I REMEMBER TALKING TO SOMEONE ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE THE SAME FEMALE AND MALE SAMPLE FOR A LOT OF SCREAMS IN MOVIES. I FINALLY DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND LOOK WHAT I FOUND...
The WILHELM Scream
A series of short painful screams performed by an actor were recorded in 1951 for the Warner Brother's film "Distant Drums." They were used for a scene where a man is bitten and dragged underwater by an alligator. The musician, Sheb Wooley, that sang the song Purple People Eater was the voice over actor that did the screams for the movie. The recording was archived into the studio's sound effects library -- and it was used in many of their films since. "Star Wars" Sound Designer Ben Burtt tracked down the scream recording - which he named "Wilhelm" from a character who let out the same scream in "Charge at Feather River (1953)." Ben has adopted the scream as sort of a personal sound signature, and has worked it into as many films as he can. The Wilhelm scream has become a well-known cinematic sound cliché, and is claimed to have been used in over 149 films as well as many television shows. A less famous stock female scream that is also utilized in various movies and TV shows is occasionally referred to as the "female Wilhelm scream".
EXAMPLES OF THE WILHELM SCREAM, 1951-2007
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