Log in to Freesound

Problems logging in?
Don't have an account? Join now

Problems logging in?

Enter your email or username below and we'll send you a link to help you login into your account.

Back to log in

Almost there!

We've sent a verification link by email

Didn't receive the email? Check your Spam folder, it may have been caught by a filter. If you still don't see it, you can resend the verification email.

Default title

  • Sounds
  • Tags
  • Forum
  • Map
    • Sounds
    • Packs
    • Forum
    • Map
    • Tags
    • Random sound
    • Charts
    • Donate
    • Help

Faustus Goes to Hell

Overall rating (15 ratings)
D
deleted_user...

February 10th, 2015

Follow
Sound effects > Other mechanisms, engines, machines

A request for Freesounder neilreynolds1980, intended as a soundtrack for the play Dr Faustus at the point the eponymous character is sucked into hell.

A bit of technical information: the basic sound is a stacked set of ‘devil’s intervals’ (augmented fourths) with doubling at the octave, playing an instance of Calf Organ set to a truly horrifying demonic choir patch I created. The rest of the effects are accomplished using automation of this instrument as well as Calf Pulsator and Calf Filter in Ardour.

This sounds much better when downloaded than it does in the Freesound player. The stereo image and sample rate are much reduced in the version you hear in the player.

Sound illegal or offensive? Flag it!
damnation
dark
demon
demonic
devil
doom
evil
faustus
fear
gothic
hell
horror
nightmare
request
satan
scary
sinister
spooky
terror

Type

Flac (.flac)

Duration

0:25.965

File size

4.2 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

Comments
Please log in to comment
L
leochavolla

1 year, 9 months ago

Also sound designing for a live production of Faustus. Thanks!!

C
ccbot5000

1 year, 11 months ago

I kid you not I'm working on a full rewrite of Marlowe's Faust right this minute and I've been scrolling around trying to find audios that match what I imagine Hell opening in the final scene would sound like. No guarantee that this is what I'll land on in the final thing, but you have my utmost admiration and respect lol!

S
Saeed20hz

4 years, 7 months ago

Woooooow! it's awesome sound!

C
Creaturesofc...

6 years, 2 months ago

yay

F
fromesound

7 years, 10 months ago

Very useful for a "Fright Night" soundtrack - thanks.

  • 1
  • 2
  1. 1.1K downloads
  2. 6 comments
Creative Commons 0
You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the sound, even for commercial purposes, all without the need of asking permission to the author. Get attribution text...
Login to download
Share url:
920 x 245
Embed example, large size
481 x 86
Embed example, medium size
375 x 30
Embed example, small size
About Freesound Terms of use Privacy Cookies Developers Help Donations Blog Freesound Labs Get your t-shirt!
© 2025 Universitat Pompeu Fabra