Unless you’ve lived off the grid for the last 60 years, you’ve heard the “Wilhelm scream”. It’s a stock sound-bit originally used in film and television post-production. It started in a western movie. It’s back in a western video game.
The Wilhelm Scream. Cinephiles recognise it instantly (you only need to hear it once in the above video). It’s been reused so many times since it was first recorded in 1951 that its inclusion today is almost beyond cliche, easter egg, or inside joke, and has become a combination of the three. (It’s been in every Star Wars and Indiana Jones title thanks to sound engineer Ben Burtt, who resurrected its use.)
