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Hans Zimmer nerding out over his Dune score
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Good score. The Toto score from the shitty Lynch version is great too.
Aggelos
Member
I think he has every right to geek out about Dune's score, because it's not your typical Sci-Fi score. Think of Spielberg+John WIlliams+Sci-Fi film scores.
I'm also enamored and infatuated with 20th-century orchestration (the likes of which you'll hear in John Williams', Jerry Goldsmith's scores and whatnot), but the answer is no, Dune doesn't need the typical 20th-century orchestration or any 19th-century romantic orchestration for that matter. The way Hans Zimmer and his associates/team did it, that's how Dune has to sound.
I'm also enamored and infatuated with 20th-century orchestration (the likes of which you'll hear in John Williams', Jerry Goldsmith's scores and whatnot), but the answer is no, Dune doesn't need the typical 20th-century orchestration or any 19th-century romantic orchestration for that matter. The way Hans Zimmer and his associates/team did it, that's how Dune has to sound.
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strange headache
Banned
The Sardaukar chant stuck with me, amazing scene and amazing soundtrack:
Zimmer seems to have borrowed from Mongolian throat singing for this movie:
That is why he is still one of the best composers out there. His inspiration and creativity knows no bounds.
Zimmer seems to have borrowed from Mongolian throat singing for this movie:
That is why he is still one of the best composers out there. His inspiration and creativity knows no bounds.
Halo is Back
Member
That Sardaukar scene was burnt into my head and I loved every second of it.
Insane Metal
Member
Absolutely NUTS listening to this in the movie theater. What an experience.
Razvedka
Banned
Amazing scene, even if it made absolutely no sense.
Halo is Back
Member
It was pretty wild and alien-like but makes more sense if go back and watch to see what is really happening. It's a pre-battle chant with a blood ritual sacrifice. Must be routine for them to perform before they head into battle. The scene is supposed to show thier fanaticism.
Razvedka
Banned
No, it made no sense because the exact nature of the origins of the Sarduakar and the conditions of their training was a closely kept secret of the Imperial Family. Selusa Secundus was scarcely more than a whisper of suspicion on the lips of the Landsraad. Any member of any house, but in particular the Harkonnen, would never be permitted to go there and observe the Sarduakar like Piter did in the movie.
The Baron is hinted to know the truth in the novel and a part of his plans are to turn Arrakis into a recruitment world for a fighting force even more terrifying than the Sarduakar: the Fremen. Paul of course wins and ultimately does the same thing. In Herbert's universe, the level of adversity and hardship endured by a people on a world somehow translates into making them better fighters.
The only planet more hellish than Selusa Secundus is Arrakis.
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Halo is Back
Member
It's a movie adaptation bro. Not everything is going to be 100% from the book and the scene was perfect for what it wanted to show. Your book rant going off on a tangent takes nothing away from that.
This wasn't about training, conditions, or anything other than showing thier ritual before the battle. The only thing that didn't make sense was peter talking to the commander after the fact and not before. However, that was done on purpose to show the audience what the Sarduakar were like while establishing what is going to happen later in the movie.
Razvedka
Banned
Talking to you is a complete waste of my time. The next time you'd rather someone just tell you things that you want to hear, please put it in big giant font at the beginning of your post so as to not waste everyone's time. Thanks.
Don't go tugging on conversational threads that you're not interested in having.
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Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Tina Guo looks so different with make up on.
Halo is Back
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Wildebeest
Member
Dude wants an oscar which is fair enough. But Brian Eno made the soundtrack for mainlining spice melange.
Pagusas
Elden Member
I'm going to be honest here... I hate it. With a passion. In fact the soundtrack was the thing that kept me from liking the movie. In the theater it constantly felt like a shrieking banshee in my ear, and the soundtrack always wanted to be "bigger" than the scene it was in.
However, I 100% love seeing him talk, and 100000% respect the man and why he made what he made, he'll always be one of my favorite composers, and seeing him talk like that is just straight delightful.
However, I 100% love seeing him talk, and 100000% respect the man and why he made what he made, he'll always be one of my favorite composers, and seeing him talk like that is just straight delightful.
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Razvedka
Banned
I liked parts of the soundtrack, like the Sarduakar theme and when the Atreides charge the Harkonnen on the landing strip. The rest just wasn't memorable or a bit grating like you say. This is funny considering the Lynch adaption has a score which I think is pretty iconic. Not sure I'd even rate this as being in the top 10 of Zimmer's scores.
nkarafo
Member
I don't know if you mean the vocal parts with the women yelling dramatically but yes. These made me cringe.
Pagusas
Elden Member
yep that part.