Indiana Jones Soundtrack - Ark Theme (Complete)

I OWN NOTHING! This was a request. Music is by John Williams and is from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Soundtrack. This is a compilation of just about every version of the Ark Theme I could find. Unfortunately the piece from Last Crusade wasn't officially released, so it isn't included. Enjoy!

[@flashmusic3882]

If you like this video be sure to check out my channel! I edit all kinds of different themes! Here's the link to my Indiana Jones Themes playlist! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qILGcoFmh86om6M

[@rhone733]

Elsa: "What's that?" Indy: "The Ark of the Covenant." Elsa: "Are you sure?" Indy: "Pretty sure."

[@heitormedina7098]

Why is call "Ark of the Covenant"?

[@beccahawkins1905]

@@heitormedina7098Its name is a reflection of the “covenant” YHWH (Israel’s God) makes with Israel, and the Ark, intended as a physical resting spot for YHWH’s presence and meeting place with Israel’s leaders, is a holy example of that. The “covenant” YHWH makes is with his people, Israel, that he will be their God in exchange for their devotion to him. The Ark (chest) is one physical expression of that.

[@heitormedina7098]

What is YHWH?

[@r.v.4241]

@@heitormedina7098YHWH is the true name of God in Judaism, we don’t really know how it’s pronounced, some say it’s "Yahve", other say it’s "jehovah" though this one is the least probable.

[@thanoskermit3912]

@@heitormedina7098 god, no like literally god

[@nerfreak01]

"An army which carries the Ark before it.... Is invincible." - Marcus Brody.

[@yaffayafo82]

"He speaks a dozen languages and tribal dialects. He'll adapt to any place or situation...." Indiana Jones Exterior Cut to Marcus Brody, irritated and lost at the Arab RR station: "Does anybody here understand English?"

[@DrasticFox2004]

This really is scary, *because it’s like the wrath of God really is here and you don’t want to endure a terrible fate from it.*

[@alexbarron3831]

Yes, but remember it was God of the Old testament, and we are not of the Old testament anymore because Jesus died for our sins. ❤️

[@jonrixbus]

@@alexbarron3831 Isn't the "New" testament kind of old too nowadays? I think we are ready for a brand new edition, with a new scapegoat. Maybe the easter bunny? :D

[@MajinHercule]

Yes, that's just what the Hebrews thought.

[@martinmanifold2241]

​@@jonrixbusteal''c stargate . The bible is about humanity ,Humans never change , humans shape history -- history repeats over and over ...pandemics every 100 years ....humans never change ...same news , same antics , different names but modern gizmos . The bible will be as releavant now as is was 1000 years ago and will be in 1000 years time ....humans never change . The few (MM) however do and ascend to a higher state of mind

[@88feji]

I refrain from thumbing up as its at 100 .... lest I experience the wrath of God for disturbing the resting peace of numerical perfection ...

[@dapperdan7612]

This is one of the best leitmotifs/themes in cinema history. It’s so similar to Wagner’s object leitmotifs

[@yaffayafo82]

gotta love them leitmotifs. I wonder what Wagner thought about Old Testament tales?

[@dapperdan7612]

@@yaffayafo82 That’s a very interesting point, I do wonder what he thought about other tales such as those from the Old Testament or other mythologies such as Greek or Celtic and whether he might’ve made music based on any of them.

[@billd3356]

@@yaffayafo82 Wagner was a vicious anti-Semite. I doubt he would have considered writing any music for stories involving Hebrews.

[@jordanreed3675]

I did love the reprisals of this theme in last crusade and crystal skull

[@williamwilkinson381]

@Jordan.... Elsa: what's that one ? Indy: The Ark of the Covenant.. Elsa: Are you sure ? Indy: Pretty sure..

[@williamwilkinson381]

@Jordan.... Elsa: what's that one ? Indy: The Ark of the Covenant.. Elsa: Are you sure ? Indy: Pretty sure..

[@andrihusainsudra]

Crystal Skull: *opening the hangar*

[@lrf351]

what is "crystall skull" ?

[@rayunited2010foryou]

This track always stuck in my mind right from the 1st time I heard it on my first watch in 1990. Even now, I find very few tracks as mysterious as this masterpeice.

[@user-xr1ys9lk9f]

It's beautiful!

[@fulcrum6008]

😀😮😱🫠💀

[@luissh27]

@@fulcrum6008😂😂

[@bravenkirok3142]

Best part is 7:54. Ends 8:18. This section of the theme was so mysterious and powerful to me as a kid watching the movie that it plays in my head when I have a revelation about something or discover something mysterious.

[@skirnireta1003]

I think in the movie, that's the part where Indy is putting the Staff of Ra in the map room, and the beam is wandering around the room, and in the crescendo, marking the well of souls, where the ark is being hold.

[@anadmirer8789]

Whoever created this produced to work of pure genius. I’ve been waiting for a version of the Ark of the Covenant theme like this one for most of my adult life. 👏

[@tadget0566]

I went to the Vatican some years ago and as I stood in the basilica and the sun shone down through a window onto the floor this tune just kept going through my head 😳😳😳 and I’m not even catholic 😳

[@Vaeleagle]

This theme was so creepy... and genius...

[@decoenedamien7808]

This gives me chills down my spine. You can really feel the power of God

[@johnreremoana930]

No matter how old (ancient) this song is, it still a wonderous classical piece of cinema history.

[@MST3KLives]

Thank you for this! The best and by far the most complete compilation of this amazing theme. It’s wondrous, isn’t it? Williams uses only three notes, and yet, like the Ark itself, it can simultaneously evoke mystery, wonder, temptation, and danger. As Einstein said, beyond smarts, intelligence, brilliance, and genius, there is the true pinnacle of achievement: the simple.

[@williamjpellas0314]

Scariest, most foreboding and ominous movie theme of all time. Its beauty only makes it all the more terrifying, just as with God Himself.

[@beccahawkins1905]

It’s so creepy and yet so “holy-sounding” at the same time. The Ark is an object of holy horror. There’s something fascinating about that. This music captures that sense of the Ark perfectly. It’s interesting because in fiction, horror generally is associated with Satan and his evil, but here it’s associated with God and his holiness.

[@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151]

Well…when you study angels and you realize what kind of Lovecraftian monstrosities they are…

[@yellowgetbright]

It reminds us to never middle with powers we cannot comprehend, or you will face God's wrath.

[@ConnerFilms]

If you hear this music play, turn and run don’t look back!

[@JudeBoi1313]

And if you can’t run. Shut your eyes and don’t look at it

[@JohnDoe-hk5ec]

@@JudeBoi1313 I always get chills thinking about that. How Indy had no idea what was going on, but could hear the wrath of God happening all around him

[@tylermills1699]

Maybe it just destroys sight instead of sound. Who knows?

[@jmcieslak0]

​@@tylermills1699it's Old Testament lore that man is not to look directly upon God

[@c_ark]

This gave me goosebumps and made me cry. Its just that powerful of a tune.

[@CeceGames]

"An army that carries the ark before it... Is invincible."

[@Fythbro]

I want this at my funeral when the coffin is carried down the aisle

[@ResidentEddy]

3:33 - 4:04 I'd call it "The (Un)Fortunate Discovery of What Once Was Lost"

[@cr4yv3n]

"what-what's that coming out of there?"

[@ResidentEddy]

Fire. Lightning. Power of God or something.

[@nickolaskech5846]

Now i begging to understand Hitler's interest for this...

[@erihgioqe3798]

@@nickolaskech5846 In the bible they walked the Ark around a city and the entire thing burned, I imagine he'd want to try and do that

[@carloseugeniocarlos4287]

my favorite thme of all the times. Eerie,beautiful,intense and scary .

[@rickshabusky4553]

I remember the Bible saying that there are ghosts that melt your face with the ten Commandments

[@jmcieslak0]

That was always my favorite verse

[@Rogue_Nine416]

came back after disney utilized this in the unabridged audiobooks of timothy zahn's thrawn trilogy and i have to say hearing this in star wars is just something i never knew i needed

[@mr_yoshidasan]

No matter what you hear, don't open your eyes.

[@jeffreyaguilar8028]

11:32-12:12 perfect theme for when the Seraphim shows up and grabs a coal off the alter

[@jmohan00]

this thing still gives me the #chills

[@tylerbushong3452]

Good GOD!!!

[@anadmirer8789]

Yes, that’s what the Hebrews thought.

[@allister-malister9179]

Like the movie said “ITS BEAUTIFUL!!!”

[@stefangoldschmidt7633]

This music gives me chills, and the feeling of a true supernatural power, that we will never comprehend, and that will destroy our little lives in a flash if we get to nosy and ignorant.

[@josswindsor8288]

Misterioso y fantástico lo conocía de hace muchos años logradísima la atmósfera de Misterio y temor

[@ragnarok3199]

Belloq burned by god's wrath. Indiana: See ya chump!

[@markwhite5617]

thanks for posting, dont look at the light marryanne

[@markwhite5617]

marry anne ravenwood, shes hot, the gov people said top people are gonna look at this, indy says who??? top people, Indy all mad saying they dont know what they got, she says I know what I got, buy you a drink???? lol, ok babe

[@MatthewKruse-ri8ep]

Perfect imagery - I always loved this scene in Raiders - seeing Jones flip to this illustration plate in the Bible and hearing this theme always gave me powerully moving chills. Like this theme was to me, in this scene, the still small voice - of majestic righteousness..

[@jmcieslak0]

Perfectly captures the feeling of "You found something that wasn't meant to be found"

[@martinmanifold2241]

My dog has started acting strangely when i' m playing this through my headphones .... 🎧 ....

[@puresh9072]

Does anyone know where I can find the track starting at 8:52? The vocals in that part always give me goosebumps but I can't find it anywhere

[@grace6300]

Pretty sure this is part of ‘The Map Room, Dawn’, but like not at the start of the piece.

[@Stepi01]

@@grace6300 @puresh9072 It is

[@MrSniperdude01]

The moment when you find the launch codes FJB stashed at DQ 😂

[@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151]

“Now, uh, what’s that supposed to be coming out right there?”

[@anadmirer8789]

“ Lightning. Fire. Power of God or something.”

[@Fergusius]

No mortal man may look upon the face of God

[@josephsainz1034]

This is the music that plays in my head when I think or pray to God.

[@taylornovia8911]

I was thinking the ark of the covenant is a symbol for the climax of the story. When God made his covenant, it's not the golden ark, but the arch of the story which is primary. God's promise that is.

[@DrasticFox2004]

*Ultimately.*

[@spazmoidaljellyfish1277]

Swear I heard this in bad batch season 2

[@Zippohead]

Episode 5 ❤ best Filler with Indiana Jones vibes

[@lukaviwifalc1119]

Plz post the Father and Son theme from Last Crusade. It plays right after the Raiders March in the end credits if you’re wondering what it is. And the Crystal Skull theme and Marion’s Theme as well

[@flashmusic3882]

Already working on them! :D

[@spasmplayer7422]

I thought, "there's no way someone would make my niche my music idea." I was pleasantly surprised. Fedoras off to you.

[@thegiftedone]

It's the power of GOD!⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡

[@anadmirer8789]

“ Well, I mean that for nearly three thousand years man has been searching for the lost ark. It's not something to be taken lightly. No one knows its secrets. It's like nothing you've ever gone after before.”

[@romanmartinezibarra8138]

A mystical and terrible theme..... perfectly describes that the ark is divine and forbidden !!!....

[@decoenedamien7808]

3:05 to 4:20 absolute chills

[@spinfox2000]

The allmighty power of YHVH its forever.

[@SSD2024]

3:47

[@mr.crabsssss]

9:33 your welcome for the best part

[@tonybarde2572]

Bruh, this sounds like Palpatine's theme

[@Gollam99]

You have good ears:-) When you listen to the Dark Plagueis scene, you can find a sequence from Last Crusade soundtrack , when he talks about midichlorians creating life... Great idea, and almost unrecognisible🙂.

[@tonybarde2572]

@@Gollam99 Cool

[@beccahawkins1905]

It does sound like Palpatine’s theme. Good ears. It’s just tweaked to make it sound “horrifyingly holy” instead of pure evil.

[@tonybarde2572]

​@@beccahawkins1905 A contrast between the Glory of the Lord and Palpatine's heart of darkness

[@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151]

@@tonybarde2572Also could a be a sly reference to the creator of our world in Gnosticism, which is an evil god.

[@fridge3489]

Genesis 19:23-26 (NIV): 23 By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. 24 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah-from the Lord out of the heavens. 25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities-and also the vegetation in the land. 26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. 1 Samual 6:19-20 (NIV) 19 But God struck down some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy of them to death because they looked into the ark of the Lord. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the Lord had dealt them. 20 And the people of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the Lord, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?” 2 Samual 6:6-7 (NIV) 6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. 7 The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down, and he died there beside the ark of God.

[@superslimjim6483]

When I first saw this movie I thought it was the bad guy theme

[@krel3358]

would you be able to convert this into 432hz?

[@Damon_Blue]

Hey, am I able to make a request? (It's not Indiana Jones related)

[@flashmusic3882]

Sure! It just may take me awhile to get to it because I have a ton of other requests I gotta do. Just been trying to knock out the Indiana Jones music as fast as I can so I can move on to some other requests.

[@Damon_Blue]

@@flashmusic3882 Alright. I'll just let you know my request right now, and you can get to it when you have time. I was wondering if you could make a suite of Dr. Robotnik's theme from the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, as I really like the theme Junkie XL (Tom Holkenborg) made for the character. Thanks!

[@flashmusic3882]

@@Damon_Blue Oh I didn't know Junkie XL did Sonic? I'll add this to my list. Sounds fun!

[@Damon_Blue]

@@flashmusic3882 Cool. Thanks mate!

[@neavirenth]

Does anybody have a music sheet for this theme? I am not able to fin it.

[@mftepera]

Lightning. Fire. Power of God or something.

[@TheNineteenthCentury]

12:24 -- 13:00

[@petarjovanovic2466]

I thought this theme also appears in Ghost Busters.

[@Scarfy101]

Can you post the song during the motorbike Chase in the crystal skull?

[@flashmusic3882]

Definitely! I plan on doing every theme from Indiana Jones as soon as I can!

[@Scarfy101]

@@flashmusic3882 Thank you! I really appreciate your work because I've always wanted to see film themes and motifs combined into one track!

[@adammartinez8061]

12:45

[@deppen123]

1337 long :D

[@hahapack5308]

GOD do exist,GOD don't exist.The first statement would just be fantastic and in line with my beliefs.The second statement ,probably not true as there certainly is many other beings across the vastness of space.Some far more advanced than we could imagine.It's just a mathematical certainty.

[@mylespetersen3130]

8:54

[@godstomper]

The real ark of the covenant is in Utah. I know it sounds ridiculous but it makes sense why it would be there. REMEMBER what Sallah said , it is not of this earth . Plus the U.S. accepted the motto, In God we trust. That's a bold statement.

[@williamjpellas0314]

When the US "accepted the motto, in God we trust", it was a long time ago and is no longer the case, unfortunately.

[@godstomper]

@@williamjpellas0314 it's only been 70 years since it was accepted as the motto of the U.S. but yes times have changed.

[@mikejustice3380]

The last time the Ark of the Covenant was supposedly seen was in Jerusalem, some 2,600 years ago. Now archaeologists are exploring the ancient town of Kiriath Jearim, where the Bible says the ark was kept for 20 years before being taken to Jerusalem. Only Mormons think the ark is in Utah.

[@godstomper]

@@mikejustice3380 Wouldn't you think by now some secret organization already found it and brought it to the states for safe keeping? Just like Raiders of the lost ark.

[@mikejustice3380]

@@godstomper Makes for great fiction!

[@yellowgetbright]

Thank you for uploading this. I have been searching on KZbin for 7 years.

[@flashmusic3882]

No problem! :)

[@andrihusainsudra]

Rest here, traveler. You've been searching for a long time

[@spankflaps1365]

Sounds similar to the theme from Basic Instinct - kzbin.info/www/bejne/j37Nmqp7qdyana8

[@markdillon5494]

Na. Nothing like it.

[@Mpiewizard]

This is easily one of the best melodies John Williams has ever composed. He somehow managed to capture all sides of the Ark in one little motif. It’s mysterious, beautiful, intriguing, ethereal, wondrous but also intimidating, menacing, ominous, foreboding, and powerful. Absolutely amazing.

[@andywilliams8540]

haha yeah, two chords go a long way when you're JW

[@deanmorton6537]

Not to mention dangerous

[@calebrimer2870]

You just described God as close to perfection as humanly possible 😊

[@bomdiafunk]

3:35

[@mylespetersen3130]

12:54

[@TheNineteenthCentury]

3:47

[@mylespetersen3130]

11:54

[@mylespetersen3130]

3:54

[@mylespetersen3130]

12:17

[@mylespetersen3130]

12:22