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The voice of the scream, Sheb Wooley. The Wilhelm scream originates from a series of sound effects recorded for the 1951 movie Distant Drums. [1] [2] In a scene from the film, soldiers fleeing a Seminole group are wading through a swamp in the Everglades, and one of them is bitten and dragged underwater by an alligator. The screams for that ...
"The Wilhelm Scream" is a song by English musician James Blake, released on his self-titled debut studio album. It is a cover of the song "Where to Turn" by Blake's father, James Litherland . [ 1 ] The single was released in the United Kingdom on 3 March 2011, [ 2 ] and debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 136.
Sheb Wooley is also credited as the voice actor for the Wilhelm scream, having appeared on a memo as a voice extra for Distant Drums in which he had an acting role. This was later confirmed by his widow Linda Dotson. [12] [13] The stock recording of the distinctive scream has been used by sound-effects teams in over 200 films. [14]
Distant Drums is a 1951 American Florida Western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Gary Cooper.It is set during the Second Seminole War in the 1840s, with Cooper playing an Army captain who successfully destroys a fort held by Spanish gunrunners and is pursued into the Everglades by a large group of Seminoles.
A Wilhelm Scream (abbreviated as AWS) is a melodic hardcore band from New Bedford, Massachusetts, formed in 1999. Sonically, their music has been compared to that of Strung Out, Hot Water Music, Propagandhi, [1] and Strike Anywhere. [2] Their name is a reference to the Wilhelm scream, a famous stock sound effect mainly used in films. [3]
"The Wilhelm Scream" (2011) "The Limit to Your Love" is a song by Canadian musician Feist from her third studio album, The Reminder.
A Wilhelm Scream appeared at The Bamboozle festival in April 2005, and played a few shows with BoySetsFire. [7] [8] Following this, they toured the US with the Lawrence Arms and the Methadones. [9] On June 17, 2005, Ruiner was announced for release in two months' time; alongside this, its track listing was posted online. [10]
A Wilhelm Scream made a conscious effort to abandon certain elements of their album Ruiner when writing Career Suicide. The band dropped many of the emo and post hardcore elements entirely. They also decided to forgo writing any slow or mid-tempo songs for the album, instead focusing on speed.