Biography
The instrumental soundtrack was recorded by the band (minus lead singer Bobby Kimball), accompanied by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna Volksoper Choir, conducted by Marty Paich (David's father). Band members contributed to the composing of the instrumental music. "Prophecy Theme" was composed for the movie by Brian Eno (Eno is rumored to have written and composed an earlier soundtrack, but only "Prophecy Theme" and some incidental background music survived in the final film version.).
The first soundtrack issue contained select cues in their original film order, plus two pieces of dialogue from the movie that serve as bookends for two tracks ("Prologue" and "The Floating Fat Man (The Baron)"). This first issue was released by Polydor Records.
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An extended version containing additional cues not included on the first soundtrack issue was released in 1997 on PEG Records, an independent label division of Polygram. On this issue, several additional tracks had mastering problems (resulting in the wobbling effect heard during these tracks). Also, many cues (particularly in the second half of the expanded CD) were mislabeled and placed out of film order. Some of the album's positive spots included the film version of the "Main Title" (whereas an alternate version was included on the first OST), and an original demo of the main title music.
However, several tracks on both soundtrack issues either differ from the versions heard in the film, or have been dialed out in the film. For example, the end title theme, "Take My Hand", is heard on the OST CDs, minus the orchestration heard in the final film mix. The version of "Robot Fight" on the original OST is heard in the theatrical version, while the version on the expanded CD is heard in the "Allen Smithee"/TV versions. The cues "Riding The Sandworm" (from the expanded CD) and "Dune (Desert Theme)", "Prelude (Take My Hand)", "Paul Kills Feyd" & "Final Dream" (from both soundtrack issues) are not heard in the movie and are replaced by either tracked or alternate cues, although the television versions restore "Paul Kills Feyd" in its original place in the movie, and "Dune (Desert Theme)", intended as the end title music, has been replaced by a more subtle piece, "Take My Hand".
The television versions included as much of the unreleased music as possible, but if one listens to the soundtrack closely one can hear one cue overlaid on another, creating a sense of confusion.
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