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Interestingly enough, there is no mention in the article or no appearances in the movie, as far as I know, of the sounds dunes naturally make. Under certain con
by bmitc 5y ago
Interestingly enough, there is no mention in the article or no appearances in the movie, as far as I know, of the sounds dunes naturally make. Under certain conditions, dunes will actually sing or, more accurately, drone.
https://youtu.be/4mbypyJjqhk https://youtu.be/4mbypyJjqhk
https://youtu.be/WWrb1iyCLlI https://youtu.be/WWrb1iyCLlI
I have not read Dune, so I don’t know if Frank Herbert was aware of it or if it wasn’t discovered at that point, but if he didn’t know about it, I’m pretty sure he would have liked that a lot.
- wodenokoto 5y agoThey went out into a desert to record this. I don't think they used these sounds in the movie, but they were heavily inspired by the real world phenomenon. They also buried mics in the sand, to record what that would sound like.
- bmitc 5y agoYes, I read the article. They recorded sounds they were making, such as walking, stepping on sand with Rice Krispies, and thumping the ground, but as far as I can tell, they did not record the sand singing, drumming, or droning on its own naturally, which it does. Herbert was fascinated by desert and dune ecology. He would have loved this if he knew about it (maybe he did).
- Hendrikto 5y agoHad to use a US VPN to watch the video. It‘s geoblocked in Europe.