentious, since it could maaaybe be argued as score, but—
Bill & Ted’s air guitar’ing.

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Would the Close Encounters 5 notes count as soundtrack/score or just sounds?
Same for the Cosmic Key notes in Masters of the Universe. (Hey, I liked that film)
Franchise wise we have the Transformers transforming sound.
And I know not a film but one tv sound I could easily identify would be Sam leaping in Quantum Leap.

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#13 08-01-2022 7:09pm

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The helicopters at the start of Apocalypse Now. :)

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The 20th Century Fox fanfare: Star Wars unofficial intro.

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Hardly iconic but remember this little jingle after the A-Team. Steven J. Cannell.
https://youtu.be/qweoMJS1DQ8

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Raging Bull - the slowed down thudding punches intermixed with the camera clicks.

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The motion tracker in Aliens

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The first time I heard the T Rex roar in the first Jurassic Park was pretty awesome and iconic.
The car revving noises and electricity sounds before the Delorean hit 88mph

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The muffled crashing sound of Wiley Coyote hitting the bottom of a canyon. Also, the "meep meep" of the Roadrunner.
Also, the screech of the violins in Psycho in the murder scene.

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The icy crack of the door of the Delorean opening in Back to the Future.

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the tripods in War of the Worlds was another good one, and while not a sound in the movie, the bell in Top Gun

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The Grudge’s gurgling groaning vocal fry.

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And the machine gun noise.

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The spurs scene from The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.
https://youtu.be/p9shpHAh8uc

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^^^ have to add then the spurs scene from Kelly's Heroes

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The hand held communicator 'chirp' from Star Trek. (TV series and films).

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The Zulu war chant in Zulu.

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Or even Zulu Dawn.

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