294 ROYALTY-FREE SOUNDS 49 WAV files • 96kHz/24bit • 2.09GB

Free Sounds – Nordic War Horns

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STRIKE FEAR WITH THESE VIKING HORNS OF WAR

The Vikings are coming! The horn blasts pierce through the fog as they warn of the coming horrors of war. The shields begin to rattle as the raiders pound them with their swords; they begin to shout, and when the last horn blast has sounded…

These high-quality FREE NORDIC WAR HORNS were recorded at the Stenhamra quarry outside Stockholm, Sweden. The quarry is situated upon the ruins of an old Viking village settled on the route to the spiritual city of Uppsala. To record this pack, we brought in Eilif Gundersen from the band Wardruna, who presented a collection of horns for the library:

BOOM Library free sfx war horns recording Bronze lur

Bronze lur – The finest example from the Scandinavian Bronze Age and different notes can be played by over-blowing. We used a replica of a 3,000-year-old horn that’s on display at the National Museum in Copenhagen.

BOOM Library free sound effects nordic war horns recording Bukkehorn

Bukkehorn – One of the oldest kinds of lip-vibrated instruments, this bukkehorn was carved from a billy goat’s horn with finger holes added to make different notes.

BOOM Library free sound effects nordic war horns recording Neverlur

Neverlur – This horn is made from slow grown pine. The pine is split into halves, carved out and then kept together with strips of birch bark. This is the most common horn mentioned in the Viking Sagas.

The resulting sounds are perfect for scenes of medieval battle in films and games, or anywhere you need to add a sense of mystic sonic wildness.

The FREE sound effects in this pack can be used anytime you need it. Completely FREE, you’ll always have the license to boom.

What's inside

Included sounds - keywords

WAR HORNS, HORNS OF WAR, VIKING HORNS, LUR, BIRCH BARK LUR, BUKKEHORN, BRONZE LUR, BRONZE HORN, BRONZE WAR HORN, RAM’S HORN

Perfectly organized and free to use for anything!

This package is delivered in 96 kHz, 24-bit giving you the best quality for heavy editing, pitching, and fx processing. Get 294 SFX in 49 files – that’s 2.09 GB of FREE SFX.

Tech Specs

Files	49
Sounds	294
Size	2.09 GB
Content Info	PDF XLS
Available As
Format	WAV - 24bit - 96kHz / Windows + Mac

What we recorded

The medieval Nordic peoples were fearsome warriors, famed for their sea-born raiding and pillaging, or “going a-viking”. To signal their fellow raiders and to strike fear into the hearts of their victims, the Vikings would blow upon brass and wooden war horns, or lurs. The oldest lurs were made of wood, first mentioned in the great Viking sagas.

Since the old days of raiding and pillaging, these fearsome horns have also been used to herald terrifying sheep and cattle by many a great Scandinavian farmer and milkmaid.

BOOM Library free sound FX recording with Schoeps ORTF3D rig set horns

BOOM Library free sound FX recording with Schoeps ORTF3D rig set bronze lur

These sublime horns were recorded at a distance to enhance their mystery and otherworldliness. We used our faithful Schoeps ORTF3D rig set in a stone quarry outside of Stockholm. Included with each of the 294 files are 6 variations, with legato and sforzando articulations, and some melodies.

What's so special about this library?

Joining us for our rocky, outdoor sonic exploration was none other than professional musician and horn-blower Eilif Gundersen, known for his part in the phenomenal music group Wardruna. Wardruna is the neo-folk group made famous for writing and recording the theme of the award-winning Vikings show.

Get a feel for the sound and mood of the horns in this video of Eilif playing in Wardruna (he comes in at 3:50):

Image used:

Viking War Horn – Copyright by Jairo Cardenas on sketchfab ; licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License | Perspective was adjusted, more layers and image effects were added and color adjustments were made by the BOOM Library team for our purposes. https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/viking-war-horn-8f75b83c095e48fdbad57593259ea0cb

Compatible Software

BOOM Library sound FX come as WAV files, meaning you can import and work with them in any software that can handle this file type. Here are the most common audio and video editing software tools that work perfectly with our sound FX

Audio Software

Logic Pro

Cubase

Nuendo

Ableton Live

Pro Tools

Reaper

Video Editing Software

Premiere Pro

Final Cut Pro X

After Effects

Vegas Pro

Media Composer

Rich Metadata Embedded

To provide you with the fastest and easiest workflow possible, all files contain extensive metadata like file description & keywords to quickly find the sounds you’re looking for. Metadata can be read and processed by audio management tools. Some digital audio workstations feature an included search tool that can also read embedded metadata. Here are the most common audio management tools:

Soundminer

Basehead

Soundly

According to the new UCS standard

Universal Category System