This sound effect can be found on the Lucasfilm Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas. It is a Skywalker Sound sound effect that was probably recorded by Ben Burtt and/or Randy Thom for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. It starts off/is mixed with SoundDogs, Electric - Sparks & Hum - C U - Series Of Amazingly Creaky Sparks And Reverberant Decay (or just one of the electric whines that may also be known as SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - THE FORCE WHINE), which also debuted in the same film.
Different Variations
- Anime Logo Sting Sound 3 (included)
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - SCREAMING EXPLOSION SOUNDS (included)
- SKYWALKER, WIND - REACTOR SHAFT EXPLOSION, WIND, WEATHER (Included in a fairly low volume.)
Used In
TV Shows
- Bill Nye, the Science Guy (Heard once in "Flight".)
- Star Wars: Clone Wars (Heard once in CHAPTER 7 in a fairly low volume.)
- The Mandalorian (Heard once in a low volume in "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger".)
- The Right Stuff
Movies
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) (Heard once in a low volume as Super Grover flies.)
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
- Fight Club (1999)
- Frequency (2000) (Only select portions are used)
- Howard the Duck (1986)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (Heard once in normal--and in reverse, not to be confused with FAMOUS STUDIOS CARTOON FALL SOUND--as the Ark begins to suck up everything.)
- The Iron Giant (1999)
- The Mean Season (1985)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004) (1.5x pitch)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) (Heard twice at a fairly low volume after Grievous breaks a window and as he enters into an escape pod.)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (debut)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) (Only the first half of the sound is heard.)
Shorts
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Sounds (Heard once in "Dark Side".)
- Wow! (1990) (Only the first half of the sound is heard, as excerpted from Return of the Jedi.)
Logos
- Noviy Disk (2007-2010; beginning part only.)
- TF1 Vidéo (1998-2007)
Video Games
PC:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Heard briefly in the mission "Turbulence".)
- Google.exe (various pitches as excerpted from Another YouTube)
- Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 Video Game)
- There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
PlayStation 2:
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) (Video Game) (Heard twice in a cutscene.)
PlayStation 3:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Heard briefly in the mission "Turbulence".)
PlayStation 4:
Xbox:
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) (Video Game) (Heard twice in a cutscene.)
Xbox 360:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Heard briefly in the mission "Turbulence".)
Xbox One:
Wii:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Heard briefly in the mission "Turbulence".)
Music
- Pain Of Salvation - Martius,nauticus Ii (2004)
Trailers
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) (Trailers)
- Star Wars Trilogy (Special Edition) (1997) (Trailers) (Only the first half of the sound is heard, as excerpted from Return of the Jedi.)
- THX: Grand (1993-1997, 2002) (Only the first half of the sound is heard.)
YouTube Videos
- The Angry German Kid Show
- Another YouTube (heard in various pitches)
- Hoffy1138
- THX Grand featuring Finnick the Saber Tooth Squirrel (2022) (Only the first half of the sound is heard.)
- WhitneyGoLucky
Image Gallery
Sound Ideas, WIND - BLAST, MODULATION & HOWL, WEATHER/Image Gallery
Audio Samples