I know somebody didn't "just do a new compilation and insert the scream."
The reason it sounds wierd is because you're hearing the same sound effect over and over in so short a space of time.
These are all authentic, and there are a lot more--for example, it's in all the "Lord of the Rings" films and the new "King Kong" (first guy over the cliff in the dinosaur stampede).
Ben Burtt (sound designer for Lucasfilm) was the guy who started the craze to insert it into every film he's worked on starting with the original "Star Wars"(although I didn't hear it in "Munich," which he designed, I'm sure he snuck it in somewhere).
The most out-there example is in "A Star is Born" (the Judy Garland version) where it shows up in a moment of silence in the middle of a musical number.
Burtt did some investigative work and the best guess is that it was done, during a dubbing session, for "Sabre River" by Sheb Wooley (more famous for the song "Purple People Eater"). For years it was listed was "Man Scream Eaten by Alligator."
The reason it sounds wierd is because you're hearing the same sound effect over and over in so short a space of time.
These are all authentic, and there are a lot more--for example, it's in all the "Lord of the Rings" films and the new "King Kong" (first guy over the cliff in the dinosaur stampede).
Ben Burtt (sound designer for Lucasfilm) was the guy who started the craze to insert it into every film he's worked on starting with the original "Star Wars"(although I didn't hear it in "Munich," which he designed, I'm sure he snuck it in somewhere).
The most out-there example is in "A Star is Born" (the Judy Garland version) where it shows up in a moment of silence in the middle of a musical number.
Burtt did some investigative work and the best guess is that it was done, during a dubbing session, for "Sabre River" by Sheb Wooley (more famous for the song "Purple People Eater"). For years it was listed was "Man Scream Eaten by Alligator."