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I've heard many times when some movies or shows used the (SimCity 3k and 4) Large Fire and Police Stations' query sounds.

Some Examples are:

 - Royal Canadian Air Farce, (If u don't know, it's a comedy show in Canada) I'm not sure which episode ..

 - The most recent Superman movie (I'm sure I heard the police sound)

That's all I remember for now..

Just noticing things!

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Originally posted by: gil363 I've heard many times when some movies or shows used the (SimCity 3k and 4) Large Fire and Police Stations' query sounds.

Some Examples are:

 - Royal Canadian Air Farce, (If u don't know, it's a comedy show in Canada) I'm not sure which episode ..

 - The most recent Superman movie (I'm sure I heard the police sound)

That's all I remember for now..

Just noticing things! quote>

Most sound bytes and sound engineers pull from huge databases of recorded sounds, a lot of which are freely available and used by industry professionals alike. I would probably conclude that the sound of a siren is pretty generic, so you might find the same "sound" in many audio sources. There's a particular sound byte that has been used in many famous movies, including every single Star Wars and Indian Jones (to name only a few of the hundreds of films it has appeared in.) It is known as the "Willhelm scream" and you can read about it here:

http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/wilhelm

Also, check this video out to see a sample of it's appearances throughout the decades.

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