diff --git a/code/datums/components/cult_ritual_item.dm b/code/datums/components/cult_ritual_item.dm
index 3de2f478db9..1e4e4ab76bc 100644
--- a/code/datums/components/cult_ritual_item.dm
+++ b/code/datums/components/cult_ritual_item.dm
@@ -370,12 +370,14 @@
 	if(!check_if_in_ritual_site(cultist, cult_team))
 		return FALSE
 	var/area/summon_location = get_area(cultist)
+	var/static/cult_music_played = FALSE
 	priority_announce(
 		text = "Figments from an eldritch god are being summoned by [cultist.real_name] into [summon_location.get_original_area_name()] from an unknown dimension. Disrupt the ritual at all costs!",
-		sound = 'sound/music/antag/bloodcult/bloodcult_scribe.ogg',
+		sound = cult_music_played ? 'sound/announcer/notice/notice3.ogg' : 'sound/music/antag/bloodcult/bloodcult_scribe.ogg',
 		sender_override = "[command_name()] Higher Dimensional Affairs",
 		has_important_message = TRUE,
 	)
+	cult_music_played = TRUE
 	for(var/shielded_turf in spiral_range_turfs(1, cultist, 1))
 		LAZYADD(shields, new /obj/structure/emergency_shield/cult/narsie(shielded_turf))