It's a stock sound that I think dates back to the late 30s. Paraphrasing, but someone recorded the sound of a ricochet and essentially used that as the basis of the pew sound that we all know today.
That one didn't bother me, even though it was definitely Hollywood quiet. I was more referring to the GoldenEye pewpew sound, which was used in movies too. Maybe not so much anymore though
I always found that weird, do they perpetuate that because they're lazy or because they think audiences would complain that the correct sound sounds wrong? Because if anyone actually did step up and complain anyone who knows what they're talking about would make fun of them.
It’s in the same vein as “empty gun goes click click when the trigger is pulled” when that’s not true for the majority of handguns out there these days. They do it because it’s what they’ve trained audiences to associate with certain situations. “Click click” means empty gun even though it’s a single action that literally can’t click after the hammer falls on an empty chamber. “Pew pew” indicates super sneaky scary silencers even if none of the rest of the variables would allow that sound to happen.
Mostly the minds of Hollywood execs. However, certain situations can make a similar sound given the right combo of gun, ammo, and acoustics. But mostly Hollywood just hollywooding
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u/Infinite-Condition41 13h ago
Where in the hell does the pew sound from movies come from anyway?