Hollywood, will you PLEASE retire the Wilhelm scream!? (1 Viewer)

[Greg.K]

I noticed 2 Wilhelms in 2 days - in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST, during the Black Pearl's battle with the Kraken, a pirate is launched into the air and screams.


In SUPERMAN RETURNS, a guy screams it as he's falling off a building during the earthquake. Interestingly Superman catches him and he lives. I don't know if I've ever heard a Wilhelm where the screamer wasn't punished with death.

Ok, maybe it's just too old hat to even mention anymore..

 

[Colin Jacobson]

I noticed the Scream in She's the Man, of all things. When one character plays a computer game, it comes out...

 

[Bryan Beckman]

I noticed it while watching 16 Blocks on DVD the other night . . .

during the bus hijacking scene.

 

[GuruAskew]

I love the Wilhelm scream and the day Hollywood "retires" it will be a sad one.

Not that I'm worried that they ever will.

 

[StephenA]

I didn't see it mentioned in here, but i heard the Wilhelm scream in the 2005 version of King Kong when the guy gets knocked off a ledge by a dinosaur
and in Sin City when a cop was thrown out of a car.

 

[Joel C]

I'm pretty sure the PotC: DMC scream is NOT a Wilhelm, just a similar sound. I noted hearing it, but it wasn't the same, and I remember thinking, thank god they didn't use it.

 

[Jefferson Morris]

Retire it, retire it, retire it, retire it, retire it, retire it.

Bury the fucking original recording. Or launch it into space (if you don't mind foisting it on some unsuspecting extraterrestrial civilization).

Burtt needs a new "signature," because by this point he's "signed" hundreds of films he never even worked on.

I began noticing the Wilhelm when movies like Star Wars and Raiders first came out on video in the 1980s. At first it was funny - "Hey, that same goofy scream was also in [INSERT NAME OF VIRTUALLY ANY ACTION FILM]." Now it's just annoying, and I pray the otherwise godlike Peter Jackson stops using it (or vetos his sound guys when they try to weave it in).

--Jefferson Morris

 

[Josh.C]

I finally took a look at this thread, and I can honestly say I have been enlightened. I never knew such a thing existed. The scream itself sounds almost like an animal or something. I'm going to go get some of my movies out and find the scream. I will be listening for it in the future.

My vote is to keep the thing alive. Don't overdue it, but I wouldn't mind seeing it pop up once or twice a year.

JC

 

[Colin Jacobson]

I agree. Not 100% sure, but it sounded like a faux Wilhelm, not the real thing...

 

[Sam Posten]

Retire? in our moment of glory? Denied!

The Original Take Of The 'Wilhelm Scream' Has Been Found

The whole take from a 1951 film was uploaded last month

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