Saturday, February 5, 2011

the wilhelm scream

The Wilhelm Scream. If you know this James Blake song, you may wonder, as I did, what is the Wilhelm Scream?

It's a stock sound effect, used in many movies including Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's named after a character Private Wilhelm in this western called The Charge At Feather River. Obviously he gets shot with an arrow and lets out a scream.

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