You have a sound argument if you want to build a case that an Oklahoman has been in as many big films as just about anybody. Here’s a sampling: “A Star is Born ...

What do Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Toy Story, Titanic, Anchorman, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ...

The Wilhelm Scream is one of the most famous sound effects in film history, first used in the 1951 movie "Distant Drums." Since then, it's become an insider trope used in over 100 Hollywood films ...

"We’re letting the past die, as Kylo Ren says." — -- In “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Luke Skywalker ominously declares that it’s “time for the Jedi to end.” But that’s not the only thing coming to ...

If you’ve watched any franchise cinema from the past 70 years, chances are you’ve heard the Wilhelm Scream. Recorded for the Warner Bros. sound archives in the early 1950s, the exaggerated yowl can be ...

From "A Star Is Born" to "Star Wars" to "Dial of Destiny," the Wilhelm scream keeps reminding us that movies are fun. When audiences hear the Wilhelm scream in “Dial of Destiny,” it’s sound designer ...

Each installment in the Star Wars saga brings with it some time-honored traditions, such as a character losing an arm, someone having a bad feeling about something, and hearing the Wilhelm scream.

Ben Burtt calls it an in-joke that got out of hand. He managed to keep it on the lowdown for years. Today, though, it might affectionately be called the Once-Secret Sound Effect That Ate Hollywood.

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