Free Sound Effects

Background Sounds

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Attribution 3.0

Thunder Strike 1

1 of 3 thunder or lightning strikes that were recorded very clean and crisp during a very strong summer storm.

Mike Koenig Mike Koenig
 492883     4/5

Public Domain

City Ambiance

City Ambiance sound effect. Great for a movie or game that is set in an inner city or downtown area. You can clearly hear cop or ambulance sirens in the background.

lezer lezer
 488917     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Thunder Strike 2

2 of 3 thunder or lightning strikes that were recorded very clean and crisp during a very strong summer storm.

Mike Koenig Mike Koenig
 488638     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Cargo Plane Cabin Ambiance

Great cargo plane cabin ambiance sound effect. You can hear the planes engine drone in the background. Great for any aviation bit.

Mike Koenig Mike Koenig
 383400     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Rain And Thunder Strikes

Cool sound of rain and thunder strikes. 2 thunder bolts with light rain as a background.

Mike Koenig Mike Koenig
 298938     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Thunder Strike 3

3 of 3 thunder or lightning strikes that were recorded very clean and crisp during a very strong summer storm.

Mike Koenig Mike Koenig
 225732     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Bird In Rain

Bird singing in the rain after a large storm. This is what is sounds like when the birds come back out.

Mike Koenig Mike Koenig
 219384     4/5

Personal Use Only

Quack Quack

Awesome quack quack sound from a mallard duck in a park pond. Nice and clear but has some background noise. This sound is for personal noncommercial use only.

 195664     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Sports Crowd

A 40 second clip of a crowd at a sports center or sporting event. This sound effect is perfect because it doesnt have any announcer or music in the background and this makes it totally legit. football crowd requested by football allen

GoGo GoGo
 193427     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Football Crowd

Football crowd at a sports center or sporting event. This sound effect is perfect because it doesnt have any announcer or music in the background and this makes it totally legit. football crowd requested by football allen

GoGo GoGo
 174255     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Rain Background

This is a 30 second clip of steady even rain that can easily be repeated in order to make a loop to add rain sound effects to a game or movie.

Mike Koenig Mike Koenig
 173119     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Creepy Background

Creepy and spooky background mood set by this scary track. Great for horror film.

Daniel Simion Daniel Simion
 161848     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Elaborate Thunder

This clip details a few different thunder strike sounds. One even has that type of thunder that strikes and then you hear it echo back the original clap but only backwards.

Mike Koenig Mike Koenig
 138890     4/5

Public Domain

Shopping Mall Ambiance

Ambiance of a shopping mall or crowded store. Great for shopping or retail sound effects. This sound is in the public domain so its a bonus.

Natalie Natalie
 134165     4/5

Public Domain

Restaurant Ambiance

Restaurant Ambiance or similar ambiance or walla track for background sounds. Contains persons talking and other sounds, none of the words are discernible.

stephan stephan
 134150     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Crickets At Night

A nice little recording of crickets at night recorded in my backyard with my handy dandy Zoom H4

Mike Koenig Mike Koenig
 100572     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Background Noise

The sound of random background noise. Great to create a steady ambiance for scenes.

Caroline Ford Caroline Ford
 83592     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Night Rain In Russian City

The night rain in the Nizhny Novgorod city Russia. Recorded on Zoom H1.

Alexander Tram Alexander Tram
 80601     4/5

Public Domain

Phone Dialing With Dialtone

I used audacity with an internal mic to record this. Its good quality though. i just dialed some numbers on my house phone with the dialtone at the beginning. Its very clear there might be some background noise though.

KevanGC KevanGC
 79289     4/5

Public Domain

Bouncy Bounce

A guy saying bouncy bouncy bouncy bounce with a boinging noise in the background.

Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny
 69114     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Rainforest

Jungle rainforest sounds with frogs and other small animals. Great background or nature ambience.

Mike Koenig Mike Koenig
 67288     4/5

Public Domain

Public Transit Bus

Nice public transit bus walla track. The people are speaking but you cant make out the words. Great for city background or transportation sound effects.

qubodup qubodup
 59610     4/5

Personal Use Only

Citty Traffic Ambiance

Sound of city traffic or ambiance with cars driving by and a honk

 59080     4/5

Public Domain

Canadian Geese

Some nice generic boat ambiance. Great sounds for a dock,boat, ferry, or similar background sounds.

nps.gov nps.gov
 56237     4/5

Sampling Plus 1.0

Background Noise

Some decent background noise from a ventilation system.

Stomp Stomp
 53473     4/5

Personal Use Only

City Sidewalk And Pedestrians

City sidewalk with pedestrians walking by.

 48025     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Bald Eagle

Bald eagle sound originally from the public domain but I reworked it and improved upon the audio quality. Slight hiss in background.

Mike Koenig Mike Koenig
 45704     4/5

Public Domain

Boat

Some nice generic boat ambiance. Great sounds for a dock,boat, ferry, or similar background sounds.

nps.gov nps.gov
 38489     4/5

Attribution 3.0

Air Conditioner

Air Conditioner ambiance sound. This sound can be heard all over the world on hot days.

Daniel Simion Daniel Simion
 37152     4/5

Personal Use Only

Amusement Park Ambiance

Amusement park crowd sound ambiance

 35589     4/5