The Toto rating for Dune was Wagnerian and highly effective, but the band by no means composed the soundtrack for an additional film.
Paich: Engaged on that movie discouraged me a little bit bit from engaged on movies. I believed, If that is the way in which it’s going to be… I wished it to be a blockbuster like Jaws, and it wasn’t. It was met with blended critiques.
Lukather: It was a one-and-done for us, so far as I used to be involved. It was an ideal expertise, but it surely was not one thing I wished to do for a residing. There are guys that do it so effectively. I simply wish to keep in my lane, if you’ll. I’m not the appropriate man to spend the remainder of my life doing that. It’s very troublesome, tedious work, and I simply wish to run on stage and play my ass off and receives a commission and go house. I spent loads of time in recording studios from 1976 to 1992, doing 20 classes every week… and having a band.
I noticed Dune 1,000,000 occasions after we had been doing it. I might transfer my lips to the dialogue. Oftentimes, a few of the phrases from the movie we nonetheless use to speak to one another—it simply comes out of nowhere. That’s a part of our historical past.
Launched in 1984 by Polydor, the Dune soundtrack album was, in accordance with the band, not a bestseller. The label reissued the soundtrack on CD in 1997 with beforehand unreleased cues. In 2020, Jackpot Information reissued it in a restricted 2,000-copy “spice-colored” vinyl run.
Lukather: The soundtrack wasn’t a blockbuster, I can let you know that. It’s not like there was a success single. It’s a unusual little bizarre factor.
Paich: It’s an oddity for Toto. The one man that got here as much as me was Billy Idol, who instructed me, “By the way in which, I really like the Dune album. That’s my favourite Toto document of all time.” Made me really feel actually good.
Lukather: Billy Idol was a buddy of mine and stated, “My favourite Toto album is Dune.” [laughs] I stated, “I really like you for that, Billy!” For our final dwell video, on our Fortieth-anniversary tour, we put collectively a medley of the themes of Dune, in a Pink Floyd-y form of manner. Our super-fans get it, like, “I can’t imagine they’re taking part in one thing from Dune!” We didn’t play the principle theme; that might have been too apparent and type of foolish. We aren’t John Williams, however we gave it a go! The irony is the singer in our band now, Joseph Williams, his father is John Williams.
