Boom Library
Crowds – War & Battle
The Human Sound Of Battle
Battle is not weapons clashing — it is the voices, cries and groans underneath them.
3,935Sounds
1,251Files
42.0 GBSize
22Mic channels outdoors
+And more
War cries●Agony●Moans●Fear●Pain●Celebration●Fighting●Begging●Death●Protest●& more
One edition, 96 kHzMale and female actors recorded apartSingle voices through to stadium washes
Weapons make a battle legible; voices make it believable.
The library is built as a toolbox rather than a set of finished crowds: single voice one-shots, assembled groups at several sizes and intensities, outdoor group recordings for real spacing, and stadium washes for the depth behind all of it.
At a Glance
- One edition 1,251 files, 3,935 sounds, 42.0 GB — nothing to add up, and nothing hidden in a second edition
- Eleven emotions named Agony, moan, fear, pain, celebrate, fight, beg, death, protest, work and war cry — counted off the list, and the field says “among others”, so this is a sample and not a total
- Three recording layers Single voices, outdoor groups, stadium washes — each answering a different problem
- Twenty-two channels The mic setup used outdoors, for multiple distances and perspectives at once
- Sexes kept separate Male and female actors were recorded apart, so a group can be assembled at any mix afterwards
- The supplier’s own order Assembled groups as the foundation, outdoor recordings for realism, single voices for detail
Content & Detail
01What Is In Itone edition, stated plainly▾
Files1,251
Sounds3,935
Size42.0 GB
FormatWAV — 24 bit — 96 kHz, Windows and Mac
Emotions namedAgony, moan, fear, pain, celebrate, fight, beg, death, protest, work, war cry — eleven, counted, and explicitly a sample
ScaleSingle highlight voices at one end, huge crowd background washes at the other
02How It Was Recordedthree layers, built over years of testing▾
The foundationA vast collection of single voice one-shots with local actors — attack shouts through to pain and fear screams
Assembled groupsThose raw performances processed into sequences and group shouts at varying intensities, sizes and distances
The field sessionA group of actors recorded outdoors for open spacing and reflections, male and female separated, several mic setups at once
The washBig stadium crowds and riots recorded and used as controllable background layers for depth
Why it took yearsThe problem was combining very granular recordings with actually complete crowds; the field says it was tested for years before this shape worked
03What It Is Forand how the layers are meant to be stacked▾
Start hereThe assembled groups, as the foundation of the scene
Then addThe outdoor recordings, for the realism of real spacing and reflection
Then detailSingle voices, for a lone warrior’s scream or a panicked shout cutting through
The range it coversFrom an intimate skirmish to a full-scale war, without changing library
Where it is aimedFilm, TV and games — the field names all three
Versatility here is a recording decision, not a processing one. Separating the sexes, the distances and the group sizes at the microphone is what makes it possible to assemble any crowd later; a finished crowd recording can only ever be the crowd it was.
