Raiders of the Lost Ark (soundtrack)

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Film score by John Williams
Released	June 1981
Recorded	February 1981
Studio	Anvil Studios (London, England)
Genre	Film score
Length	43:00
Label	Columbia CBS International
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. Orchestrations were done by Herbert W. Spencer with additional orchestrations done by 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]