Lasers in real life make essentially no sound — they're light. Cinema decided otherwise in 1977 and the resulting sonic vocabulary has been hammered into audience expectations ever since: the zap, the pulse, the whining charge before the shot. These 30 laser weapon audio clips work that fictional convention hard: beam blasts at various pitches, single zap-gun shots with the descending tail, laser-tag style rapid pulses, and longer charge-up sounds for heavy weapons priming before fire.
Sci-fi film editors and game audio designers pull the beam-and-pulse material for any energy-weapon discharge — single shots for sniper or precision-rifle equivalents, rapid pulses for the assault-rifle analogue. Trailer editors reach for the charge-up takes because the rising pitch builds tension before the impact lands. Animation and shooter game work uses the laser tag pulse for cleaner UI-adjacent effects. Free to grab for sci-fi, game and shooter edits — no signup, no attribution required.