Sound effects tag

Movement Sound Effects

Movement sound effects for characters who won't stand still. Footsteps on all sorts of ground, and cloth and kit shifting every time someone turns. Creatures lumbering about. Anime heroes dashing across the screen in a blur, and fighters closing in before a punch lands. It's the layer under every bit of action, and without it a scene feels empty.

Libraries
489
Publishers
132
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$3.50 to $830
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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 489 libraries tagged Movement

192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Professional water sound effects captured through specialized microphones, featuring aquatic movements and underwater resonances in high-resolution 24bit/192kHz format with detailed metadata tags.
0.98 GB · Metadata
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This expansive collection features 192kHz water-based sound effects captured through specialized microphones, offering precise underwater movements and detailed aquatic soundscapes.
142 files · 1.17 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo, Ambisonic B.
Diverse metal sound effects encompassing various interactions, from resonant rings and rolling movements to impactful drops, featuring steel, iron, and other metallic materials colliding and sliding.
238 files · 2.01 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Dynamic motion sound effects library featuring 500+ elements, including whooshes, swishes, and mechanical transitions suitable for games, animation, and multimedia production across various development platforms.
588 files · 205.6 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Spaceship flyby sound effects featuring 30 spacecraft across 450 files, each in 5, 15, and 30-second durations with left-to-right, right-to-left, approaching, departing, and main stereo movement variations.
450 files · 4.14 GB
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
Glass shard sound effects recorded at 96 kHz / 24-bit covering cracking under pressure, window smashes, shards dropping, sliding, pouring, sweeping with soft and street brooms, and handling on floors.
1,067 files · 573.2 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
Fridge magnet sound effects covering placement clicks, pull releases, hand rattling, and friction slides at soft, medium, and fast speeds, captured at 96kHz/24-bit with a Sennheiser MKH60.
51 files · 29 MB · Metadata
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Household foley sound effects covering 250+ solid wood door latches and knocks, crystal glassware, silverware, plate handling, bathroom water, hairdryers, and light switches, delivered UCS-compliant at 24-bit/48kHz.
284 files · 684 MB · Metadata
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44.1 to 96 kHz, 16 to 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Medieval siege engine sound effects covering trebuchets, catapults, ballistae, battering rams and siege towers, alongside sword, axe, bow, crossbow and spear combat, armour foley and combat gore across 1,500 files (500 original sounds).
500 files · 1.35 GB · Metadata
192 kHz, 32-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Foley and object sound effects across 6,584 files, 232 minutes and 17 GB at 192kHz/32bit. Bells, friction tones, wood, metal, cloth, foliage, shakers and workshop mechanisms, UCS compliant with Soundminer metadata.
6,584 files · Metadata

Movement fills the space between the big sounds. A character who lands a punch but makes no noise turning towards the target looks oddly weightless. Most of it is Cloth and footsteps, performed on a foley stage to picture: a jacket swishing on a turn, boots shifting weight, a bag bouncing on a hip, a Slide into cover. Game libraries break it into small pieces so each action can trigger its own rustle. For creatures, movement is heavier and wetter, with scales scraping and feet thumping. Done well, it blends right in. That's the job.

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