Dune (1984 soundtrack)

Dune
Dune
Soundtrack album by Toto
Released	December 1984
Studio	The Villa (Los Angeles) ; Sunset Sound (Los Angeles) ; The Manor (Los Angeles)
Genre	Symphonic rock
Length	41:38
Label	Polydor
Producer	Toto, Brian Eno
Toto chronology
Audio sample
	"Dune Prophecy Theme" file; help;

Dune is an original soundtrack album for the 1984 film Dune. Most of the album was composed by the rock band Toto (their first and only film score), with one track contributed by Brian Eno, Roger Eno and Daniel Lanois. The soundtrack album was first released in November 1984.^[3] An extended version with an altered track listing was released in 1997. Both versions are currently out of print on traditional media, such as CD. However, with the growing popularity of digital downloads and streaming services, they have gained renewed exposure through platforms like iTunes and Spotify.^[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Filmtracks	^[2]

Overview

The instrumental soundtrack was recorded by the band Toto (minus lead singer Fergie Frederiksen), accompanied by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna Volksoper Choir, conducted by Marty Paich, father of Toto keyboardist David Paich. "Prophecy Theme" was composed for the movie by Brian Eno, Roger Eno and Daniel Lanois.

The soundtrack was released by Polydor Records and contained select cues in their original film order, plus two pieces of dialogue from the movie that served as bookends for two tracks ("Prologue" and "The Floating Fat Man (The Baron)"). It includes an alternative take of the "Main Title", that had not been used in the film.

An extended version of the album containing additional cues was released in 1997 on CD by PEG Records, an independent label division of Polygram.^[2]^[5] On this issue multiple tracks had mastering problems which resulted in audible distortion in the form of a 'wobbling' effect.^[2] Furthermore, many cues (particularly in the second half of the expanded CD) were mislabeled and placed out of film order. The reissue includes the film version of the "Main Title", and an original demo of the main title music.

There are several differences between the music on the two soundtrack albums and that heard in the film. For example, the end title theme, "Take My Hand", is heard on the soundtrack CDs minus the orchestration heard in the final film mix. The version of "Robot Fight" on the original soundtrack is heard in the theatrical version, while the version on the expanded CD is only heard in the extended "Alan Smithee" TV version of the film. The cues "Riding The Sandworm" (from the expanded CD) and "Dune (Desert Theme)", "Prelude (Take My Hand)", "Paul Kills Feyd" and "Final Dream" (from both soundtrack issues) are not heard in the movie, and are replaced by either repeated or alternate cues. However, the television version does restore "Paul Kills Feyd" in its original place in the movie, and "Dune (Desert Theme)", which was intended as the end title music, is replaced by "Take My Hand."

A remastered version of the 1997 reissue was released in 2001.^[2] Both featured identical packaging and a note from David Paich about the scoring process.^[2] In 2020, Jackpot Records re-released Dune with a limited "spice-colored" vinyl edition.^[5]

Composer James Newton Howard made his film score debut on the film, co-composing the cue "Trip to Arrakis" with Paich.^[6]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Prologue"	David Paich David Lynch	1:47
2.	"Main Title"	D. Paich	1:15
3.	"Robot Fight"	Jeff Porcaro Mike Porcaro Steve Porcaro	1:18
4.	"Leto's Theme"	D. Paich	1:43
5.	"The Box"	D. Paich Marty Paich	2:37
6.	"The Floating Fat Man (The Baron)"	D. Paich J. Porcaro	1:24
7.	"Trip to Arrakis"	D. Paich	2:35
8.	"First Attack"	D. Paich J. Porcaro Steve Lukather	2:43
9.	"Prophecy Theme"	Brian Eno Daniel Lanois Roger Eno	4:19

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dune (Desert Theme)"	D. Paich J. Porcaro S. Porcaro M. Porcaro Lukather	5:30
2.	"Paul Meets Chani"	D. Paich	3:04
3.	"Prelude (Take My Hand)"	D. Paich J. Porcaro	0:59
4.	"Paul Takes the Water of Life"	D. Paich J. Porcaro Lukather	2:48
5.	"Big Battle"	D. Paich J. Porcaro	3:06
6.	"Paul Kills Feyd"	D. Paich J. Porcaro S. Porcaro	1:51
7.	"Final Dream"	D. Paich	1:25
8.	"Take My Hand"	D. Paich J. Porcaro	2:35
Total length:			40:59

1997 CD reissue

This release included previously unreleased cues from the movie and featured a different track list order.^[2] All tracks are written, composed and performed by Toto.

Unreleased tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Guild Report"	0:55
2.	"House Atreides"	1:44
3.	"Paul Atreides"	2:22
4.	"Departure"	1:14
5.	"Sandworm Attack"	2:52
6.	"The Betrayal/Shields Down"	4:31
7.	"The Duke's Death"	2:06
8.	"Sandworm Chase"	2:39
9.	"The Fremen"	3:08
10.	"Secrets of the Fremen"	2:25
11.	"Destiny"	2:57
12.	"Riding the Sandworm"	1:27
13.	"Reunion With Gurney"	1:42
14.	"The Sleeper Has Awakened!"	3:24
15.	"Dune Main Title - Demo Version"	1:25

Personnel

Toto

David Paich – keyboards
Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
Steve Porcaro – keyboards
Mike Porcaro – electric bass, acoustic bass, percussion
Steve Lukather – guitars

Additional musicians

Joe Porcaro – percussion
Emil Richards – percussion
Robert Zimmitti – percussion
Marty Paich – adaptation, additional music, orchestra conductor
Allyn Ferguson – additional orchestration, orchestra conductor
The Vienna Symphony Orchestra – orchestra
The Vienna Volksoper Choir – choir

Production

Toto – producers
Brian Eno – producer (on "Prophecy Theme")
Mastering – at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, California
Gilbert Marouani – executive producer
The Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – Toto management
John Jessel – main digital transfer (on 1997 CD)
James Nelson – 1997 digital mastering (at Digital Sound)
Mark Banning – art direction (on 1997 CD)

Engineers

Tom Knox
Shep Lonsdale
Al Schmitt
Tom Fletcher
Geoff Workman
Brent Averill – second engineer
Bill Jackson – second engineer (at Sunset Sound)
Oswald Gritch – orchestra engineer
Franz Pusch – orchestra engineer

References

^ "Dune [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]". AllMusic. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Dune (Toto)". Filmtracks. September 6, 2008. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
^ Grein, Paul (November 3, 1984). "Double Play Due From Toto". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 44. p. 54. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
^ "Dune (Toto) iTunes Preview". Apple Pty Ltd. December 1984. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Evry, Max (October 13, 2023). "The Unlikely Story of Toto's Soundtrack for David Lynch's Infamous Dune Adaptation". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
^ "The Desert Song: The Music of Dune by Charlie Brigden". Arrow Films. Retrieved 2021-02-12.

External links

Dune (Soundtrack) (1984) at the official Toto website
Dune review at Filmtracks
The Unlikely Story of Toto’s Soundtrack for David Lynch’s Infamous Dune Adaptation at Pitchfork

[1] "Dune [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]". AllMusic. Retrieved October 4, 2024.

[:0-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Dune (Toto)". Filmtracks. September 6, 2008. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2024.

[3] Grein, Paul (November 3, 1984). "Double Play Due From Toto". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 44. p. 54. Retrieved October 4, 2024.

[4] "Dune (Toto) iTunes Preview". Apple Pty Ltd. December 1984. Retrieved January 4, 2012.

[:1-5] Evry, Max (October 13, 2023). "The Unlikely Story of Toto's Soundtrack for David Lynch's Infamous Dune Adaptation". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 3, 2024.

[6] "The Desert Song: The Music of Dune by Charlie Brigden". Arrow Films. Retrieved 2021-02-12.

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