diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/AudLoader.cs b/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/AudLoader.cs
index 7896a754d0..d7f7bfc9f5 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/AudLoader.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/AudLoader.cs
@@ -175,8 +175,22 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 		{
 			channels = sampleBits = sampleRate = 0;
 
-			if (!LoadSound(stream, out rawData))
+			try
+			{
+				if (!LoadSound(stream, out rawData))
+					return false;
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				// LoadSound() will check if the stream is in a format that this parser supports.
+				// If not, it will simply return false so we know we can't use it. If it is, it will start
+				// parsing the data without any further failsafes, which means that it will crash on corrupted files
+				// (that end prematurely or otherwise don't conform to the specifications despite the headers being OK).
+				Log.Write("debug", "Failed to parse AUD file {0}. Error message:".F(fileName));
+				Log.Write("debug", e.ToString());
+				rawData = null;
 				return false;
+			}
 
 			channels = 1;
 			sampleBits = 16;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/WavLoader.cs b/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/WavLoader.cs
index 6a3518fa5a..3f7d3fba2a 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/WavLoader.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/WavLoader.cs
@@ -190,8 +190,21 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 			rawData = null;
 			channels = sampleBits = sampleRate = 0;
 
-			if (!LoadSound(stream))
+			try
+			{
+				if (!LoadSound(stream))
+					return false;
+			}
+			catch (Exception e)
+			{
+				// LoadSound() will check if the stream is in a format that this parser supports.
+				// If not, it will simply return false so we know we can't use it. If it is, it will start
+				// parsing the data without any further failsafes, which means that it will crash on corrupted files
+				// (that end prematurely or otherwise don't conform to the specifications despite the headers being OK).
+				Log.Write("debug", "Failed to parse WAV file {0}. Error message:".F(fileName));
+				Log.Write("debug", e.ToString());
 				return false;
+			}
 
 			rawData = RawOutput;
 			channels = Channels;