Hans Zimmer's DUNE (2021)

[blondheim 1,157]

This is a score for a film with a lot of intellectual ideas. It will likely play better in suite form anyway. I'm fairly sure Hans composed it that way. This is a great score for Hans that really lends itself well to his methodology. I'm glad to see him get this film. Philip Glass would have knocked this out of the park too, as would John Adams but those are pipe dreams. Not even sure either would want to do it anyway. Hans has the blockbuster clout which this film needs to be successful. I'm sure soundtrack sales from the Zimmer base aren't going to hurt and I want Part 2

 

[Lord Zimmer 211]

2 hours ago, WampaRat said:

I do hope there’s some moments of awe/wonder/nobility scattered throughout the score. Not just tension/danger the entire time. I get that it’s a “serious” film and there is a lot at stake in the story. But it’s not Dunkirk. Hans should be free to explore various parts of this world. Beauty of the desert, mystery, even love in there too. 

 

Awe/wonder/nobility? This is a Villeneuve film man, the only fucker who has a darker outlook on life than Nolan. 

 

But yeah was hoping for something more melodic like WW84. Hopefully there are some tracks like that at least.

 

[Disco Stu 15,495]

There's no way anyone could watch all of Villeneuve's films up to now and reasonably expect anything other than a "soundscape" style score.  I very much enjoyed that type of score when it was Jóhannsson scoring them and very much did not enjoy BR2049 nor any of the released cues for Dune so far. 

[Thor 7,458]

I like both. Love Jóhannsson's work, love Zimmer (and Wallfish's) work so far.

[Nick1Ø66 4,687]

The real question is, how would Zimmer do a Tolkien score?

 

”Drums in the Deep”. I’m getting chills already.

[blondheim 1,157]

I always wondered about James Horner. What a score that would have been.

 

Not that I would ever exchange what we have. Ever. Still nice to wonder.

[Mr. Who 919]

2 hours ago, badbu said:

from where get u these infos?

i thought Paul’s dream is the cue from the first 10 minutes from the opening scene

I read it in the article I think

[Jay 37,271]

Sure did

 

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LISTEN: “Paul’s Dream,” which is included on the album The Dune Sketchbook (Music from the Soundtrack)
LISTEN: “Ripples in the Sand,” which is included on the album Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

 

[Edmilson 7,376]

Just listened to the released tracks.

 

Paul's Dream starts atmospherically like Interstellar until the infamous wailing woman appears and turns the music into "space Gladiator".

 

Ripples in the Sand sounds like a mix between Black Hawk Down and Dark Phoenix. It's not bad, but it's no something I'd listen to frequently.

 

I wonder if, maybe due to the pandemic, Zimmer didn't used an orchestra like WW84? It would make sense for the score to be completly synth plus the wailing woman and some Middle Eastern instruments. Also, that'd be very bold.

[Romão 2,274]

Elliot Goldenthal would've been such a perfect fit for this

[MedigoScan 324]

Everywhere I go there is always someone using the word Wailing Woman.

As if every time a woman sings in a song, its the same one when this sounds way different from what I am used to.

[A. A. Ron 1,738]

I like that Zimmer is releasing these "sketchbooks" alongside his OSTs these days. In the case of Dark Phoenix for example, I felt the music as Zimmer conceived it was more interesting than the music than actually ended up in the film.

[Stark 308]

This wailing woman music is completely unlike the wailing from Gladiator, a much better comparison would be the vocals from Black Hawk Down, or indeed Dark Phoenix.

 

And three albums of music! I’m excited!

[badbu 123]

On 7/23/2021 at 8:55 PM, Lord Zimmer said:

 

Awe/wonder/nobility? This is a Villeneuve film man, the only fucker who has a darker outlook on life than Nolan. 

 

But yeah was hoping for something more melodic like WW84. Hopefully there are some tracks like that at least.

 

i think we get some themes.

like for the harkonnen and maybe a love theme (Paul & Chani)  

 

i also hope that cue is a part of the official score:

 

 

[Jules 59]

On 7/24/2021 at 1:40 PM, A. A. Ron said:

I like that Zimmer is releasing these "sketchbooks" alongside his OSTs these days. In the case of Dark Phoenix for example, I felt the music as Zimmer conceived it was more interesting than the music than actually ended up in the film.

Check out the WW84 Sketches, the first half blew me away.

[Nick1Ø66 4,687]

On 7/23/2021 at 7:55 PM, Lord Zimmer said:

 

This is a Villeneuve film man, the only fucker who has a darker outlook on life than Nolan.

 

 

Darren Aronofsky has entered the room.

[blondheim 1,157]

10 hours ago, Nick1Ø66 said:

 

Darren Aronofsky has entered the room.

 

He approaches David Lynch, who is already seated.

[badbu 123]

three weeks  (The Dune Sketchbook)

any infos about the tracklist? 

[Jurassic Shark 12,012]

https://www.soundtrack.net/news/article/?id=3107

[badbu 123]

there is no tracklist  

[blondheim 1,157]

I am very excited for this score. This is a perfect project for Hans: blockbuster-style Dune. I am thrilled we are getting three discs of material. Dune begs for this kind of treatment, sketchbooks and suites and the like. I'll say it again: perfect project for Hans.

[badbu 123]

7 days!!! i'm so so excited 

 

[badbu 123]

a few hours left  

[JNHFan2000 2,942]

And then

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It's still wednesday

[badbu 123]

but not in new zealand  

[JNHFan2000 2,942]

I get that's what you mean. But the Sketchbook is released on friday. So that's later tomorrow in New Zealand right?

[badbu 123]

Jep  

[JNHFan2000 2,942]

The Sketchbook is a long album!😉

[badbu 123]

9 cues 

[Jurassic Shark 12,012]

On 7/23/2021 at 11:43 PM, Edmilson said:

I wonder if, maybe due to the pandemic, Zimmer didn't used an orchestra like WW84? It would make sense for the score to be completly synth plus the wailing woman and some Middle Eastern instruments. Also, that'd be very bold cheap.

 

Fixed.

[Mr. Who 919]

25 minutes ago, badbu said:

9 cues 

Here it is:

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/the-dune-sketchbook-music-from-the-soundtrack/1580377303

 

Love the cover!

[badbu 123]

yes, it’s amazing

[Mr. Who 919]

I'm still unsure if I want to listen now or wait till after I've seen the movie...

[badbu 123]

do it, do it!!!  

[MedigoScan 324]

I am pretty sure the first track is trying to summon the devil

Bold move to start that way.

[badbu 123]

 

[WampaRat 1,105]

Some listener comments from the ole’ Hans-zimmer.com forum suggest overall it’s a mix of Dark Phx and Prince of Egypt. Very interested to give this a listen once it drops here in the states. 
 

It will be odd/kinda cool to hear Zimmer’s process first via a sketches album and then hear the ost. 

[Aenae 41]

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[HunterTech 982]

First impressions: it manages to be even more of a mood album than DP ever was, given its much slower pace, yet nuttier experimentation in parts make it harder to approach as a casual listen. For as long as it is, there's just not that much variation here, and I can't help but wonder if that's a Villeneuve inspired choice to make it more limited sound wise. I'm quite interested in what the proper score sounds like, as this definitely feels more like a prelude than a fully fledged project. I generally liked it, but in spite of being much more structured than its predecessors, I think there was more to enjoy in the previous sketchbook albums.

Also, for those who railed against the alleged wailing woman (to which do we even know the gender of the solo vocalist at the end of Paul's Dream?), you actually do get a track that's half dominated by Lisa Gerrard esque vocals (House Atreides), so definitely the wrong track to make that complaint with. Lastly, I won't be surprised if Mind-Killer is where people dismiss the work entirely.

[MedigoScan 324]

House Atreides was interesting to me. Are those bagpipes?

 

 

Also interesting were the voices that play in the background of some tracks. No idea what they're saying, but my ears arent the best.

 

[badbu 123]

3 hours ago, MedigoScan said:

House Atreides was interesting to me. Are those bagpipes?

Yes  

[Tallguy 3,359]

OK, Song of the Sisters is SIXTEEN MINUTES LONG. ROUNDING DOWN.

 

I can't imagine the sisters take up that much time in the movie.

 

It's interesting. But I could be listening to Toto.

 

Ok. I See You In My Dreams is picking up.

[Jules 59]

Always down to fuck with Han's sketch albums. This is longgg though. I See You In My Dreams was bombastic in a very good way, and I like the satanic chanting, getting me more excited for this movie every track. 

 

Sadly doesn't seem as if we're getting any new releases in Aus until at least December at this point, I don't know how long I can hold out to pirate. 

 

[badbu 123]

I really like it

Hans always made these „sketchbooks“. It’s the name for his Cubase diary. That’s the first ideas he had for a film. The final score will be different but similar. If you listen to the previous sketchbooks you know what i mean. 

[Jules 59]

Love that Hans hypes up the score with the selling point that they've invented these alien soundscapes with new instruments etc. and the House Atreides theme is bagpipes and taikos hahaha. A surprisingly effective mix

[A24 4,326]

I'm listening to The Dune Sketchbook and it constantly reminds me of Vangelis, a Vangelis in his better days. Sound is a little bit too digital (it gets fatiguing after a while) and I'm not a fan of the electric guitar that pops up here and there. Score could do with a more joyful, quirky theme to break with the oppressive mood. 

[Brundlefly 2,385]

4 hours ago, Jules said:

Always down to fuck with Han's sketch albums.

How many are there?

[badbu 123]

Man of Steel, Dark Phoenix and WW84

[MedigoScan 324]

The electric guitars remind me of Toto and 80s scifi, really.

 

[Holko 9,491]

There's some good stuff in here but the longform sketch pieces and their order don't make for the best listen. It did make me more optimistic for the score proper!

I like House Atreides, maybe a tad too much percussion. In places I couldn't tell if it was a bagpipe, an electric guitar, both, or something like a pipe sample played on a guitar. Pretty cool either way! Also Song of the Sisters, I like interesting uses of voice and this sure has some nonconventional whispering, belting or even female semi-gregorian (gregorinian? ) parts.