1. Song of the Sisters (16:26) 2. I See You in My Dreams (18:26) 3. House Atreides (13:55) 4. The Shortening of the Way (11:15) 5. Paul’s Dream (7:04) 6. Moon over Caladan (8:35) 7. Shai-hulud (9:48) 8. Mind-killer (11:12) 9. Grains of Sand (5:13)
This time, it is certain, Hans Zimmer has gone far…very far…He no longer makes “film music “strictly speaking, but “sound effects to the synthesizer with voices”. The tracks are endless and deeply boring. That will not racommoder him with his current detractors…I really regret the ZIMMER of the 90s…I’m very afraid of what he might have done with the last James BOND !!!
Dude, this is his sketchbook. Far from the final finished product that will be in the movie which, you know, no one has heard yet. Just like with the Experiments album with Dark Phoenix, these are the sketches and him experimenting around to find the right tone and sound.
Meanwhile, thank you for the upload admin! Been looking forward to this for a long time now!
Dear BC, Thank you for your clarification….but that does not reassure me as to the final result! How can he find “the right tone and sound” with that ?
I’m not sure why this is so puzzling. Think of a seed that starts as a sapling and then becomes a whole tree. A butterfly does not look exactly like the caterpillar it once was. The whole point of “finding” the right tone and sound is that you don’t immediately start out with the exact right sound just yet. That’s what experimentation is all about, and pushing the envelope in art. If he just stuck with something safe that we’d all heard before, that might have worked, but that is not what this is about. Art starts with ideas, those ideas develop, then grow into something of their own.
Who are you to question his creative processes? He’s been in the industry for over 40 years, worked with massive talent on iconic movies, created a body of work that’s beloved, celebrated and studied by millions, and is worth a quarter billion dollars. Regardless of how you feel about what’s essentially early drafts of a complex creative work, whatever he’s been doing for 40 years has been serving him well and I’m sure he’ll figure it out.
i don’t question his “creative” processes. I just don’t see the artistic interest… It’s just an opinion ! Who am I ? An ex-Fan of Hans ZIMMER, sad of his disappearance. Now, I thought we were in a democracy and that we could freely express ourselves. This is clearly not the case ! Too bad…Dude…
I’ve not been very impressed with Zimmer’s recent output. His work in the ’80s and ’90s was incredible and he had a lot of great scores in the ’00s too. But just recently his scores have been quite disappointing, Dark Phoenix was just sonic wallpaper and he didn’t even reference the iconic theme that has been in almost every one of the X-Men films.
Then there’s Blade Runner 2049. What should have been done in the style of Vangelis was instead a bunch of industrial noise, with the only familiar reference to the original Blade Runner being the Tears in the Rain cue. Of course this might not be Zimmer’s fault, it could be Denis Villeneuve prefers industrial noise to music, but as it’s the same director on Dune I don’t have high hopes for this score.
Dunkirk was also mostly noise, although in that case it suited the gritty, realistic atmosphere of the film. It just wasn’t really a score that merited being listened to on its own (I can’t really complain if the “music” suits the movie).
It’s not all been bad, I think Zimmer’s score for Amazing Spider-Man 2 deserves a lot of credit for being quite experimental and trying something new (although I’d have preferred they’d brought Horner back as it would have been one of his final scores before his death). And of course Interstellar was a really great score.
Hopefully I’m wrong and Zimmer will surprise me on Dune, I’m always happy to be proven wrong!
DennisSeptember 3, 2021 - 11:29 pm
FYI: This is not the actual film soundtrack. It is extra music and extended versions Zimmer composed as supplementary material for inclusion with Insight Editions “The Art And Soul Of Dune” coffee table book.
Thanks Admin. Only dipped into this a bit so far, but it doesn’t seem too bad. Some interesting touches and ideas. I’m keeping in mind that this may be edited down still for the actual movie (although from what I heard the first cut of the movie was in the range of six to ten hours… far too long.) so we’ll have to wait and see what gets kept. This is at least better than some of Zimmer’s scores… thinking of his Batman stuff which was basically just a rising not all the way through, which was tedious in the least.
Zimmer hasn’t done a decent score in decades. When you look at the quality and depth of the work of neglected composers out there, how this charlatan with his laughably simple/plagiaristic “body of work” gets accolades from younger soundtrack fans who ought to know better? It’s absurd.
What do you define as decent score? Most of Zimmer’s work is iconic. Dark Knight Trilogy, Pirates Saga, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, Inception, Interstellar…
Your examples clearly reflect the “ZIMMER” problem… For the saga of the “Pirates”, the best score is that of the 1st (Klaus BADELT) and the large scores of this great artist go back much further in time… The synth and percussion have replaced the orchestra and its great sense of melody. He is not the same… We are waiting for the return of the composer prodigy… One day, perhaps…
I agree that there’s a lot of weird noises and weird and abstract ambient thingies and was quite disappointed at first. That was until I listened to the entirety of “I See You in My Dreams” and the movie’s main theme got stuck in my head and refuses to leave.
Reading the comments, it really shows how people have been indoctrinated into this safe zone of generic scores that you could practically use with any movie… This is by far the most experimental score Zimmer has done in a while… And I applaud him for it… If you want every score to be a safe orchestral, go listen to John Williams he’s the master of safe… His scores are often good but he never gets out of his comfort zone. Zimmer is always trying new things and for this one he decided to elevate the female voice in the movie by making an organic soundtrack. It’s funny how people think Zimmer is repetitive when in fact it’s others who try to copy his work and fail miserably… That’s why we have hundreds of soulless generic Zimmer-ish scores.
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The big one. Thank you so much.
Crap score. Toto was better than this shite.
Ouch! Awesome Thanks!
THIS WHOLE ALBUM IS CRAZY!!!
This time, it is certain, Hans Zimmer has gone far…very far…He no longer makes “film music “strictly speaking, but “sound effects to the synthesizer with voices”. The tracks are endless and deeply boring. That will not racommoder him with his current detractors…I really regret the ZIMMER of the 90s…I’m very afraid of what he might have done with the last James BOND !!!
Boo Hoo!… cry me a river Greta 🙂
It has begun. Thanks Admin.
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Dude, this is his sketchbook. Far from the final finished product that will be in the movie which, you know, no one has heard yet. Just like with the Experiments album with Dark Phoenix, these are the sketches and him experimenting around to find the right tone and sound.
Meanwhile, thank you for the upload admin! Been looking forward to this for a long time now!
Dear BC,
Thank you for your clarification….but that does not reassure me as to the final result! How can he find “the right tone and sound” with that ?
I’m not sure why this is so puzzling. Think of a seed that starts as a sapling and then becomes a whole tree. A butterfly does not look exactly like the caterpillar it once was. The whole point of “finding” the right tone and sound is that you don’t immediately start out with the exact right sound just yet. That’s what experimentation is all about, and pushing the envelope in art. If he just stuck with something safe that we’d all heard before, that might have worked, but that is not what this is about. Art starts with ideas, those ideas develop, then grow into something of their own.
Who are you to question his creative processes? He’s been in the industry for over 40 years, worked with massive talent on iconic movies, created a body of work that’s beloved, celebrated and studied by millions, and is worth a quarter billion dollars. Regardless of how you feel about what’s essentially early drafts of a complex creative work, whatever he’s been doing for 40 years has been serving him well and I’m sure he’ll figure it out.
In his case, these “experiments” would be better to stay in his computer…
i don’t question his “creative” processes. I just don’t see the artistic interest… It’s just an opinion !
Who am I ? An ex-Fan of Hans ZIMMER, sad of his disappearance.
Now, I thought we were in a democracy and that we could freely express ourselves. This is clearly not the case ! Too bad…Dude…
I’ve not been very impressed with Zimmer’s recent output. His work in the ’80s and ’90s was incredible and he had a lot of great scores in the ’00s too. But just recently his scores have been quite disappointing, Dark Phoenix was just sonic wallpaper and he didn’t even reference the iconic theme that has been in almost every one of the X-Men films.
Then there’s Blade Runner 2049. What should have been done in the style of Vangelis was instead a bunch of industrial noise, with the only familiar reference to the original Blade Runner being the Tears in the Rain cue. Of course this might not be Zimmer’s fault, it could be Denis Villeneuve prefers industrial noise to music, but as it’s the same director on Dune I don’t have high hopes for this score.
Dunkirk was also mostly noise, although in that case it suited the gritty, realistic atmosphere of the film. It just wasn’t really a score that merited being listened to on its own (I can’t really complain if the “music” suits the movie).
It’s not all been bad, I think Zimmer’s score for Amazing Spider-Man 2 deserves a lot of credit for being quite experimental and trying something new (although I’d have preferred they’d brought Horner back as it would have been one of his final scores before his death). And of course Interstellar was a really great score.
Hopefully I’m wrong and Zimmer will surprise me on Dune, I’m always happy to be proven wrong!
FYI: This is not the actual film soundtrack. It is extra music and extended versions Zimmer composed as supplementary material for inclusion with Insight Editions “The Art And Soul Of Dune” coffee table book.
Thank You So!
Great Adm. Thank you. Would you please post Tyler Bates’ score for the TV show “Salem”? Thank you!
But most of Zimmers music last 20 years sounds like a sketchbook when it’s finished!
You are absolutely right! Thank you for your intervention.
Thanks Admin. Only dipped into this a bit so far, but it doesn’t seem too bad. Some interesting touches and ideas. I’m keeping in mind that this may be edited down still for the actual movie (although from what I heard the first cut of the movie was in the range of six to ten hours… far too long.) so we’ll have to wait and see what gets kept. This is at least better than some of Zimmer’s scores… thinking of his Batman stuff which was basically just a rising not all the way through, which was tedious in the least.
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Will take a listen.
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Zimmer hasn’t done a decent score in decades. When you look at the quality and depth of the work of neglected composers out there, how this charlatan with his laughably simple/plagiaristic “body of work” gets accolades from younger soundtrack fans who ought to know better? It’s absurd.
What do you define as decent score? Most of Zimmer’s work is iconic. Dark Knight Trilogy, Pirates Saga, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, Inception, Interstellar…
Your examples clearly reflect the “ZIMMER” problem… For the saga of the “Pirates”, the best score is that of the 1st (Klaus BADELT) and the large scores of this great artist go back much further in time… The synth and percussion have replaced the orchestra and its great sense of melody. He is not the same… We are waiting for the return of the composer prodigy… One day, perhaps…
Today, the students have surpassed the Master: I think first of all of Brian TYLER…
Great and thak you for FLAC
I agree that there’s a lot of weird noises and weird and abstract ambient thingies and was quite disappointed at first. That was until I listened to the entirety of “I See You in My Dreams” and the movie’s main theme got stuck in my head and refuses to leave.
Reading the comments, it really shows how people have been indoctrinated into this safe zone of generic scores that you could practically use with any movie… This is by far the most experimental score Zimmer has done in a while… And I applaud him for it… If you want every score to be a safe orchestral, go listen to John Williams he’s the master of safe… His scores are often good but he never gets out of his comfort zone. Zimmer is always trying new things and for this one he decided to elevate the female voice in the movie by making an organic soundtrack. It’s funny how people think Zimmer is repetitive when in fact it’s others who try to copy his work and fail miserably… That’s why we have hundreds of soulless generic Zimmer-ish scores.
Army of thieves Soundtrack please
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