This is a Skywalker Sound sound effect. It should not be confused with the similar sounding SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - AT-AT STOMP and SKYWALKER, TRAIN - POLAR EXPRESS CHUGGING.
Used in
TV Shows
Movies
- The Great Wall (2016)
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
- The Polar Express (2004) (A very low pitched, slowed down and slightly edited variant of the thumping element from this sound or a very similar sound is heard once right as the locomotive slams down on the surface of the ice lake as it's rocking back and forth after the train manages to stop.)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (debut)
Video Games
- Star Wars: Battlefront (2004 Video Game)
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002) (Video Game) (dubbed as "sound236.wav")
Image Gallery
_SKYWALKER,_EXPLOSION_-_DEEP_THUMP_AND_CRACKLE.png "Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - DEEP THUMP AND CRACKLE.png (957 KB)")
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - DEEP THUMP AND CRACKLE
The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - DEEP THUMP AND CRACKLE (thumping element only, very low pitched and slowed down, slightly edited) (needs clarification)
Audio Samples
(The edited variant of the thumping element as (supposedly) heard in The Polar Express.)