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Pack: SSE Vintage Explosions

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craigsmith

February 15th, 2023

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The “SSE” sound effects come from the Sunset Editorial collection which was donated to USC Cinema in 1990. Sunset Editorial had a low-key history in Hollywood. They were active from about 1964 to 1987. They mainly did episodic television. Shows like “Bewitched”, “I Dream of Jeanie”, “The Partridge Family”, and “The Waltons.” They have 569 credits on IMDB!

They were a very simple operation. They only edited sound — no mixing. And they worked on a tight budget. Sound editors came and went. There wasn’t much budget for creating new effects, so they depended on effects that sound editors had been using for decades. Freelance editors brought their own collections, and then copied effects to take as they went on to their next job.

The good news is that this is an incredibly diverse and rich collection. The bad news is that a lot of these analog 35mm mag elements were copies of copies of copies. So they had a fair amount of noise and distortion. Because of this, I did much more restoration on these sounds than usual. Most sounds cleaned up nicely, but I eliminated about 20% of them.

The results are quite good. There are a lot of amazing sounds here ranging from the 1930s to the early ’80s. Check out the ambiances. Even if a sound seems a little odd to you, try layering it with other sounds to create something unique.

35mm-Mag
EXPLOSIONS
Optical
Vintage
REAL
Atom-bomb
Black-powder
DESIGNED
Latest sounds in this pack
S32-07 Oil well bursts; then explodes; very strange noise.wav
craigsmith
23
1
February 15th, 2023
Oil well bursts; then explodes; very strange noise
S16-23 Violent explosion and debris; 2 takes.wav
craigsmith
64
3.8
February 15th, 2023
Violent explosion and debris; 2 takes
S17-22 Underwater explosions; 3 takes.wav
craigsmith
64
4.5
February 15th, 2023
Underwater explosions; 3 takes
S17-08 Single heavy explosions 2.wav
craigsmith
57
4.5
February 15th, 2023
Single heavy explosions 2
S17-07 Single heavy explosions 1.wav
craigsmith
54
February 15th, 2023
Single heavy explosions 1
S18-04 Single explosion; medium; with reverb.wav
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49
February 15th, 2023
Single explosion; medium; with reverb
S42-02 Several large buildings exploding.wav
craigsmith
32
February 15th, 2023
Several large buildings exploding
S31-04 Oil well explosion; multiple booms and roars.wav
craigsmith
41
February 15th, 2023
Oil well explosion; multiple booms and roars
S17-21 Nitrate vault explode with roaring fire.wav
craigsmith
23
2
February 15th, 2023
Nitrate vault explode with roaring fire
S30-36 Napalm bomb explosion.wav
craigsmith
64
February 15th, 2023
Napalm bomb explosion
S30-37 Napalm bomb burning after hitting tank; flames.wav
craigsmith
67
February 15th, 2023
Napalm bomb burning after hitting tank; flames
S18-07 Medium distant explosions; cluster.wav
craigsmith
60
February 15th, 2023
Medium distant explosions; cluster
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