Avatar recycling Jurassic Park sound effects

[Jinx_Dragon]

Stu beat me to it.

Some of the sound tracks out there have been used for over seventy years by the film industry. Ever since they learned to put sound to film they have been reusing recorded sounds. Don't fault them, why go to all the expense recording all new sounds when the very same sounds are already recorded?

 

[dodo1331]

Many sounds have been re-used. Requiem for a Dream has been in every movie ever made it seems.

 

[Terramax]

Cameron is so full of himself though.

This I agree with.

 

[Donrad]

yea i noticed this too, but it doesnt matter. i thought it was a great movie anyways!

 

[Contun]

Stuff like this happens all the time, just look at the Wilhelm Scream.

 

[quantum mechanic]

Well, I haven't seen Jurassic Park, so I didn't notice. But the animal noises sounded find and reasonable for the animals in question, so it didn't bother me at all.

 

[SnipErlite]

Bet the a Wilhelm scream was in both somewhere

Yep - when one of the RDA grunts is getting crushed by a crate full of explosives.

Ah good - I reckon they slip it in every major modern film somewhere, just to see if people notice

 

[dec.]

Many sounds have been re-used. Requiem for a Dream has been in every movie ever made it seems.

yup and this sample is actually from a track called Lux Aeterna I believe

 

[Irridium]

This happens all the time. Its not that big of a suprise.

It was still a decent movie, so I don't mind.

 

[Yog Sothoth]

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Did anyone else hear this or do I need to adjust my meds?

You'd be surprised how often movie studios recycle assets... One of my favorite is the "Futuristic Door Opening Sound" which I'm fairly certain showed up in X-COM: UFO Defense first...

 

[effilctar]

A lot of material from the movie came from ideas for the game during its development. The producer actually admitted this, so in my eyes it is essentially a movie based on a game, and those never turn out good. Has anyone seen the Street Fighter movie?

 

[Dancingman]

Recycling sounds is a concept far from original to Avatar, that said, it's kinda funny to see it happen.

 

[NickCaligo42]

Are you really so surprised? They've been using those sound effects for a long time for dozens of other movies--if not the techniques used to put them together. I have a friend who can splice together a REALLY rockin' T-Rex himself from sounds his puppy makes.

 

[Altorin]

Bet the a Wilhelm scream was in both somewhere

Though I didn't notice the Jurassic Park sounds

Off topic: I noticed Peter Jackson's King Kong used a Wilhelm scream, the more films I watch the more widespread I realise it is

it's in pretty much anything.

they can also change the tone of it, a good ear can hear it even when they've changed it.

 

[Altorin]

Wilhelm scream, anyone?

While most statistics are pulled out of the ass, especially this one, I wouldn't be that surprised if, say, 90% of all the sounds in games and movies are re-used... Since like the 30s.

You know the pig sound from WC2? Yes, it's been every-fucking where with pigs - in movies, other games, and what not. Wilhelm scream... Shots... Generic karate attacks... And so on.

The scream when you click on a Terran Academy.. I've heard that in several places, and everytime it kills my soul.

 

[Ocelot GT]

I noticed... But I didn't tell anyone in case they thought I was a geek and ridiculed me, and pulled my hair and pinched me.

 

[Altorin]

I noticed... But I didn't tell anyone in case they thought I was a geek and ridiculed me, and pulled my hair and pinched me.

It could also be that they used the same component sounds, or enough component sounds to make them sound similar.

I mean, both movies are creating sounds of unknown animals using real animal sounds.

So, giant dinosaur that sounds sort of like a slowed down version of a dog barking with the undertones of an elephant belch and just the end sound of a cat's hiss might sound just like giant alien animal that sounds sort of like a slowed down version of a bear with the undertones of a rhinocerus mating call with just the beginning sound of a zebra's braying.

Those two sounds might sound very similar. Or similar enough to trick us when we're sitting there in a theater.

 

[SnipErlite]

Bet the a Wilhelm scream was in both somewhere

Though I didn't notice the Jurassic Park sounds

Off topic: I noticed Peter Jackson's King Kong used a Wilhelm scream, the more films I watch the more widespread I realise it is

it's in pretty much anything.

they can also change the tone of it, a good ear can hear it even when they've changed it.

If I ever direct a film I'm so putting in about 100 and see how many people can spot ^_^