'Dune' Trailer Features A Pink Floyd Cover Created By A Socially Distanced Choir
Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer worked over FaceTime with a socially distanced choir to create a new cover of the Pink Floyd song âEclipseâ for the recently released trailer of the sci-fi epic âDune.â
According to a report from Variety, the trailerâs version of the song â which originally appeared on Pink Floydâs 1973 album, âDark Side of the Moonâ â was sung by 32 people in Los Angeles who assembled four at a time during eight summer sessions. They were guided by Zimmerâs choral contractor, Edie Lehmann Boddicker, and Zimmer supervised the elaborate process from his home studio via FaceTime.
Assembling groups in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic added extra quirks to the creative process, Lehmann Boddicker told Variety.
âWe followed all the protocols,â Lehmann Boddicker said. âEverybody wore masks except when they were in their separate cubicles, divided by glass, all with their own mics, and everything was wiped down between sessions.â
The songâs inclusion carries special meaning for âDuneâ fans who know that Chilean-French filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky approached Pink Floyd to compose the score for his unfinished 1970s adaptation of Frank Herbertâs science-fiction novel, published in 1965.
âThe group at that time had such success that almost all regarded that as an unrealizable idea,â Jodorowsky wrote in an article describing his ambitions for the film, saying he approached Pink Floyd, which was in the midst of recording âDark Side of the Moon.â
Jodorowskyâs take on âDuneâ â which was intended to include an astounding cast featuring Orson Welles and artist Salvadore DalĂ â ultimately never found adequate funding, but in a full-circle phenomenon, Pink Floyd has found itself associated again with the epic space opera more than four decades later.
This version of Frank Herbertâs tale of intergalactic forces battling over the desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune, is directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, who previously directed âBlade Runner 2049.â
While Villeneuveâs vision for âDuneâ doesnât feature Salvadore DalĂ, it still showcases a star-studded cast, including TimothĂŠe Chalamet and Zendaya.
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