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We're glad to give you our Ultimate Film Sound page - bringing you exclusive film sound stories, interviews, guides, resource lists, tips, sound effects, books, jobs, community pages, and much more about sound for film & audio post production. Happy exploring, and be sure to share with your friends and colleagues, so more people can benefit from these resources!
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Film sound guides and resources:

 

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You’ll always be able to find the Film Sound Power List at asoundeffect.com/filmsound


 
 

Film Sound Resources:

 

Here are some of the film sound-related resources and guides we’ve shared on the A Sound Effect blog over the years:

12 interesting film sound tutorial videos:
 

Michael Cullen shares his insights on film sound creation in these 12 tutorial videos:
 
 
 
 

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Award-winning sound designer David Farmer shares tips, tricks & techniques from working 25+ years in sound:

David Farmer gets you tips, tricks and techniques learned from decades in audio post production:
 
 

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Brandon Proctor talks techniques and tools for re-recording mixing today:

Supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer Brandon Proctor shares stories & insights from his 20+ years in the business:
 
 
 

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Doing sound for independent film – tips, tricks & insights from Tom Disher and Paul Zahnley:

Composer and sound designer Tom Disher and re-recording mixer Paul Zahnley share their tips, tricks & insights from many years of doing sound for independent films:

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Heikki Kossi on the art and craft of Foley sound

Experienced Foley artist Heikki Kossi shares insights and stories from doing Foley sound on 100s of films:
 
 

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Herb Ferrette shares thoughts and strategies for running a boutique-sized sound facility

Herb Ferrette shares insights from over 35 years in the media industry:
 
 

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How to create Pro Tools templates for post production – with Paul Maunder:

Check out this great tutorial on setting up Pro Tools templates for post production:
 
 

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Lessons learned from 20+ years in sound: Jeremy Peirson on field recording

Jeremy Peirson shares stories, approaches, and lessons learned from a life in sound – with a particular focus on field recording:

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Composing for film – with Pinar Toprak, Nainita Desai, and Jonathan Snipes

Award-winning composers Pinar Toprak, Nainita Desai, and Jonathan Snipes share insights on how to succeed as a film composer:
 

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How to succeed in sound design for Film, Documentaries, and Trailers – with Nia Hansen, Peter Albrechtsen, & Karél Psota

Great insights on how to make it in sound for film & trailers, with insights from Nia Hansen, Peter Albrechtsen, & Karél Psota:

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How to succeed in Sound Editing, Sound for Advertising, and Production Sound – with Lucy J Mitchell, Chris Pinkston and Irin Strauss:

Hear how to succeed in sound, from some of the brightest minds – and sharpest ears – in the industry:

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How To Actually Live as an Audio Freelancer – by Melissa Pons:

Melissa Pons shares insights and thoughts – from herself and others in the community – on living as a freelancer in the sound industry:
 

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Mandell Winter gives us a peek into the world of Sound Supervision

Mandell Winter is a two-time Emmy nominated Supervising Sound Editor who has worked on many films and television series. And in this interview with Doug Siebum, he sheds some light on what the Supervising Sound Editor role involves:

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Randy Thom: Designing A Movie For Sound

Here’s Academy award-winning sound designer Randy Thom’s insightful plea for sound to be taken as seriously as visuals in film storytelling:
 
 
 
 

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Randy Thom: Why Is Sound Important?

Randy Thom shares his thoughts on why sound matters:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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SIGHT & SOUND: The Cinema of Walter Murch – watch this fascinating feature-length documentary here:

Jon Lefkovitz has released an interesting, feature-length documentary with legendary film editor and sound designer Walter Murch. You can watch the full documentary here:
 

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Sound Designer Tormod Ringnes’ 4-Step Approach to Great Film Sound

Here’s why (and how) Tormod Ringnes applies his 4-step approach to all sound design projects, no matter the size of the production:
 

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Sound for indie film:

Supervising Sound Editor Jacob Bloomfield-Misrach shares insights, tips and lessons learned from overseeing 100+ sound projects per year:
 
 
 

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Sound Opinion: Should people in the sound industry work for free?

Doug Siebum shares his story and experiences doing free work in sound – and whether you should do that in the first place:
 
 

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The Psychology of Sound Design – with Ai-Ling Lee, Will Files & Craig Henighan:

Check out this great panel talk from The Rough Cut, hosted by Matt Feury and featuring Ai-Ling Lee, Will Files & Craig Henighan talking about the fundamentals of film sound:

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The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Foley Editing

Want to get Foley editing right? Sound supervisor Yuri Pridachin from Foley First shares his essential tips, insights and lessons learned in this in-depth guide:

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Tim Nielsen offers insight into the role of Supervising Sound Editor

Film sound veteran Tim Nielsen shares insight on supervising a film:
 
 

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Tips and thoughts on running your own audio post production house – with William McGuigan:

William McGuigan shares insights on starting and running his own boutique audio post house:
 

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Video: How animal sounds are made for movies and TV – with veteran Foley artist Marko Costanzo:

Find out how animal Foley is done – with veteran Foley artist Marko Costanzo:
 

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Video: How movie sound effects are made – with Foley artist Marko Costanzo:

A great Mashable video featuring Foley artist Marko Costanzo, on the art and craft of Foley
 
 

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Video: Meet the Foley team at Skywalker Sound:

Check out this excellent video from American Lifestyle on the Foley team at Skywalker Sound, featuring Foley artists John Roesch and Shelley Roden, and mixer Scott Curtis:

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Video: The importance of audio post in indie film

Sound designer Ugo Derouard demonstrates five steps of audio post production – and how they affect a given scene:
 
 

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Videos: Sound Mixing and Sound Editing explained – by the legendary Walter Murch:

Walter Murch explains sound mixing and sound editing – with examples from his own work:
 
 

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Highlighted Film Sound Stories & Interviews:

 

This is a small selection of film sound stories and interviews we’ve shared over the years, giving you a behind the scenes look at the techniques, approaches and creative work that goes into creating sound for film:

Behind Baby Driver’s masterfully musical sound design:

Here’s how the team did it, as told by supervising sound editor/sound designer/re-recording mixer Julian Slater, and sound effects recordist Watson Wu:
 

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Behind the crystalline sound of Frozen 2:

Supervising sound editor Odin Benitez, music editor Fernand Bos, and dialogue/music mixer David E. Fluhr discuss their approach to weaving sound design, songs, and score into a fluid, immersive soundscape:
 

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Behind the horrifying sound of ‘Alien: Covenant’

Here, they discuss their approach to sound design on Alien: Covenant, from building on original Alien sound concepts to creating new sounds for the Neomorph, the Covenant ship, the radio transmissions from the Prometheus, and more.

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Behind the spectacular sound of ‘Dunkirk’ – with Richard King:

Get the full story on how the film’s rich, dense, and immersive soundscape was created, in this A Sound Effect interview with Oscar-winning supervising sound editor Richard King:
 

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Building the brilliant sound for The LEGO Batman Movie

Wayne Pashley takes you behind the scenes on the sound and shares details about how he and his team brought the animated Batman toys to life through sound:
 

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Creating 1917’s Intense, Immersive Sound of War:

We talk with sound supervisor Oliver Tarney about how the visuals impacted his approach to the sound and how he created the film’s immersive, authentic WWI sound.
 

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Creating The Poetic Sci-Fi Sound Of ‘Arrival’:

Critics describe Arrival as ‘a must-see experience for fans of thinking person’s sci-fi’ – and in this interview with the Arrival sound team, you’ll discover why the sound for the film is definitely something else too:

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Designing Aquaman’s dramatic deep-sea sound:

In this in-depth A Sound Effect interview, supervising sound editors Peter Brown and Joe Dzuban take you behind the scenes on their sound work for the film
 

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Designing the dark and gritty sound of Joker:

Warner Bros. Sound’s Oscar-winning Supervising Sound Editor Alan Robert Murray shares details on how he and the sound team brought Gotham City to life with custom recordings and era-appropriate effects, and how they subtly blended the sound and score to create a visceral, cruel, and crazy world.

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Designing the deeply disturbing sound of ‘Midsommar’:

Supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer Gene Park tells the story on how sound was used to help achieve such a high level of emotional discomfort and disorientation:
 
 
 

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Finding the Sound of Soul

Supervising sound editors Coya Elliott and Ren Klyce talk about designing sounds to fit the score, creating the voices of the ‘lost souls,’ recording voices for the unborn souls, and much more!
 
 
 
 
 

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Horror Special: Behind the sound for 11 of the scariest horror movies out there:

It’s time for a horror special, and to get you in that spooky mood, here are 11 A Sound Effect stories behind the sound for some of the scariest horror movies and series out there:
 
 
 

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The gloriously punchy sound of ‘John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum’:

How the fast, precise, and brutal sound for John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum was made, as told by Supervising Sound Editor Mark Stoeckinger:
 
 

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How ‘First Man’ takes your ears on a supersonic adventure:

In this very in-depth A Sound Effect interview, supervising sound editors Ai-Ling Lee and Milly Iatrou talk about how they used authentic NASA gear to make those flight experiences sound as real as possible
 

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How A Quiet Place’s essential sound was created:

Sound and silence are key elements in A Quiet Place, and for sound designers Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl it was an incredibly thrilling – and challenging – project to work on. Here’s how they created the crucial sound of A Quiet Place:

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How Ad Astra’s stellar Foley sound was made – with Foley Artist Heikki Kossi

Foley supervisor/artist Heikki Kossi talks about how Foley played a key role in keeping the audience close to McBride, helping to relay his physical and mental experience.
 

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How Nomadland’s beautiful sound was sculpted

Sound supervisor/sound designer Sergio Diaz and sound supervisor/re-recording mixer Zach Seivers talk about their cinema vérité approach to the sound.
 
 
 

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How Randy Thom & Al Nelson crafted ‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’s sound:

Randy Thom & Al Nelson dive into the creative details of creating sounds for new dragons, such as the Light Fury and the Death Grippers, and how they created new, more emotive sounds for Toothless.

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How the incredible sound of ‘Avengers: Endgame’ was made:

Supervising sound editor Shannon Mills has worked on a number of Marvel movies, and in this exclusive A Sound Effect interview, he gives you the in-depth story about that Avengers: Endgame sound
 

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How the outstanding sound of ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’ was made:

In this exclusive interview, Wylie Stateman talks about collaborating with Tarantino, his creative process of ‘rapid prototyping’, the interplay of music and sound design, and a lot more.
 

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Katy Wood, Paula Fairfield & Onnalee Blank, on Crafting the Fun, Colorful Sound on ‘Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey’

Go behind the sound of Harley Quinn’s colorful, manic, psychotic world in ‘Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey’:

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Nia Hansen & Shannon Mills: How Raya and the Last Dragon’s superb sound was made:

Shannon Mills & Nia Hansen take you behind the sound for Disney’s mesmerizing animated adventure:

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Sounds of the future for ‘Ghost in the Shell’:

Oscar-winning supervising sound editors Karen Baker Landers & Per Hallberg share the intriguing story behind the sound for Ghost In The Shell:
 

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Tiny Superheroes, Big Sound – creating the sound for Ant Man:

Supervising sound editors Addison Teague and Katy Wood, and sound designer David Farmer take you behind the sound for Ant-Man and the Wasp:

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How Tim Nielsen & Team Made ‘Moana / Vaiana’ Sound So Good:

Disney’s Moana (also known as ‘Vaiana’ in Europe) is a huge hit at the box office, and in this in-depth A Sound Effect interview, award-winning supervising sound editor Tim Nielsen shares the story on how the computer-generated world of Moana was brought to life with sound.

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Perfecting Parasite’s award-winning sound – with Ralph Tae-Young Choi:

Director Bong Joon Ho’s go-to for sound supervision and mixing, Ralph Tae-Young Choi, talks about his approach to designing the contrasting worlds of the wealthy Park family and the working-class Kim family who latches onto them.
 

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Richard King on Inventing Inverted Sounds for ‘Tenet’:

Oscar-winning Supervising Sound Editor Richard King — at Warner Bros. Sound — talks about his approach to designing inverted sounds for director Christopher Nolan’s film Tenet.
 
 
 
 

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Zack Snyder on Music & Sound Design For Film

Netflix just released this interesting video on Army of the Dead, with Zack Snyder sharing his thoughts and insights on music and sound design for film. We’ve added shortcuts below so you can jump straight to the music and sound design segments of the video:
 

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Independent sound effects:

 

New & popular sound effects libraries:

 

Need sound effects for your film sound work? Here’s an overview of some of the most popular releases from the independent sound community:

 

Newest sound effects libraries:

  • Hand Combat Sound Effects Violent Combat Play Track 4213 sounds included From: $135 From: $108

    THE RAW SOUND OF CINEMATIC FIGHTING

    VIOLENT COMBAT is a professional sound effects library built for fight scenes that demand impact. Packed with punch sound effects, fight sound effects, and powerful combat sound effects, it delivers everything from raw realism to over-the-top cinematic action. With improved fidelity and greater variation than its predecessor CLOSE COMBAT, this collection gives sound designers production-ready audio for film, TV, and games.

    Violent Combat | Sound Effects | Trailer

    From Realism to Cinematic Exaggeration

    Dial in the tone you need with dedicated categories: Martial Arts, Grounded, Over The Top, and Gory. Whether it’s kung fu sound effects, karate sounds, or exaggerated wrestling hits, you can shift seamlessly from authentic to stylised.

    Successor to Close Combat

    VIOLENT COMBAT builds on the legacy of CLOSE COMBAT with higher fidelity recordings, better-organised categories, and more variation. It’s the ideal companion, giving you the flexibility to cover every style of fight scene.

     

    Sounds That Land With Force

    Recorded with a wide range of props and techniques, each fighting sound effect has real weight. Where needed, selective pre-processing boosts impact, avoiding the flat results of real fight recordings.

    Production-Ready and Versatile

    Equally at home in film, TV drama, high-end game audio, or immersive theatre. From knockout sound effects to stylised fight sequences, Violent Combat is ready to drop straight into your mix.


    Included Sounds – KEYWORDS

    AIR, BODYFALL, CLOTH, CRUNCH, FINISHER, FURNITURE, GORE, GRAB, GRAPPLE, IMPACT, KICK, LEATHER, MARTIAL ARTS, METAL, MOVEMENT, PLASTIC, PUNCH, SLAP, SWISH, SWOOSH, THROW, WHOOSH

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  • ⏰ For a very limited time:
    Add this library to the cart and enter ah4launch in the cart coupon field – to sprinkle an extra launch discount, on top of the current discount!

    Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV is a sound library containing animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 2000 individual sounds in 294 files. The sounds were recorded in zoos, and wildlife centers.

    The asset list includes but is not limited to: hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, an Avisoft CMPA and a Sennheiser 8050 for center plus two Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.

    The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

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  • Weather Sound Effects Hyper Thunder Play Track 800+ sounds included $49.50

    Hyper Thunder is a colossal collection of thunder and lightning, 100% crafted from the ground up using innovative synthesized technics and props recordings. Not a single real life thunder recording was used. using synthesis and props manipulation crafted to deliver impact far beyond natural recordings. Built entirely from innovative synthesis and props recordings, this library pushes the boundaries of weather sound design—perfect for when you need the raw energy of a storm dialed up to cinematic extremes.

    Featuring over 800 files, Hyper Thunder spans everything from subtle distant rumbles and rolling thunder to razor-sharp lightning strikes and earth-shaking impacts. With both designed hits and source layers, you have full control—drop in ready-to-use power or sculpt your own stormscapes using the source recordings.

    Created in collaboration with Bruits.Studio’s Vincent Fliniaux and Tibo Csuko—longtime SoundMorph contributors to acclaimed libraries like Robotic Lifeforms 2 and WATER— Hyper Thunder blends technical mastery with bold creativity.

    Key Features

    • 800+ files of synthesized thunder and lightning
    • Both designed hits and source layers for full creative control
    • Covers subtle distant rumbles through to massive cinematic impacts
    • Crafted 100% from synthesis for a unique, larger-than-life sound
    • Perfect for film, games, trailers, and any project needing storm power
    • Created in collaboration with Bruits.Studio’s Vincent Fliniaux and Tibo Csuko (Robotic Lifeforms 2, WATER)

    From atmospheric detail to explosive drama, Hyper Thunder gives you thunder and lightning that are bigger, subtler, and more versatile than nature itself.

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  • 638 meticulously processed stereo fire spells sound effects recorded in 96 khz and 24 bits for high audio definition.

    The collection comes with hundreds of variations, more than 1 hour of content and many different type of fire spells. It also includes source sounds for more flexibility for your projects.

    This collection is perfect for any films, video games or trailers.

    The library is fully focused on fire spells. You will find simple one shot magic firebolt, powerful high level fire spells, fire sword, berserker enchantments and so on. Spells such as fireball,  firewall, rain of fire, meteor, fire nova, magma storm, pyroblast, sword of Avernus, etc. are included in this library.

     

    THE ARCANE FIRE SPELLS
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  • Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of natural power and tranquility with the “Rain and Thunderstorm” sound collection, consisting of 4 Vol-s.
    This collection features a variety of looped sounds: light rain, night rain with loud thunderclaps, and other effects that will help you create the perfect atmosphere – from a quiet, secluded night, long scenes, or endless atmospheric effects without abrupt transitions, to a dramatic thunderstorm on the horizon.
    The recording was made by a Zoom H3-VR recorder in the Ambisonics A format (96 kHz 24 Bit) and then converted to the AmbiX and Stereo formats (96 kHz 24 Bit), which are located in different folders of this sound pack.

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Most popular sound effects libraries in the last 30 days:

  • ⏰ For a very limited time:
    Add this library to the cart and enter ah4launch in the cart coupon field – to sprinkle an extra launch discount, on top of the current discount!

    Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV is a sound library containing animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 2000 individual sounds in 294 files. The sounds were recorded in zoos, and wildlife centers.

    The asset list includes but is not limited to: hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, an Avisoft CMPA and a Sennheiser 8050 for center plus two Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.

    The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

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  • FOUR ELEMENTS - Rock The Speakerbox Professional SFX

    Master the Art of Bending the Elemental Forces

     

    Unleash the raw power of fire, water, earth, and air with this comprehensive 9 GB sound library featuring 3050 high-quality sound effects across 630 files. Whether you’re designing cinematic soundscapes or enhancing video games Four Elements delivers the tools you need to harness the energy of the natural world.

    Construction Kit – 2443 Sounds

    A treasure trove of raw, organic, and processed sounds including seamless loops divided into Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Explosion categories. Customize every detail with an extensive selection of sound components.

    • Organic Fire: Campfire sizzles, torch whooshes, and flame bursts.
    • Processed Fire: Distorted impacts and unique crackles.
    • Organic Earth: Rock crashes, gravel scrapes, and heavy stone hits.
    • Processed Earth: Stylized rumbles and granular textures.
    • Organic Water: Ocean waves, hydrophone bubbles, and fluid splashes.
    • Processed Water: Underwater whooshes and stylized liquid smashes.
    • Organic Air: Bamboo swishes, cloth movements, and pressure bursts.
    • Processed Air: Filtered gusts and dynamic noise sweeps.
    • Explosion: Firework detonations, Butane bursts, and cinematic impacts.

    Building Blocks – 416 Sounds

    Game-ready sound layers featuring Impacts, Whooshes, and Textures as seamless loops. Elevate transitions and enhance atmospheres with loops and pre-designed sound layers.

    • Fire: Explosive bursts, blazing infernos, and warm embers.
    • Earth: Ground-shaking impacts, crumbling terrain, and heavy collisions.
    • Water: Cascading waves, serene rivers, and underwater ambiences.
    • Air: Whispering breezes, stormy turbulence, and slicing gusts.

    Design Kit – 192 Sounds

    A collection of ready-to-use sound effects divided into Attack, Bend, and Explosion categories for quick integration into your projects. Perfect for high-energy scenes and immersive storytelling.

    • Fire: Crackling flames, fiery bursts, and roaring infernos.
    • Earth: Crushing impacts, shifting ground, and massive land eruptions.
    • Water: Splashes, fluid manipulations, and crashing tidal waves.
    • Air: Slicing winds, swirling currents, and thunderous gusts.

     

    Four Elements gives you complete creative control, blending organic recordings with processed sound layers to meet the demands of any project. Master the forces of nature with Four Elements. Let your creativity ignite.

     

    Keywords:

    Elements, Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Wave, Water, Liquid, Rock, Cast, Stone, Pebble, Torch, Gas, Flame, Campfire, Sizzle, Burst, Scrape, Whoosh, Impact, Texture, Attack, Bend, Bending, Explosion, Processed, Surge, Quake, Hit, Flow, Burn, Ignite, Drop, Smack, Destruction, Rumble, Hiss, Blow, Wind, Cloth, Movement, Underwater, Bubble, Ocean, River, Lake, Firework, Firecracker, Bang, Blast, Detonation, Magic, Fantasy, Forces, Fire Magic, Water Magic, Earth Magic, Fire Air, Fire Effect, Fire Whoosh, Water Whoosh, Seamless Loop, Loop, Fire Cast, Water Cast, Earth Cast, Air Cast

  • Khron Studio - Spells Variations Vol 4

    Spell Variations Vol. 4 marks the grand finale of our magical sound series, delivering a diverse and powerful collection of spell effects. Inside, you’ll find summonings, blood spells, petrifications, healing spells, dark incantations, and much more!

    This volume includes 255 high-quality sound effects, organized into 27 distinct spell types, each with multiple variations (3 to 17) to ensure no spell sounds the same, even when reused across your project.

    Each spell type is carefully named and sorted into individual folders, giving you intuitive navigation and maximum flexibility for magical scenes, game effects, or cinematic transitions.

    Recorded, edited, and mastered in 192 kHz / 24-bit, these sounds deliver exceptional clarity and full adaptability for pitching, layering, or creative processing.

    A must-have library for professional sound designers seeking drag-and-drop magical sounds for video games, trailers, animations, or any audiovisual production.

    More about the pack
    – Intuitive file naming
    – All you’ll ever need regarding magical sounds [Use them again & again
    Use the sound effects over and over, in any of your projects or productions, forever without any additional fees or royalties. Use the SFX in your game, in your trailer, in a Kickstarter campaign, wherever you need to, as much as you want to.
    – Totally mono compatibility
    – All sounds have several variations.
    – Use your imagination and feel free to use any sound for a creature other than the one described, remember that the world of sound is totally subjective.
    – For any questions or problems: khronstudio@gmail.com

    Features
    – 255 spell sounds
    – Number of Audio Waves: 255
    – Format: 192KHz / 24 bits
    – Win/Mac: Yes
    – Minutes of audio provided: 19:21

  • Foley Sound Effects Footsteps Bundle Play Track 3800+ sounds included $36

    The ‘Footsteps Bundle’ combines ‘Footsteps One‘ and ‘Footsteps Two‘ libraries together and brings you over 3800+ high quality footstep sounds on 19 unique surfaces to enrich the audio of your next project.

    Surfaces included:

    Dirt • Dry Sand • Dry Swamp • Forest Plain • Forest Plain II • Frozen Stairs • Grass • Grass Long • Grass Short • Gravel • Pine Needle Ground • Snow Deep • Snow Packed • Snow Scrape • Water Deep • Water Shallow • Wet Swamp • Wood Scrap • Wooden Stairs


    You get the sounds in two formats: 96 KHz 24 bit and in 44.1 KHz 16 bit, for more convenient ways of utilizing the sounds in games and other media.

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  • Fancy a vocal cat? Introducing the first 20 cats of the Istanbul cat federation! Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.

    About Cats of Istanbul Vol. 1

    With Cats of Istanbul Vol. 1, you can bring out a strong character of any cat in your projects. Angry, happy, distressed, and hungry! From loud meows to long purrs, through wild growls, cries, hisses and yummy eating. These are cats at their most expressive!

    98 files and 200+ sounds in 24-bit / 96kHz Wav format with easy to navigate naming. Go ahead and reflect the world of cats and kittens, indoors and outdoors. Complex tones of meowing, growling, screaming, mewling, purring, munching on various food, hissing, chattering, and howling and even digging in a litter box – in short, long and varied takes. Plus, you get the usual Vadi Sound craft and attention to detail!

    Starring 20 cat friends, namely;
    Oglus, Biyikli, Duduk, Disko, Zeytin, Puantiye, Paspas, Misa, Sans, Cinko, Kaju, Ucgen, Gunes, Teri, Eylul, Pofuduk, Ozmo, Ceku, Pusi, Lola.

    These meticulously recorded sounds have clarity and room for further usage and sound design with the flexible texture of the sounds for further customization. You can now set the bar higher for all your film, game, motion and video projects, advertisement, animation and all kids related projects.

    We donate 50% of this pack’s profits to animals in need.

    Keywords including Actions, Mood, Style
    Animal, Cat, Kitten, Indoors, Outdoors, Meowing, Growling, Screaming, Screaking, Fighting, Mewling, Purring, Munching on various Food, Hissing, Chattering, Howling, Snarling, Digging in a Litter Box, Short, Fast, Slow, Long, High-pitched, Relaxed Agitated, Mad, Angry, Tired, Aggressive, Happy, Distressed, Nervous, Hungry, Wild, Hostile, Dry Food, Cat Food, Water, Milk, Eating, Drinking, Crunching, Chewing, Tingling, Collar, Bell, Biting, Subtle, Gulping, Licking, Threatening, Kicking, Warning, Pleading, Complaining, Trilling, Welcoming, Attention-seeking, Street Cat, Stray, Sleeping, Snoring, Crying, Chattering, Dreaming, Wailing, Pinging.

    What else you may need
    You may also want to check out our Toys SFX Pack for access to 215 carefully recorded sounds effects of Toy Story-like ambiences.

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AUDIO JOBS

– find audio jobs around the world:


We’ve shared 1000s of audio jobs on Soundlister, and we continue to share openings each week. The site also gives you a search tool to help you explore past opportunities + a way to see all posts tagged with a specific job title – effectively allowing you to browse by title.
 

Visit the Audio Jobs page on Soundlister Get the Audio Jobs Newsletter Join the Audio Jobs Group on Facebook Search for audio jobs

 

Bonus: Want an easy-to-remember shortcut to those audio jobs? The url audiojobs.org will always take you straight to the latest audio job posts on Soundlister


 

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AUDIO PODCASTS

– find great podcasts about sound

The newly-formed Audio Podcast Alliance features a carefully-chosen selection of the absolute best podcasts about sound out there. Discover the cream of the crop of what the community has to offer when it comes to audio-related podcasts below:

Click below to jump straight to your chosen podcast (and hear their newest episode):

AMPS PodcastCAS In ConversationField & FoleyImmersive Audio PodcastLA Post Production Sound DesignLevel with Emily ReeseLocation Sound PodcastSound BusinessSoundbytes PodcastSoundGirls PodcastSoundtrack ShowSoundworks CollectionThe A Sound Effect PodcastThe Dolby Institute PodcastThe Game Audio JourneyThe Sound Architect PodcastTonebendersTwenty Thousand Hertz

Visit the full Audio Podcast Alliance page

Bonus: Want an easy-to-remember shortcut to those podcasts about sound? The url audiopodcast.org will always take you straight to the podcast overview


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AUDIO PROFESSIONALS

– find talented audio professionals from around the world for your projects:

If you’re looking for film sound talent, Soundlister features 1000s of audio professionals from all over the world – including everything from sound designers, re-recording mixers, composers, recordists, to sound editors, voice actors, Foley artists and more:
 

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Bonus: Want an easy-to-remember shortcut to those audio pros? The url audiopros.org will always take you straight to the 1000s of audio pros on Soundlister

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FILM SOUND BOOKS

– find great books about sound for film:

There are lots of great books about film sound out there – here are a few examples:

Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art – by John Purcell (recommended by Ryan Cota – get the book here)

Film Sound: Theory and Practice – by Elisabeth Weis (recommended by Mark Kilborn – get the book here)

Hearing the Movies: Music and Sound in Film History – by James Buhler, David Neumeyer, & Rob Deemer (recommended by Javier Quesada – get the book here)

Location Audio Simplified – by Dean Miles (recommended by Julien Matthey – get the book here)

Sound-On-Film: Interviews with Creators of Film Sound – by Vincent Anthony LoBrutto (recommended by Mark Kilborn – get the book here)

The Foley Grail – The art of performing sound for film, games and animation – by Vanessa Theme Ament (recommended by Julien Matthey – get the book here)


More books about sound:

If you’re looking for more books on sound for film, television and games, check out Julien Matthey’s excellent list, enhanced with ongoing suggestions from other members of the worldwide audio community:

Find many more books about sound here

Bonus: Want an easy-to-remember shortcut to those books about sound? The url booksaboutsound.org will always take you straight to the book overview

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FILM SOUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA

– find groups and conversations on film sound and audio post production:

LinkedIn and Facebook:

Audio Post ProfessionalsPost Sound MixersProduction & Post-Production Sound for Film/VideoPro Tools User

Twitter hashtags:

#filmsound#AudioPost#sounddesign#postproduction

Discord:

The Audio Community Discord Server

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SHOWCASE YOUR AUDIO WORK

– showcase your skills and be discovered by those who need them, completely free:


As an audio professional, Soundlister lets you showcase your skills and be discovered by those who need them. It offers an easy way to present your showreel, highlight your favorite projects and let visitors know where to find you on social media:
 
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THE AUDIO EVENTS CALENDAR

– find audio-related events around the world – and online:

Looking to find audio-related events such as audio industry conferences, community meetups, special events, Q&As, online courses and more? Check out the Audio Events Calendar, where we’ve shared more than 800+ events since its launch.
 

Browse the Audio Events Calendar

Bonus: Want an easy-to-remember shortcut to those audio events? The url audioevents.org will always take you straight to the Audio Events Calendar

 

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BONUS: Expand your skillset with the free Sound Success Guide:

Sound Success GuideWant to branch out beyond film sound? Learning new sound skills can open up opportunities for additional revenue – and with the (entirely free) 60+ page Sound Success Guide, you get insights from 20 industry experts on how to get started and succeed in 18 different types of audio jobs:
 
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