Old Disney Sound Effects | Side By Side Comparison (Jimmy MacDonald)

Here it is, after much request, a side by side video of Disney sound effects head Jimmy MacDonald, making the sound effects of Disney films live.

[@bl8388]

When the class clown grows up to make funny noises for a living...

[@milesmcdonald7883]

That is how you know you’ve reached the ultimate level of class clown

[@TheMNrailfan227]

Fr but I must admit that some of the ways these old sound effects were made is genius

[@user-vt4lg9yz2w]

That's talent:)!

[@user-vt4lg9yz2w]

​ I agree:)! Never knew they were sound affects till I got older:)

[@superseaserpentanddinosaur2817]

1:57 This man is a legend he sacrificed his ears

[@mevb]

@@gabrieldassi8591 I say Ben Burtt is Jimmy's equality, along with Treg Brown of Looney Tunes.

[@katelynpringle5506]

Now THAT'S a profession I could take pride in.

[@derrickdavis664]

Maybe I should fill out an application.

[@AllafiAl]

I know that you may not have anything to do with the matter, but as a request, I have a long story that is comedic and at the same time a little enthusiastic, and I have many stories that I would not mind sharing with you. If you are interested in the stories, perhaps the studio you work for will like them and you can turn them into... Cartoon work

[@gregorbaby4269]

This guy really found his true calling... What a legend

[@DaveMillman]

Foley arts master class! Best scene was the guy grimacing while scratching the glass at 1:56

[@LITTLE1994]

It's crazy how creative things are back in those days.

[@gay4sswhovian]

They still are, Foley will never disappear to be faur

[@YuutaShinjou113]

still is probably to this day. these sound effects are called Foley.

[@christianpeligrinocagadas9781]

3:17 R.I.P. Jimmy MacDonald and Wayne Alwine

[@KSAM428]

The Legends That Voiced The Legendary Mouse Named Mickey!

[@robbyosborne9708]

It's amazing how much work these people had to do to create those sound effects!

[@mjpilot4439]

He's so amazing. I was shocked to see who did the voice of Casey Jr. the Train. It was creepy but entertaining at the same time

[@Redfern42]

Kinda' like some "first generation" Cylon...and completely analog. Seriously, I wonder if that technique was ever used to depict "robotic speech" in some sci-fi production?

[@juliehultquist6153]

Who is she? She looks familiar.

[@mjpilot4439]

@@juliehultquist6153 I might be wrong, but she looked like the actress who voiced Alice and Wendy, but I might be wrong

[@andreapatane4204]

These old sound effects are very awesome things to listen to, because a lot of Disney fans all around the world are reliving the nostalgia of how sounds were made for 2D animation that were used for the Disney franchise. I guess that Jimmy MacDonald, Wayne Allwine and the entire Disney sound department deserve a 👍🏼 for their teamwork to make the sound effects real for Disney animated movies and shorts everywhere.

[@Deedo_67]

Audio designers and engineers have to make the list of some of the more under appreciated jobs out there. They really help to make or break a lot of media, and can really enhance a product.

[@jonathansmith8672]

1:48 The train whistle is my favorite part! 😍😍😍😊😊☺☺❤❤

[@sabrinazorman5154]

The train whistle is my favorite too i Love trains and lokomotives.🥰🥰💋💋🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂

[@righthandstep5]

Lol. Such great toys they get to play with!

[@robbyosborne9708]

The tugboat horn @ 1:50 is also cool.

[@sampeacaml9307]

Nothing will ever hold a candle to classic sound effects!

[@broden4838]

So, the castle thunder is just a guy shaking a long metal sheet, huh? Mind blown

[@marcocastillo1087]

2:07 Listen to the great bells sing.

[@righthandstep5]

Lol awesome

[@jacobwiles8911]

I guess the more you know

[@rosiebaybie6245]

This is beautiful. I’m glad more studios are using this method of sound design.

[@iankelley5114]

How genius creates art.

[@andy_boisky4325]

I'll certainly find lots of his sounds among old videos, liked the growling sound effects the most

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

I just love hearing the sound effects made from equipments and instruments, it's fun to hear them 😌

[@l.v1473]

never realised how fun that job actualy must be

[@ComfyShortz]

Sound effects artist doesn't really exist in the same form anymore because these days they can just simulate sound effects on a computer. But it was a high-paid and sought-after profession during the golden age of Hollywood. But practical sound effects had started giving way to computer-generated ones by the 90s. And by the 2000s practical sound effects had basically become an obsolete art. Jimmy MacDonald however was considered one of the best at practical sound effects. Today the title "sound effects artist" largely refers to people who create them in computer programs. Much less exciting lol

[@ShuyaTheDark]

2:10 OMG I knew exactly what he was doing because I used to do that with a balloon and a coin but I've never in 30 years see anyone else do it.

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

You're close only instead of a coin in there it's a BB.

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

@@BeastBoiiii The kind of bullet you put in a BB gun.

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

​@@BeastBoiiiiThe frog is a string tied tight above an empty coffee can being played with a violin bow, with a piece of latex on top of the can, and the cows I'm pretty sure are just some of Jimmy's custom made tools.

[@samrizzardi2213]

2:02 Oh, so THAT'S why I've never been able to find any footage of actual bears making that sound. Fun fact: It was used for the Giganotosaurus in the _Walking with Dinosaurs_ episode _Land of Giants_

[@andy_boisky4325]

It was also used for the Wolfman in "The Monster Squad" and for King Valemnon Bear form in "The Polar Bear King"

[@667mumble]

What made the sound effects in Disney animated movies so distinct from other animated movies is that they had character

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

I feel like Foley artists are a dying breed, you could say. It can be very physical work, but the end result sounds so good. If it weren't for the advent of "talking pictures" and Jack Foley, the poineer of the trade, we wouldn't be where we are with sound editing today, whether it be Foley work or ADR. It hasn't even been 100 years yet since the very first talking picture, which was The Jazz Singer (1927), and it's just astounding of the technological advances Hollywood has achieved in that span of time. Say what you want about Hollywood, but you can't deny the feats they've managed to make with all the movies they have made since those early, early days. Even during the silent era of movies, French filmmaker and illusionist Georges Méliès broke new ground with his short movies, his most famous being "A Trip to the Moon" (1902), cinema's first sci-fi movie, and the first to have a mix of live-action and animation (specificially claymation). Unfortunately, he never made any money from it with it's American showings because director and producer Thomas A. Edison secretly had made copies of the movie. Yes, he, as well as others, pirated the movie. Edison made lots of money because of his greed and Méliès went broke a few years afterwards, which is a real shame if you ask me. Méliès deserved better than that. You can actually see a little bit historical fiction of this in the movie "Hugo." Fortunately, for Méliès, flim producer and businessman Thomas Lincoln Tally distributed the movie crediting Méliès and presented it in his Electric Theater, Los Angeles's first movie theater. The movie is widely considered to be one of the most profoundly important movies ever made, and went on to influence so many future filmmakers. I guess in short, so much has been achieved in the making of movies since its early days. From early special effects to Foley work, and to where we currently are, _so much_ has been achieved. There's been so many innovators. Geroges Méliès, D. W. Griffith (The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), Fritz Lang (highly recommend his silent movie Metropolis), Walt Disney, Orson Wells, Alfred Hitchcock, George Lucas, Stanley Kubrick, to name a few. Nowadays, innovation is dwindling in movies. Practically everything has been done already. It's hard to create that lightning-in-a-bottle kind of movie. I want to say the last movie that has achieved that status is Frozen. I know Barbie has been doing really well, but I doubt it's in the same standing as Frozen. Sorry for the essay here, but watching this video made me think about all this. I can't help being a movie buff.

[@maxiethefox8546]

Jimmy MacDonald was the predecessor of Frank Welker! Making roars and growls for Disney.

[@mevb]

He wasn't the only one, June Foray did all Lucifer's vocal sounds Frank Welker style (with her voice alone, MacDonald did it with help of tools).

[@andy_boisky4325]

Don't forget Clarence Nash (original voice of Donald Duck) who did cat/dog sounds with his voice alone. Frank Welker also used tools beside his own voice.

[@akostoth9389]

They have made an impressive job, I can't lie on that.

[@Musicradio77Network]

2:36 is the horse galloping sound that Jimmy McDonald was using, and it was later used in “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic”.

[@gobshite5150]

Loved the putt putting car going up the hill and pooping out... Lol

[@gobshite5150]

@@gabrieldassi8591 after a night of spicy food I think we have all replicated it lol 😆

[@Basti_Autoplay]

Love the goofy ass fly sound.

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

@@gabrieldassi8591 it's similar to the rainmaker where inside there's a bunch of nails and Mexican peas, which you can see here, 0:48, and when you rotate it the peas hit the nails and make the sound. I think the only difference is that the wave one is bigger, uses more peas, and is rotated slower.

[@Lars-ze2xf]

1:05 ...A THUNDERBOLT! XD Sorry! I couldn't resist!

[@FurryWrecker911]

Love how the glass breaking sound is literally just them dropping a massive pane of glass. Sometimes the best answer is the simplest answer

[@mikesitzler1106]

2:35 He's using coconuts! Monty Python was right!

[@righthandstep5]

Lol too true 😄😁🤣😂

[@mevb]

That sounds have been used in theatre productions for a loooong time ever since coconuts were discovered and brought to Europe (they were so expensive back then, only rich people could afford them unlike today).

[@Ian_Paneque]

It's amazing how somethimes they have a steam-engine-thingy for trains...but a spring for a car lol The creativity

[@GalekC]

THE WINDMILL, omg. Dictated my entire early childhood, that

[@marcocastillo1087]

1:47 All aboard!

[@kiamclean8407]

The cow sound and the train and when the dwarfs fell down and the thunder and the siren and the crack of window are my favorite in fact all my favorite sound effect!!!😊

[@kaelinbrown9817]

RIP Jimmy MacDonald

[@Captain_FixIt]

Rest in Peace Jimmy MacDonald 🙍🏻‍♂️😞😔🥀💐🏵️🌷🌸🌹🌺🌻🌼⚰️🪦.

[@kiamclean8407]

Jimmy Macdonald you are the king of sound effect and outstanding work of yours and the other sound effect people thank you for showing me this thank youuu🌈👍🏼

[@JayBirdBlu_117]

Being a Foley Artist is so Awesome!!!

[@user-vn8lx8ip4c]

1:08 Nice sound effect.

[@kiamclean8407]

It’s so cool how they use tools and instruments for sound effect instead of using computer those people are really smart thank you fro showing me this🥁

[@urbanyeti3631]

Wow ! A lot of effort went into the sounds of the old Disney movies. I had a little chuckle at the crock from Peter Pan.

[@IJustWatchYouTubeAllDay]

You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're bangin' 'em together!

[@wpgangi1]

Where’d you get the coconuts?

[@G1Grimlock94]

2:00 Fire sound effect

[@user-vt4lg9yz2w]

It took alot of work and alot of talent for these:)!

[@mariangelosuna9550]

I cannot deny that the sound effects were what made Disney movies unique in their time, my favorite was the one with the vehicle that when they went up the hill it sounds like the vehicle is coughing, the one with Casie Jr that seems to be I would have swallowed 100 cigarettes and the one with the bells.

[@zachdaniels8484]

2:29 I love the Nautilus.

[@AlphaStoutland]

SO COOL! 🤩

[@KillerCaitie]

This is so cool!

[@origamigirl95]

This is amazing!

[@mezipe6429]

So creative!

[@robbyosborne9708]

I love the sound of the tugboat @ 1:50

[@KitchenCookCook]

I am totally perplexed that these sound effects are so old!

[@claraalmeidaclara3843]

Crocodile song effect 2:25

[@claraalmeidaclara3843]

Hahahaha!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sabakamahusky594]

They're called Foley Artists now

[@teresatickner7537]

Awesome 🎉❤

[@francescacosentino1834]

Wow, so interesting!

[@androzani]

"Wow... you used all this to make sound effects, cool! How did you make the fire siren!" "A fire siren." "Oh..."

[@christianparrish3292]

A jaw harp for the clock cleaner short. Genius.

[@wpgangi1]

I have heard them say they would animate to the pre recorded voices. So I guess it would be the same process to also animate to the recorded sound effects? So amazing.

[@fredfrd941]

Wow thank you

[@FlyingPenguin3000]

Imagine if we had machinery like this for modern movie sound design/foley.

[@mus139]

Amazing.

[@mr.twannab]

1:55 how the hell did they get her voice to sound like that?!?!

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

They were using a device called a sonovox, (the things she's holding to her throat) which picks up her sound and distorts it to sound like a train. Think of it as an early version of a voice filter.

[@mr.twannab]

@@Thomas_H._Smith wow thanks for answering!

[@LITTLE1994]

@@Thomas_H._Smith Awesome

[@pessie83]

@@Thomas_H._Smith Like a kind of vocoder which was used for the voice of the character Soundwave from the Transformers Generation 1 cartoon?

[@magalonadizon4146]

So interesting

[@Alapaloozalover2000]

It’s almost like the sound effects department at Disney was its own orchestra (if you follow my meaning)!

[@ArnoldVeeman]

What a HERO!

[@MrPetrov_De_Shadow]

Wish I could hear more. I want to collect them all

[@filmsforallnations]

I would like to see how how the sounds for the cuckoo clocks in Geppetto’s workshop were achieved.

[@Kiryuquazak]

0:00 i heard an "oh dear"

[@Musicradio77Network]

You might be hearing Jimmy McDonald’s Disney sound effects on other places including “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic” and on Sound Ideas CD’s of cartoon sound effects where it will include Jimmy McDonald sound effects as well.

[@HeeHeeHawHaw-ts8mt]

This guy made the sounds of our childhood lol

[@ThatGuySarabia]

I consider this to be ASMR

[@samuele7098]

he's just got two halves of coconut and he's banging them together!

[@jesselasalle5104]

The biggest one that truly blows my mind is the balloon one. How on Earth did he figure out how to make that sound?

[@Nightprideenclave_studio]

Well that explains that sounds

[@imahotmess872]

1:20 what the…?

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

I'm pretty sure how that works is the two things she's holding up to her throat are picking up the vibrations of her vocal chords and then distorting it to sound like the train.

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

@@gabrieldassi8591 Well this is all the behind the scenes footage of Jimmy that I could find and match up.

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

@@gabrieldassi8591 I can't, because I need behind the scenes footage of the sound effects being made, and none of it exists for that cartoon specifically.

[@JulianJanganoo]

coconuts! They're tropical!

[@mjmcgahee420]

The roars that he does......I at first thought that was candy candido

[@user-vt4lg9yz2w]

Im so sorry that guy broke his leg but his talent went up:)! God closes a door but always opena another one:)

[@devinsmoviecorner5553]

1:21 All aboard! All aboard!

[@mjmcgahee420]

0:09 the two Mickies jim and wayne just hangin out and making sounds

[@ryledesirabelli4151]

2:06 "aaaaAAAaaaa"

[@J-Pow]

1:08 Are the guys with cymbals wearing death masks?

[@Eleeeeeeeee]

Looks like that men holds all of the universe secrets...

[@Wiczey]

Wow 1:20

[@thejawshop-AdventureRecording]

So much better than protools

[@JazzyPantsINC]

0:08 I wanna try this!

[@amickoamora7844]

Rip mr.

[@Spankydoodle]

The bear sound is my favorite.

[@MJMYouTuber]

1:46 🐄

[@FukiMakai]

The train voice girl sounds like an early vocoder effect

[@helterskelter416]

1:08 why are those guys wearing crazy masks? lol

[@kfc28371ify]

1:21 How did she do that?!

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

They were using a device called a sonovox (the things she's holding to her throat), which picks up her sound and distorts it to sound like a train. Think of it as an early version of a voice filter.

[@kfc28371ify]

@@Thomas_H._Smith That's so cool! Thank you! I'm definitely watching more videos on the sound effects of Casey Jr.!

[@user-ps7dc2zw1j]

‏‪1:52‬‏ ‏‪1:52‬‏

[@user-qf6of1eu6k]

I like that bear sound

[@alanrobledo1573]

What are those things he used to make the bird noises at 0:37 and the squeaky footsteps at 0:52? Also what is that at 1:05?

[@andy_boisky4325]

0:52 an old empty wallet. I have made the sounds at 2:04, 2:11 and 2:35 as well

[@gatodestructo4933]

2:03 What's the guy using to make the bear growl? Is that the glass bit from one of those Oil Lamps you see at Cracker Barrel or something?

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

Yep, nothing but a simple lamp chimney

[@gatodestructo4933]

@@Thomas_H._Smith I figured. Do you think a similar sound can be achieved with a PVC Pipe, or a cut up soda bottle?

[@MasterCreator1998]

To be honest for me, I thought Candy Candido was the voice of roar Disney characters.

[@MasterCreator1998]

Really? I just Watch "The Many Voices of Candy Candidio" Video years ago.

[@cipherjoe9]

5,000th like

[@samuelattias1410]

Yeah

[@samuelattias1410]

Okay

[@ryangomez2093]

1:08⛈

[@ryangomez2093]

@@gabrieldassi8591 Correct

[@ryangomez2093]

@@gabrieldassi8591 they’re cool

[@ryangomez2093]

@@gabrieldassi8591 Yes