When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images/selimaksan Initially opened in 2018, the BBC Sound Effects Archive is a ...

Nowadays, when people want to add a sound effect to a movie, they mostly just pull up a digital archive, choose a sound, and drag and drop. But in the pre-digital age, people created sounds using ...

That anvil drop in Metallica’s 1985 heavy metal hit “For Whom The Bell Tolls” might be the most legendary part of the whole song. At the beginning of the track, the sound of a “bell” tolling ushers in ...

Sound effects are some of the most underappreciated aspects of cinema. Indeed, the visual nature of film as a medium often ensures that sound is taken for granted, particularly when it comes to ...

If you’re like me, a little project that’s mostly for fun can also serve as stress therapy. This one is actually useful too! It’s a classic sound effects button box using modern technology. The heart ...

Here now for your aural pleasure are 42 minutes and 29 seconds of sound effects from vintage Warner Bros. cartoons. This is highly concentrated auditory nostalgia, delivered right to your ear-holes.

There are few sound effects that are as instantly recognizable, or used as frequently, as the Wilhelm Scream, which has popped up hundreds of times in movies, TV shows, video games, and just about ...

Initially opened in 2018, the BBC Sound Effects Archive is a remarkable and vast resource, incorporating recordings which originated as far back as the 1920s. Recently, the archive has doubled in size ...