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Draft:Roblox death sound

The Roblox death sound ("OOF") is the sound that plays when a character resets or breaks in Roblox. It also plays as a sound test when the player changes the volume bar in the settings tab. The sound had originated from the 2000 video game Messiah and later adopted by the game platform Roblox as its default death sound. Which was later removed following a copyright dispute in July of 2022.

History

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Origin

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When the original sound is viewed using the sound's Metadata from pre-2013 clients, it will show that the audio was created on September 18, 1999, using Sound Forge 4.5 and was originally created by Joey Kuras. The original sound was first used in a computer game named Messiah by American video game music composer Tommy Tallarico.[1][2]

Virality

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The original Roblox death sound is also a meme throughout and outside of the Roblox community. The usage of this meme refers to the ridiculous nature of its sound. There have also been instances of people making music or remixes or even censoring swear words using the audio file.

In some instances, the Bighead and BiggerHead are associated with the original death sound.

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In 2019,[3] Roblox was contacted by the owner of Messiah,[4] and became involved in a copyright dispute with the death sound's copyright holder, Tommy Tallarico,[5] who claimed that Roblox had obtained the sound effect from an illegal sound effects website and was using it without his permission.[2]

In late 2020, an agreement between the two was reached, in which Roblox would remove the death sound after the release of the Developer Marketplace, and later re-implement the sound as a purchasable sound asset for 100 Robux.[6][7]

2025: Oof sound return

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Youtuber Hbomberguy would debunk Tallarico's claims of the rights to the "oof" sound.[8] Later, on July 18th, 2025, Roblox officially announced that the original "Oof" sound would return on the Creator Marketplace. They uploaded a video of a noob-like character walking into the camera, and promptly exploding into pieces with the recognizable classic "Oof" playing.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Roblox: Why has the 'oof' sound effect gone?". BBC Newsround. July 27, 2022. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Creswell, Jacob (August 1, 2022). "Why Roblox Players Are Furious Over the Game Removing a Sound Effect". CBR. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  3. ^ Prescott, Shaun (November 10, 2020). "Roblox users borrowed its ubiquitous 'oof' sound from obscure action game Messiah". PC Gamer. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  4. ^ Robertson, Joshua (July 26, 2022). "Roblox's Infamous "Oof" Sound Effect Has Been Removed Due To A "Licensing Issue"". TheGamer. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  5. ^ Parrish, Ash (February 16, 2024). "Tommy Tallarico's never-actually-featured-on-MTV-Cribs house is for sale". The Verge. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  6. ^ Valentine, Rebekah (November 10, 2020). "Tommy Tallarico, Roblox come to agreement over "oof" sound effect". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  7. ^ Henry, Joshua (November 12, 2020). "Roblox Players Will Have To Pay For The Game's Iconic "Oof" Death Sound". TheGamer. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  8. ^ Bevan, Rhiannon (February 13, 2023). "Tommy Tallarico Website Redirects To The Two Hour Video Taking Him Down". TheGamer. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  9. ^ @Roblox (July 18, 2025). "A comeback so good it hurts". Twitter. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
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