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 ).

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)
• (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
• Hellboy
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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 .