When Ben Burtt set out to design the sounds for the Ark of the Covenant in Raiders of the Lost Ark, he was tasked with creating the film’s most supernatural moment — the climactic sequence where the Ark is opened and the spirits emerge to destroy the Nazis. There was nothing to record on set; every sound had to be imagined and built from scratch. The moment begins with the Ark’s lid sliding open — a sound Burtt found in the most unlikely of places. Experimenting at home, he discovered that slidi