The Wilhelm Scream
from BuzzFeed:
Every year around Halloween, there's a new story on the classic Wilhelm scream sound effect. "I'll just fill my pipe...Aiiiyeeeaa!" So began the career of one of the most-used sound effects in movie history. Since appearing in 1953's The Charge At Feather River - Wilhelm gets an arrow through the leg after delivering his line - it's been in nearly 200 movies and TV shows, including all the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, and has long been something of an inside joke to sound editors.
Here's the story behind it:
Comments
Cool story.
Hope all is well.
Posted by: Aaron | October 30, 2007 01:40 PM