diff --git a/ui/@types/lichess/index.d.ts b/ui/@types/lichess/index.d.ts
index b46e01beb3ef..ec2affe1e3b1 100644
--- a/ui/@types/lichess/index.d.ts
+++ b/ui/@types/lichess/index.d.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ type SoundMoveOpts = {
   san?: string;
   uci?: string;
   volume?: number;
-  filter?: 'music' | 'game';
 };
 
 type SoundMove = (opts?: SoundMoveOpts) => void;
diff --git a/ui/bits/src/bits.soundMove.ts b/ui/bits/src/bits.soundMove.ts
index f38081abd29f..2715f9f2f62a 100644
--- a/ui/bits/src/bits.soundMove.ts
+++ b/ui/bits/src/bits.soundMove.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ export async function initModule(): Promise<SoundMove> {
   await Promise.all(promises);
 
   return o => {
-    if (o?.filter === 'game') return;
     const volume = o?.volume ?? 1;
     if (o?.san && o.uci) {
       const pitch = keyToPitch(o.uci.slice(2));
diff --git a/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts b/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts
index 7711b941087a..5da7a1c1d418 100644
--- a/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts
+++ b/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts
@@ -169,12 +169,16 @@ export default class RoundController implements MoveRootCtrl {
   };
 
   private onMove = (orig: Key, dest: Key, captured?: Piece) => {
-    if (captured || this.enpassant(orig, dest)) {
-      if (this.data.game.variant.key === 'atomic') {
-        site.sound.play('explosion');
-        atomic.capture(this, dest);
-      } else site.sound.move({ name: 'capture', filter: 'game' });
-    } else site.sound.move({ name: 'move', filter: 'game' });
+    if ((captured || this.enpassant(orig, dest)) && this.data.game.variant.key === 'atomic') {
+      site.sound.play('explosion');
+      atomic.capture(this, dest);
+      return;
+    }
+    const fen = this.ply === 0 ? this.data.game.fen : this.stepAt(this.ply - 1).fen;
+    const san = sanOf(readFen(fen), orig + dest);
+
+    site.sound.move({ san, uci: orig + dest });
+    site.sound.saySan(san);
   };
 
   private startPromotion = (orig: Key, dest: Key, meta: MoveMetadata) =>
@@ -490,8 +494,6 @@ export default class RoundController implements MoveRootCtrl {
     this.autoScroll();
     this.onChange();
     this.pluginUpdate(step.fen);
-    if (!this.opts.local) site.sound.move({ ...o, filter: 'music' });
-    site.sound.saySan(step.san);
     return true; // prevents default socket pubsub
   };
 
diff --git a/ui/site/src/sound.ts b/ui/site/src/sound.ts
index 2ecbcd272f2d..028b4b38c225 100644
--- a/ui/site/src/sound.ts
+++ b/ui/site/src/sound.ts
@@ -72,21 +72,21 @@ export default new (class implements SoundI {
 
   async move(o?: SoundMoveOpts) {
     const volume = o?.volume ?? 1;
-    if (o?.filter !== 'music' && this.theme !== 'music') {
-      if (o?.name) this.throttled(o.name, volume);
-      else {
-        if (o?.san?.includes('x')) this.throttled('capture', volume);
-        else this.throttled('move', volume);
-        if (o?.san?.includes('#')) {
-          this.throttled('checkmate', volume);
-        } else if (o?.san?.includes('+')) {
-          this.throttled('check', volume);
-        }
+    if (this.theme === 'music') {
+      this.music ??= await site.asset.loadEsm<SoundMove>('bits.soundMove');
+      this.music(o);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (o?.name) this.throttled(o.name, volume);
+    else {
+      if (o?.san?.includes('x')) this.throttled('capture', volume);
+      else this.throttled('move', volume);
+      if (o?.san?.includes('#')) {
+        this.throttled('checkmate', volume);
+      } else if (o?.san?.includes('+')) {
+        this.throttled('check', volume);
       }
     }
-    if (o?.filter === 'game' || this.theme !== 'music') return;
-    this.music ??= await site.asset.loadEsm<SoundMove>('bits.soundMove');
-    this.music(o);
   }
 
   async playAndDelayMateResultIfNecessary(name: Name): Promise<void> {