That was far from the first time the claim spread to millions over social media. In 2024, users shared TikTok (archived) videos (archived) claiming that rain sounds in movies and videos were actually ...

There is some weight to the suggestion that the sound of rain in any given movie may actually be the sound of food frying. A 2015 Guardian article that interviewed a film sound designer said the sound ...

This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. What would a scary movie be without the ominous creak of floorboards? Sound effects—called Foley—add crucial value to any ...

Some people were in for a surprise when they read an X post (archived) in July 2025 that claimed about movie sounds, "fyi if you like listening to 'rain sounds' they're almost all recordings of ...