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Twenty Thousand Hertz

Tudum! The story behind the iconic Netflix sound

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Design, Music, Music Commentary, Arts

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The Netflix "Tudum" sound has quickly become one of the most iconic sound logos of our generation. I bet you can hear it in your head right now. This sound is heard countless times, every single day, all over the world. But the Netflix sound was almost very different than the one we know today. Hear the story of how one of the biggest sound logos of all time was made. Featuring Todd Yellin - VP of Product at Netflix, Tanya Kumar - Brand Design Lead at Netflix, and Lon Bender and Charlie Campagna from the Formosa Group. Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced by Defacto Sound. Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see our video series. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mystery.20k.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Support the show and get ad-free episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠20k.org/plus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Dallas on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join our community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reddit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/netflix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.8

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0:09.8

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0:12.0

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0:19.7

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0:24.1

Zocococ.com slash Hertz.

0:29.4

Nowadays, it's hard to imagine a world without Netflix, but it's also easy to forget how

0:38.8

relatively young Netflix is.

0:41.4

It really wasn't that long ago when you'd log in and load up a movie queue, then wait

0:45.2

for three DVDs to come in the mail.

0:47.8

Fast forward to 2007, around the time they mailed off their billionth DVD, they decided

0:52.5

to start streaming some of their content.

0:54.9

Since then, Netflix has grown into the household staple that it is today. But really,

0:59.4

what I'm most interested in is the story behind this sound. You're listening to 20,000 Hertz.

1:10.0

I'm Dallas Taylor.

1:15.8

The Netflix sound logo debuted in 2015.

1:20.8

Since then, it's become the quintessential Sonic brand of all Sonic brands.

1:22.9

We actually call the sound to dumb.

1:24.3

That's Todd Yellen.

1:27.6

He oversees what's called the product experience at Netflix.

1:37.2

We have a wonderful content team that produces and licenses all of the comedies and dramas and TV shows and movies that you see on the service.

1:42.4

Our job is to take the baton from them and to create a great experience around it.

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