Soundtracks

ON THIS PAGE:

  • Introduction
  • Dune (1984)
  • Exxos Space Opera (1993)
  • Dune (2001 Extended)
  • Frank Herbert’s Dune (2001)
  • Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune (2003)
  • Jodorowsky’s Dune (2015)
  • Dune: Part One (2021)
  • Dune: Part Two (2024)

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Introduction

Review Sources

DuneStuff: Dune Movie Merchandise has a Merchandise Collection Page with production items, literature, publicity, posters, toys and games, kid’s stuff, and “weird stuff.” It also has a very helpful Video and Audio Page that details all formats and versions for the movie and soundtrack, with many photos to compare image quality in different movie editions, lists of special features available in international DVD editions, and reviews of quality for the soundtracks.

More to be added.

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Dune (1984)

Composed by Brian Eno and Toto

PLAYLIST

  1. Prologue
  2. Main Title (Ost.Dune)
  3. Robot Fight
  4. Leto’s Theme
  5. The Box
  6. The Floating Fat Man (The Baron)
  7. Trip To Arrakis
  8. First Attack
  9. Prophecy Theme* [by Brian Eno]
  10. Dune (Desert Theme)
  11. Paul Meets Chani
  12. Prelude* (Take My Hand)
  13. Paul Takes The Water Of Life
  14. Big Battle
  15. Paul Kills Feyd
  16. Final Dream
  17. Take My Hand

* Prophecy Theme by Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois and Roger Eno. All selections produced by Toto except * by Brian Eno.

RESOURCES

Dune release details on Soundtrack.net.

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Exxos Space Opera (1993)

Composed by Stéphane Picq and Philip Ulrich

Details to be added.

PLAYLIST

  1. Spice Opera (4:47) (Picq and Ulrich)
  2. Emotion Control (4:19) (Picq)
  3. Ecolove (5:01) (Picq)
  4. Water (3:05) (Picq)
  5. Revelation (6:00) (Ulrich)
  6. Free Men (6:37) (Picq)
  7. Wake Up (5:15) (Picq and Ulrich)
  8. Dune Theme (5:07) (Picq)
  9. Chani’s Eyes (5:03) (Picq)
  10. Sign of the Worm (3:15) (Picq)
  11. Too (4:35) (Picq)
  12. Dune Variation (6:20) (Picq)
  13. Cryogenia (4:46) (Picq and Ulrich)

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Dune (2001 Extended)

Composed by Brian Eno and Toto

PLAYLIST

  1. Prologue/Main Title
  2. Guild Report
  3. House Atreides
  4. Paul Atreides
  5. Robot Fight
  6. Leto’s Theme
  7. The Box
  8. The Floating Fat Man (The Baron)
  9. Departure
  10. The Trip To Arrakis
  11. Sandworm Attack
  12. The Betrayal/Shields Down
  13. First Attack
  14. The Duke’s Death
  15. Sandworm Chase
  16. The Fremen
  17. Secrets Of The Fremen
  18. Paul Meets Chani
  19. Destiny
  20. Riding The Sandworm
  21. Reunion With Gurney
  22. Prelude (Take My Hand)
  23. Paul Takes The Water Of Life
  24. The Sleeper Has Awakened!
  25. Big Battle
  26. Paul Kills Feyd
  27. Final Dream
  28. Dune (Desert Theme)
  29. Dune Main Title – Demo Version
  30. Take My Hand

RESOURCES

Dune Extended release details on Soundtrack.net.

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Frank Herbert’s Dune (2001)

Composed by Graeme Revell

PLAYLIST

Part One

  • 1. Main Theme
  • 2. Navigator Advises
  • 3. Pain Box
  • 4. Worm Sign/Escape the Worm: Worm Song / Escape The Worm
  • 5. Dreamscape
  • 6. Up the Ladder/Battle: Up The Ladder / Battle

Part Two

  • 7. Desert Trek
  • 8. Outrun Worm
  • 9. Travel With Fremen
  • 10. Reclaim Janis’ Water/Worm Riding
  • 11. Fremen Village
  • 12. Underground Lake Vision
  • 13. Paul & Chani
  • 14. Chani & Paul’s Love
  • 15. Worm Bark
  • 16. Seduction, Pt. 1
  • 17. Seduction, Pt. 2
  • 18. Jessica Changes Water
  • 19. Desert Love

Part Three

  • 20. Paul’s Vision
  • 21. Conquering The Worm
  • 22. Paul Drinks
  • 23. Paul Reigns
  • 24. The Killing of the Innocent
  • 25. Baron Harkonnen Dies
  • 26. Jihad Begins / Last Fight
  • 27. Paul Choose-Finale

RESOURCES

Frank Herbert’s Dune release details on Soundtrack.net.

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Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune (2003)

Composed by Brian Tyler

PLAYLIST

  1. Summon The Worms
  2. Dune Messiah
  3. Main Title (House Atreides)
  4. The Revolution
  5. Fear Is The Mind Killer
  6. The Arrival Of Lady Jessica
  7. Leto Atreides II
  8. Inama Nushif (Montage)
  9. War Begins
  10. Battle Of Naraj
  11. Rya Wolves
  12. I Have Only Now
  13. The Impossible Wager
  14. Face Dancer
  15. The Throne Of Alia
  16. Trap The Worm
  17. Salusus Secundus
  18. The Jihad
  19. The Ring Of Paul
  20. Exiles
  21. Sins Of The Mother
  22. Irulan I’s Regret
  23. My Skin Is Not My Own
  24. Reunited
  25. The Golden Path
  26. Child Emperor
  27. Sign Of The Bene Gesserit
  28. The Preacher At Arrakeen
  29. The Desert Journey
  30. The Ghola Duncan
  31. Leto And Ghanima
  32. The Fremen Qizarate
  33. Farewell
  34. Children Of Dune
  35. Horizon
  36. End Title

RESOURCES

Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune release details on Soundtrack.net.

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Jodorowsky’s Dune (2015)

Composed by Kurt Stenzel

PLAYLIST

  1. Coming of a God
  2. Greatest Movie Never Made
  3. Parallel World
  4. Parallel World (outro)
  5. Leap of Faith
  6. Time and Space
  7. Optical World
  8. Nebula
  9. Invitation
  10. Point of View
  11. Moebius
  12. Arrakis
  13. Millions of Stars
  14. Into the Galaxy
  15. O’Bannon Meets Jodo
  16. Finding the Others
  17. Spiritual Warriors
  18. Conception of Paul
  19. Ships With Souls
  20. The Pirate spaceship
  21. Rescue From a Sandworm
  22. Mad Emperor
  23. Burning Giraffes
  24. Baron Harkonnen
  25. Giger’s theme
  26. Deepest Darkness of the Soul
  27. Feyd Rautha
  28. Total Extermination
  29. I Am Dune
  30. Hollywood
  31. Fingerprints
  32. Open the Mind
  33. Try

RESOURCES

Jodorowsky’s Dune soundtrack release details on Soundtrack.net.

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Dune: Part One (2021)

Sketchbook and Soundtrack

Composed by Hans Zimmer

MAGAZINE ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS

Den of Geek, Issue 3, Fall 2021. “Echoes of Arrakis,” letter from the editor, pages 6-7. “Visions of Dune,” pages 30-35. “Sounds of the Sand: Hans Zimmer on Creating Dune’s Strange Score,” page 35.

Little White Lies, Issue #90: The Dune Issue. “They Shoot, He Scores,” page 46. Lillian Crawford talks to film composer extraordinaire Hans Zimmer about how he draws on the classics of the past.

Sound on Sound, April 2024. “Dune: Hans Zimmer & Friends,” pages 124-126, 128-130, 132-133. “For the Dune movies, Hans Zimmer and his team of extraordinary musicians didn’t just create a score. They created an entire world.” “The Synths of Dune,” page 128. “Ryan Rubin: Music Editor,” page 129. Everyone’s An Engineer,” page 130. “Pipe Dreams,” page 132.

“How Hans Zimmer Conjured the Otherworldly Sounds of ‘Dune’,” by Darryn King, The New York Times, October 21, 2021. The composer worked with a far-flung “band” of collaborators who sung, scraped metal, invented instruments and more for the score.

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PLAYLIST – Disc 1 (#1-4), Disc 2 (#5-9)

  1. Song of the Sisters
  2. I See You in My Dreams
  3. House Atreides
  4. The Shortening of the Way
  5. Paul’s Dream
  6. Moon Over Caladan
  7. Shai-Hulud
  8. Mind-Killer
  9. Grains of Sand

PLAYLIST

  1. Dream of Arrakis
  2. Herald of the Change
  3. Bene Gesserit
  4. Gom Jabbar
  5. The One
  6. Leaving Caladan
  7. Arrakeen
  8. Ripples in the Sand
  9. Visions of Chani
  10. Night on Arrakis
  11. Armada
  12. Burning Palms
  13. Stranded
  14. Blood for Blood
  15. The Fall
  16. Holy War
  17. Sanctuary
  18. Premonition
  19. Ornithopter
  20. Sandstorm
  21. Stillsuits
  22. My Road Leads into the Desert

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Dune: Part Two (2024)

Composed by Hans Zimmer

To be added.

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