Dune
Book Playlist

Dune Playlist

by Frank Herbert

40 tracks
balanced
Nov 8, 2026
19 mixes for this book

A mostly electronic and atmospheric instrumental journey, with the 1984 adaptation’s own score opening the playlist before the sound shifts between political menace, Arrakis’s exposed expanses, and Paul’s inward transformation. Steady textures and measured dynamics keep the sequence focused and intimate even as its emotional scale grows.

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Track List

40 songs
1

Dream of Arrakis

Hans Zimmer · Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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2

Main Title

TOTO · Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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3

The Box

TOTO · Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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4

Trip To Arrakis

TOTO · Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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5

Solar Sailer

Daft Punk · TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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6

End of Line

Daft Punk · TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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7

Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor)

John Murphy · Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor)

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8

The Mole

Hans Zimmer · Dunkirk (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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9

The Sun's Gone Dim and the Sky's Turned Black

Jóhann Jóhannsson · The Sun's Gone Dim and the Sky's Turned Black

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10

The Host of Seraphim

Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time

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11

The Lotus Eaters

Dead Can Dance · Wake

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12

Rachel's Song

Vangelis · Blade Runner (Music From The Original Soundtrack)

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13

Phaedra - Remastered 2018

Tangerine Dream · Phaedra (Deluxe Version)

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14

Black Star

Lustmord · Purifying Fire

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15

La femme d'argent

Air · Moon Safari

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16

Le voyage de Pénélope

Air · Moon Safari

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17

Talisman

Air · Moon Safari

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18

Novelty Waves

Biosphere · Patashnik

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19

Avril 14th

Aphex Twin · Drukqs

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20

House Atreides

Hans Zimmer · The Dune Sketchbook (Music from the Soundtrack)

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21

Leaving Caladan

Hans Zimmer · Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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22

Paul's Dream

Hans Zimmer · The Dune Sketchbook (Music from the Soundtrack)

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23

Gom Jabbar

Hans Zimmer · Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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24

Star Dreams

Michael Stearns · Encounter

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25

As the Earth Kissed the Moon

Michael Stearns · Planetary Unfolding (2022 Remaster)

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26

Matsuri

Kitaro · Kojiki

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27

Oxygène, Pt. 4

Jean-Michel Jarre · Oxygène

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28

Derelicts

Carbon Based Lifeforms · Derelicts

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29

The Eighth Wave

Suzanne Ciani · The Velocity Of Love

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30

First Light - Remastered 2004

Harold Budd · Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror (Remastered 2004)

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31

Bayreuth Return

Klaus Schulze · Timewind (Remastered 2017)

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32

Herald of the Change

Hans Zimmer · Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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33

Sandstorm

Hans Zimmer · Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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34

Oxygene, Pt. 2

Jean-Michel Jarre · Planet Jarre

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35

Equinoxe, Pt. 4

Jean-Michel Jarre · Planet Jarre

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36

Silk Road

Kitaro · Super Best

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37

Babel

Lustmord · The Word as Power

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38

Permafrost

Thomas Köner · Permafrost

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39

Distant Thunder

Michael Stearns · Encounter

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Ripples in the Sand

Hans Zimmer · Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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