King Ghidorah Roar

This is a Toho sound effect, In the Showa era, King Ghidorah's cackles were produced by an early Electone electronic organ. In the Heisei era, his roar is borrowed and modified from Rodan in order to sound more dragon-like and somewhat metallic. This was done by multi-tuning Rodan's roar in both high and low pitches. This roar was used again for the mature King Ghidorah in Rebirth of Mothra 3, but deepened and mixed with growling noises. Cretaceous King Ghidorah's roars were modified from Desghidorah's elephant-like roar with an increased pitch, and were later used for Orga in the Japanese version of Godzilla 2000: Millennium. In Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, King Ghidorah's new roar was created to sound more similar to his Showa roar. Most of King Ghidorah's roars in GODZILLA: The Planet Eater came from Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, though a few of them were original roars. His roars in Godzilla: King of the Monsters incorporated recordings of rattlesnakes hissing and rattling. He also used Vastatosaurus rex roars from Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie twice, as well as a modified screech previously heard in the 2009 film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Used In

TV Shows

• ThunderCats (Heard in "Safari Joe".)
• Ultraman (Used for SSSP telephone.)
• Ultra Q (Used for Kemur Man in different pitches and also used for Juran in low volume.)

Movies

• Destroy All Monsters (1968)
• Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster (1964) (Debut)
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
• Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
• In the Mouth of Madness (1994) (needs clarification)
• Invasion of Astro Monster (1965)
• Sayonara Jupiter (1984) (Only heard in a stock footage of "Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster".)

Video Games

• Godzilla (Arcade, 1993) (Heard when King Ghidorah arrives.)
• Godzilla: Battle Legends (1993)
• Godzilla Defense Force (Used for King Ghidorah when he attacks.)
• Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee
• Godzilla: Save the Earth
• Godzilla: Trading Battle (1998)
• Godzilla: Unleashed
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Used for Palkia on the Spear Pillar stage.)

Anime

• Brave Raideen (Used for Gante mixed with other Toho's kaiju monster roars.)
• Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon
• Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance (2009) (Used as a ringtone of Misato's phone.)
• Genesis Climber MOSPEADA (Used for a Dragon in "Sandstorm Playback" Along with Toho, Titanosaurus Roar in a high pitch.)
• Pokémon (Used for the cries of Palkia.)
• Super Electromagnetic Robot Combattler V

Image Gallery

• King Ghidorah Roar/Image Gallery

Audio Samples