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American: Godzilla Japanese: Gojira English: Godziller

It’s the pantry door, at midnight, when everyone else is asleep and your are just trying to have a sneaky noodle cup.

I love Godzilla! As a child my dad told me Godzilla was real so while some kids believed in Santa Claus, i believed in Godzilla! He had a good friend who was Japanese and she confirmed it so I was totally sold as a 6 year old. So much better than the Easter bunny!

original roar: made in 3 days... in a cave... with scraps 2014 roar: took 6 months and a team of professionals

Appreciate the trivia regarding Godzilla. He remains one of Japan's most famous cultural/pop culture icons, and one of the very few characters who has a cohesive film universe.

"Godzilla is the son of the atomic bomb. He is a nightmare created out of the darkness of the human soul. He is the sacred beast of the apocalypse..." - Tomoyuki Tanaka

More random facts: Theres a french metal band called "Gojira" who was originally called "Godzilla" but had to change their name due to copyright. So they changed their name to the original japanese pronunciation "Gojira". They actually have a song called "Stranded" where the rythm guitarist/lead singer Joe Duplantier makes sort of a godzilla-esque sound with his guitar. Its quite cool.

And don't forget that the iconic blaster sounds from the original Star Wars, was soneone hitting a telegraph pole's support cable with a wrench

The original roar was created outside of Toho Studios. Back in the 90's, there was a documentary on Godzilla and why the franchise was so popular. The host asked Toho what the roar was and how they created it. Well, the host was outside...and said "That's Toho's best kept secret". The host turned around and opened a wrought iron gate, walked through it, shut the gate....and smiled at the camera waiting for the world to pick up on the fact that the opening and closing of that gate was the exact sound of Godzillas roar...

The bass growl at the end of the Godzilla roar sounds exactly like the air brakes on a particular type of dump truck. I found this out when that sound suddenly happened right beside me as I was walking down the street one day and my inner 5 year old who was terrified of Godzilla nearly wet himself.

God-damn that new roar is one of the coolest moments in cinema history

Godzilla has always been my all time favorite monster.

This takes me back to an old favorite tv series "Ultraman", made by the creators of Godzilla. Many of the monsters used were Godzilla suits repurposed.

Haruo Nakajima who played the original Godzilla was a highly respected actor and loved by the Japanese people.

"Do the roar"

Godzilla roar on my phone when the old lady calls . Love the videos.

I love that sound almost as much as the materialization of the Tardis

It's still an incredibly chilling sound in every movie its in. I only saw Shin Godzilla and Godzilla 2000 and I knew exactly what this sounded like in my head

I believe the original sound was a resin covered glove over the strings of a bass.

As much as I like the Wilhelm Scream, I feel that it's getting overused these days. Familiarity is one thing... Overt redundancy is another

It's a big rusty gate being opened. I've seen a documentary stating that and they also showed the gate cuz it was still in use. They opened it and it made the roar. Probably in the early 90s when I saw it but could've been a rerun. It was a large and long parking lot security type gate where the engineers worked.

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Huh, the Wilhelm bonus fact was something I already knew that's a first.

Can you address where Area 51 specifically became known for "aliens" rather than any other secret aircraft testing base?

Godzilla was the first thing I ever clung onto as a child. To this day I still love all of the movies. The character of godzilla taught me valuable lessons about humanity at a very young age. He was the first thing in my life that really gripped me and I will always love him.

It is quite funny to know that the most iconic roar of Godzilla was just made so randomly.

I watched a documentary years ago, I don't remember the name of it! And it said that the roar was created when he was passing through the gates at the studio. They opened the rod iron gate that hadn't been greased and it whined! And he said that's it, that's his roar! I don't know if it's true, but it makes sense! If you have ever opened an old rod iron gate it kinda does sound like Godzilla!

The Godzilla roar kind of sounds like a subway train when it uses breaks coming in to a station a bit fast mixed with a lions roar, then a hump back whale moan sound at the end.

Nothing quite like hearing Godzilla's roar in a Theatre.. the roar pulses up and down your spinal cord - the Sensation one feels is totally unique and always welcomed... all hail the King !!!

I have seen several documentaries covering this but not this one. I knew this but it is still nice to see the big G getting some respect.

Fascinating... Keep up the great works!!!

The creation of Go-Jira's iconic roar AND the equally iconic Wilhelm Scream in one video? You're spoiling us, SW; you most certainly are...

King Kong's original roar was a combination of both a lions roar and a tigers roar done at the same time but in reverse.

It sounds like Godzilla's roar has a similar history to the TARDIS's dematerialization circuit. In the latter case, it was a key run across the bass string of a broken piano.

Scariest sound I've ever heard. Still gives me chills after my first hearing it 50 years ago.

Now do how they made the scream of the monster in The Legend Of Boggy Creek! Please??? I saw it in the theater when I was a little kid and have wondered how they made that scream all my life!

It sounds like heavy furniture being dragged across a wood floor then distorted slightly.

I grew up a Godzilla fan, particularly his 1970s "duck-bill" phase, where his roar was utterly perfect. I tolerate his earliest film, where the roar sounded a bit muddy compared to the crisp 1970s roar. When the unforgivable Matthew Broderick version of Godzilla was to be released, the trailer clearly warned how bad the film would be. I attended a small generic science fiction convention in Los angeles, where the filmmakers of that new Godzilla film were speakers, and they allowed a Q&A. Once at the mic, I first asked him about the empire State building lightning strike, as I was still living in New Jersey when they were filming that. The filmmakers were pleased to report they did get that footage, and it would be in the film. I then asked about the roar that could be heard in the trailer, and whether that would be the roar that would be in the film. This was not the first time an open question from me has raised deer-in-headlights expressions on filmmakers. They waffled a bit until they could obfuscate no longer. I pointed out that no matter what anatomical changes they may have done to Godzilla, if Godzilla's roar was not Godzilla's roar, the film would pretty much be hated, and most likely their film would rightfully do poorly at the box office...

I never did get hardcore into Godzilla, but after studying the original movie in my Modern Japanese History course in college, I have a lot of appreciation for him and his influence in pop culture both in Japan and the US.

I played the "Today I found Out" theme at 00:10 at 0.25x speed and if it was an octave or so lower it would make a good Godzilla roar. Also, Simon sounds completely shit faced and about to pass out.

Boy did i eat up watching all kinds of monster movies growing up. And i still enjoy some to this very day. IT's cool that you did a video on this Godzilla neat. I really enjoy your videos Great! work & videos at least the ones i'm interested in Bravo!

Went camping once with some friends and as we finished packing up and started headed home, my buddy popped a CD into the player in my Blazer, it was Blue Oyster Cult's - Godzilla. Just as we passed a group of Japanese tourists on our turn out of the park, the song literally came to the part "..oh, no, there goes Tokyo, go go Godzilla..." the looks we got.. ahhh, good times. Gooood times.

It’s amazing to me that such a small part of the film was such a big deal to those involved.

I just realized that monsterverse/legendary godzilla's roar kind of sounds like a vacuume.

Finally! Relevant information.

The image of Godzilla next to the high tension wires is the most rock and roll image in film history.

This was excellent! Thankyou. Subscribed! Always wanted to know how they made the ORIGINAL G1 Transformers transformation sound. Peace from Perth Western Australia.

Ifukube, much like Godzilla was subjected to radiation poisoning during experiments around the time of WWII, so there was always a connection there right from the beginning. He has some of the most brutal and violent music heard in a symphonic medium. I even did a 45 minute video on why he is technically the first metal musician \m/ \m/

I'll confirm the origin story on the naming of Godzilla. The Japanese don't have a unique word for gorilla so they use that pronunciation within their language (it still abides by the same rules and sounds of Japanese though). So there's the first part with ゴリラ(go-ri-ra). The Japanese word for whale is 鯨(ku-ji-ra). So by smashing gorira and kujira that settled on gojira. Better than the other option of kurira in my opinion. Does that translate in to Godzilla? No. But it's what the dubbing studios decided to go with when they did this based on lip reading. That's how we also got "banana oil".

They did such a good job with the new roar it's unbelievable and perfect

Most iconic roar of cinema history, a timeless masterpiece of a sound work

Very interesting and informative

Legendary Godzilla has the best roar!

What a difference between the answers given back in 70's by the creator.

heres another little tid-bit about Godzilla's roar: there's only one known recording of it

There was a TV "behind-the-scenes" movie about how they made the 1938 radio scarathon, H.G. Well's THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. They had to be very innovative in making the strange alien sound effects that Martian machines made, even the unscrewing of the original craft's hatch had to be very eerie. Some of their ideas were really funny, but they worked, which is what mattered.

More Godzilla please. Thank you. :)

LOL @ the Wilhelm Scream. I knew it was a thing, now I know what to call it. Thank you!

Making sounds in movie must be the best work in the world :D Also big kudos to Simon for reading Japanese names very well!

Excellent, and well thought out video! I've always wondered how they got it. I'm pleasantly surprised, and glad that it will ultimately remain a mystery. The gentleman's name is Akira Ifukube not ikufube btw. Ya got the F and the K swapped.

The footfalls comment at the end reminded me, I used to fake a thunder sound on Fender Deluxe Reverb II by shaking the amp, which shook the oversized coils in the thing-a-mi-jig- that made the reverb.

I loved watching the old Godzilla movies when I was allowed to stay up late at night if I had a fever as a kid. It was always the best to be trippy on a fever/fever medicine and watch these movies. lmao Was utterly delighted with this year's Godzilla movie , too, seeing it was more like those old movies: utter, GLORIOUS nonsense AND GODZILLA!!!! RAWR!!! lmao

Nice, love those facts!!

Interesting! A very similar technique was used to create the sound of the TARDIS in Doctor Who in 1963. They ran a house key up and down a piano wire.

The original sound was recorded at a foundry. One of the huge pots was in need of grease and as it was stopped it made that sound. I learned that in the late 70's

I frign LOVE Godzilla so much! My friend in Japan just sent me some photos from the Godzilla store and a sweet Godzilla hat ♡ The most amazing creature of all time in my opinion

I live seeing Godzilla get recognition.

please correct me if i'm wrong. but i also read somewhere it was also a recording of the resin on bass string played in reverse

Dunno if someone already pointed this out or not, but two of the behind-the-scenes pictures you used in this video were NOT, in fact, Godzilla... They were Anguirus from the production stills from Godzilla Raids Again. Anguirus was the first daikaiju adversary Godzilla ever faced and in later movies became Godzilla's stalwart ally.

I always thought it sounded like someone sneezing through a trumpet.

I've noticed many more typos in this video than usual - you may need to proof your videos a little better... Of course, I realize that you're usually on a tight deadline, but as a longtime subscriber, I've come to expect a high level of scholarship on these videos. Thank you for the interesting trivia!

It the dragging of a 50 gallon drum or a metal cabinet across a concrete floor!

I friggin love his 2014 roar and his 1954 roar which still terrifies me.

If you have never seen Godzilla King Of The Monsters 1954. You should watch it. It is a great movie.

More Godzilla videos!!!!!

I’d like to see a Godzilla origin like how big was he during prehistoric times and how his species survived the meteor that killed off the dinosaurs all the way up to the atomic age

When he first said the Wilhelm scream, I thought it was the scream that Goofy would make when falling, that too has been used in many movies and cartoons. It's nice how youtube is much like a Laugh-In's take on Wikipedia...Look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls.

My dad used to have a very heavy metal desk in his office that sits in a room with floor tiled with aged ceramic, whenever he drag the desk, it sound very similar to godzilla

Fact: Godzilla is the reason why movies were invented.

I always thought the original roar was made with a distorted creaky cabinet door. Thought that's what I read somewhere 🤨🤔🤷‍♀️

I recall the roar being based on a slowed-down version of a creaking gate...

do one on screams! my fav is the tantrum scream

That scream makes me chuckle every time I hear it

I always thought the original Godzilla sound was done with an electric guitar. It turns out I wasn't too far off.

You do a fantastic job on your videos. I wish you would slow the hell down however. Education shouldn’t feel like getting hit with a firehose. That aside. Your videos are wonderful!

*Ifukube* not Ikufube. Thanks for the vid!

I'm guessing that General Toho forced the removal of that original Shin Goji thumbnail ; ]

Godzilla is my boi! Long live the king!

It has a metallic sound to it for sure

Its been said,That King Kong's Roar was a tape of a lion's roar played backward..

Godzilla's roar is fucking awesome.

I love that the American engineers just took a ton of speakers and said “Let’s blast this roar and see what happens”

If you want to see a movie about sound design check de Palma's 'Blow Out.' Especially about how to get a good scream.

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5:27 I wonder how many times they listened to the roar as they were studying it.

I want to more know who thought of the atomic breath charging sound. That is a satisfying sound

The new Godzilla roar sounds like a sliding warehouse door that’s rusted off it’s rails and scrapes across concrete as you open it, echoing through the warehouse

How did they make this sound? Meanwhile Godzilla: Excuse me?