Why Is This Bird’s Voice Always Heard In Hollywood Movies?

In the Prisoner of Azkaban movie of the Harry Potter series; The sound of this bird could be heard as Sirius Black, Harry and Ron Whomping passed through the Willow area. In the TV series Rick and Morty, Rick is While using the intergalactic toilet We hear the same bird call again.

In short, we can hear this sound when movie scenes take on a slightly gloomy atmosphere or when an event occurs that will give us goosebumps. Then diving birds What distinguishes it from other birds? Why is this voice always used?

The sound of the diving bird that is engraved in our minds:

First of all, let’s talk about diving birds.

Diving birds adapted to living in water; When they are on land, they stand on their chests rather than their feet because their legs are closer to the back of their bodies. For this reason sliding over your breasts They can move.

They find their prey under water and average 90 seconds They can stay. Moreover, they can dive up to 70 meters. Males and females take care of the young of diving birds that build their nests on land together.

Since there are many lakes, usually Canada and America are found in the regions. They also migrate. But in movies, we hear the sounds of diving birds even in places where it is impossible to come across them, even in the desert!

So which was the first movie to use this bird’s voice?

Made in 1981 “On Golden Ponds” was the first film to use loon sound. We also come across diving birds many times in the movie. Therefore, we cannot say that it was used in inappropriate places, as in later movies.

Although we cannot come to a definitive conclusion as to when the obsession with this loon’s sound in Hollywood movies began, we can more or less guess why.

The Algonquins, a Native American tribe in North America, legendary creatures with supernatural powers He said it was.

Philosopher Henry David Thoreau, diving birds “strange people” He wrote that it was. He also compared the sounds of diving birds to humans. Another philosopher, John Muir, described the sounds of loons as “strange”.f, sad, supernatural, sorrowful” He defined it as.

Diving birds actually use this sound to call their friends and mates.

to our ears “a sad lament” The sound that sounds like a sound and is placed in appropriate places in the movies is actually a kind of bird sound. “Where are you guys?” voice saying. In return, their friends or spouses “I am her!” He makes the same sound to say. But the way it vibrates in our ears is much different.

Moreover, when we look at the pitch table of diving birds making this sound, everything becomes more understandable. your curtains pattern of rising and falling; It especially matches the Blues and Soul music genres we know and listen to! The song below, “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone, also has pitches rising and falling like the loon!

In short, this sound; It creates in us feelings such as a little melancholy, desolation, and a little tension.

This sound and pitch that we are familiar with from Blues and Soul music the feelings it creates in us, It coincides with creepy and sad scenes in movies or TV series. That’s why we can hear diving birds even in places where they would never be found.

You can hear the sound of the diving bird starting from the 27th second: