a certain sound effect???

Kable24 · 07-19-2004, 02:52 AM

There is a sound of a man screaming and I have heard it in all the LOTR's, Star Wars and Indie movies along with a few other movies. I think it's called the Wilhelm or something. Does anyone know the origin of this sound effect and why it's used so much?

sniktawt · 07-19-2004, 03:00 AM

Hmmmm

Drizzt240 · 07-19-2004, 03:24 AM

Hmmmmm

Maybe it's used because it's just that good.

The Moose · 07-19-2004, 03:44 AM

wilhelm. one pof my friends told me about it

i think that he said it comes from an indian movie from the 50s or 60s, and the guy that was killed made that sound, and his real name was Wlihelm.

i think that's it

Faithless Eye · 07-19-2004, 04:13 AM

it comes from "The Charge At Feather River" (1953). It goes like this:

Wilhelm is filling his pipe.
Somebody else: Wilhelm!
Wilhelm: Yeah, i'll just fill my pipe!

Wilhelm is shot in the leg by an arrow. Wilhelm SCREAMS and motion picture history is made.

It's the greatest sound effect ever. There are a few fansites for it.

dustindame · 07-19-2004, 01:57 PM

What part of LOTR is he heard in.

Kable24 · 07-19-2004, 02:21 PM

I know I heard it in the Two Towers and I think it's in ROTK. How do I find this sound effect? It's weird how it's constantly being used in movies.

dustindame · 07-19-2004, 02:25 PM

what part of the movies.

bigmanjg225533 · 07-19-2004, 02:59 PM

in the two towers its during the battle for helms deep when one of the elves gets shot with an arrow and falls over the wall where the uruk hai are, and in rotk idk where it is.

bigmanjg225533 · 07-19-2004, 03:02 PM

encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/ List%20of%20films%20using%20the%20Wilhelm%

bigmanjg225533 · 07-19-2004, 03:03 PM

20scream

add that to the end of tha website

bigmanjg225533 · 07-19-2004, 03:04 PM

its a list of all the movies using willhelm scream

Drizzt240 · 07-19-2004, 11:48 PM

http://www.starwars-rpg.net/swfa/issue3/wilhelm.html

Kable24 · 07-20-2004, 12:14 AM

I wonder why it's always used in movies as a sound effect. What made sound editors want to use it?

Drizzt240 · 07-20-2004, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kable24
I wonder why it's always used in movies as a sound effect. What made sound editors want to use it?

It's funny as hell.

ip_guru · 07-20-2004, 12:41 AM

There is also a single thunder sound that is reused. I'm not sure if it has a name, but if you have recognized it, you know what I'm talking about.

The Moose · 07-20-2004, 05:53 AM

in ROTK, there are 2 wilhelms. i don't remember where the first one is, but i know that the second one is when legolas is climbing the oliphaunt, he shoots one guy, and he falls off, and there is wlihelm

**JBond** · 07-20-2004, 06:10 AM

That is so weird, I thought I was the only one who thought a scream was being used over and over.

It's also in Warcraft II or Red Alert or something.

Faithless Eye · 07-20-2004, 06:34 AM

its EVERYWHERE...you CANT ESCAPE IT.

thats what's so great about it.

(in ROTK the first one is in the attack by the nazgul on Faramir & Co.™ as they ride back to minas tirith...jsut before gandalf does his Wand-Of-Power thing)

Andrey83 · 07-20-2004, 10:13 AM

Damn, i never thought of that. Now that you say it, i remember it from many places

Thats just sick!

But the coolest sound effect ever made must be the sound when those seismic (sp?) charges go off in AOTC!

IdahoMR2man · 07-20-2004, 10:18 AM

Yeah I hear it all the time too and it drives me nuts. It's not even a very good scream. It's like "YEEEEEEAAAHHHH!!!"

I think it was used in Doom the video game too.

Kable24 · 07-20-2004, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Andrey83
Damn, i never thought of that. Now that you say it, i remember it from many places

Thats just sick!

But the coolest sound effect ever made must be the sound when those seismic (sp?) charges go off in AOTC!

I'll agree with that one. It rocks my sound system when they go off. I always loved the sound effects for Star Wars movies because they are so unique, but they are made with everyday objects that we could do ourselves.

obsessedwithsnl · 07-20-2004, 01:13 PM

There's also sound effects of a baby crying and laughing that are used over and over.

IdahoMR2man · 07-20-2004, 04:48 PM

You know...after reading that Star Wars article I think there is actually two different sounds that we are talking about.

The Star Wars Wilhelm goes "aaaAAAAAHHHhhhh!"...The one I thought (and I think Jibbs is talking about) goes "YEEEEEAAAAAHHHH!!!" kinda like the dude is celebrating but it's used in a bunch of deaths in movies.

adt100 · 07-20-2004, 05:53 PM

Why on earth can't the sound mixers just create their own sound effects, like they do for almost every other single sound (in LOTR for example).

Seems strange that this 'Wilhelm' scream seems to have attracted an almost cult-like following.

07-19-2004, 02:52 AM	#1
Kable24 RockyCat RULES You! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Harrisburg, PA Posts: 2,150	a certain sound effect??? There is a sound of a man screaming and I have heard it in all the LOTR's, Star Wars and Indie movies along with a few other movies. I think it's called the Wilhelm or something. Does anyone know the origin of this sound effect and why it's used so much? __________________ If his unpleasant wounding has in some way enlightened the rest of you as to the grim finish beneath the glossy veneer of criminal life, then his injuries carry with it an inherent nobility, and a supreme glory. We should all be so fortunate. You say, "Poor Toby." I say, "Poor us."

07-19-2004, 03:44 AM	#4
The Moose The Evil Sandwich Join Date: May 2003 Location: Where Popper was Posts: 24,956	wilhelm. one pof my friends told me about it i think that he said it comes from an indian movie from the 50s or 60s, and the guy that was killed made that sound, and his real name was Wlihelm. i think that's it __________________ Knight Of The Silver Swan Donnie : Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit? Frank : Why are you wearing that stupid man suit? Every creature on this earth dies alone

07-19-2004, 04:13 AM	#5
Faithless Eye Pioneer, called primitive Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: an East Texas rest home Posts: 815	it comes from "The Charge At Feather River" (1953). It goes like this: Wilhelm is filling his pipe. Somebody else: Wilhelm! Wilhelm: Yeah, i'll just fill my pipe! Wilhelm is shot in the leg by an arrow. Wilhelm SCREAMS and motion picture history is made. It's the greatest sound effect ever. There are a few fansites for it. __________________ And then I realise what it is. There's a man, out back of this place. I can see him through the walls...I can see his face! ... I hope that I never see that face outside of a dream. I know I believe in nothing but it is my nothing

07-19-2004, 01:57 PM	#6
dustindame Making CS! comback Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: where do you live Posts: 3,535	What part of LOTR is he heard in. __________________ " It's not PINK it's lightesh RED" DONUT Red vs Blue

07-19-2004, 02:21 PM	#7
Kable24 RockyCat RULES You! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Harrisburg, PA Posts: 2,150	I know I heard it in the Two Towers and I think it's in ROTK. How do I find this sound effect? It's weird how it's constantly being used in movies. __________________ If his unpleasant wounding has in some way enlightened the rest of you as to the grim finish beneath the glossy veneer of criminal life, then his injuries carry with it an inherent nobility, and a supreme glory. We should all be so fortunate. You say, "Poor Toby." I say, "Poor us."

07-19-2004, 03:00 AM	#2
sniktawt Web Swinger Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 28,662	Hmmmm

07-19-2004, 02:25 PM	#8
dustindame Making CS! comback Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: where do you live Posts: 3,535	what part of the movies. __________________ " It's not PINK it's lightesh RED" DONUT Red vs Blue

07-19-2004, 02:59 PM	#9
bigmanjg225533 Executive Producer Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 382	in the two towers its during the battle for helms deep when one of the elves gets shot with an arrow and falls over the wall where the uruk hai are, and in rotk idk where it is.

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bigmanjg225533 Executive Producer Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 382	encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/ List%20of%20films%20using%20the%20Wilhelm%

07-19-2004, 03:03 PM	#11
bigmanjg225533 Executive Producer Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 382	20scream add that to the end of tha website

07-19-2004, 03:04 PM	#12
bigmanjg225533 Executive Producer Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 382	its a list of all the movies using willhelm scream

07-20-2004, 12:14 AM	#14
Kable24 RockyCat RULES You! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Harrisburg, PA Posts: 2,150	I wonder why it's always used in movies as a sound effect. What made sound editors want to use it? __________________ If his unpleasant wounding has in some way enlightened the rest of you as to the grim finish beneath the glossy veneer of criminal life, then his injuries carry with it an inherent nobility, and a supreme glory. We should all be so fortunate. You say, "Poor Toby." I say, "Poor us."

07-20-2004, 12:41 AM	#16
ip_guru Political Junkie Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: At the turn before the river Posts: 1,563	There is also a single thunder sound that is reused. I'm not sure if it has a name, but if you have recognized it, you know what I'm talking about. __________________ The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government. – Thomas Jefferson There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest, honour, power and glory, established in the minds of the people, or there can be no republic government, nor any real liberty; and this public passion must be superior to all private passions. – John Adams

07-20-2004, 05:53 AM	#17
The Moose The Evil Sandwich Join Date: May 2003 Location: Where Popper was Posts: 24,956	in ROTK, there are 2 wilhelms. i don't remember where the first one is, but i know that the second one is when legolas is climbing the oliphaunt, he shoots one guy, and he falls off, and there is wlihelm __________________ Knight Of The Silver Swan Donnie : Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit? Frank : Why are you wearing that stupid man suit? Every creature on this earth dies alone

07-20-2004, 06:10 AM	#18
JBond Stop exploding, you cowards! Join Date: May 2000 Location: Nimbus 1729 Posts: 54,650	That is so weird, I thought I was the only one who thought a scream was being used over and over. It's also in Warcraft II or Red Alert or something. __________________ The due date for Round 61 of the CS Film Club is Monday, November 16th, 2009. 34 out of 60 Hugo Award winners completed.

07-20-2004, 06:34 AM	#19
Faithless Eye Pioneer, called primitive Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: an East Texas rest home Posts: 815	its EVERYWHERE...you CANT ESCAPE IT. thats what's so great about it. (in ROTK the first one is in the attack by the nazgul on Faramir & Co.™ as they ride back to minas tirith...jsut before gandalf does his Wand-Of-Power thing) __________________ And then I realise what it is. There's a man, out back of this place. I can see him through the walls...I can see his face! ... I hope that I never see that face outside of a dream. I know I believe in nothing but it is my nothing

07-20-2004, 10:13 AM	#20
Andrey83 Boxed Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Earth...Frak Earth Posts: 13,506	Damn, i never thought of that. Now that you say it, i remember it from many places Thats just sick! But the coolest sound effect ever made must be the sound when those seismic (sp?) charges go off in AOTC! __________________ "I like to think of us a smart-ass teenager country who likes to steal dad's car and make trouble because we think we're invincible. Geez, USA. Get a job" - JBond

07-20-2004, 10:18 AM	#21
IdahoMR2man Justin Gigalo Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: I ain't got nobody. Posts: 12,666	Yeah I hear it all the time too and it drives me nuts. It's not even a very good scream. It's like "YEEEEEEAAAHHHH!!!" I think it was used in Doom the video game too. __________________ Love For Sale

07-20-2004, 01:13 PM	#23
obsessedwithsnl Executive Producer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,054	There's also sound effects of a baby crying and laughing that are used over and over. __________________ BROKE THE YOLK NO JOKE

07-20-2004, 04:48 PM	#24
IdahoMR2man Justin Gigalo Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: I ain't got nobody. Posts: 12,666	You know...after reading that Star Wars article I think there is actually two different sounds that we are talking about. The Star Wars Wilhelm goes "aaaAAAAAHHHhhhh!"...The one I thought (and I think Jibbs is talking about) goes "YEEEEEAAAAAHHHH!!!" kinda like the dude is celebrating but it's used in a bunch of deaths in movies. __________________ Love For Sale

07-20-2004, 05:53 PM	#25
adt100 Executive Producer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 5,937	Why on earth can't the sound mixers just create their own sound effects, like they do for almost every other single sound (in LOTR for example). Seems strange that this 'Wilhelm' scream seems to have attracted an almost cult-like following. __________________ In rode the Lord of the Nazgul. A great black shape against the fires beyond he loomed up, grown to a vast menace of despair. In rode the Lord of the Nazgul, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face. http://www.myspace.com/51106564