Sound effects tag

Boom Sound Effects

Boom sound effects for the low end of a mix. Trailer booms with sub swells you feel in your chest, plus real explosions and thunder rolling in from a long way off. Fireworks too. Heavy stuff. Some are designed hits made for a cut to black, others are field recordings with air around them. There's a retro game side as well, with chunky bombs and hits.

Libraries
30
Publishers
19
Formats
Mono, stereo, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$10 to $150
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Recorded or designed
RecordedDesigned

Recorded means captured in the field or a studio. Designed means built from other material.

Channel format
MonoStereoM/SSurroundAmbisonic

Mono for 3D positional audio. Ambisonic and surround for immersive mixes.

Embedded metadata
Tagged for Soundminer or UCSUntagged

Soundminer and UCS fields written into the files.

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All 30 libraries tagged Boom

96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Intense cinematic sound effects merge deep sub booms with metallic textures, featuring bone-chilling impacts, dramatic explosions, and glitchy futuristic hits for impactful production moments.
112 files · 246 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Low-frequency impact sound effects spanning 250 files of booms, huge and sub impacts, reverse hits and thunder impacts, delivered at 96kHz 24-bit for action scenes, fights and special effects.
250 files · 800 MB
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
A library of fireworks sound effects featuring close-up bursts, distant ambiences with crowd reactions, and isolated single explosions for detailed design work or layering.
9 files · 1.41 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Ambisonic B.
This collection features 36 long-duration Ambisonic firework sound effects recorded in Germany, capturing distant bursts, crackles, and intense detonations from urban and residential areas.
36 files · 7.07 GB · Metadata
96 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Derived from musical instrument recordings, this collection features 863 cinematic sound effects including processed drones, risers, hits, pads, and stingers designed for tonal texture and atmospheric depth.
863 files · 30.4 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This sound library provides 372 sound effects, featuring 170 unique 8-bit/HD "Hit and Bomb" elements, cartoon phrases, attacks, buffs, generics, gun sounds, and victory music.
372 files · 1.07 GB
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
High-quality collection featuring 485 sci-fi sound effects, including UI elements, metallic clicks, laser guns, and robot sounds, delivered in 24-bit 96kHz WAV format totaling 69 minutes.
485 files · 2.29 GB · Metadata
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Layered sound effects blend synthesized elements, distorted screams, and violin impacts, featuring 100 horror-focused audio samples organized into six distinct categories for maximum atmospheric tension.
100 files · 182 MB · Metadata

A boom is mostly low end, and the good ones are built in layers. A real explosion or thunderclap gives the crack and the air, and a designed Sub-Bass swell underneath gives the weight. The trailer libraries do that work for you, with rumbles and dark risers that end on a hit. Plenty of tension tools as well. Raw recorded blasts and debris sit in Explosion, and the bangs and crackles of a display are in Firework. Editors use booms to land a title card. Games use them to make a hit feel huge. All of it is royalty-free for commercial work.

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