Wilhelm Scream Compilation

The Wilhelm Scream is a very popular sound effect in film. It has appeared in over 200 films including Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings and several Disney films. The name originates from the 1953 film The Charge at Feather River, when a character called Private Wilhelm is shot in the chest by an arrow and the iconic scream is heard. However, the very first use was in the 1951 film Distant Drums, when a man gets bitten and chomped by an alligator. The scream wasn't used much after that until 1977, when sound designer Ben Burtt incorporated it into Star Wars. Steven Spielberg also used it a lot in the Indiana Jones films