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Monsters & Beasts

THE AWE-INSPIRING SOUND OF LEGENDARY CREATURESBoom Library
$265.00
+ applicable tax (VAT) depends on country/region

BOOM Library

Monsters & Beasts

Roars, Hisses, Bellows and Screeches

After millennia of deep slumber, the greatly feared horde of earth-shattering beasts comes to life.

4,957Sounds in bundle
817WAV files
14.36GB
192kHz in the kit
+And more

Roars●Hisses●Bellows●Screeches●Moans●Groans●Snarls●Growls●Squeals●Air Releases●& more

3 editions192 kHz construction kitRoyalty-free

An incredible repertoire of timeless roars, hisses, bellows, screeches, moans and groans — construct your own from authentic animal recordings, human and prop elements, or reach for the designed sounds when the impact has to land immediately.

Create a lasting sense of awe and dread in a trailer, video game or motion picture. The Construction Kit is a comprehensive realistic animal library in its own right; the Designed edition is a cast of creatures that exist only in legend.

At a Glance

  • Construction Kit 737 files, 4,637 sounds, 13.33 GB — at 192 kHz
  • Designed 80 files, 320 ready-to-use sounds, 1.03 GB
  • Bundle both editions together at a discounted price
  • 28 animals from alpacas and baboons to caracals, leopards and elephants
  • Five states per beast attack, death, idle, pain and scream — four variations of each
  • Sanken CO-100K a frequency response up to 100 kHz, for highly processable material

Content & Detail

01Construction Kit4,637 sounds▾
Authentic animal recordingsA vast pool of clean, crisp and lively vocalizations — a comprehensive realistic animal library in its own right
The animalsAlpacas, baboons, camels, seals, crows, dogs, donkeys, elephants, foxes, pigs, badgers, owls, hyenas, lions, loris, otters, parrots, racoons, griffins, kestrels, sheep, tigers, caracals, leopards, chicken, cows, goats and horses
Human elements and propsFlesh out a design with human recordings and various objects and materials: bestial snarls, hisses, air releases, squeals, creaks and growls
192 kHz for editing freedomAll files at 192,000 samples per second — immense pitching freedom while every precious detail survives twisting, morphing and bending to the extreme
Files / Sounds737 files · 4,637 sounds
Size / Format13.33 GB · WAV, 24 bit / 192 kHz, Windows + Mac
02Designed320 sounds▾
Huge, large, medium, smallCinematic monsters of various sizes, existing only in legend or on the big silver screen: dragons, mammoths, sabre toothed cats, great bears, basilisks and more
Five states, four variationsEach beast features an attack, death, idle, pain and scream sound, with four variations of each — diverse, yet instantly identifiable and implementable
Files / Sounds80 files · 320 sounds
Size / Format1.03 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 / Sounds817 files · 4,957 sounds
Size / Format14.36 GB · WAV, 24 bit / 96–192 kHz, Windows + Mac
04What We Recordedthe sessions▾
Europe and AfricaA high number of specific animals, chosen because they promised the key sounds a characteristic fictional monster can be built from
Human throatsThe sound designers used their own vocal chords, throats and mouths to the extreme, for menacing and beastly elements
Props and instrumentsUnconventional ways were found to emulate creatures with uncanny similarity, using objects and instruments
The microphoneMost recordings were made with a Sanken CO-100K, whose frequency response reaches 100 kHz
Where it fitsA companion to Creature Foley, which covers the movement this library gives a voice to
05Included Sounds — KeywordsA–Z▾

MONSTER, BEAST, CREATURE, DRAGON, GOLEM, DINOSAUR, MAMMOTH, CYCLOPS, WYVERN, EVIL, AGGRESSIVE, HISSES, SCREAMS, ROARS, GROWLS, SNARLS, VOCALIZATIONS

No monster has ever been recorded. What exists is an alpaca, a caracal and a human throat, captured at 192 kHz so they can be pitched far enough down to stop being any of those things.

Product Information

Specifications
BUNDLE:4957 ROYALTY-FREE SOUND FX 817 WAV files • 96kHz (DS) 192kHz (CK) • 14.36GB
CONSTRUCTION KIT: 4637 RAW SOURCE SOUNDS 737 WAV files • 192kHz/24bit • 13.33GB
DESIGNED: 320 PRE-DESIGNED SOUND FX 80 WAV files • 96kHz/24bit • 1.03GB