An image of a Humpback whale, the species responsible for the recording.
This sound effect can be found on Animal Trax, which was made by The Hollywood Edge. It is an excerpt of Left Over Sea Running.
The 2nd and 5th calls should not be confused with the sounds Unknown Whale Sound or Unknown Whale Or Coyote Cry.
An identical copy can be found on the Wild World of Animals Sound Effects Library as ANIMAL, WHALE - HUMPBACK WHALE CALL, SONG, TONES WITH OCCASIONAL GRUNT-LIKE AND SQUEAK-LIKE TONES.
Sound Effect Description
Whale, Humpback Calls, Singing. Multiple Naturally Reverberant Calls, Very Clear Singing Tones. Medium Perspective.
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect
Used In
TV Shows
- Amphibia (Heard once in "Olivia and Yunan".)
- Bubble Guppies (5th call: Heard once in "The New Guppy!" during the song "Ocean Animals".)
- Catch! Teenieping (Heard in "Teenieping From The Ocean".)
- Codename: Kids Next Door (Heard once in "Operation: O.U.T.B.R.E.A.K.".)
- Dinosaur Revolution (Low pitched used for some sauropod dinosaurs.)
- Franklin (3rd call: Heard once in "Franklin's Pond Phantom".)
- Godzilla: The Series (Used for Cryptocledius.)
- Jake and the Never Land Pirates
- Little Bear (2nd call: heard in "Whale of a Tale".)
- Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
- Octonauts
- Puppy Dog Pals (Heard often in "Free Whaley" and once in "Scuba-Doggies".)
- Sesame Street
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (CGI Animated Series) (Heard in "ARC Troopers".)
- Uncle Grandpa
Movies
- All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989)
- Animals United (2010)
- Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (2007)
- Curious George: Cape Ahoy (2021) (2nd call only.)
- Dinosaur (2000) (Used for Iguanodons.)
- Finding Nemo (2003) (3rd call only; heard twice.)
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) (Used for the sperm whale.)
- Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
- Night of the Zoopocalypse (2024)
- Oceans (2009)
- Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)
- Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster (2004) (3rd call only.)
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
- Tarzan (2013)
- When Dinosaurs Roamed America (2001) (Used in a lower pitch for the Apatosaurus.)
- The Wild Robot (2024)
- The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)
Video Games
Nintendo Switch:
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Used for ambience inside the Wind Fish's egg.)
Online:
- Sesame Street - Dig for Dinosaurs (Used for the Plesiosaurus.)
PC:
- Grand Theft Auto V (Enhanced edition only.)
PlayStation 3:
- Grand Theft Auto V (Enhanced edition only.)
PlayStation 4:
- Grand Theft Auto V (Enhanced edition only.)
- Shadow of the Colossus
Xbox 360:
- Grand Theft Auto V (Enhanced edition only.)
Xbox One:
- Grand Theft Auto V (Enhanced edition only.)
Other Media
- Dr. Roger S. Payne - Deep Voices - The Second Whale Record (1977) (debut)
Websites
- Alphabetimals ("Narwhal", "Orca", and "Whale" sounds.)
YouTube Videos
- Animals Friends
- Beby (Heard twice in normal and high pitches in "MI PEOR ENEMIGA ESTIRA LA PATA" and once in "Qué Pasaría Si TODO El Pueblo Viviera EN LA MISMA CASA?😂".)
- KSound Kaiju
- Nicholas Dodge Animations
- WhitneyGoLucky
Image Gallery
Audio Samples