Dune: Part Two (soundtrack)

Dune: Part Two (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album composed by Hans Zimmer for the 2024 film Dune: Part Two by Denis Villeneuve. It was released by WaterTower Music on February 23, 2024, one week before the film's theatrical release in the United States.

Background
Composer Hans Zimmer had previously scored director Denis Villeneuve's 2021 film Dune, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2022. He had been a fan of the novel in his teenage years, and chose to score the first film over Christopher Nolan's Tenet.

Production
After scoring the first film, Zimmer continued writing music in anticipation for its sequel.

I never left the world of Dune. In fact, I think Denis [Villeneuve] 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.

Release
Ahead of the soundtrack's release, WaterTower Music released two singles on February 15, 2024: "A Time of Quiet Between the Storms" and "Harvester Attack".

Critical reception
Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com wrote, "Hans Zimmer's Oscar-winning score felt a bit overdone to me in the first film, but he smartly differentiates the cultures here, finding more metallic sounds for the cold Harkonnens to balance against the heated score for the Fremen."

Personnel
Musicians


 * Hans Zimmer – synthesizer programming
 * Jake Boring – additional programming
 * Pipers of the Scottish Session Orchestra – bagpipes
 * Ben Parry – choir conductor
 * Pedro Eustache – duduk, woodwinds, solo flute
 * Juan Garcia-Herreros – electric bass, solo double bass
 * Mariko Muranaka – electric cello
 * Tina Guo – electric cello
 * Guthrie Govan – electric guitar
 * Molly Rogers – electric violin, viola, violin, vocals
 * Loire Cotler – featured vocals
 * Joan Martorell – orchestration
 * Nacho Cantalejo – orchestration
 * Òscar Senén – orchestration
 * Aicha Djidjelli – percussion
 * Aleksandra Suklar – percussion
 * Buzz Allan – percussion
 * Holly Madge – percussion
 * David Fleming – vocals
 * Edie Lehmann Boddicker – vocals
 * Judith Sephuma – vocals
 * Lisa Gerrard – vocals
 * Michael Geiger – vocals
 * Stephanie Olmanni – vocals
 * Steven Doar – vocals
 * Suzanne Waters – vocals

Technical


 * Hans Zimmer – production
 * Stephen Lipson – additional production
 * Gavin Lurssen – mastering
 * Reuben Cohen – mastering
 * Alan Meyerson – mixing
 * Clint Bennett – music editing
 * Joe E. Rand – music editing
 * Ryan Rubin – music editing
 * Calum Minuti-Goold – sound design
 * Christian Henson – sound design
 * Christophe Duquesne – sound design
 * Edmund Eagan – sound design
 * Evyn Deboer – sound design
 * Guillaume Bonneau – sound design
 * Howard Scarr – sound design
 * Jeremy Katz – sound design
 * Kevin Schroeder – sound design
 * Mark Wherry – sound design
 * Raul Vega – sound design
 * Taurees Habib – sound design
 * Chuck Choi – technical engineering
 * Eva Reistad – additional mixing, additional engineering
 * Colby Donaldson – additional engineering
 * Isabel Gracefield – additional engineering
 * Kostadin Kamcev – additional engineering
 * Nolan Bacardi – additional engineering
 * Simon Bowley – additional engineering
 * Soya Soo – additional engineering
 * Jacob Johnston – mixing assistance
 * Walter Kang – mixing assistance
 * Alejandro Moros – technical assistance
 * Matt Wood – technical assistance