news culture It has been heard in cinemas hundreds of times, but its origin is unknown
There are screams that remain engraved in the memories. Such is the case with the “Wilhelm Scream,” a howling sound used in many Star Wars, among others. But do you know its origin?
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Do you know what The Witcher 3, Gremlins 2 and Dr. have house in common? It’s Wilhelm’s scream, a sound that has been featured in many films, video games, and various television series. Over the years, it has even become one of the most used sound samples in pop culture history. From the 1950s to today he was actually heard in more than 580 films IMDB. Avatar, Titanic, Spider-Man, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Fast & Furious… all have at some point sounded Wilhelm’s famous scream.
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But what is the Wilhelm cry? It is originally a scream uttered by an actor, Sheb Wooley, who was heard in the film The Adventures of Captain Wyatt released in 1951. In one scene, the character he’s playing is attacked by an alligator, who bites him and tries to drag him under the water. In the studio, the actor advances a series of howls to make the sequence more believable. One of these screams is not only used in The Adventures of Captain Wyatt, but can be found in many Warner Bros. Studios productions. after its archiving. It is mainly thanks to its use in the films Star Wars and Indiana Jones that it will be well known (again). Since then, the sound has been used by sound designers around the world as both a tribute and a joke. It can be heard in games like Bionic Commando, GTA, Dragon Age or even Halo Wars.
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Why evoke that good old cry today? Only because my city discovered that a number of old recordings from the USC archives had been posted to the Internet. Below we find a version of excellent quality of the recording from which Wilhelm’s scream comes. According to the website, it’s thanks to sound engineer Craig Smith that we have access to this little moment in history.
Now that you know more about the famous Wilhelm Scream, let’s hear Gesaffelstein’s Pursuit, its samples a scream from… the Call of Duty: World at War soundtrack.
