Home‎ > ‎The Pantheon‎ > ‎Somewhat Appreciated Items‎ > ‎

Dune

DUNE
 
 
Dune  is an original soundtrack album for the 1984 film Dune.  Most of the album was composed by the popular rock band Toto — their first and only film score — but one track was contributed by Brian Eno.  The soundtrack album was first released in November, 1984.  An extended version with an altered track listing was released in 1997.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 
For their fifth album Isolation (1984), Toto asked Fergie Frederiksen (formerly with Trillion) to join the band as their primary vocalist.  While he was with the band only a short time, he also performed on the soundtrack album Dune for the 1984 science-fiction film Dune, Toto’s only soundtrack experience.  Frederiksen has said that his time with Toto was the highlight of his career.  He even started touring under the name “Toto” which angered other bandmembers who filed suit to stop him; they reconciled in 2007, and Frederiksen now sometimes appears as a guest star at Toto concerts.   
 
(October 2012)