This is a Skywalker Sound sound effect. It was created by Ben Burtt, and it debuted in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). It was made by recording the LA freeway from a distance through a vacuum cleaner pipe. Another element of the sound may include a modified/processed variant of WB SIREN - STUKA SIREN HOWL as well.
Used In
Movies
- Cloverfield (2008) (This sound or a very similar sound may've been heard once when a military truck passes by the electronic store before Hud pans the camera to show Clover.)
- The Island (2005)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (debut)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (May be confused with percussion in the score of the film.)
Video Games
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Audio Samples
(The sound as heard in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.)
(The sound as supposedly heard in Cloverfield.)



