They Found the ORIGINAL "Wilhelm Scream" Recording Session!

[leejacksonaudio]

Someone who does restoration of classic recording sessions has stumbled upon the original ADR session for the iconic "Wilhelm Scream!" The session has been uploaded to freesound.org and is available under a Creative Commons license. Mondo coolness.

 

Recording session: https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675810/

 

Blog post on the restoration: https://blog.freesound.org/?p=1515

[Biodegradable]

Ben Burtt's old in-joke will continue to ripple throughout the cultural zeitgeist, now with greater clarity!

[esselfortium]

Incredible find, it's great getting to hear the alternate takes and the director giving acting directions that led to that famous performance.

[Midway64]

Damn. Always heard that one scream all the time and wondered: Where does it come from and when did they record it?

Really neat they managed to restore the recording session, and it's available for free under a Creative Commons license!

Total coolness for me.

[Caffeine Freak]

Simply awesome. And the blog post is worth reading too, even if you're not in audio production. It's fascinating to read about the process of technical preservation they used for these recordings.

[leejacksonaudio]

I've never done this before, but I'm bumping for sheer coolness. I mean, c'mon, man - it's the smegging WILHELM SCREAM!!!

[Rudolph]

Wow! Talk about a historic discovery! :o

 

Now, someone needs to break into Tommy Tallarico's house and do the same with the recording session for the Roblox Messiah "OOF!" sound. :P

[Faceman2000]

I'm glad you did bump this - I missed it last time! This is incredibly cool!

 

I also appreciate the use of "smegging" - I just introduced my wife to Red Dwarf this weekend after discovering the whole show is available on Tubi!

[Doominator2]

I love this! Like others have said, its very cool to see the different takes for this iconic scream. I don't know why I was always under the impression this scream was made for a western, maybe it was used in a lot of westerns back in the day?

[DannyMan]

I just can't unhear the Wilhelm scream anymore.

[Azuris]

We must recall Voyager and put this Sound on the Disc.

[Trustanus]

21 hours ago, Doominator2 said:

I love this! Like others have said, its very cool to see the different takes for this iconic scream. I don't know why I was always under the impression this scream was made for a western, maybe it was used in a lot of westerns back in the day?

While it wasn’t specifically made for westerns, it has been used in many westerns dating as far back as the early 1950s. 

[Reisal]

That's a real gem to find there!

Now the question is where is the original Howie Scream recordings, also a well known sound clip used in movies and games.

Edited June 13, 2023 by Armaetus

[leejacksonaudio]

CBS News has done a story on the rediscovery of the original Wilhelm scream source sound track:

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/an-iconic-hollywood-sound-effect-called-the-wilhelm-scream-was-uncovered-in-an-archive/

[Individualised]

On 6/12/2023 at 1:39 PM, Rudolph said:

Wow! Talk about a historic discovery! :o

 

Now, someone needs to break into Tommy Tallarico's house and do the same with the recording session for the Roblox Messiah "OOF!" sound. :P

I can't tell if you're being ironic or not but Tommy Tallarico probably had nothing to do with that sound

Edited June 30, 2023 by Individualised

[Rudolph]

16 hours ago, Individualised said:

I can't tell if you're being ironic or not but Tommy Tallarico probably had nothing to do with that sound

I made it mostly in jest, as you could make a hilarious parody of the Wilhelm Scream recording session out of it, but to Tommy's credit, the recording was done at his studios.

Edited July 1, 2023 by Rudolph

[Dusty_Rhodes]

Lee, I can't thank you enough for this post haha. This is great. I haven't heard the sound clip in any recent movies, but it's certainly iconic. Maybe we'll see a resurgence?

[Rudolph]

16 hours ago, Dusty_Rhodes said:

Maybe we'll see a resurgence?

I do not think it has ever gone away. I distinctively remember hearing it in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm's opening video.

[ThatKidBobo]

This is so great. "Not a- Not an 'ow' a REAL scream!" and a legend was born.

[DerBlanca]

Interesting, though as I watch all movies in dub I didn't even know this Wilhelm scream was a thing.