being launched into the air, that can be transcribed as "Yaa-hoo-hoo-hoo-hooey!" Universal telephone ring a ringing telephone, used in the opening credits of The Rockford Files. Sound designer Ben Burtt has said of it: "No matter where the scene is, an office, an outside payphone, or deep in a cave - all Universal telephones will ring with the same 'tittle-little-little-ling.' I don't like it because it's so artificial." Common loon calls the wailing call of the loon is widely used in film and television to evoke wilderness and suspense. Castle thunder a loud thunderclap during a rainstorm, originally recorded for the 1931 Universal Pictures film Frankenstein. Diddy laugh (also known as Two Children Giggling or Two Young Kids Giggle) a sound of two children giggling acquired by The Hollywood Edge on August 13, 1990, originally recorded in 1978 for the 1990 TriStar Pictures film Air America. See also Post-production References External links Sound effects Film and video technology Film and video terminology