Screech sound effects
Free CC0 screech sound effects for games, apps, videos, and podcasts. 22 sounds.
Most downloaded screech sounds
Rubber tires braking and squeaking on pavement from various vehicles·bike, brakes
A car approaching and performing a handbrake turn with screeching tires.·accident, brake
Car applying brakes at high speed with screeching tires·brakes, breaks
Processed female scream turned into a demonic shriek·breath, dark
The sound of a car performing a handbrake turn with skidding tires.·brake, car
Male vocal grunt expressing death or intense pain·death, grunt
A car approaching and executing a handbrake turn with tire squeals.·accident, brake
Alternate male death and pain grunt·death, grunt
The sound of a car performing a short burnout with spinning tires.·accelerate, burnout
Single owl hooting in the night·animal, creepy
The sound of car tires squealing while driving in circles.·car, screech
A car performing a handbrake turn then settling into an idle.·accident, brake
Tires squealing followed by a terrible car crash impact·accident, auto-accident
Recording of gulls calling on the Isles of Scilly with ocean background noise.·edirol, gulls
Creaking sound of a spring-loaded metal door opening and closing, with rusty and squeaky textures.·clank, close
Space ambience: convoy, atmospheric, scary for industrial hits or mechanical motion.·ambience, ambient
Raccoon barking, growling, and yelping at night·animal, bark
The sound of a medicine cabinet door opening and closing, including creaks and squeaks.·cabinet, closing
Eerie glitching screech from a frozen Windows computer·computer-crash, crash
Dissonant metallic drone from bowing a stairwell railing·bow, dissonant
A loud door opening sound with various creaks and slams, recorded with a handheld recorder.·cacophonous, close
Squeaking sound of a door opening and closing.·close, creak
Lots of Sounds API
Get screech sounds from code
Search the full CC0 catalog from your app, game or AI agent with the REST API or the MCP server.
curl
curl -G https://api.lotsofsounds.com/api/v1/sounds \
-H "x-api-key: $LOS_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "tags=screech" \
--data-urlencode "limit=10"Questions
- What are screech sounds used for?
- Screech sounds are commonly used in apps, games, videos, podcasts, and interactive media projects.
- Can I use these sounds commercially?
- Yes. Every sound is CC0: free for personal and commercial use, with no attribution required. A credit link to lotsofsounds.com is appreciated but optional.
- How do I download a sound?
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