Eerie Bowed Cymbal

This is a rare sound effect often used in reality TV shows to stir up drama or suspense. It has also been used in some animated shows. It can be heard in two variants, both from Spectrasonics' Distorted Reality sample CD: "Oil Can Bow" (with the trimmed beginning and added pitch bend) and "Rusty Spoke" (full sample).

Used In

TV Shows

  • Beyond Belief: Fact Or Fiction
  • CSI: NY
  • Drawn Together
  • Forensic Files (Heard often in several episodes in a -6 or -9 pitch; heard once in a tritone in "Line of Fire")
  • Lexx (Heard in the track "Gigashadow March".)

Movies

  • Ju-on: The Grudge (2002) (Heard in the main theme.)

Video Games

Mac:

PC:

  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Heard in the main menu music.)
  • Half-Life 2 (Heard in the track "Suppression Field".)
  • Max Payne (Heard in the track "A Cold Day in Hell".)
  • Need for Speed II: Special Edition (Heard in tracks "Siwash Rock" and "Fasolatha".)
  • The Pink Panther: Passport to Peril (Heard in the Camp Chilli Wa-Wa on Day 4.)
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (Heard during an ambush.)

PlayStation:

PlayStation 2:

  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Heard slightly in a very high pitch when you die.)

PlayStation 3:

Wii:

Xbox:

  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Heard slightly in a very high pitch when you die.)

Xbox 360:

  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Heard in the main menu music.)
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Heard slightly in a very high pitch when you die.)

Logos

  • Cinépix Film Properties (1996-1999)

TV Spots

  • Rio (2011) (TV Spots)

Music

  • BT - "Flaming June" (1997)
  • Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997) (Heard in the track "Insight".)
  • ParagonX9 - "Chaoz Airflow" (2009)
  • Signum - "First Strike" (2001)

Anime

YouTube Videos

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Audio Samples


(Forensic Files variants.)