The Polar Express (2004)/Sound Effects Used/Alphabetically

Final Film

• Ben Burtt Punching Sounds (The 1st punch or a very similar sound is heard once in a slightly lower volume when the Hero Girl's ticket gets struck by the cowcatcher of the locomotive as it roars out of a tunnel.)
• Hollywoodedge, Amtrak Train Blow ByD CT071501 (A small portion of the wheel clattering is heard once in an extremely low volume after Smokey and Steamer yell "The pin!".)
• Hollywoodedge, Apartment Door Buzze CT103401/Hollywoodedge, Door Buzzer Apartmen PE194201 (An edited shortened variant of either the 3rd or 4th buzzer is used once for the alarm in the sorting room going off before the conveyor belts start moving.)
• Hollywoodedge, Bell Tower High Pitch PE191601 (1st half only, repeated/looped; used once when the clocktower at the North Pole strikes midnight.)
• Hollywoodedge, Body Falls Snow PE106701 (Last impact only; heard twice throughout the film. Once when the Hero Girl's ticket hits the ground after the bald eagle chick spits it out from its nest, and once when the Hero Boy hits the Observation car's roof after being thrown off of the Hobo's back.)
• Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110401
• Hollywoodedge, Eagle Bald Chirps Cal AT082601 (Parts of this sound are used for the bald eagle that swoops down to catch the Hero Girl's ticket.)
• Hollywoodedge, Electricity Arcing 3 PE200301 (An edited variant is heard once when the star shorts in and out when the elves help the kids out of Santa's sack.)
• Hollywoodedge, Elk Honks Squeals Med PE025001 (Slowed down and lower pitched; used for the Caribou's screech.)
• Hollywoodedge, Gusts Heavy Cold Wind PE031601/Hollywoodedge, Whistling Wind Stead PE033301 (Heard when the Hero Boy is on top of the train, trying to catch up to the Hero Girl and the Conductor.)
• Hollywoodedge, Hammer Hitting An Anv TE037904/SoundDogs, Impacts & Crashes Metal - Anvil Hits - Metal Anvil Hits 05 (Heard once as an edited and extremely high pitched and sped-up variant when the Hero Boy pulls the emergency brake cord to stop the train for Billy.)
• Hollywoodedge, Metal Creaks Machine FS015801 (Normal and reversed versions; used for both the locomotive's brakes, and the observation car's brakes squeaking/squealing.)
• Hollywoodedge, Train Brake Dist High PE820401/Sound Ideas, FRICTION & STRESS - SQUEAL: TRAIN BRAKING, DISTANT, HIGH SQUEALS WITH CHUFFS 01 (Heard once when the train starts to stop at Billy's house.)
• Hollywoodedge, Wapiti Elk Call Singl AT049001
• Hollywoodedge, Warning Buzzer Indus PE194401 (The last buzzer can be heard as an shortened and very low pitched and slowed down variant when the alarm in the surveillance room goes off and the "Naughty" sign starts to flash.)
• Hollywoodedge, Whistling Wind Mediu PE032901/Hollywoodedge, Wind Cold Whistle BT022801 (A part of this sound is heard once when the Hero Boy starts to climb up to the roof of the observation car.)
• SKYWALKER, ALARM - KLAXON "AHOOGA" (A very low pitched and slowed down variant with a reverb effect added of this sound or a very similar sound is used once for the alarm/siren on the blimp blaring as it begins to pull Santa's sack up.)
• SKYWALKER, ALARM - REBEL'S SIREN (A lower pitched and sped-up in tempo variant is heard once mixed with a presumed edited/processed variant of ENGINE - LARGE ENGINE POWER DOWN right before the pneumatic tube system capsule car the kids ride in comes to a stop at the wrapping hall.)
• SKYWALKER, ALARM - SHORT, HARSH BUZZER (A lower pitched variant of this sound is used once for the alarm on the track switch at the North Pole after the observation car rolls over the detector.)
• SKYWALKER, ANIMAL - DILOPHOSAURUS CROAKING, SCREAMING (One of the trilling sounds is used once for the eaglet that eats the Hero Girl's ticket in a slightly higher pitch.)
• SKYWALKER, ANIMAL - ELK SQUEAL, REVERBERANT (Used as a few of the squeals for the caribou.)
• SKYWALKER, ANIMAL - HORSE GALLOPING, STEADY (Used a few times in a low volume for the Observation car's wheels clattering before and after the "When Christmas Comes to Town" song plays.)
• SKYWALKER, ANIMAL - WOODLAND ANIMAL CLICKING, BRAYING (Heard twice in the background when the Hero Girl's ticket slowly drifts its way into the forest before it lands.)
• SKYWALKER, BALLOON - SQUEAKY-LIKE DEFLATING (Debut; heard thrice throughout the film. Twice when the elves start to release air from the blimp's envelopes as they approach the square at the North Pole, and once in a slightly lower volume when the blimp flies off after dropping off Santa's sack.)
• SKYWALKER, BELL - BELL CHIMES RINGING (An edited variant of this sound or a very similar sound is heard multiple times near the end of the film. Once after Santa and his sleigh disappear as they leave the North Pole, a few times when Billy is flipping his ticket over and over after the Conductor punches it, and once when the Hero Boy puts his ticket in his pocket after he gets back onboard the train as it disappears.)
• SKYWALKER, BELL - MAGIC SLEIGH BELLS RINGING (Debut; used when the ringing sounds of the magic sleigh bells that are on Santa's sleigh.)
• SKYWALKER BIG METAL SQUEAKING 01 (The 3rd squeak is heard once in a low volume with a reverb effect added to it when the Conductor notices Know-It-All and Gus trying to grab the intercom after he had punched the Hero Boy's ticket.)
• SKYWALKER BODYFALL SOUNDS (A slightly muffled variant of the 1st take is used once for an Elf's parachute deploying after they jump down from the blimp.)
• SKYWALKER, BUBBLES - SINGLE, MUFFLED BUBBLE (Heard once on the left channel when the Eagle dives down in front of a waterfall to give the Hero Girl's ticket to its chick.)
• SKYWALKER, CAR - BRAKES SQUEAL, LONG (A higher pitched and slightly edited variant is heard once alongside SKYWALKER, METAL - MEDIUM-PITCHED GROANS, VARIOUS when the locomotive starts slowing down after the Hero Boy pulls the emergency brake.)
• SKYWALKER, CAR - HARD, HEAVY TIRE SKID (debut)
• SKYWALKER, CAR - SPINNING AROUND TIRE SKID (Debut; heard once in a slightly lower volume when the locomotive swings around on the ice lake after Smokey and Steamer fix the throttle.)
• SKYWALKER, CAR - TIRE SKID ON TURN LOUD HIGH PITCHED (Debut; heard once right after the locomotive's cow-catcher strikes the surface of the ice lake.) (Unless confused with a very similar sound.)
• SKYWALKER, CAR - TIRES SLIPPING ON SLICK SURFACE (Debut; used multiple times for the sounds that the driving wheels of the locomotive make when they are slipping on the surface of the ice lake.)
• SKYWALKER, CAR - TUCKER ARMORED CAR: PASS BY (An extremely high pitched and sped-up variant is heard once when the train passes by the screen right after it enters the ice lake.)
• SKYWALKER, CLICK - FLASHLIGHT BUTTON CLICK (A slightly edited variant of this sound or a very similar sound is heard once when the Hero Boy turns on the flashlight he has before stepping on one of the drawers of his dresser.)
• SKYWALKER, CLICK - LUXO JR. LIGHT CLICK (A slightly higher pitched variant is heard once when one of the elves presses a button on one of the consoles in the surveillance room as another says "They just finished the last one".)
• SKYWALKER, CLICK - POCKET WATCH TICKING
• SKYWALKER, CLOCK - HOUSE CLOCK TICKING (Used as the sound of the clock in the Hero Boy's house ticking.)
• SKYWALKER CONCRETE BREAKING SOUNDS (A processed variant can be heard when the ice lake begins to crack.)
• SKYWALKER, CRACK - HOLLOW, THUMPING CRUNCH (Used once in a low volume when the ice lake begins breaking apart, when the Conductor looks down into the cab of the locomotive before he yells "Get us the blazes out of here!".)
• SKYWALKER, CRACK - ICE FAULTING, SPLITTING
• SKYWALKER, CRACK - ROCK OR EARTH CRACKING (Heard twice when the ice lake starts to crack before and after Steamer gets the train moving.)
• SKYWALKER, CRACK - ROCK SPLITTING WITH CRUMBLING (A processed/modified version of this sound is heard once when the train slides across the collapsing ice lake shortly after the Conductor says "Turn this sled around!".)
• SKYWALKER, CRACK - SHORT, WARBLING CRUNCH (Debut; heard once when the ice lake begins cracking off-screen right as the Hero Boy looks back in response.)
• SKYWALKER, DOINK - P.T. FLEA TWANG
• SKYWALKER, DOOR - HYDRUALIC HATCH OPEN AND CLOSE; HISS WITH PROCESSED WHOOSH (Debut; used as the sounds of the doors on the pneumatic tube system's capsule cars when they open and close.)
• SKYWALKER, DOOR - HYDRAULIC HISSING (A lower pitched and modified variant of this sound or a very similar sound is heard once when the locomotive slams down on the rails as the ice lake gives way underneath it.)
• SKYWALKER, DOOR - METAL LATCH OPEN (Heard once when the switch at the North Pole clanks over to change tracks after the Observation car trips it to go off before the Hero Boy yells "Maybe not!".)
• SKYWALKER, DOOR - SID'S BEDROOM DOOR CLUNKING (A slightly edited variant is heard once when the couplings to the Observation car and the rest of the train are detached after the Hero Boy accidentally steps on the cut bar.)
• SKYWALKER, DOOR - VESTIBULE SLIDING DOOR, CLOSE (Debut; used as the sound of the doors of the passenger cars vestibules closing.)
• SKYWALKER, DOOR - WOODEN DOOR; OPEN & CLOSE; CREAKING; VARIOUS (Used when the Hero Boy and his family members open and close doors in their house.)
• SKYWALKER ELECTRICAL BUZZ SOUND (An edited or modified variant is heard twice when the lights inside the Observation car flicker as it starts to roll away from the rest of the train at the North Pole.)
• SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - SINGLE SPARK CHIRP 01 (Heard once mixed with a higher pitched variant of the 5th take of 02 when Steamer slams the new light bulb into the locomotive's headlight before Smokey yells "Look!" to him.)
• SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - SINGLE SPARK CHIRP 02 (The 5th take can be heard once in a higher pitch mixed with 01 when Steamer slams the new light bulb into the locomotive's headlight before Smokey yells "Look!" to him.)
• SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - SPIELBERG "HEAT RAY" ZAP (One of the takes is heard once shifting in volume to accent the sound of the sparks flying from the Observation car's wheels when it races through a tunnel at the North Pole before it barrels towards the turntable.)
• SKYWALKER, ENGINE - LARGE ENGINE POWER DOWN (Heard once as a processed variant.)
• SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 18 (A condensed variant of this sound is heard once mixed with a (supposed) heavily processed variant of the 2nd crackle from SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED CLUSTERING BIG BOULDER CRACKLE SOUND when the ice gives way underneath the locomotive before it lands back on the tracks.)
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - AT-AT STOMP (Heard twice throughout the film. Once with the tail end heavily processed when the Hero Boy jumps into the tender before he hits the top of the entrance to Flat Top Tunnel, and once as sped-up in tempo and lower pitched variant with a muffled effect added to it when Santa's sack falls on top of his sleigh after the elves get the star back on the tree.)
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - DEEP THUMP AND CRACKLE (A very-low pitched, slowed down and slightly edited variant of the thumping element from this sound or a very similar sound is heard once right as the locomotive slams down on the surface of the ice lake as it's rocking back and forth after the train manages to stop.)
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - PAC-MAN CHOMPING (Heard once mixed with an edited variant of SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - AT-AT STOMP when the Hero Boy jumps into the locomotive's tender before he is able to hit the top of the entrance to Flat Top Tunnel.)
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - SMALL EXPLOSION (Heard once slowed down in tempo right as the ice cracks underneath the coaches when the Hero Boy and the Hero Girl grab her ticket and before they yell "Oh no!".)
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - THUNDEROUS, MUFFLED THUMP (Heard once in a low volume when the ice lake gives way underneath the consist right before the Hero Boy and the Hero Girl yell in unison "Oh no!".)
• SKYWALKER, FOOTSTEP - ALIEN TRIPOD FOOTSTEP (An edited and higher pitched variant of the squeaking element from the 2nd take or a very similar sound is heard thrice throughout the film. Once when the train comes to a stop outside Billy's house before the Conductor steps out of the coach the Hero Boy rides in, a second time in an extremely low volume when the locomotive's wheels lock up after the Hero Boy pulls the emergency brake, and a third time when the locomotive comes to a stop before Know-It-All gets his glasses back on.)
• SKYWALKER, FOOTSTEP - OMNIDROID FOOTSTEPS (Used several times for when the locomotive's wheels lock up as Steamer makes it drift across the ice lake.)
• SKYWALKER, FOOTSTEP - SULLEY'S FOOTSTEPS (Used several times at the beginning of the film for the Hero Boy's footsteps as he walks around barefoot.)
• SKYWALKER, GROUND CRUMBLING (An edited or processed variant of this sound or a very similar sound is used once to accent a splash when the Observation car falls through the ice as the train begins to fall through it before it gets back on track.)
• SKYWALKER, GUN - ASCENSION GUN CABLE FIRE (Whirling element only; heard in a low pitch when the locomotive begins spinning around uncontrollably on the ice in Glacier Gulch.)
• SKYWALKER, HEARTBEAT - DRUM HEARTBEAT (A very sped-up and heavily muffled variant is used a few times for the Hero Boy's heart beating as he picks up the bell that flew off of Santa's sleigh and before he starts to repeatedly say "I believe" to himself.)
• SKYWALKER, HORROR - ALIEN TRIPOD SIREN (A slightly extended and lower pitched variant of the the 1st half of this sound or a very similar sound is used once with a reverb effect added as an ambient sound for the locomotive as it sits idling outside of the Hero Boy's house before he walks up to look at it.)
• SKYWALKER, HUMAN - HAND CLAPPING, SINGLE, MULTIPLE (Heard once in a slightly lower volume.)
• SKYWALKER, HYDRAULIC - LONG MACHINE RISING UP (Debut; used when Santa's sack was lifted by a blimp.)
• SKYWALKER, HYDRAULIC - MACHINE BEING RAISED (A higher pitched variant of the whirring element or a very similar sound is heard once in a slightly lower volume when the globe in the surveillance room turns after the "Naughty" alarms start going off.)
• SKYWALKER, INDUSTRY - CONVEYOR BELT RATCHETING (An edited/modified variant of this sound or a very similar sound is used once for the sound the conveyor belt that carries Billy's present makes before the Hero Boy reads where it's going.)
• SKYWALKER, INDUSTRY - LARGE MACHINERY RATCHETING (Heard once on the left channel in an extremely low volume that is mostly audible in the 5.1 mix when the camera pans in on Steamer before he engages the locomotive's reversing lever to get the train moving in the opposite direction on the ice lake.)
• SKYWALKER, LEVER - SMALL GEAR STICK PULL
• SKYWALKER, METAL - ABRUPT JERKING CLANK (Debut; heard twice during the ice lake scene.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - AT-AT STOMP (A higher pitched and edited variant of the 2nd stomp or a very similar sound is heard once in an extremely low volume when the Hero Boy is running towards the end of the passenger car he rides in to catch up to the Hero Girl's ticket.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - BARRACUDA TEETH SHINGING (A slightly higher pitched variant is heard once on the left channel when Smokey lands on top of Steamer after the train comes out of the last hill in Glacier Gulch.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - CART WHEELS SQUEAKING (The Monsters, Inc. variant is used as the sounds of the handle on the Elves' handcar going up and down as they bring the Observation Car back while the kids are getting their tickets punched.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - CHAIN OR WINCH PULLEY CRANKING (An edited higher pitched and sped-up variant of this sound or a very similar sound is used for when the locomotive's whistle cord is pulled or released.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - CLANK WITH LOW-PITCHED GROAN (Heard once after the Hero Boy opens the back door of the Observation Car to see that it's rolling away from the rest of the train.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - DISC OR HUBCAP MOVEMENT, VARIOUS (Debut; used as the sounds of the Ford hubcap in the Hero Boy's bedroom at the beginning of the film.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - HAND GRIPPING HANDRAIL OR BAR (Heard once when the Hero Boy, Hero Girl and Billy grab the handrail in the observation car's vestibule before they roll over the track switch.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - HARSH CLANKING WITH RATTLE (Heard once when the locomotive falls back onto the surface of the ice lake after rocking back and forth.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - HEAVY BOUNCING DOUBLE CLANK (Debut; heard once before the Hero Boy loses the Hero Girl's ticket as he watches her give a cup of hot chocolate to Billy in the Observation car.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - HIGH-PITCHED PIERCING SQUEALS (Heard once when the train starts slowing down after it spins around on the ice lake after Smokey and Steamer fix the locomotive's throttle.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - HIGH-PITCHED SHINGING, SQUEALING, REVERBERANT (Debut; used as ambient sounds for the locomotive when its sliding across the ice lake.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - HOLLOW, ECHOING SQUEAK (Debut; used as an ambient sound when the locomotive is sitting idle in front of the Hero Boy's house.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - HUGE GROANING, MOVEMENT (Used as the sounds of the locomotive's body groaning as it slides across the ice lake in its normal pitch, and once in a higher pitch.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - LONG, HEAVY METALLIC GROAN (A small portion of the 1st half is heard once in a lower pitch and speed that fades in then out when the locomotive's wheels slide on the rails after the Hero Boy applies its brakes before the train strikes the herd of caribou.) (needs clarification)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - LONG, MOANING AND WRONKING GROAN (Heard once when the Hero Boy says "We're spinning!" as the Observation car spins around on the turntable at the North Pole.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - MACHINERY NOISES (An edited higher pitched and sped-up variant is heard once in a low volume as the locomotive sits idle while the Conductor, the Hero Boy and Hero Girl walk down the side of it to greet Smokey and Steamer who are surveying the herd of caribou blocking the tracks.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - MEDIUM-PITCHED GROANS, VARIOUS (Heard when the locomotive rocks back and forth, after coming to a stop on the ice lake.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - MEDIUM SIZE DOUBLE CLANK 02 (An edited variant of the last impact is heard once when the Observation car hits the buffers on the turntable right before the kids fall over and hit the floor inside the car.) (Needs clarification)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - OIL LAMP HANDLING SQUEAKS, VARIOUS (Heard for the Condustor Holding a Oil lamp)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - SCRAPING RATTLE, RESOUNDING (Heard once on the right channel in a low volume when the locomotive starts to back up as the ice lake starts cracking closer to the train.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - SCREECHING AND HISS (A sped-up and higher pitched variant of the squeaking element is heard once in an extremely low volume after the Conductor says "Try your other pocket." to the Hero Boy before he pulls his ticket out.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - SHORT HARSH SQUEAL (Heard once in a low volume when the train comes to stop outside of Billy's house to drop him off.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - SHORT HEAVY RATTLING, RESONANT (A higher pitched and extended variant is used once as the movement sound for the present crawler machine.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - SHORT, HOLLOW RATTLE (Heard once in a slightly lower volume right before the couplings slack as the train stops outside of Billy's house.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - SHORT, LOW-PITCHED AND REVERBERANT GROAN (Debut; used thrice as an ambient sound for the locomotive as it sits idling outside of the Hero Boy's house.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - SHORT, SHRILL SCREECH (Heard once in a low volume before the Hero Boy looks up to the top of the ladder on the side of the observation car.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - SLIGHT BANGING (A lower pitched, extended, edited and processed variant of this sound or a similar sound effect is heard once when the Observation car clanks its way down the tracks before it rolls over the switch detector at the North Pole.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - SMALL DOOR CLANKS (Debut; used once for the firebox door of the locomotive clanking open and shut after the characters have dealt with the herd of Caribou.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - STRAINING-LIKE CREAKING (A higher pitched and sped-up variant of this sound or a very similar sound is heard once when the back door to the passenger car the Hero Boy rides in swings back and forth as he tries to head to the Observation car to give the Hero Girl her ticket back.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - THOMAS' TRUCKS CLANGED AND SHUNTED (A lower pitched variant of the single clink or a very similar sound is heard repeated a few times as Steamer starts to realize the locomotive’s throttle is stuck.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - TRAIN COUPLINGS SLACKING (Debut; heard once after the Hero Boy applies the emergency brake to stop the train for Billy as they start to fall over from the consist surging.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - TRAIN MECHANICS SCRAPING (Heard once in a very low volume on the left channel as the train starts to slow down before it is able to hit the herd of Caribou. However, it's hard to hear due to the other sound effects and Smokey's yell.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - TRAIN WHEELS SQUEAKING AND SQUEALING (Debut; used as the squeaks and squeals of both the locomotive and the Observation Car.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - VERY LOUD, HUGE GROAN (A lower pitched and edited variant is heard once after the Hero Boy says "Uh oh." after him and the Hero Girl realize that the Observation car has disconnected from the rest of the train.)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - WARBLING, SQUEAKY SCRAPING
• SKYWALKER METAL, SQUEAK - BIG METAL SQUEAK WITH HINGE (An edited variant of this sound or a near identical sound is heard once in a low volume that is mostly audible in the 5.1 mix when the Hero Girl says "It's a magic train. We're going to the North Pole.".)
• SKYWALKER, MONSTER - LOUD, GURGLING GROWL, SNARL (Heard once in a low volume right as the Observation car enters a tunnel at the North Pole after the Hobo gets hit by the frame of the entrance.)
• SKYWALKER, MOVEMENT - BED SHEETS RUSTLING, VARIOUS (Used as the sounds of the bed sheets on the Hero Boy's bed moving around.)
• SKYWALKER, MOVEMENT - GRASSHOPPER BODY MOVEMENT, CREAKING (Either higher pitched variants of the creaking elements from these sounds or very similar are used multiple times throughout the film for the soles of the Conductor's shoes creaking.)
• SKYWALKER, MOVEMENT - SACK RUSTLING, VARIOUS (Debut; used as Santa’s Sack envelopes a pile of presents.)
• SKYWALKER, MOVEMENT - SHORT SLIDES IN SNOW, VARIOUS (Used multiple times for the sound of the Hobo's ski's sliding atop the roof of the passenger cars as he and the Hero Boy make their way to the front of the train before it reaches Flat Top Tunnel.)
• SKYWALKER, MUSIC - DEEP, OMINOUS BASS TONE (Used once to accent the train approaching the Hero Boy's house at the beginning of the film before his radiator goes off.)
• SKYWALKER, MUSIC - DOLBY SYNTH SAMPLE (High pitched, reverb effect added, slightly lower volume; used as one of the idling sounds the locomotive makes.)
• SKYWALKER POWERLINE SNAPPING SOUND (A heavily processed variant be heard when the cables connected to Santa's sack twitch back and forth before it is lifted out of the roof of a building at the North Pole.)
• SKYWALKER, ROAR - GODZILLA-LIKE ROAR (Only the 1st half of this sound is heard once in a slightly lower volume when the elves in the square cheer after the star is returned back to the top of the tree.)
• SKYWALKER, ROAR - HUGE, MOANING ROAR (Debut; used once when the locomotive begins to drift along the ice lake after Smokey and Steamer fix the throttle.)
• SKYWALKER, ROLLER COASTER - WHEEL CLATTERS WITH METALLIC CLANKS AND CLICKS (Used as the clattering sounds the train makes when it starts to enter and go up and down the hills in Glacier Gulch.)
• SKYWALKER, RUBBLE - BRICKS COLLAPSING WITH CRUMBLING (This sound or a very similar sound is heard thrice throughout the film. Once right after the locomotive's cow-catcher strikes the ice lake, a second time when it hits and iceberg causing the Hero Girl to nearly fall off the footplate, and a third time after the locomotive rocks to the left and slams down on the surface of the lake after the train manages to stop.)
• SKYWALKER, RUBBLE - SMALL ROCKS SHUFFLING, VARIOUS
• SKYWALKER, SCRATCH - CLOTH OR FABRIC TEARING (Heard once when the Hero Boy's robe tears slightly when he tries to put it on to witness the train approaching outside his house.)
• SKYWALKER SHOTGUN FIRE 01
• SKYWALKER, SIZZLE - QUICK SIZZLE (An edited variant of this sound or a very similar sound is heard once when the Hero Boy rests his arm on the radiator in his room trying to look out the window.)
• SKYWALKER, SQUISH - B.O.B. SQUISHING (Slightly higher pitched and sped-up variants of this sound is heard a total of six times when hot chocolate from the hot chocolate machine spurts out from the nozzles and splashes into the cups.)
• SKYWALKER, STRUCTURE - UNSTABLE GROAN (A lower pitched and edited variant is heard once when the locomotive slides across the ice lake as Steamer tries to get the train facing in the opposite direction.)
• SKYWALKER, SWORD - REVERBERANT SHINGING (An edited variant of this sound or a nearly identical sound is heard once mixed with SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEAM EXHAUST BLASTS, VARIOUS when the locomotive's cylinder cocks open after the Hero Boy pulls the emergency brake.)
• SKYWALKER, TICKET PUNCHER - CONDUCTOR'S TICKET PUNCHER RAPIDLY CLICKING AND PUNCHING (Debut; used as the sound made by the Conductor's ticket puncher when it's in use.)
• SKYWALKER, THUNDER - RUMBLING (A heavily muffled and very high pitched and sped-up variant of this sound or a very similar sound is heard once as the train approaches the Hero Boy's house before the radiator goes off.)
• SKYWALKER, TOY - BUZZ LIGHTYEAR'S WINGS RATTLING (Heard When The Toy Airplane Starts to rattling when the Polar Express Came.)
• SKYWALKER, TOY - LENNY FOOTSTEPS (Either an edited/modified variant that's in a slightly higher pitch or a very similar sound is used twice for when Steamer starts yanking the throttle back and forth to try and get it unstuck.)
• SKYWALKER TOYS RATTLING OR DROPPING SOUND (Edited variants of this sound or nearly identical sounds are used for the sounds of the puppets and the Scrooge puppet inside the Abandoned Toy car rattling and clattering.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - AIRY STEAM CHUGS (Debut; used for the chugging sounds that emit from the locomotive when it's under high speeds.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - BRAKES SQUEAL WITH RING OUT (Debut; used twice throughout the film. Once when the locomotive's wheels lock up after the Hero Boy pulls the emergency brake cable, and once when he starts to apply the brakes on the Observation car after it enters a tunnel at the North Pole.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - CONTROL LEVERS BEING ENGAGED (Debut; used for when the locomotive's controls are being engaged/pulled back and forth.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - DOLBY DIGITAL COUPLING IMPACTS (The 1st impact is heard once alongside SKYWALKER, TRAIN - BRAKES SQUEAL WITH RING OUT when the locomotive's wheels lock up after the Hero Boy pulls the emergency brake.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - DOLBY DIGITAL TRAIN WHISTLE (High pitched and sped up; used as the whistle on the locomotive, when the train is on its way to arrive at the Hero Boy's house at the beginning of the film.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - DYNAMO GENERATOR HISSING, HOLLOW-LIKE (Debut)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - FAST HEAVY CHUGGING (Used as the chugging sound of the locomotive when Smokey and Steamer are fixing the headlight.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - FAST, RAPID WHEEL CLATTERS (Debut; the unedited variants are heard when the ticket flies underneath the train, while a processed/edited variant is heard once when the train races down the other side of the hill towards Flat Top Tunnel.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - HEAVY WHEEL CLATTERS (Debut; used as the wheel clattering sound on the Observation Car, as well as some of the coaches.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - LARGE COUPLING IMPACTS (Debut; used several times throughout the film, when the train stops, or starts to move.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - LOCOMOTIVE SOFT CLATTERS (Debut; used twice for the wheels of the locomotive clattering. Once when the train starts to descend the first hill at Glacier Gulch and a second time right before the locomotive's cow-catcher strikes the surface of the ice lake.) (needs clarification)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - PASSENGER TRAIN PASSING BY (Either a higher pitched variant of the clattering element that's been sped up in tempo or a very similar sound is heard once in a low volume when the passenger cars pass by the camera as it pans down while the train enters the North Pole.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - POLAR EXPRESS CHUGGING (Various different edits; used, debuted and introduced for the chugging sound on the locomotive.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - POLAR EXPRESS WHISTLE (Debut; used as the whistle sound on the locomotive multiple times throughout the film.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - SHORT STEAM SPURTS (Debut; used several times during the film when the locomotive emits/releases steam, and when the passenger cars emit/release steam.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (Debut; used as the coaches wheels clattering for the rest of most of the film after the train escapes from the ice lake.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEAM EXHAUST BLASTS, VARIOUS (Debut; used as ambient sounds for the locomotive when it's sitting idle.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BELL RINGING (Debut; used as the sound of the locomotive's bell ringing.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - SUBTLE WHEEL CLATTERS WITH LOUD SCRAPES (Debut; used twice throughout the film. Once in the background throughout the entire scene where the Hero Boy and the Hobo are atop the Observation car, and a second time that is mostly audible in the 5.1 mix when the locomotive starts to accelerate towards Glacier Gulch while the Hero Girl tries to get Steamer's attention to slow the train down.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - WHEELS CLACKING WITH SQUEAL (Debut; the clacking element from this sound or a near identical sound is heard once on the left channel in an extremely low volume before the Hero Girl shows the Hero Boy the controls of the train's locomotive.)
• SKYWALKER, WATER - SINGLE SPLASH
• SKYWALKER, WATER - UNDERWATER SLOSHES, VARIOUS (Either these sounds or very similar sounds are used once when the last of the ice lake begins to crumble apart beneath the train before it gets back on the tracks.)
• SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - CARTOON FALL WHISTLE/FIREWORK WHISTLE (A reversed, extended and edited variant of one of these is heard once when the capsule car the kids use increases in speed as it flies through the pneumatic tube system.) (needs clarification)
• SKYWALKER WHISTLING RICOCHET, EXPLOSION ACCENT (A processed variant of the whistling element from this sound or a very similar sound is used once to accent the sound of the last rocket firing up to the blimp before it lifts the kids and Santa's sack out of a building at the North Pole.)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - ARTILLERY FALL 02 (A slightly edited variant is heard once when the Hero Boy looks up after looking at the Observation car's wheels as he tries to climb a ladder on the side of it to catch up with the Hero Girl and the Conductor.)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - BIG WHOOSH ELEMENTS (Can be heard as heavily edited/processed variants in an extremely high pitch and speed as the train ascends and descends the hills of Glacier Gulch.)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - INDY'S WHIP CRACKS (Used as the sounds of Santa's whip swishing around and cracking.)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - JUMP LUNGE (A very low pitched and slowed down variant is heard thrice decreasing in volume with each occurrence alongside SKYWALKER, TRAIN - POLAR EXPRESS CHUGGING when the train starts to leave Billy's house before he tries to get onboard.)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - LONG DESCENDING WHOOSH (An edited/processed variant that has been sped-up is heard once when the star falls past the camera as it slowly falls it's way down to the square before the elves catch it.) (Needs clarification)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - PROPELLOR BLADES THWOPPING RAPIDLY (Used once as the locomotive's chugging sound as it rushes out of a tunnel and catches the Hero Girl's ticket on its cowcatcher.)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - REDWING PASS BY (A heavily modified/condensed variant is heard once when the Observation car roars down a hill at the North Pole after the Hero Boy yells "I can't find the brake!".)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SCREAM-LIKE PASS BY (A processed/edited variant of the 1st half is heard once mixed with a processed/edited variant of SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SINGLE SWISH as the Hero Boy grabs the handrail on the roof of the Observation car as he tries to return the ticket to the Hero Girl.) (needs clarification)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SINGLE SWISH (A processed/edited and slowed down variant is heard once before the fangs to the entrance of Flat Top Tunnel blow off as the train enters it and right before the hobo yells "You jump!" to the Hero Boy.)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SINGLE WHOOSH (Heard twice reversed and sped-up in tempo in a low volume.)
• SKYWALKER, WIND - ASAJJ'S HOME, HOWLING, COLD GUSTS, WEATHER (A sped-up and higher pitched variant is used as the sound of the wind howling as the eaglet starts to eat the Hero Girl's ticket and before it gets hit by the train as it rushes out of the tunnel.)
• SKYWALKER, WIND - HEAVY WIND WHISTLING
• SKYWALKER, WIND - REACTOR SHAFT EXPLOSION, WIND, WEATHER (Used once in an extremely low volume for the background room noise that the present crawler machine is stored in after it comes to a stop under a target on the ceiling.)
• SKYWALKER, WINDOW - WINDOW SLIDING OPEN, SQUEAKY (Used multiple times for the sound of the passenger cars' vestibule doors sliding open.)
• Sounddogs, Sci Fi - Surreal - Gusty Phase Wind - Gusty, Surreal Wind With Heavy Phasing
• SoundDogs, Train: Trains - Freight Cars Coupling Impact - MCU - Bg Engine Noise, Also Rattles, Clunks, Squeaks, & Creaks, All Coupling Related, Several Ambiance Changes (4th, 7th, and 14th impacts only; heard several times each throughout the film.)
• SoundDogs, Trains, Steam Train, Steam Train Idle Chuffs (Debut; only the 5th and 9th hisses are heard once each throughout the film. The 9th being heard before the Conductor says "Problem solved. All ahead, slow!" after the herd of caribou get off the tracks, and the 5th hiss being heard in a slightly lower volume right before Smokey and Steamer say in unison "Oh no!".)
• Sound Ideas, ANIMAL, ELK - CRY, CALLS
• Sound Ideas, COUPLING - FREIGHT CARS COUPLING IMPACT, TRAIN (The rattling element is heard once in a very low volume when the train comes to a stop after arriving back at the Hero Boy's house.)
• Sound Ideas, DOOR, SPACE - LARGE AIR LOCK SHUTTLE DOOR: OPEN OR CLOSE, SCI FI 02 (Heard once when the couplings slack as the train starts moving when it is about to leave Billy behind.)
• Sound Ideas, DOOR, WOOD - OPEN 03 (Heard once when the Hero Boy opens the vestibule door in the Observation car.)
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 01
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 02
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 13
• Sound Ideas, FACTORY, MACHINERY - METAL SHEAR W/BELL, INDUSTRY, SHEARER
• Sound Ideas, FACTORY, MACHINERY - RHYTHMIC STEAM, MECH CLACKS W/STEAM & LOW NOTE, INDUSTRY (A higher pitched variant is heard twice before the heater inside of the Hero Boy's bedroom goes off as the train arrives in front of his house.)
• Sound Ideas, FIRE, CAMPFIRE - FAR, LOW BUFFETING & SNAPS
• Sound Ideas, FIRE, CLOSE - CRACKLE, VERY CRACKLY W/LOW ROAR
• Sound Ideas, HORN, AIR - INTERIOR: SINGLE BLAST, SHORT 01 (Slightly lower pitched; used twice for the Blimp's alarm.)
• Sound Ideas, INDUSTRY, MACHINE - INDUSTRIAL MACHINE: HUGE METAL PUNCH PRESS (The impact elements are used twice for the Observation car bumping or banging as the Hero Boy starts to apply the handbrake on it after it enters a tunnel at the North Pole.)
• Sound Ideas, LEVER, RATCHET - LARGE CRANK OR LEVER: RATCHETING, 10 TAKES (Last crank only; heard thrice for when the passenger cars windows are rolled up and down/opened and closed.)
• Sound Ideas, LEVERS - LEVER, LARGE: BELT TENSIONER ON MACHINE, BIG HOUSING, ROOMY, LOW THUMPY THROW 03 (Heard once when Steamer pushes the locomotive's throttle to get the train started up again after the caribou clear the tracks.)
• Sound Ideas, LEVERS - LEVER, LARGE: RAILROAD COUPLER LIFT BAR, SINGLE THROW, SLACK, CLOSE, OPEN, THEN OPEN, THEN CLOSE
• Sound Ideas, LEVERS / RATCHETS LEVER, LARGE: CONTROL FOR ELECTRIC CRANE, REVERBERANT, THROW WITH POSITION CLICKS (Debut; edited/modified variants of the 3rd and 4th takes are used thrice for a few of the sounds of the locomotive's controls being engaged/pulled back and forth.)
• Sound Ideas, MACHINES / MOTORS / ENGINES - ROLLER COASTER: MISC. ACTIONS, BRAKE; CHUFF WITH SQUEAK, DISTANT VOICES (Heard once in a low volume just before the train starts to descend the second hill at Glacier Gulch.)
• Sound Ideas, METAL, HIT - METAL IMPACT: SHARP RIPPING CRUNCH 02/SoundDogs, Metal, Rip, Crush, Hit, Glass (Heard once as a high pitched and sped-up variant in a slightly lower volume right as the locomotive's cowcatcher strikes the surface of the ice lake.)
• Sound Ideas, PNEUMATIC, DOOR - PNEUMATIC DOOR: AIR RELEASE AND DOOR SLIDE 01 (Mostly heard mixed with DOOR - HYDRUALIC HATCH OPEN AND CLOSE; HISS WITH PROCESSED WHOOSH as the sounds of the doors on the pneumatic tube system's capsule cars when they open and close.)
• Sound Ideas, ROCKS, LANDSLIDE - SHORT, LONG, BOULDER & MIXED, AVALANCHE (An edited variant of this sound can be heard when the Hero Boy is shuffling around and getting up out of the coal in the locomotive's tender after he had jumped in to it to avoid hitting the top of the entrance to Flat Top Tunnel.)
• Sound Ideas, ROPE - 2' ROPE: SINGLE CREAK 01 (An edited variant of this or a very similar sound effect is heard once when the Hero Boy pulls on Smokey's beard after his foot slipped when he was walking across the front of the locomotive.)
• Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, METAL - LARGE METAL OBJECT ROLLING, SCI FI (Parts of this sound are used for both the locomotive's brakes, and the observation car's brakes squeaking/squealing.)
• Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, METAL - SMALL HINGE SQUEAK 02 (An edited variant of this or a very similar sound effect is used once in a slightly low volume as the wheels on the passenger car squeak after the conductor says "Try your pocket." to the Hero Boy.) (needs clarification)
• Sound Ideas, SUBWAY - EXTERNAL: PASS BY, WHEELS SQUEAKING AND CLACKING, TRAIN (A small portion is used twice in a very low volume for the wheels of the locomotive clattering. Once when the Hero Girl yells to Steamer "Slow it down!", and a second time as the conductor starts to say "I suggest, we all hold on...tightly!".)
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, FREIGHT - FREIGHT TRAIN: APPROACH AND PASS BY CLOSE, LOUD WHEEL CLACKING (Clattering element only, various edits; used multiple times for the clattering sound that the wheels on the passenger cars make.)
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, FREIGHT - FREIGHT TRAIN: PASS BY, HORN DOPPLER, VERY LOUD TRACK SQUEALS (The squealing element is heard once when the Hero Girl's ticket is swept underneath the train before it gets caught on the hobo's shoe.)
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, HAND CAR - HAND CAR: DRIVING ONBOARD 01 (First half only, slightly higher pitch; heard twice throughout the film. Once when the locomotive starts up, and once when the Observation car starts to roll away from the rest of the train at the North Pole.)
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, PASSENGER - EXTERNAL: APPROACH, PASS BY LEFT TO RIGHT, FAST SPEED (The 1st clatter is heard once when the train races down one of the hills on Glacier Gulch.)
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - STEAM TRAIN: BRAKING TO STOP, HEAVY BRAKE SQUEAL (The squeaking element is heard once in an extremely low volume when the locomotive starts to slow down before it's able to hit the herd of Caribou. However, it can be heard more clearly in the 5.1 mix, due to it being covered up by SKYWALKER, METAL - MEDIUM-PITCHED GROANS, VARIOUS and Smokey yelling.)
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - STEAM TRAIN: LONG APPROACH, PASS BY WITH BELL AND WHISTLE DOPPLER (The doppler whistle is used once as the whistle on the locomotive when the train rushes through a forest before a pack wolves start to run past it.)
• Sound Ideas, WALKIE TALKIE - TWO WAY RADIO: FEEDBACK AND SQUELCH NOISE, STATIC 03
• Sound Ideas, WATER, FLOW - WATERFALL, SPRAY, VERY LARGE, C.U., SPLASHY, ROARING (A slightly edited variant of this sound is used for the sound of the waterfall the eagle goes down rumbling and splashing.)
• Sound Ideas, WATER, SPLASH - LARGER, BIG THUMP & BIG WAVE (4th splash only; needs clarification)
• Sound Ideas, WIND - EERIE WIND, WEATHER
• Sound Ideas, WIND - FOREST WIND, LEAVES STIR, WEATHER
• Sound Ideas, WIND - WIND MACHINE: CLEAN, ARTIFICIAL BREATHY WHISTLES (A processed variant of this sound or a near identical sound is used once for the wind howling when the Hero Girl's ticket gets swept from the Hero Boy's hand as he tries to return it to her.)
• Unknown Sound Effects Library, Eagle Call (One of the calls is used once for the eaglet right before it spits the Hero Girl's ticket out from it's nest.)

Deleted Scenes

• Hollywoodedge, Fart 2 Short Fart Clos PE139001 (Heard once in the "It Takes Two" music video. It is also mixed with the third variant.)
• Hollywoodedge, Fart 3 Very Short WetF PE139101 (Heard once in the "It Takes Two" music video. It is also mixed with the second variant.)
• Hollywoodedge, Metal Shovel Hits Lon PE355001
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - FAST HEAVY CHUGGING (Used as the chugging sound that emits from the locomotive in the "It Takes Two" music video, along with the locomotive's original chugging sound.)
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - POLAR EXPRESS CHUGGING
• SKYWALKER, TRAIN - POLAR EXPRESS WHISTLE (Used as the whistle sound on the locomotive in the "It Takes Two" music video.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - HEAD HIT ON PIPE (Heard once in the "It Takes Two" music video.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - LITTLE POP
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SWISH - MANY WHIPPY SWISH BYS
• Sound Ideas, COMEDY, ACCENT - 'I'LL CATCH THAT WABBIT'
• Sound Ideas, STEAM - HEAVY STEAM RELEASE (Heard once in the "It Takes Two" music video.)
• Sound Ideas, SWOOSH, CARTOON - BIG SWOOSH 01
• WB FALL, BODY - BODYFALL WITH GRUNT 02 (Can be heard in the "It Takes Two" music video.)