Sound Effects

The Wild (and possibly Sheb Wooley) Origins of the Wilhelm Scream

Based on the news we read this weekend, there was absolutely no reason we were not going to share the glorious discovery of the original recording session that gave the work The Wilhelm Scream. You can learn a great background of the Wilhelm Scream on Mental Floss from 2018, recently updated with this latest news….

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Can We Make It Sound Like…?

One of our absolute favorite things about audio theater is finding and creating sound effects (actually, this can count for film production too). That’s one of the reasons we’re trying to incorporate plenty of sound effects into our live production of War of the Worlds this coming Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy!  

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For When 10,000 Sound Effects Just Aren’t Enough…

You can always use more sound effects and the Beeb has long been an excellent source of all sorts of delightful sounds. Our artistic director fondly remembers listening through a multi-LP set of sound effects whilst doing the sound design for a stage production many moons ago. Apparently, he was unsuccessful at slipping in a…

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