Failure Sound Effects
41 free failure sound effects for failed levels and losing moments · last 0.25–1.7 s · WAV & MP3 · CC0 · no signup
41 failure sound effects, each a descending tone: sad slow, deflating, comedic trombone-style and digital failure tones. Play one when a player loses a round, fails a level, makes a wrong move or a joke falls flat.
Quick picks: Digital Failure Descending Tone 04 (0.25 s, reviewed, the shortest) · Sad Slow Failure Descending Tone 69 (No Reverb) (1.7 s, the longest, reviewed) · Comedic Trombone-Style Failure Descending Tone 48 (0.75 s, reviewed)
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- Digital Failure Descending Tone 04Reviewed WAVbalanced · 0.25 s0.25 sMake one like this
- Deflating Failure Descending Tone 45Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 0.55 s0.55 sMake one like this
- Sad Slow Failure Descending Tone 65Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 0.55 s0.55 sMake one like this
- Digital Failure Descending Tone 52Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 0.65 s0.65 sMake one like this
- Deflating Failure Descending Tone 71Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 0.65 s0.65 sMake one like this
- Sad Slow Failure Descending Tone 56 (No Reverb)Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 0.75 s0.75 sMake one like this
- Digital Failure Descending Tone 74Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 0.75 s0.75 sMake one like this
- Comedic Trombone-Style Failure Descending Tone 48Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 0.75 s0.75 sMake one like this
- Sad Slow Failure Descending Tone 19Reviewed WAVbalanced · 0.8 s0.8 sMake one like this
- Deflating Failure Descending Tone 73Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 0.8 s0.8 sMake one like this
- Comedic Trombone-Style Failure Descending Tone 50Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 0.85 s0.85 sMake one like this
- Deflating Failure Descending Tone 57 (No Reverb)Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 0.85 s0.85 sMake one like this
- Digital Failure Descending Tone 46Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 0.85 s0.85 sMake one like this
- Deflating Failure Descending Tone 36 (No Reverb)Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 0.95 s0.95 sMake one like this
- Deflating Failure Descending Tone 70Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 0.95 s0.95 sMake one like this
- Digital Failure Descending Tone 47Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1 s1 sMake one like this
- Deflating Failure Descending Tone 41Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1 s1 sMake one like this
- Comedic Trombone-Style Failure Descending Tone 49 (No Reverb)Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1 s1 sMake one like this
- Digital Failure Descending Tone 40Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1 s1 sMake one like this
- Deflating Failure Descending Tone 58Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.1 s1.1 sMake one like this
- Deflating Failure Descending Tone 60Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.1 s1.1 sMake one like this
- Sad Slow Failure Descending Tone 62Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.1 s1.1 sMake one like this
- Deflating Failure Descending Tone 66Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.2 s1.2 sMake one like this
- Sad Slow Failure Descending Tone 67Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.2 s1.2 sMake one like this
- Comedic Trombone-Style Failure Descending Tone 44Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.2 s1.2 sMake one like this
- Sad Slow Failure Descending Tone 68Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.2 s1.2 sMake one like this
- Comedic Trombone-Style Failure Descending Tone 55Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.2 s1.2 sMake one like this
- Digital Failure Descending Tone 63Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.3 s1.3 sMake one like this
- Comedic Trombone-Style Failure Descending Tone 42Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.3 s1.3 sMake one like this
- Sad Slow Failure Descending Tone 72Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.3 s1.3 sMake one like this
- Sad Slow Failure Descending Tone 64Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.4 s1.4 sMake one like this
- Sad Slow Failure Descending Tone 53 (No Reverb)Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.4 s1.4 sMake one like this
- Sad Slow Failure Descending Tone 54 (No Reverb)Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.4 s1.4 sMake one like this
- Comedic Trombone-Style Failure Descending Tone 37 (No Reverb)Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.5 s1.5 sMake one like this
- Sad Slow Failure Descending Tone 39 (No Reverb)Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.5 s1.5 sMake one like this
- Sad Slow Failure Descending Tone 38Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.5 s1.5 sMake one like this
- Comedic Trombone-Style Failure Descending Tone 59Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.5 s1.5 sMake one like this
- Sad Slow Failure Descending Tone 43Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.6 s1.6 sMake one like this
- Deflating Failure Descending Tone 61 (No Reverb)Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.6 s1.6 sMake one like this
- Comedic Trombone-Style Failure Descending Tone 51Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.6 s1.6 sMake one like this
- Sad Slow Failure Descending Tone 69 (No Reverb)Reviewed WAVSuccess & Feedback · 1.7 s1.7 sMake one like this
Related sound effects
Common uses: failed levels, losing moments.
Which failure variation to use
For a comic fail, start with the Comedic Trombone-Style tones, from 0.75 s. Sad Slow tones suit a real loss, Deflating tones a mild let-down and Digital tones an app or an arcade game; Digital Failure Descending Tone 04 is the shortest, at 0.25 s.
Need a comparison method? Try the playable examples and selection checklist.
Common questions about failure
Is there a sad trombone sound?
Yes: the Comedic Trombone-Style Failure Descending Tone files.
Is there a losing sound effect for a game?
Yes. Every file here is a failure tone; for a full game over jingle, see the 8-bit game over page.
In code: GET https://sfxmint.com/api/v1/roles/fail returns a default failure file with alternates, and the MCP tool get_role_sound does the same for coding assistants. No key needed.
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