First of all, greetings. This is my first post, and I'm hoping I'll enjoy it here.
Lately I've been on a bit of a sample-hunting spree. Many I've already found, but others I'm still struggling to find the origin of even after all these years.
As an example of the latter, I'm almost at the point of pulling out my hair trying to find the source of this musical effect, which plays at about 10 seconds in.
https://youtu.be/AstHH3myVDk
One might believe that the composer hand crafted it himself for the game. While it is the earliest instance I've found so far of it, I know it has been used in other soundtracks: it was also used in one of the worlds of The Crystal Key, and, while not a game, can also be heard in some of the cues for Shaun of the Dead.
Anyone here have any idea where it came from?