Image Example of a Powerline Pole for the Sound.
This is a Skywalker Sound sound effect. Originally a Dutch sound effect.
It sounds similar to, but should not be confused with Anime Rapid Swish Sound.
Info
- First recorded: Early 1980's
- Creator: Ben Burtt/Randy Thom
- Owner: Skywalker Sound (1983-present)
- Origin: United States
- Year debut: August 1, 1983
- First heard: De Lift (1983)
- Area used: TBA
Used In
TV Shows
- Amphibia (Heard once in "The New Normal".)
- Ben 10 (Heard twice in "Lucky Girl".)
- Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Used in reverse sometimes when the Force is used; an unmodified version is used once in "Duel of the Droids", thrice in "Lair of Grievous", and twice in "Grievous Intrigue".)
Movies
- 9 (2009)
- The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
- The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
- The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
- Aquaman (2018)
- Arthur Christmas (2011)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- The BFG (2016)
- Bolt (2008)
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Cars (2006)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
- Cloverfield (2008)
- Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
- Daylight (1996)
- Despicable Me (2010)
- Despicable Me 4 (2024)
- De Lift (1983) (debut)
- Eagle Eye (2008)
- Elio (2025)
- The Fate of the Furious (2017) (Unless confused with near identical sounds.)
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
- Godzilla (1998)
- Godzilla (2014)
- Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025)
- Goosebumps (2015)
- The Haunting (1999)
- Howard the Duck (1986)
- The Hurricane Heist (2018)
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
- Independence Day (1996)
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Inside Out (2015)
- Inside Out 2 (2024)
- The Iron Giant (1999)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- The Island (2005) (A lower pitched and looped variant is used multiple times for the sounds of the Black Wasp helicopters propellor blades spinning.)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Jurassic World (2015)
- Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
- Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)
- The Little Prince (2015)
- The Lone Ranger (2013) (Used once to accent a lighting strike before John wakes up from a nightmare.)
- The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
- Metro (2013)
- Mission: Impossible (1996)
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
- Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible (2014) (Needs clarification.)
- Osmosis Jones (2001)
- Pacific Rim (2013)
- Predator (1987)
- The Polar Express (2004) (A heavily processed variant be heard when the cables connected to Santa's sack twitch back and forth before it is lifted out of the roof of a building at the North Pole.)
- Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
- Ready Player One (2018)
- Robots (2005)
- San Andreas (2015)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- The Simpsons Movie (2007)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
- Speed (1994)
- Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Spies in Disguise (2019) (Used once in a slightly lower volume when Walter swings to avoid a shock prod whilst still attached to the grappling cable he fired underneath a moving elevator during the "It Takes Two" action scene.)
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- Storks (2016) (Unless confused with very similar sounds.)
- The Suicide Squad (2021)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017) (Heard once when an excavator starts to pick up some of the rubble of the Shady Acres Care Home as Thor and Loki watch.)
- Titanic (1997)
- Tomorrowland (2015)
- Toy Story 3 (2010) (A processed/modified version of this sound is heard as Slinky jumps down several cliff rocks during the opening sequence.)
- Transformers (2007)
- Twisters (2024)
- War Horse (2011)
- War of the Worlds (2005) (Heard once on the left channel in a very low volume when the first Tripod shoots the roof off of a house before Ray hides behind another one.)
- The Wild Robot (2024)
- The Willoughbys (2020)
- Willow (1988)
- World Trade Center (2006) (Heard once when a piece of debris falls before John starts screaming.)
- XXX (2002)
Video Games
- The Polar Express (2004) (Video Game) (Heard once during the cutscene when the blimp drops Santas sack.)
Trailers
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