This is a large explosion sound effect rooted in the Cinesound library that was used in many films from the mid-1950s to the early 2000s. Part of the sound sounds similar to but should not be confused with SKYWALKER WHISTLING RICOCHET, EXPLOSION ACCENT.
Similar Variations
- BATTLE, WORLD WAR II - WORLD WAR 2 GUN BATTLE, EXPLOSIONS (included)
- EXPLOSION - BRIDGE EXPLOSION (included)
- Explosions Fires - Explosion; Big Cannon Shot Explodes-Distortes. Nsg (identical)
- Indonesian Explosion Sound (high pitched)
Used In
TV Shows
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
- The Comic Strip Presents... (Heard once in "The Hunt for Tony Blair".)
- Gravity Falls
- Joe 90 (Heard once in "Breakout"; 5 times in "Test Flight".)
- London's Burning (Heard once in Series 4 Episode 10.)
- Miami Vice (Heard once during the hut explosion in "Milk Run", with a trace of the whistle element.)
- The Secret Service
- Space: 1999
- Star Wars: Forces of Destiny (Heard once in "The Starfighter Stunt" in a low pitch.)
- Stingray
- Super Sentai
- Terrahawks
- Transformers (1984)
- Tugs (Heard 10 times in "Munitions".)
- UFO
- Ultraman Tiga
- The World at War (Heard in Alone: Britain & Banzai!: Japan)
- X-Bomber (dub only)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (various pitches)
Pilots
- The Solarnauts
Movies
- 1984 (1984)
- Aces High (1976)
- Alien (1979)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
- Assassination (1987)
- Attack On The Iron Coast (1968)
- Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
- The Bedford Incident (1965)
- Biggles (1986)
- The Blockhouse (1973)
- The Blue Max (1966)
- Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
- Brass Target (1978)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Casino Royale (1967)
- Castle Keep (1969)
- The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
- The Chairman (1969)
- City on Fire (1979)
- City Under the Sea (1965)
- Creature (1985)
- Crossplot (1969)
- The Cruel Sea (1953) (a trace of the whistle element)
- Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)
- Das Boot (1981)
- Death Wish 3 (1985)
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
- Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
- Dinosaur (2000) (a trace of the whistle element)
- Doppelgänger (1969)
- Escape to Athena (1979)
- For Your Eyes Only (1981)
- Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
- Genghis Khan (1965)
- Ghostbusters (1984) (Deleted scene)
- GoldenEye (1995)
- The Guns Of Navarone (1961)
- Hennessy (1975)
- The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
- High Ballin' (1978)
- High Road To China (1983)
- Inchon (1981)
- Invaders From Mars (1986)
- Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
- Kelly's Heroes (1970)
- Killer Force (1976)
- The Killing Fields (1984)
- Lassiter (1984)
- Lion of the Desert (1981)
- Live and Let Die (1973)
- The Lost Continent (1968)
- Mackenna's Gold (1969)
- The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
- The Mechanic (1972)
- Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends (2009)
- Merlin - The Return (2000)
- Missing in Action (1984)
- Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Moonraker (1979)
- Nate & Hayes (1983)
- Never Say Never Again (1983)
- Not Without My Daughter (1991)
- O, Lucky Man! (1973)
- Octopussy (1983)
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- The Passage (1979)
- The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
- Play Dirty (1969)
- Power Play (1978)
- A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
- Return from the River Kwai (1989)
- Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Scarab (1984)
- The Sea Wolves (1980)
- Shout At The Devil (1976)
- Single-Handed (1953)
- Sky Bandits (1986)
- Slayground (1983)
- The Soldier (1982)
- Spies Like Us (1985)
- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) (Heard in a lower pitch when Padme falls down after being choked.)
- Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- Submarine X-1 (1968)
- Superman II (1980) (Heard when the Phantom Zone villains are freed from their prison.)
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
- Taffin (1988)
- The Terrornauts (1967)
- They Came from Beyond Space (1967)
- Thunderbird 6 (1968)
- Top Secret! (1984)
- A Twist of Sand (1968)
- A View to a Kill (1985)
- The War Lover (1962)
- Waterloo (1970)
- Where Eagles Dare (1968)
- World Gone Wild (1987)
- Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen (1995) (various pitches)
Shorts
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Sounds (Heard once in "Excitement".)
- Wow! (1990)
Video Games
- Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
- Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
- Mega Man X3 (Heard in the opening cutscene.)
- Star Wars: Obi-Wan (mixed in with other sounds, file name "explo_long_01")
- Star Wars: Rebel Assault
Trailers
- S*P*Y*S (1974) (Trailers)
- You Only Live Twice (1967) (Trailers)
Online Videos
- Hitler's Pencil of Doom XV
- Hitler's Pencil of Doom XVI
- Hitler's Pencil of Doom XVII
- Hitler's Pencil of Doom XVIII
- Hitler's Pencil of Doom XIX
- Hoffy1138
- Major Hamster & Friends
- Pencil of Doom Ad
- WhitneyGoLucky
Anime
- Akira (1988)
- Art of Fighting (OVA)
- Crying Freeman
- Crystal Triangle (1987)
- Detective Conan (Heard in episode 5.)
- Digimon Adventure 01 (Heard in episode 33; Japanese version only.)
- Digimon Data Squad (Heard in episode 33.)
- Digimon Fusion (Heard in episode 51.)
- Digimon Tamers (Heard in episode 42; Japanese version only.)
- Pokémon (Heard in "Clefairy and the Moon Stone".)
- Red Baron (Heard in episode 2.)
- Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land
Image Gallery
Audio Samples
(The original variant.)
(The alternate variant without the whistle element.)
(A somewhat louder and slightly edited variant.)