Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

June 12, 1981

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (also known as Raiders of the Lost Ark) is a 1981 American action adventure film.

Storyline

In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.

Also See

• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
• Indiana Jones 5 (2023)

Sound Effects Used

• Ben Burtt Punching Sounds
• Hollywoodedge, Bullet Impact GlassD PE112601 (Debut)
• Hollywoodedge, Machine Gun Silence PE1010701 (including 13th ricochet in a high-pitched)
• Hollywoodedge, Machine Gun Silence PE1103601
• Hollywoodedge, Thunder Crack Viole PE1008302 (debut?)
• Hollywoodedge, Thunder Rip Rumble PE1008603 (debut?)
• Pro Sound Effects, Crash Master, Compilation of Large Crashes, Smashes, Glass Breaking, Wood, Metal, Impacts, Destruction 01/SKYWALKER, METAL - LIGHT CRACKLE AND SQUEAK (debut?)
• SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 06 (debut)
• SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 07 (debut)
• SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 08 (debut)
• SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 09 (debut)
• SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 10 (debut)
• SKYWALKER, BULLET - LONG TRACER WHIZ BY AND AWAY (debut)
• SKYWALKER, BULLET - RAPID, LASER-LIKE RICOCHETS
• SKYWALKER, BULLET - RICOCHET WHIZZING BY 01 (debut)
• SKYWALKER, BULLET - SMALL DOUBLE RICOCHET
• SKYWALKER, CRUNCH - CRUNCHING CHOKE (Heard when Dietrich’s head deflates.)
• SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - THE FORCE WHINE
• SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - PULSE SHRIEK 01 (low-pitched)
• SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 01 (debut)
• SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 07
• SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01 (debut, reverse)
• SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 02 (debut)
• SKYWALKER GLASS, SMASH - LARGE WINDOW CRASH (debut)
• SKYWALKER GLASS, SMASH - LARGE WINDOW CRASH 02
• SKYWALKER, HUMAN - YELL, SHORT, FEMALE 01
• SKYWALKER HYPERDRIVE FAILURE SOUND
• SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL
• SKYWALKER, METAL - LIGHT CRACKLE AND SQUEAK (debut)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - RESOUNDING CLANG 02 (debut)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - WEIRD CLANK
• SKYWALKER ROLLING BOULDER SOUND (debut)
• SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - ION CANNON GUN (Condensed.)
• SKYWALKER, SIZZLE - QUICK SIZZLE
• SKYWALKER, SQUISH - TAUNTAUN GUTS
• SKYWALKER, THUNDER - LOUD CRACKLING IN A DARK NIGHT (debut)
• SKYWALKER WHISTLING RICOCHET, EXPLOSION ACCENT (debut?; Heard twice as a truck and the Nazi bomber explode, first in -12 pitch and then in a normal pitch; post-1999 versions double the sound of the ricochet.)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - INDY'S WHIP CRACKS (debut)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SCREAM-LIKE PASS BY
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SINGLE SWISH (debut)
• SKYWALKER, WIND - HEAVY WIND WHISTLING
• SoundDogs, Crash - Glass - C U - Two Glass Crashes W Large Shard Clunks (debut)
• SoundDogs, Electric - Sparks & Hum - C U - Series Of Amazingly Creaky Sparks And Reverberant Decay
• Sound Ideas, AMBIENCE, INDUSTRIAL - WHIRRING WAREHOUSE INTERIOR, INDUSTRY, FACTORY
• Sound Ideas, BADGER - GROWL & HISS, ANIMAL (debut)
• Sound Ideas, BIRDS, JUNGLE - AFTERNOON JUNGLE BIRDS CALLING, ANIMAL (Heard in a high pitch.)
• Sound Ideas, FIRE, BURST - BIG BURST (debut)
• Sound Ideas, GUN, HAND GUN - TURNING OF CHAMBER
• Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 01 (debut)
• Sound Ideas, REPTILE, SNAKE - HISSES, 8 VARIOUS LENGTHS-& INTENSITIES, ANIMAL (debut)
• Sound Ideas, ROCKS, EARTHQUAKE - RUMBLE, CREAKS, CRASHES, TUMBLING, AVALANCHE (debut)
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - DISTANT THUNDER ROLL, WEATHER 02
• Sound Ideas, WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 05 (debut)
• Sound Ideas, WIND - BLAST, MODULATION & HOWL, WEATHER (Heard once in normal as the Ark begins to suck everything up and in reverse as the Ark's lid falls.)
• TECHNICOLOR EXPLOSION 01
• WB CARTOON, ARROW - FAST ARROWS FLY BY AND HIT (used for the Hovitos tribe’s arrows)
• WB PISTOL SHOT 03 (Debut)
• Wilhelm Scream

Image Gallery

• Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)/Image Gallery

Audio Samples

SKYWALKER, BULLET - RAPID, LASER-LIKE RICOCHETS as heard in the film.

SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 02 as heard in the film.

The higher-pitched variant of SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - THE FORCE WHINE as heard in the film.