This article analyzes how Hans Zimmer's score enhances narrative agency and emotional depth in Dune, revealing Paul Atreides's thoughts and experiences.
This article discusses the narrative agency and cognitive and affective functions of the musical score in Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part One (2021). I argue that Hans Zimmer's music functions as a quasi-diegetic entity for the viewer/auditor to grasp the protagonist Paul Atreides's psychological states as well as the planets he traverses.
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