WaterTower Music has announced the release of the official Dune: Part Two soundtrack with music by multiple Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer. The first two singles are available now via the links below.
The full soundtrack will be available on February 23rd in standard, Dolby Atmos, CD, and vinyl formats. Released in conjunction with Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ Dune: Part Two, the film, from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, explores the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune and features an expanded, all-star, international ensemble cast.
The film is slated to be released on March 1, 2024, in theaters and IMAX nationwide and internationally on 28 February 2024.
Hans Zimmer‘s Dune: Part Two soundtrack is the follow-up to his widely acclaimed score album and two accompanying releases from 2021’s Dune, which earned Zimmer an Academy Award.
Zimmer approached the score as a continuation of the first film and said, “I never left the world of ‘Dune.’ In fact, I think Denis thought I was quite mad because I kept writing after we finished the first movie. But because I knew the story, I knew the book, I knew what was coming our way.
“And in fact, a lot of the main themes in this second movie were written at the end of the first film, before Denis started shooting. It felt important to carry on writing when we were still in the same spirit, the same frame of mind.”
Villeneuve tasked Zimmer with composing a key piece of music for the new film, creating a soundtrack for the romance between Paul (Timothée Chalamet) and Chani (Zendaya). Villeneuve said, “I wanted Hans to write something unforgettable for Chani. A love theme, the love of Paul for Chani.
“I wanted something heartbreaking, and the most beautiful love theme ever written, and honestly, I think he did it with the track ‘A Time of Quiet Between the Storms.’ It’s one of the most beautiful scores he’s written. I remember when I first listened to it, I was in tears.”
DUNE: PART TWO SOUNDTRACK TRACKLISTING
Beginnings Are Such Delicate Times
Eclipse
The Sietch
Water of Life
A Time of Quiet Between the Storms (listen here)
Harvester Attack (listen here)
Worm Ride
Ornithopter Attack
Each Man Is a Little War
Harkonnen Arena
Spice
Seduction
Never Lose Me
Travel South
Paul Drinks
Resurrection
Arrival
Southern Messiah
The Emperor
Worm Army
Gurney Battle
You Fought Well
Kiss the Ring
Only I Will Remain
Dune: Part Two will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
The returning stars include Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet (Wonka, Call Me by Your Name), Zendaya (Spider-Man: No Way Home, Malcolm & Marie, Euphoria), Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning), and Oscar winner Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men, Being the Ricardos).
Also returning are Oscar nominee Josh Brolin (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Army of the Dead), Stellan Skarsgård (the Mamma Mia! films, Avengers: Age of Ultron), Dave Bautista (the Guardians of the Galaxy films, Thor: Love and Thunder), Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling (45 Years, Assassin’s Creed), and Stephen McKinley Henderson (Fences, Lady Bird).
Joining the cast are Austin Butler (Elvis, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood) as the notorious Feyd Rautha and screen legend Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter, Hairspray) as the Emperor.
Florence Pugh (Black Widow, Little Women), Léa Seydoux (the James Bond franchise and Crimes of the Future), and Souheila Yacoub (the No Man’s Land series, Climax) round out the extensive ensemble cast.
Denis Villeneuve is directing Dune: Part Two from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jon Spaihts based on Herbert’s novel. The film is being produced by Denis Villeneuve, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe, and Patrick McCormick.
The executive producers are Josh Grode, Herbert W. Gains, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, Kim Herbert, Thomas Tull, Jon Spaihts, Richard P. Rubinstein, and John Harrison, with Kevin J. Anderson serving as creative consultant.
Once again, Villeneuve is collaborating with Oscar-winning director of photography Greig Fraser (Lion, Zero Dark Thirty, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), three-time Oscar-nominated costume designer Jacqueline West (The Revenant, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Quills), and Oscar-nominated makeup, hair and prosthetic designer Donald Mowat (Blade Runner 2049).
Villeneuve is also reteaming with Oscar-winning production designer Patrice Vermette (Arrival, Sicario, The Young Victoria), Oscar-winning editor Joe Walker (Blade Runner 2049, Arrival, 12 Years a Slave), three-time Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Paul Lambert (First Man, Blade Runner 2049), and Oscar-winning special effects supervisor Gerd Nefzer (Blade Runner 2049).
The Warner Bros. Pictures release was filmed on location in Budapest, Abu Dhabi, Jordan, and Italy.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills in 2018 to cover the latest news on streaming, movies, TV, and video games.