Sound Ideas, WHALE - WHALE SONG, ANIMAL

This sound effect can be found on the Hanna-Barbera Lost Treasures Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas.

Info

• First recorded: 1950s
• Creator: Frank Watlington
• Owner: Sound Ideas
• Origin: Bermuda
• Year debut: Unknown
• First heard: Unknown
• Area used: Worldwide

Frank Watlington was in Bermuda at the time of recording. He was using a hydrophone to detect sound coming from Soviet submarines during the Cold War. One day, he noticed strange, ethereal noises that turned out to be the song of a humpback whale. As it turns out, two whales can be heard in the full recording. An excerpt of that same full recording can be found in Songs of the Humpback Whale by Dr. Roger Payne. It was this album that introduced humpback whale songs to the world. It unexpectedly became a smash hit, selling 100,000 copies and eventually going multi-platinum.

Clean, Full-Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect

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Used In

TV Shows

• Abby's Flying Fairy School (Heard mostly in a high pitch in "Pinocchio Process".)
• Amphibia (Heard once in "Olivia & Yunan".)
• Baby Shark's Big Show! (Heard once at the beginning of "Rocky-Bye".)
• Futurama
• Gravity Falls
• Higglytown Heroes (Heard once in "Higgly Islands".)
• Numberjacks (Heard once in "Getting Heavy".)
• The Penguins of Madagascar (Heard once in "All Choked Up" and "Dr. Blowhole's Revenge".)
• Robot Chicken
• Sheep in the Big City (Heard once in "15 Muttons of Fame".)
• The Simpsons (Heard in the couch gag for "Married to the Blob".)
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Stanley (Heard once in "Show and Tell Shark", "A Whale of a Song", "Remembering with Elephants" and "Stanley's Great Big Book of Adventure".)
• Steven Universe (Heard in the credits for the "Out of This World" episodes.)

TV Specials

• One Hand Clapping (1974) (Heard in the opening.)

Shorts

• Adult Swim - Clarke (2016)

Video Games

GameCube:

• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies
• Finding Nemo

Mobile:

• Angry Birds Space

PC:

• Angry Birds Space
• ThemeWeavers Animals Activity Kit

PlayStation 2:

• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies
• Finding Nemo

Xbox:

• Finding Nemo

Videos/DVDs

• Baby Einstein
  • Baby Noah: Animal Expedition (2004) (Heard thrice in "In the Ocean".)
  • Neptune's Oceans (2011)

Promos

• Nickelodeon - The Penguins of Madagascar "Operation: Blowhole" Promos (2010)

Bumpers

• Animal Planet: Sand Art

Trailers

• Finding Nemo (2003) (Trailers) (Heard once in the 3D trailer.)
• Oceans (2009) (Trailers)

Websites

• BrainPOP Jr.

Toys

• The World of Eric Carle Electronic Reader and 8-Book Library (Heard once in "Chatter, Chirp, Bark & Buzz" and "Under the Sea".)

Books

• Finding Nemo (Play-A-Sound Sound Book) (low pitched)

YouTube Videos

• Annoying Orange (Heard once in "HOW2: How to Hack Anything!".)
• KindAdaptableKayak
• Zoo Troop (Heard in "The Lost Pirate Treasure".)

Anime

• Hetalia: Axis Powers - Paint it, White! (2010)

Image Gallery

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Audio Samples