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In the spirit of Halloween, we brought back another edition of the “Death by Sound Effect” series! For those unfamiliar with this sound design challenge: we brainstorm a list of some imaginative (and gruesome) ways one’s life could end, then ask our sound editors to pick one and design the sound of it. Let’s see what they came up with! Check out Part One here and Part Two here!

 

Katie Jackson - Death by Falling down Stairs

“For this design I wanted to make it sound like my character was falling down a flight of wooden stairs. I started with a quick trip, a few wooden hits on the way down, and then a final body fall with a cartoon-ish amount of blood gushing out at the bottom.” - Katie

Jayson Niner - Death by wood chipper

"I wanted to set a short scene for the prompt so I added some innocent whistling and the sound of someone picking up wood to actually use the wood chipper properly before being pushed into the machine by surprise. For the wood chipper sound I used a couple different machines including a lawnmower, a hand blender, and a table saw. For the gore I made sure to add some nice bone cracks and crunches along with ample amounts of bell pepper rips and watermelon gushes." - Jayson

Vivian Williams - Death by SOUL EXTRACTION

Vivian Williams - DEATH BY zombie

Vivian Williams - Death by Drowning

Thanks so much to our sound editors for the nightmare fuel and for participating in this fun challenge!

Let us know which one sounded the goriest in the comments!

If you enjoyed this blog, check out these:
HALLOWEEN CREATURE SOUND DESIGN CHALLENGE
HALLOWEEN SOUNDTRACK: SLASHER IN THE WOODS
CREATING SPOOKY VOCAL SOUND EFFECTS FOR HALLOWEEN

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