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Dune Messiah Playlist
A blend of stark electronic atmosphere, measured orchestral tension, and spacious instrumental music evokes Arrakis, the imperial court, and the weight of Paul’s prescience. The final five vocal tracks turn toward the book’s central conflicts: power, prophecy, faith, and the cost of being made into a symbol.
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40 songs
1
The Jihad
Brian Tyler · Children Of Dune (Original Television Soundtrack)
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Mesa
Hans Zimmer · Blade Runner 2049 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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First Encounter
Jóhann Jóhannsson · Arrival (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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4
The Secret Life of Daydreams
Dario Marianelli · Pride and Prejudice Songbook
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Phaedra - Remastered 2018
Tangerine Dream · Phaedra (Deluxe Version)
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Oxygène, Pt. 2
Jean-Michel Jarre · Oxygène
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Anvil
Lorn · VESSEL
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The Drop
The Haxan Cloak · Excavation
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Virginal II
Tim Hecker · Virgins
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Black Star
Lustmord · Purifying Fire
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Rae
Autechre · LP5
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Eutow
Autechre · Tri Repetae
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A New Error
Moderat · Moderat
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The Mark - Interlude
Moderat · II
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15
Untravel
Rival Consoles · Persona
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16
Endless Falls
Loscil · Endless Falls
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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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18
Fratres
Arvo Pärt · Part: Tabula Rasa / Frates / Collage Sur Bach
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String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14
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20
The Firebird Suite: VI. Berceuse
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & The Firebird Suite
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21
The Garden of Fand
Arnold Bax · Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 1
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22
Finlandia, Op. 26
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody
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Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 5 & 6
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Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei
Robert Schumann · Schumann: Kinderszenen; Kreisleriana
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Intermezzo In A Major, Op. 118, No. 2
Johannes Brahms · Brahms Intermezzi
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The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela
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Danse macabre, Op. 40
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 / Dance Macabre / Bacchanale / 3 Rhapsodies
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Paul Dukas · Bolero / The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Remaster from the Original Somerset Tapes)
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Short Ride in a Fast Machine
John Adams · Adams: Shaker Loops / Wound Dresser / Short Ride in A Fast Machine
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Opening
Philip Glass · Philip Glass Solo
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Aqua
Ryuichi Sakamoto · Playing the Piano 12122020
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Porz Goret
Yann Tiersen · EUSA
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De Ushuaia a la Quiaca
Gustavo Santaolalla · Qhapaq Ñan
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The Host of Seraphim
Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time
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36
O Children
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
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Dream of Arrakis
Hans Zimmer · Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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38
Uprising
Muse · The Resistance
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Angel
Massive Attack · Mezzanine
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Prowler
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Sunset Mission
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