RS013 - Shopworn Sound Effects
Channel: Reasonably Sound
Date: 2017-10-02

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Originally Published on January 19, 2015

Mike takes you on a tour of the most commonly heard sound effects.  And fair warning, when you hear them on this episode, you’ll start hearing them EVERYWHERE.  Plus, Mike tells you why sides of beef and planks of wood were integral to the making of the Rocky movies.

-- Sources -- 

Audio-Vision by Michel Chion
In Search of a Concrete Music by Pierre Schaeffer
The Wilhelm Scream by Elena Passarello

10 Ridiculously Overused Movie Sound Effects: https://whatculture.com/film/10-ridiculously-overused-movie-sound-effects

-- The Creaky Gate --

• What is this sound effect I keep hearing?
http://ask.metafilter.com/150543/What-is-this-sound-effect-I-keep-hearing

• Stock Sound Effects on TV Tropes
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StockSoundEffects

• Where Else Have I Heard That?
http://ask.metafilter.com/125872/Where-else-have-I-heard-that

-- Police Dispatcher -- 

• Why do movies & TV use this police radio clip over and over?
http://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/19768/why-do-movies-tv-use-this-police-radio-clip-over-and-over

• Stock Sounds: Police Station from SimCity 3000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dklA4-ACN4k&t=26

-- The Diddy Laugh --

• Diddy Kong Racing Intro
http://diddy%20kong%20racing%20intro/

• Steve Pagets Diddy Laugh YouTube Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvs58Hl92VaqqJwxaSzF6A2m1605VdLaf

• Steve Paget’s Diddy Laugh Blog
http://diddylaugh.blogspot.com/

-- The Wilhelm Scream --

• Wilhelm – YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3-Y8eTaMZc

• Where Did the Wilhelm Scream Come From and Why Do So Many Filmmakers Use It?
http://mentalfloss.com/article/60236/where-did-wilhelm-scream-come-and-why-do-so-many-filmmakers-use-it

• Hollywood Lost and Found
http://hollywoodlostandfound.net/wilhelm/index.html

• Way, Way, Way Too Many Wilhelm Screams
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2011/04/way-way-way-too-many-wilhelm-screams/

-- Castle Thunder -- 

• Castle Thunder Compilation on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q79HMmZ4qNc

• Hollywood Lost and Found
http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/sound/castlethunder.html

• Castle Thunder Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_thunder_%28sound_effect%29

• Frankenstein (1931) Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_(1931_film)

-- Responses to RS’s Episode on Accents -- 

“the greater diversity in accents in England is a result of a principle in linguistics?” via erherr - http://mikerugnetta.tumblr.com/post/107612425165/regarding-your-latest-episode-of-reasonably-sound

“Fred Armisen Gives Five-Minute Improvised Master Class in NYC Accents” via @sophiebiblio - http://gawker.com/fred-armisen-gives-five-minute-improvised-master-class-1662583152

Sean Monahan’s video on the Pennsylvanian/Mid-Atlantic Accent via @sophiebiblio - https://www.youtube.com/user/smonahan09/videos

“Thoughts on Accents! Class! And Self-Presentation! (AKA Fashion! Turn to the Left!)” via Two Bossy Dames - http://tinyletter.com/TwoBossyDames/letters/weekend-special-errata-addenda-ugh-mea-culpa

-- Previous version of this episode contained --

Wilhelms Scream – James Blake
Ma Meeshka Mow Skwoz – Mr. Bungle
Colony – Mason Android Park
Tracks (Tall Bodies) – Chelsea Wolf