Raiders of the Lost Ark (soundtrack)

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Film score by
ReleasedJune 1981
RecordedFebruary 1981
StudioAbbey Road Studios
GenreFilm score
Length43:00
Label
John Williams chronology
The Empire Strikes Back Raiders of the Lost Ark E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Indiana Jones chronology
Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
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Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film score to the 1981 Steven Spielberg film, Raiders of the Lost Ark. The music was composed and conducted by John Williams and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. The orchestrations were provided by Herbert W. Spencer and Al Woodbury.[citation needed] The score was released by Columbia Records in June 1981. The soundtrack received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score but lost out to Vangelis' score for Chariots of Fire.[1]

This was one of the first scores recorded at Abbey Road Studios (formerly known as EMI Studios) after Anvil Studios shut down in 1980.

  1. ^ "Academy Awards Database - Best Original Score (1981)", AwardsDatabase.oscars.org, Retrieved November 30, 2015