For more than seventy years now, filmmakers have been using and reusing a particular scream. Without a doubt, this is Hollywood’s most famous sound effect. Many people even know it by name. But despite how widely-known this sound is, lots of people still don’t know its surprising origin story. To set the record straight, we’ve remixed one of our classic, early episodes. Featuring
Steve Lee, sound designer, film historian, and creator of the
Hollywood Sound Museum.
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Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here:
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