Dune: Original Motion Picture Score

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Dune: Original Motion Picture Score
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Artist: Toto
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1997-11-25
Music Label: Pendulum Ent.
Soundtracks:
  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

Free Music Notes for Dune: Original Motion Picture Score

Free Music Review: A brilliant score...
Hit: 5 Stars

David Lynch's film adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic novel is still considered to be one of the biggest failures in cinema, and it's no surprise why. While the three-hour televised version was a poor attempt by the studio to live up to Lynch's original vision of making a three or four hour long movie, it did have some remarkable scenes that could have greatly improved the film if they had only allowed Lynch to make the film he wanted to make. In my mind, it is still the one of the best film adaptations of a sci-fi novel ever produced. That said, on to the review of the soundtrack...

To think that pop-rock band Toto are the composers of this soundtrack is almost impossible, but here it is. And it is perhaps one of the most brilliant scores ever composed for a film. The orchestration and arrangements are very well done, and the band integrate their own sounds in quite nicely (especially Steve Lukather's guitar which just adds a sense of depth and power to the songs...it certainly shows how rock and classical can co-exist in a single theme). The band really captured the mystical qualities of the story and provided an epic framework to augment the music. The music is so visual, you can picture the scenes in your head as you hear them. A previous reviewer said listening to this CD while reading the original novels helps the experience, and I will not disagree, for it does make it all the more enjoyable.

The best tracks to me are the original demo version of the main title (it would have been interesting to see the band performing the soundtrack by themselves, without an orchestra, but...still), "Take My Hand" (the end titles which is probably one of the best score compositions/pop songs ever), "Dune (Desert Theme)," "Riding the Sandworm," "The Trip to Arrakis" (this one is eerie, and it plays in the film during what I think was one of the best visuals in the whole film), and "Paul Meets Chani." There are some flaws with the remastering of this CD, but I don't think it hurts the music at all.

Aside from mastering flaws, the only other problem I have with this CD is the lack of Brian Eno's "Prophecy Theme," but it can be excused since this is Toto's score album, meaning all the music Toto wrote for the film. Therefore, it would not make sense to include a song they didn't write. Still...it would be nice to make it a complete score album, but I'm not complaining. All said and done, this is perhaps one of the greatest soundtrack albums ever produced for a film, and I think it deserves a great deal more appreciation than it receives. Fans of rock should like it, fans of classical should like it, EVERYONE should like it. Give it a listen! You won't be disappointed!

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