Sound effects tag

Explosion Sound Effects

Explosion sound effects from a distant thump to a blast right on top of you. Tank rounds and artillery shells landing on a real battlefield. Explosions sorted by what's blowing up, from glass and metal to wood, and even underwater. Sci-fi blasts and retro chip explosions for pixel games. Loud. Very loud.

Libraries
213
Publishers
78
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$5 to $399.99
FiltersAll 213 libraries tagged ExplosionFilter by the spec, not just the subjectRecorded or designed, sample rate, bit depth, channel format, embedded metadata and file count. Narrow it down before you download anything.
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 213 libraries tagged Explosion

-63%
44.1 to 48 kHz, 16 to 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Cinematic trailer sound effects featuring over 100 designed risers, impacts, explosions, glitches, whooshes, tension builds, drones, stingers, and transitions for film trailers, game promos, and multimedia projects.
115 files · 127 MB · Metadata
-45%
48 kHz, 16-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Futuristic weapon sound effects featuring 82 designed laser guns, plasma cannons, neutron cannons, lightsaber swings, EMP shockwaves, forcefield impacts, and proton bomb explosions for sci-fi combat.
82 files · 41.2 MB · Metadata
-42%
44.1 to 48 kHz, 16 to 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Military warfare sound effects featuring over 1,300 files covering gunshots, explosions, radio chatter, helicopters, tanks, submarines, tactical gear foley, melee combat, and battlefield ambiences for game and film production.
1,305 files · 1.66 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Explosion sound effects featuring car blasts, building collapses, and a powerful atomic detonation, capturing breaking brick, glass and metal debris, oil fire ignitions, and far, dark impacts.
30 files · 103 MB · Metadata
-25%
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
An extensive collection of artificially crafted sound effects featuring weaponry, from basic gunshots to science fiction artillery, alongside varied explosion sounds suitable for cinematic and gaming projects.
340 files · 450 MB
Was $19.00, now $14.25
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A big explosion is built from layers: the crack of the Detonation, the low body that shakes the room, the Shock Wave rolling outwards and the debris raining down afterwards. Distance changes everything. Close up, an explosion is mostly crack and punch. Far away, it's a rumble that arrives late, with the echo off hills and buildings telling you how far it travelled. The material libraries here help with the debris, so a car going up sounds different from a wooden hut. For war scenes, Artillery brings the shells on their way in. Games burn through them quickly, so variety matters.

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