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With DPA Microphones, You Can Hear the Actors in Alien: Covenant Scream (and Talk, Too)

The original Alien film’s tagline was, “in space, no one can hear you scream.” Well, DPA Microphones wanted to ensure moviegoers do, in fact, hear the actors in the film’s second prequel, Alien: ...
Backstage

The Wilhelm Scream: The History of Film’s Most Popular Sound Effect

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 ...
LAist

The Original 'Wilhelm Scream' Was Found, And It's A Call For Better Sound Effect Preservation

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Listen 14:59 The Wilhelm Scream Is ...
The Washington Post

How the Wilhelm scream became Hollywood’s ultimate ‘secret’ sound effect

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.