How the Wilhelm scream became Hollywood’s ultimate ‘secret’ sound effect

Lengthy earlier than he grew to become a sound man for George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Burtt grew up in Syracuse, N.Y., tuned in to motion pictures of his youth, tape recorder by his aspect. “I obtained very accustomed to the sounds that repeat in motion pictures as a result of the 5 huge studios that made all of the movies I noticed as a child, they have been very distinct” with their sound libraries, Burtt says by cellphone from his Bay Space house.
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