Raiders Of The Lost Ark
by John Williams (US)

Raiders Of The Lost Ark by John Williams (US)
(Soundtrack album)
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 16,828th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 32 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (245th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,256th)
Award Best albums of all time (16,828th)

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John Williams (US) bestography

Raiders Of The Lost Ark is ranked 8th best out of 41 albums by John Williams (US) on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Williams (US) is Star Wars which is ranked number 3508 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 422.

John Williams (US) album bestography « Higher ranked (16,344th)
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
This album (16,828th)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Lower ranked (17,228th) »
Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Raiders Of The Lost Ark rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 16,828th | 1980s rank: 2,256th | 1981 rank: 245th
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2026jlsfourthTop 80 Music Albums of the 1980s13/8017
2026 ExTeaSeaTop 79 Music Albums of 198145/792
2025 AwaitingAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s87/1003
2025 AwaitingAndrewMy Favorite Film Scores & Soundtracks42/69 -
2025 IgtonumamaFavourite Film Soundtracks78/100 -
2025OlliTop 100 Music Albums of 198144/1003
2024 CharlieBarleyMy Favourite Movie Soundtracks40/100 -
2024 zwiebelTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s66/1007
2024jlsfourthTop 10 John Williams Scores1/10 -
2024jlsfourthTop 10 Movie Soundtracks7/10 -
2024LosWochosbest ever movie soundtracks90/100 -
2024jlsfourthTop 10 Music Albums of 19813/104
2023 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 198175/1001
2023 RevolverCB72Best Instrumental Movie Score Albums4/20 -
2023Stevo796Top 14 Music Albums of 19818/143
2022LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 198171/1002
2022 CardboardfolderTop 42 Music Albums of 198124/422
2022 ExTeaSeaF2LF: John Williams3/26 -
2022 pedro1976Top 10 Music Albums of 19819/101
2021 AwaitingAndrewTop 10 Music Albums of 19818/102
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 29
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 65
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76/100 (from 32 votes)
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03/18/2026 11:26 BoxFL  Ratings distribution  2,76751/100
 
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11/06/2024 11:41 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  4,97281/100
 
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04/17/2024 17:35 HoldenM  Ratings distribution  1,77983/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.

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From 05/02/2018 00:59 | #214001
Awesome movie and music. Played it on the clarinet as my first performance!
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