Image Example for the Sound.
These are Skywalker Sound sound effects that were created by Ben Burtt, and they debuted in More American Graffiti (1979).
Used In
TV Shows
- Cars on the Road
- Gilmore Girls (Heard once in "Forgiveness and Stuff".)
- Pixar Popcorn
- Star Wars: Resistance
Movies
- 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
- Abominable (2019)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
- The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
- Bad Boys II (2003)
- The Bad Guys (2022)
- Big Hero 6 (2014)
- Cars (2006) (Used as the sounds of Lightning McQueen, Chick Hicks, Strip Weathers, and the other Piston Cup racers engines when they are driving at high speeds.)
- Cars 2 (2011)
- Cars 3 (2017)
- Death Race (2008)
- The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
- Eagle Eye (2008)
- F1 (2025)
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
- The Fast and the Furious (2001)
- Fast & Furious (2009)
- Fast X (2023) (Either the "The Spirits Within" variant of this sound or a near identical sound is heard once when Dom guns his Charger after saying "That's them." to Little Nobody over the walkie during the chase in Rome.)
- The Fate of the Furious (2017)
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
- Furious 7 (2015)
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
- Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th or 13th half, Edited; can be heard thirteen sounds used, and is mixed with WB BMW ENGINE ACCELERATE.)
- The Island (2005) (Used as the engine sound of the mercenaries' Dodge Magnum's.)
- Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) (Heard once for a car engine accelerating, and is mixed with WB BMW ENGINE ACCELERATE.)
- Minions (2015)
- The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021)
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) (Used for two cars driving away when they are told to go by Susan after she told B.O.B. to move the dividers on the Golden Gate Bridge.)
- More American Graffiti (1979) (Debut)
- Need for Speed (2014)
- Open Season 2 (2008)
- Piece by Piece (2024)
- Pixels (2015)
- Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
- A Quiet Place: Part II (2020) (Either this sound or a very similar sound is used as the sound of the engine on the island leader's Oldsmobile.)
- Ready Player One (2018)
- RoboCop (1987)
- Robots (2005)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
- The Simpsons Movie (2007)
- Speed (1994)
- Spies in Disguise (2019)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) (Can be heard various times in a very low pitch.)
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017) (Used once for the sound of the engine revving on Valkyrie's ship as she comes to take Thor from the Sakaaran scrappers.)
- Transformers (2007)
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
- Turbo (2013)
- World War Z (2013)
- Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
Shorts
Video Games
Nintendo Switch:
- Cars 3: Driven to Win
- LEGO The Incredibles (Used for Lightning McQueen.)
PC:
- LEGO The Incredibles (Used for Lightning McQueen.)
- Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire
PlayStation:
PlayStation 3:
PlayStation 4:
- Cars 3: Driven to Win
- LEGO The Incredibles (Used for Lightning McQueen.)
Xbox 360:
Xbox One:
- Cars 3: Driven to Win
- LEGO The Incredibles (Used for Lightning McQueen.)
Wii U:
YouTube Videos
- Ghibli Fan Productions (Heard in Episode 24: How the Grinch Stole Christmas.)
- MajorEngineStudios