Rooster Crow Sound Effect

📝 Description

The rooster crow is cinema's universal shorthand for morning — one cock-a-doodle-doo and the audience knows the sun is up, no establishing shot required. That storytelling efficiency has kept it employed for a century of film and remains its main job in modern editing. Use it to open day-in-the-life vlogs, to mock a friend who woke up at noon, or as the world's most aggressive alarm tone. It also lands as an ironic sting after all-nighters, when the crow arrives as an accusation. Loud, proud, and punctual: the original morning notification.

📊 Sound Details

Duration

0:03

Format

MP3

File Size

47 KB

Added

June 12, 2026

⚖️ License & Source

This sound is released under the CC0 license (public domain) — free to use in personal and commercial projects, no attribution required.

Original recording by AGFX via Freesound. View original source →