Did You Know Some Of The Most Iconic Sounds In Films Have Really Surprising Origins?

Admin 25-Mar-2016 11:46:58 Inothernews

Everything we love has a memory attached to it. Like when you watch Star Wars for the first time, the "pew-pew" of the blasters strikes you. This sound becomes synonymous to the bigger franchise and gets engraved into our collective psyche. Some of these very popular sounds have interesting origins. Here are a few of those interesting stories about the origins of these sounds. The Willhelm Scream is used in almost every famous movie from the '70s and '80s. Be it every episode from the original Star Wars trilogy or the Indiana Jones franchise, the Willhelm Scream is a sound that you've definitely heard. It is used as a special sound effect every time someone is shot or in pain.



Samuel L. Jackson used the word "mother-fucker" to overcome his stammer/stutter.

According to the internet lore, the 'L' in Samuel L. Jackson stands for Motherfucker. The famous Hollywood actor has used this slang more than any other counterpart in movies. He started using this term to overcome his stutter. Praise the lord for he gave him a stutter and that gave us a "motherfucker" from him.

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The Star Wars blaster sound is a guy smacking a cable with a hammer.

The iconic "pew pew" sound of a blaster was accidentally made by one of the extras on set when he smacked a cable, from the set of the Millennium Falcon, with a hammer. George Lucas thought that it was a great noise for the blasters and used it in A New Hope. It's great that one of the most loved sounds from the biggest franchise in the world was a result of an accident.

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