Origin of the "reality stinger" sound effect (SOLVED)

thekingofallfrogs
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Origin of the "reality stinger" sound effect (SOLVED) Sept 2, 2024 21:17:10 GMT

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Post by thekingofallfrogs on Sept 2, 2024 21:17:10 GMT

So I'm looking for this musical sound effect I've dubbed the "reality stinger" as I associate with reality TV or non-fiction educational shows as that stinger would always play on every single reality show, primarily when there's drama or conflict. It's this droning noise that I feel was done with cymbals because it sounds like someone scraping on a cymbal. I don't know if this came from a sound effects library or if it came from some presets on some electronic synthesizer or music gigapack but I would like to know where it came from.

Here's a list of instances on where I've heard it or at least I can fully remember hearing it based on memory.
* Bride of Chucky
* Walking with Dinosaurs/Walking with Beasts
* Survivor
* DHT's Listen To Your Heart (easily the first thing that came to my mind and in fact I'll link it at the timestamp that it first plays since a description probably isn't enough for people to know what I'm talking about)
* River Monsters

* Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files

* Kitchen Nightmares

I have plenty of musical sound effects that I have heard in the past that I am trying to look for, so this will probably be the first of those forum posts I make. And yes I also posted this back onto r/tipofmytongue a while ago and I got no response.

EDIT: The instrument is actually a waterphone!

Last Edit: Oct 3, 2024 19:38:14 GMT by thekingofallfrogs

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Origin of the "reality stinger" sound effect (SOLVED) Sept 4, 2024 23:36:06 GMT

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Post by peekofchu on Sept 4, 2024 23:36:06 GMT

I would guess (not an expert) that a lot of production companies and editing houses from the 2000s (when I first remember seeing reality TV) probably were using sound effect libraries like Skywalker Sound (circa 1990) or The General (circa 1992).

Knowing a little about folly work, I would say that your guess about it coming from cymbals is not far off. Between a rosin bow, a hard metal object, and some water, you can make percussion instruments generate all kinds of strange sounds. I take it you've already looked into Waterphones?

Wish I had more to offer, but I wish you luck on your quest!

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Origin of the "reality stinger" sound effect (SOLVED) Sept 5, 2024 2:10:33 GMT peekofchu likes this

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Post by thekingofallfrogs on Sept 5, 2024 2:10:33 GMT

Sept 4, 2024 23:36:06 GMT peekofchu said:

I would guess (not an expert) that a lot of production companies and editing houses from the 2000s (when I first remember seeing reality TV) probably were using sound effect libraries like Skywalker Sound (circa 1990) or The General (circa 1992).

Knowing a little about folly work, I would say that your guess about it coming from cymbals is not far off. Between a rosin bow, a hard metal object, and some water, you can make percussion instruments generate all kinds of strange sounds. I take it you've already looked into Waterphones?

Wish I had more to offer, but I wish you luck on your quest!

I am actually aware of that but I don't think musical sound effects, the kind that would be used as straight sound effects or samples for music creation, would have been used in sound effect collections by Sound Ideas or any other sound effect distributor. I firmly believe these came from electronic music/synthesizer sound effect packs that would allow you to use different instruments, vocalists, noise, etc. I should make it clear that I am not an electronic music producer or someone who makes electronic music but given how I've heard so many samples over the years I am curious to know where they all came from (I will probably make a separate post about various "world" music sound effects at some point too). I do know my sound effect libraries and sources though since I am an amateur sound effects editor (I do not have a profession but I edit clips from old movies with modern SFX from time to time), I love SoundIdeas and their catalogue.

These are the musical sound effect libraries that I know of:

- Symphonic Adventures
- Orchestral Colours

- Best Service Gigapack

- Zero-G Ethnic

- Spectrasonics: Symphony of Voices

- Spectrasonics: Distorted Reality

Last Edit: Sept 6, 2024 21:05:15 GMT by thekingofallfrogs

apocalypsemoose Lost Media Casual AAAAAAAAAAH Posts: 84	Origin of the "reality stinger" sound effect (SOLVED) Sept 6, 2024 3:33:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by apocalypsemoose on Sept 6, 2024 3:33:19 GMT It also appears in this teaser for Spiderman 2002 at 1:20.

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Origin of the "reality stinger" sound effect (SOLVED) Sept 6, 2024 21:05:45 GMT

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Post by thekingofallfrogs on Sept 6, 2024 21:05:45 GMT

Sept 6, 2024 3:33:19 GMT apocalypsemoose said:

It also appears in this teaser for Spiderman 2002 at 1:20.

Oh yeah you're right, I think that adds more credence to the musical sample/sound effect being everywhere in the late 90s to the early 2010s

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Origin of the "reality stinger" sound effect (SOLVED) Sept 29, 2024 3:53:19 GMT

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Post by tirgo on Sept 29, 2024 3:53:19 GMT

I just noticed it being used in a promo early on during WWF Armageddon 2000. I do believe it's one of those generic sound effects that was freely used throughout the industry by a great many video and sound editor. I do like knowing the exact origin of famous sample however. A bunch of famous hip-hop samples in video games traced back to a handful of sample tracks from a CD called "Masterbits Climax 9 - RAPsody"

Last Edit: Sept 29, 2024 3:56:43 GMT by tirgo

thekingofallfrogs Lost Media Beginner Posts: 35	Origin of the "reality stinger" sound effect (SOLVED) Oct 3, 2024 19:38:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by thekingofallfrogs on Oct 3, 2024 19:38:46 GMT Okay so I believe I found it!!! I think it is Oil Can Bo from one of the Distorted Reality CDs!!!!

Origin of the "reality stinger" sound effect (SOLVED)

Post by thekingofallfrogs on Sept 2, 2024 21:17:10 GMT

Post by peekofchu on Sept 4, 2024 23:36:06 GMT

Post by thekingofallfrogs on Sept 5, 2024 2:10:33 GMT

Post by apocalypsemoose on Sept 6, 2024 3:33:19 GMT

Post by thekingofallfrogs on Sept 6, 2024 21:05:45 GMT

Post by tirgo on Sept 29, 2024 3:53:19 GMT

Post by thekingofallfrogs on Oct 3, 2024 19:38:46 GMT

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