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	The Wilhelm Scream

CrazyRedHead

7-9-2008 11:11 PM

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7-10-2008 6:40 PM

cavey1732

What a Scream!

7-10-2008 6:49 PM

aklimento

Trade mark of rampaging Hollywood violence.

7-10-2008 6:57 PM

jatfla

Wheoo. I thought it was about our clipmark friend. :~)

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/dfb7df65-7e99-4432-9f8b-361a1df9b9ae/466E1347-7549-4071-BD62-F1945223486F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm_scream&oldid=224683910" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm_scream&oldid=224683910" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm_scream&oldid=224683910">The <B>Wilhelm scream</B> is a near famous stock <A title="Sound effect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_effect" linkindex="11" set="yes">sound effect</A> first used in 1951 for the film <I><A title="Distant Drums" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distant_Drums" linkindex="12" set="yes">Distant Drums</A></I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm_scream&oldid=224683910">The Wilhelm's revival came from <I><A title="Star Wars" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars" linkindex="30" set="yes">Star Wars</A></I> series sound designer <A title="Ben Burtt" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Burtt" linkindex="31">Ben Burtt</A>, who tracked down the original recording (which he found as a studio reel labeled "Man being eaten by <A title="Alligator" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator" linkindex="32" set="yes">alligator</A>"). Although <I>Distant Drums</I> was the first known use of the sound, Burtt named it after "Pvt. Wilhelm", a minor character who emitted the same scream in the 1953 film <I><A title="The Charge at Feather River" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Charge_at_Feather_River" linkindex="33" set="yes">The Charge at Feather River</A></I>.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://ace.mu.nu/" href="http://ace.mu.nu/" style="font-size: 11px;">ace.mu.nu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ace.mu.nu/">Since then, it's been used in over 130 movies; Spielberg and Lucas use it an awful lot (and are responsible for the popularization of the kinda-cheesey scream).</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ace.mu.nu/"><P>Here's a compilation of many (but not nearly all) of its uses:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ace.mu.nu/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4YDpuA90KEY&hl=en&fs=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/466E1347-7549-4071-BD62-F1945223486F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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