List of films using the Wilhelm scream

The following is a list of some of the films which use the Wilhelm scream. The sound effect is frequently used by Skywalker Sound (particularly Ben Burtt, who gave it its name) and Weddington Sound, (particularly Richard L. Anderson).

Table of contents

1 Movie franchises and sequels 2 1950s 3 1960s 4 1970s 5 1980s 6 1990s 7 2000s

Movie franchises and sequels

• Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones
• Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Return of the King
• More American Graffiti (1979, the sequel to American Graffiti)
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990, the sequel to Gremlins)
• Batman Returns (1992)
• Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995, one of the Die Hard sequels)
• Lethal Weapon 4 (1998, one of the Lethal Weapon sequels)

1950s

• Distant Drums (1951; the original use of the sound)
• Charge at Feather River (1953)
• The Command
• Them (1954)
• A Star Is Born (1954 version with Judy Garland)
• Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
• The Sea Chase
• Helen of Troy

1960s

• Sergeant Rutledge
• PT 109 (1963)
• Harper
• The Green Berets (1968)
• The Wild Bunch

1970s

• Chisum
• Impasse
• The Scarlet Blade
• Hollywood Boulevard

1980s

• The Big Brawl
• Swamp Thing
• Poltergeist
• Howard the Duck
• Spaceballs (1987)
• Willow
• Always

1990s

• Legion of Iron
• Beauty and the Beast
• Mom and Dad Save the World
• Aladdin
• Reservoir Dogs
• Matinee
• Evening Class
• A Goofy Movie
• Toy Story
• Dante's Peak
• Hercules (1997)
• The Fifth Element
• Titanic (1997)
• Small Soldiers

2000s

• Thirteen Days
• The Kid
• Just Visiting
• Tomcats
• Osmosis Jones
• Planet of the Apes (2001)
• The Majestic
• Wet Hot American Summer
• Life or Something Like It
• The Salton Sea
• Spider-Man (2002)
• Scorched
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
• Kill Bill
• Under the Tuscan Sun

More detail on when the scream is used in many of these films is available from the personal website of Steve Lee, a sound effects librarian and designer who used it in A Goofy Movie, and the archives of NPR's On the Media.