This sound effect can be found on The Premiere Edition Volume 9, which was made by The Hollywood Edge. It was originally a Skywalker Sound sound effect that was created by Ben Burtt, and debuted in More American Graffiti in 1979, before the Hollywood Edge picked it up in 2008.
Sound Effect Description
Thunder Rip and Rumble
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect
Similar Variations
- Explosions, Electrical - Elec Thunder Explos (included in some parts)
- Rain Thunder - Thunder Bolt (repetitive)
- Sci-Fi Space FX, FX & Robots Waverly - Sci Fi Thunder 2 Si
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - ENDOR GENERATOR EXPLOSION
- Static Transform Thunder, High-Pitched Blasts With Static Electrical Zap, Sci-Fi (low quality, repetitive)
- Thunder - Mondo Single Cracks - C U - A Variety Of Hits, Strong, Powerful, Clean
- Thunder - Sharp Single Cracks - C U - A Variety Of Short Hits, Good High End Sweetner
- WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 04
- WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 14
- WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 16
Used In
TV Shows
- Bonkers
- Darkwing Duck
- Firebuds (Heard once in "Hike & Seek".)
- Garfield and Friends
- Hey Arnold!
- The Jetsons (Heard once in "Haunted Halloween".)
- The Little Mermaid: The Series (Used often in various episodes, especially in "Stormy".)
- Muppet Babies (1984) (Heard once in "Bearly Alone Babies".)
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Heard in "Cloud, Cloud, Go Away.")
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- Rocko's Modern Life (Heard mostly in the first two seasons.)
- Samurai Jack (Heard often near the end of "Jack and the Ultra-Robots" and once in EPISODE XXVII.)
- Sesame Street
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Heard once in "Nomad Droids")
- SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
- TaleSpin
- Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
- Yogi's Treasure Hunt (Heard once in "Beverly Hills Flop".)
TV Specials
Movies
- Amistad (1997)
- The Avengers (2012)
- Cat's Eye (1985)
- Contact (1997) (+12 pitch, flanged)
- Death Spa (1988)
- Dune (1984)
- The Elephant Man (1980)
- Gordy (1995)
- Hellboy (2004)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Lucky Stiff (1988)
- The Mask (1994)
- The Mean Season (1985)
- Menace II Society (1993)
- More American Graffiti (1979) (debut)
- Mortal Kombat (1995)
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
- Prison (1987)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) (Used for explosions.)
- Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)
- A Troll in Central Park (1994)
- Twister (1996)
- Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil (1997)
- Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father (1996)
Shorts
Video Games
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002) (Dubbed as "sound121.wav".)
Trailers
- Twister (1996) (Trailers)
YouTube Videos
- FeliTheCoolEasy2000's Videos
- Rarity Vrymer Collective
- Rarity Vrymer Collective (TV Official)
- SuperMarioRyanBros Plush Show
- WhitneyGoLucky
Other Media
Anime
- Dragon Half
- Hyper-Psychic-Geo Garaga (1989)
- Pop Team Epic
- The Sky Crawlers (2008) (+12 pitch, flanged)
Image Gallery
Audio Samples
(Alternate mix, as heard in Horta Editorial and West Productions's works.)