Free Dun Dun Dun Sound Effect
Three falling brass-and-timpani hits: dun, dun, duuun. The soundtrack of a shocking reveal.
Updated · Tested by the Facecam team
Dun dun dun
2.6 s · MP3 · 26 KB
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5 dun dun dun sound effects to download
Main take2.6 s · 26 KB
Three falling brass-and-timpani hits: dun, dun, duuun. The soundtrack of a shocking reveal.
Single stab1.2 s · 12 KB
Only the last big hit, for a reveal that needs no build-up.
Horror3.0 s · 30 KB
Darker strings and low brass, for a twist that's actually unsettling.
Synth2.5 s · 25 KB
The three falling hits on an 80s synthesizer.
Organ2.5 s · 25 KB
A melodramatic church organ, like a daytime soap cliffhanger.
Where it fits
- Someone admits they never charged their controller.
- Revealing a score, a rank or a gacha pull to chat.
- Story time on stream, right before the twist.
Related sounds
- Vine boom1.6 s
- Crowd gasp2.0 s
- Drum roll4.0 s
- Evil laugh2.9 s
- Suspense3.5 s
How we made it
“Dramatic orchestral suspense sting: three descending brass and timpani hits, dun, dun, duuun, a shocking reveal”
The variations
- Single stab
- “One dramatic orchestral brass and timpani hit, a single shocking stab”
- Horror
- “Three descending dark horror orchestral hits with low strings and brass, sinister and ominous”
- Synth
- “Three descending dramatic synthesizer stabs, retro 80s synth, dun dun duuun”
- Organ
- “Three descending dramatic church organ chords, melodramatic soap opera reveal”
- Loudness
- -16.4 LUFS
- Peak
- -2.2 dBFS
On these boards
Play it in Discord, OBS or Zoom
Press Use these sounds in calls, then pick Facecam Virtual Mic as your mic. Step by step: Discord, OBS and Zoom. For games, the Facecam desktop app.
- Short enough for Discord's own soundboard (5.2 s max): Server Settings → Soundboard.
More about this sound
About our version
Our sting is about two and a half seconds with brass and timpani, ending on a low held note. The last hit is the loudest, so it lands on the reveal.
Where dun dun dun comes from
Three falling notes have meant trouble since radio drama, and the four-note opening of the Dragnet theme made the idea famous in the 1950s. Online, the sting got its second life in 2007 with Dramatic Chipmunk, a few seconds of a prairie dog turning to the camera over a dramatic orchestral sting. Since then the sound means one thing: that was a twist, and we're pretending to be shocked.
Four other takes
Single stab is only the last hit, for a reveal with no build-up. Horror trades the comedy for dark strings and low brass, if the twist really is bad. Synth plays the three hits on an 80s synthesizer, good under retro edits. Organ is the daytime soap version, melodramatic and long, about three seconds. In a call, the main take is the safe choice; the organ is funnier but needs a moment of silence around it.
Questions
Is it the sting from an old TV show?
No. It's an original orchestral sting made with AI for Facecam that follows the same idea: three falling hits.
