Why do movies/tv use the same canned sound effects (think Wilhem scream) when they can just record the sound on set or even use a different sound effect?

Question

Is there a reason that you hear the same sound effects recycled in so many movies? There must be hundreds of “crowd screaming” sound effects but they always use that same one. Is that sound effect just that good?

In: Culture

Answer 1

It’s often cheaper to just reuse a sound effect than make a new one. Couple that with sound artists are people too, they’ll go with what they know and like out of that studio library. And they know they can use that skund effect reliably where a new one might not sound just right.