 The sound effects team borrowed effects and manipulated them in order to achieve the " painted sound " effect sought by Roddenberry . Although a number of sources were used , they attempted to avoid most science fiction television series as they wanted an authentic sound . The sound archive of the United States Air Force was used , although the photon torpedo sound was created from the 1953 film The War of the Worlds . " Space Seed " was awarded the Golden Reel for sound editing on television by the Motion Picture Sound Editors society . 
