Sad Trombone

Sad Trombone

Composer Traditional Released 1???-??-?? Title Origin Official

Sad Trombone (also known as Wah-wah-waaaaah and other similar titles) is a brass sound effect, commonly playing in nearly all kinds of media that have audio in various less-than-serious situations - when something goes wrong. It is speculated in a forum to have originated in vaudeville.

Title

The VGMPF took the name from Wiktionary.

Composition

Generally 4 notes, each down one semitone and at the same duration.

Games

Road Runner (ARC)

Road Runner (ARC)

Arranger Hal Canon Released 1985-??-?? Format VGZ Loops No

Plays if the Road Runner gets caught by Wild Coyote.

Road Runner (C64)

Road Runner (C64)

Arranger Fred Gray Programmer Fred Gray Released 1987-0?-?? Length 0:04 Format SID Loops No

Bop'n Rumble (C64)

Bop'n Rumble (C64)

Arranger Neil Brennan Released 1987-0?-?? Format SID Loops No

Road Runner (NES)

Road Runner (NES)

Arranger Gavan Anderson Released 1989-??-?? Length 0:02 Format NSF Loops No

Plays when the Road Runner gets caught by Wild Coyote.

According to Anderson, the tempo of his NES music was decided by the game's programmer(s). The internal name is DEATH.T.

Heavenbound (C64)

Heavenbound (C64)

Arranger Karl Sommer Programmer Stephan Schloepke Released 1993-??-?? Format SID Loops No

3D Frog Man (W32)

3D Frog Man (W32)

Arranger Ariel Gross Released 1998-04-09 Format WAV Loops No

Links

• en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sad_trombone - Wiktionary.
• youtube.com/watch?v=CQeezCdF4mk - A recording of said fanfare on trombone.