This is a Skywalker Sound sound effect that debuted in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), recorded by probably either Ben Burtt and/or Randy Thom. Ben Burtt nicknamed this sound "car coast winds".
According to Ben Burtt in a recent interview, "I was up above Pasadena at Wilson Observatory, and as I'm coming down the long 19-mile road, I found that if you just crack the window open on the driver’s side of the car and then turn the engine off and just coast, you get a whistling of wind through the window... We rented an old-school Mole Richardson wind machine, favored by radio programs in the 1940s, and recorded a window screen angled into a strong wind at Point Reyes in the headlands to round out the collection….I probably made a dozen or so, maybe more, versions of Hoth winds. They went from light to heavy. We would find the right texture for each scene. They were done in stereo and they had a nice environmental feel to them. Those winds are still used today."
Used In
TV Shows
- Big City Greens
- Big Hero 6: The Series
- Love, Death & Robots
- Primal (2019 TV Series)
- Samurai Jack
- Smiling Friends
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Heard once in "The Box".)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2D Animated Series)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (CGI Animated Series)
- Star Wars: Droids
- Star Wars: Resistance
Movies
- Abominable (2019)
- The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
- The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
- Bee Movie (2007)
- Big Hero 6 (2014)
- The Big Lebowski (1998)
- Bruce Almighty (2003)
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
- Corpse Bride (2005)
- The Croods (2013)
- De Lift (1983)
- Dolphin Tale (2011) (Heard in a low pitch during the hurricane scene.)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
- Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
- Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Inside Out (2015)
- Iron Man (2008)
- James and the Giant Peach (1996)
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
- Jurassic Park 3 (2001)
- Klaus (2019)
- KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
- Krampus (2015)
- Kung Fu Panda (2008)
- The Little Prince (2015)
- Minions (2015)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
- The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
- Oppenheimer (2023)
- Osmosis Jones (2001) (Heard as Osmosis jumps toward Shane's tear.)
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) (Heard during the 1492 Pictures logo.)
- The Polar Express (2004)
- Project Hail Mary (2026)
- Ready Player One (2018)
- Rock Dog (2016)
- Spaceballs (1987)
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (debut)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Titanic (1997)
- The Walk (2015)
- Toy Story (1995)
- War Horse (2011)
- War of the Worlds (2005) (Either this or SKYWALKER, WIND SOUNDS is heard in the background when Ray walks out to a crashed airplane in a wrecked house.)
- What Lies Beneath (2000)
- The Wild Robot (2024)
- The Willoughbys (2020)
- Willow (1988)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
- Zoom (2006)
Shorts
- Faceless Neil: Out of the Darkness (2015)
- Star Wars: Squadrons - Hunted (2020)
Video Games
PC:
- The Polar Express (2004) (Video Game)
- Star Wars Battlefront (2015 Video Game)
- Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 Video Game)
PlayStation:
PlayStation 4:
Xbox One:
Logos
- 1492 Pictures (1995-present) (Logos) (Heard in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.)
YouTube Videos
- Ghibli Fan (Heard in Episode 30: James and the Giant Peach.)
- The Webkinz Christmas Carol (2016)
Anime
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Audio Samples