Hans Zimmer Recalls What It Was Like Working With Denis Villeneuve On The Dune Score

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Dune needed an epic score to match its large-scale worlds, and who better for the job than the acclaimed Hans Zimmer? Now nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score, the composer shared his experience working director Denis Villeneuve on the blockbuster sci-fi film.

Being a longtime collaborator with director Christopher Nolan (best known for scoring his iconic films like The Dark Knight,Inception, and Interstellar), Zimmer left it up to Ludwig Göransson to score Nolan's Tenet, as he felt inclined to work on his dream-project Dune. While Zimmer worked with Villeneuve on 2017's Blade Runner 2049, it is Dune that feels as if Zimmer has found another long-time collaborator.

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In an interview with Gold Derby, Zimmer recalled working onDune, and how he and Villeneuve were on the same page from the get-go. “I knew just by the way he was asking, knowing him, that he was making the same movie that I was making in my head,” Zimmer explained. «It was so important to me that this vision I had in my head wouldn’t be blunted.” Zimmer shared he ended up crafting instruments that he claimed weren't a part of this time in order to capture the soundscape of the future.

Their work together evidently proved to be a success, as the score has now become one of Zimmer's best in recent years and has earned him several awards. Zimmer even enjoyed the process so much that he has also written a second original score for the Dune making-of book, titled The Art and Soul of Dune.The second score was available to purchase and stream on the same release date of the film (October 22).

With Dune: Part Two scheduled to begin filming this summer, Zimmer will of course return to help continue