Fav sound effect in a film or TV?

[TheGuru]

When they get splashing sound effects correct

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCaGBqen9P4

[Pebbles167]

The various sounds the DeLorean makes in the Back to the future films. The dubbing over with the V8 engine, coupled with the whine is a great noise!

[Wobbegong]

ladderino said:

I love the seismic charges in Star Wars Episode II - one of the very few things the prequels are worth watching for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erFcYsC6JaY

First thing that came to mind

[daddy cool]

Not quite "in the film", rather "before it" - but the THX sound test:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWkJ86JqlPA

[Shuvi McTupya]

Douglas Quaid said:

I love hearing thunder on films as I have very large and powerful subwoofers so it sounds great.

Better turn the volume down if you ever watch U-571!

[anonymous-user]

• The sound they used for V'ger in the firstl Star Trek film
• Aliens' pulse rifles
• KITT's engine
• The noise Fenella the Witch made when popping in and out of the floor in Chorlton and the Wheelies
• Robocop's footsteps (sound design for that film won an Oscar I think)
• Six Million Dollar man's leap sound FX

[checkmate91]

Wobbegong said:

ladderino said:

I love the seismic charges in Star Wars Episode II - one of the very few things the prequels are worth watching for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erFcYsC6JaY

First thing that came to mind

Second here after light saber also, the graphics effect that accompanied the seismic charge (well, preceded it actually) was rather excellent too!

[P5BNij]

The sound of the UFOs in, er, 'UFO'.

[Zetec-S]

slipstream 1985 said:

blackouts attack on the us air base in transformers. when he fires the ground sonic boom

Good call (and as someone who grew up in the 80's playing with Transformers watching that opening scene for the first time was pretty awesome).

Also have to agree with the motion detector in Aliens, and the helicopters in Apocalypse Now.

Would also add the gunfight after the bank robbery in Heat.

[anonymous-user]

Shuvi McTupya said:

Douglas Quaid said:

I love hearing thunder on films as I have very large and powerful subwoofers so it sounds great.

Better turn the volume down if you ever watch U-571!

.....all the way down in fact, and then turn the TV off.
Dreadful film.

[Gretchen]

Ace-T said:

The internal door opening whsshh noise in Star Trek. Oh and the transporter noise.

This.

It’s one of the replicatable noises I’ve done in front of my children when opening doors. Similarly a ‘Backdraft’ fire effect when someone opens the oven door.

frisbee said:

The various predator sound effects.

And this. I still have a crush on Predator.

[glazbagun]

Gretchen said:

Similarly a ‘Backdraft’ fire effect when someone opens the oven door.

Good call. Always satisfying whenever fire goes "Wumf".

[Pesty]

The roar the rover made in the prisoner

Sonny Crockett Bren ten.

[Gretchen]

Not so much an effect, just Anthony Hopkins/Hannibal Lector slurp. It’s creepily brilliant.

https://youtu.be/iVlkZVAw8Gc

And the five note (score or effect) genius of John Williams/Close Encounters

https://youtu.be/e6KKFab4XWg

[Mothersruin]

The Joe 90 machine noise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbkSZ8aP2sw

[Mothersruin]

Wobbegong said:

ladderino said:

I love the seismic charges in Star Wars Episode II - one of the very few things the prequels are worth watching for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erFcYsC6JaY

First thing that came to mind

This is ace! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmpdoReFrdk

[Tony Starks]

Anything really that works out the subwoofer for me. Unfortunately the wife doesn't like watching anything loud, so I always have to compromise. Although, I've got a week off on my own soon. So I'm hoping to get 2 films a day at reference level

daddy cool said:

Not quite "in the film", rather "before it" - but the THX sound test:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWkJ86JqlPA

Definitely this one for me, it's just a shame its never seen anymore (well, in nothing Ive seen lately).

[entropy]

DeLorean in BTTF - just everything about it from the V8 over dub, turbine whine when its in motion to the systems powering up, flux capacitor, time circuits, keypad dial tone.

Motion detectors in Aliens.

Robocop's entrance into the convenience store heist and the sonic hum.

Turning on the proton gun and the proton beam in Ghostbusters

[Matt_N]

Most have been mentioned but a few others from me:

T1000 re / forming (blades etc) sound in T2, so menacing.

Robocop Auto 9 pistol

Battlestar Galactica (new) Viper Cannon

Battlestar Galactica FTL jump

[stongle]

The sound of the 2 Tiger tanks approaching from a distance in Saving Private Ryan (just after they've been listening to Edith Piaf on the gramophone). The gradual squealing of tank tracks and sprockets leading to the deafening rumble.....

You absolutely need a decent home cinema set-up as the onscreen vibrations transfer to your living room.