BOOM Library
Destruction
The Baton for Your Own Destructive Masterpiece
Devastation is not layered impacts and explosions — it is a symphony of destruction, an organised chaos with a multiplicity of sounds.
1,720Sounds in bundle
312WAV files
9.2GB
96/24kHz / bit
+And more
Glass●Ice●Metal●Plastic●Rock●Wood●Porcelain●Explosions●Stress●Collapses●& more
3 editionsQuarry explosion recordedRoyalty-free
Destruction belongs to the most versatile and multifaceted events in sound design: so many acoustic elements playing together that the result is far more than the sum of its parts.
This library contains exactly the sounds needed to build your own destructive masterpiece — materials in every destructive state, in different sizes and lengths, from a single stressed pane to a building coming down.
At a Glance
- Construction Kit 236 files, 1,416 raw source sounds, 7.3 GB
- Designed 76 files, 304 pre-designed sounds, 1.9 GB
- Bundle both editions together at a discounted price
- Six materials glass, ice, metal, plastic, rock and wood — plus porcelain
- Six destructive states stress, creak, impact, crack, break and smash
- Tiny to huge crashes and stress of whole buildings and cars, down to a single splinter
Content & Detail
01Construction Kit1,416 sounds▾
The whole gamut of destructionA plethora of high-quality destructive source sounds, ready to be shaped into your own unique havoc
Different materials, different statesGlass, ice, metal, plastic, rock and wood in states like stress, creak, impact, crack, break and smash
Sizes and lengthsEverything captured across sizes and durations, for the greatest variety in one devastation
Files / Sounds236 files · 1,416 sounds
Size / Format7.3 GB · WAV, 24 bit / 96 kHz, Windows + Mac
02Designed304 sounds▾
Ready-to-use rampagePre-designed sounds for instant awesomeness, each a high-quality composition of destruction by the award-winning sound design team
From tiny to hugeCrashes and stress sounds of whole buildings, cars, glass, ice, metal, rock and wood, in different sizes to fit the scene
Files / Sounds76 files · 304 sounds
Size / Format1.9 GB · WAV, 24 bit / 96 kHz, Windows + Mac
03Bundlebest of both▾
ContentsThe Designed and the Construction Kit editions together at a discounted price — the full sound design power
Files / Sounds312 files · 1,720 sounds
Size / Format9.2 GB · WAV, 24 bit / 96 kHz, Windows + Mac
04What We Recordedthe sessions▾
MaterialsShattering and stressed glass, porcelain, wood, ice, metal, plastic, rock and more
A 20 ft forkliftUsed to raise everything before smashing it on the ground, for the potential energy a drop by hand cannot reach
A quarry explosionAbout 50,000 tons of rock falling to the ground, recorded on site
PyrotechnicsRecorded at Germany’s leading school for pyrotechnicians
05Included Sounds — KeywordsA–Z▾
DESTRUCTION, EXPLOSION, FIREWORKS, GLASS, CRUSHING, FALLING, MOVING, THROWING, DETONATING, SMASH, SPLINTER, PORCELAIN, BREAKS, HITTING, DESTROYING, CRUMBLING, SCRAPING, STRESS, IMPACTS, RATTLE, HEAVY, CREAKS, ROCKS, RUMBLES, WOOD
Fifty thousand tons of rock does not sound like a bigger impact. It sounds like a different event — which is why it was recorded rather than simulated.
