The Sound Design and Mix of ‘Dune’

Director Denis Villeneuve has a unique cinematic vision, and in his film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi novel, the sand-covered planet Arrakis takes on a desolate beauty, with a vibrant, fluid soundtrack that blurs the lines between sound design and music. Here, Supervising sound editors/sound designers Mark Mangini and Theo Green, and re-recording mixers Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett, discuss the organic and the synthetic, the blending of effects and music, and “the sound of sand”...and, of course, sandworms.