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.

Sound Effects Used

• BEN BURTT PUNCHING SOUNDS
• Hollywoodedge, Machine Gun Silence PE1010701
• 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 - RAPID, LASER-LIKE RICOCHETS
• SKYWALKER, BULLET - RICOCHET WHIZZING BY 01 (debut)
• SKYWALKER, CRUNCH - CRUNCHING CHOKE (Heard when Dietrich’s head deflates.)
• SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - THE FORCE WHINE
• 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, SQUISH - TAUNTAUN GUTS
• SKYWALKER, THUNDER - LOUD CRACKLING IN A DARK NIGHT (debut)
• SKYWALKER WHISTLING RICOCHET, EXPLOSION ACCENT (Heard once in a -12 pitch and in a normal pitch. Prints from 1999 onward double the ricochet sound)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - INDY'S WHIP CRACKS (debut)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SINGLE SWISH (debut)
• Sound Ideas, BADGER - GROWL & HISS, ANIMAL (debut)
• Sound Ideas, BIRDS, JUNGLE - AFTERNOON JUNGLE BIRDS CALLING, ANIMAL (Heard in a high pitch.)
• Sound Ideas, Crash - Glass - C U - Two Glass Crashes W Large Shard Clunks (debut)
• Sound Ideas, Electric - Sparks & Hum - C U - Series Of Amazingly Creaky Sparks And Reverberant Decay
• Sound Ideas, FIRE, BURST - BIG BURST (debut)
• Sound Ideas, GUN, HAND GUN - TURNING OF CHAMBER
• 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.)
• Warner Bros. Arrow Sound (used for the Hovitos tribe’s arrows)
• WB PISTOL SHOT 03 (Debut)
• WILHELM SCREAM

Image Gallery

SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - INDY'S WHIP CRACKS

SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - INDY'S WHIP CRACKS

SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SINGLE SWISH

Sound Ideas, GUN, HAND GUN - TURNING OF CHAMBER

SKYWALKER, BULLET - RICOCHET WHIZZING BY 01

SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL

SKYWALKER, BULLET - RAPID, LASER-LIKE RICOCHETS

SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 02

Wilhelm Scream (4th scream)

SKYWALKER, METAL - LIGHT CRACKLE AND SQUEAK

SKYWALKER, METAL - LIGHT CRACKLE AND SQUEAK

Wilhelm Scream (1st scream)

SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 07

SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 07

SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - THE FORCE WHINE

Sound Ideas, WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 05

SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - THE FORCE WHINE

SKYWALKER, CRUNCH - CRUNCHING CHOKE and SKYWALKER, SQUISH - TAUNTAUN GUTS

SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 01

Sound Ideas, WIND - BLAST, MODULATION & HOWL, WEATHER

Sound Ideas, WIND - BLAST, MODULATION & HOWL, WEATHER (Reverse)

SKYWALKER, THUNDER - LOUD CRACKLING IN A DARK NIGHT

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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.

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)