The trailer for the highly anticipated Warner Bros. adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic series Dune has finally arrived. It goes without saying that this movie was possibly the most anticipated big-budget project of the fall season, at least until everything set to release in the summer was pushed back due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Considering the film coming courtesy of French-Canadian auteur Denis Villeneuve, it’s no surprise that the trailer for his version of Dune is both a visual and auditory delight. However, even after a stellar first look, there is still one question that remains: What was that song used in the trailer?
For fans of classic rock, the song should come as no surprise to you. For those who are unfamiliar, then you better look into Pink Floyd's generation-defining album, The Dark Side of the Moon. The specific song is called “Eclipse,” which checks out given the lyrics that are included in the trailer. The portion of the song that the trailer uses is the tail-end, something you would normally hear as the Pink Floyd album comes to a thrilling, euphoric conclusion. This time around, however, the song is accompanied by the bleak images of the world of Dune.
The version of “Eclipse” that plays here takes a more somber, maybe even more emotionally vulnerable approach to the music Floyd released nearly half a century ago, which makes sense as it's a cover arranged by the film’s composer, Hans Zimmer. Still, the lyrics present quite the contrast to the eerie, doom-filling sensation one gets when they see the infamous sandworm in all its eldritch glory, as well as all the other nightmarish visuals that accompany Herbert’s carefully crafted epic.
With a tantalizing first trailer already in its back pocket, let's hope the second film adaptation of Dune can follow through on the promise of proving fans a deeply unsettling science-fiction epic the likes of which they've never seen before.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve from a script he co-wrote with Eric Roth and Jon Spaihts, Legendary Pictures' Dune stars Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, Zendaya as Chani, Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica, Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides, Stellan Skarsgård as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, Javier Bardem as Stilgar, Chang Chen as Dr. Wellington Yueh, Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Dr. Liet Kynes, Charlotte Rampling as Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, Dave Bautista Glossu Rabban, David Dastmalchian as Piter De Vries, Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho, Stephen Henderson as Thufir Hawat, and Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck. The film arrives in theaters Dec. 18.