The music is a blend of guitar, sax, percussion, loops and electronic sounds, improvisation and global influences.
Comprised of extended, immersive musical explorations of the “Dune” film score. Of significant note is that this album will be released in both Standard and Dolby Atmos Music configurations, and marks Zimmer’s first soundtrack released in Dolby Atmos Music – a listening technology he has wholeheartedly embraced for the music of “Dune.” Frank Herbert’s Dune is a 2021 science fiction film based on the 1965 novel of the same name by Frank Herbert. The film is directed by Denis Villeneuve, stars Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Josh Brolin, Zendaya, Dave Bautista, Javier Bardem, Stellan Skarsgard, Charlotte Rampling, David Dastmalchian, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster.
The album features uniquely crafted versions of the main themes from Denis Villeneuve’s Dune curated by the film’s composer Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Inception, The Lion King, Interstellar, Pirates of the Caribbean, Man of Steel) to accompany the reader on their journey through the book, which was written by the movie’s executive producer Tanya Lapointe.