Tribute to Evil - Emperor: Battle for Dune [music]

Composed by David Arkenstone.
Soundtrack's playlist: • Emperor: Battle For Dune

[@nmn5550]

Research from the Feyd Institute on Geidi Prime proves this song: - Increases Tesosterone Production up to 400% - Spikes Growth Hormone - Increases Protein Synthesis Side effects include rapid facial hair growth and resistance to Radiation.

[@SyckoZajete]

David Arkenstone mostly makes mellow New Age Music. I don't know who switched his drugs for the duration of his work on this soundtrack, but I'm grateful for it.

[@youngval312]

That's the beauty of this. I was blown away when as an adult I realized he did this soundtrack I have enjoyed since I was a kid.

[@obelisk1838]

@@youngval312 take the drugs while playing guitar or an other instrument. well lol I have adhd

[@brotatochimp]

What a badass last name. Brings the arkenstone from the hobbit to mind.

[@DukeWooze]

@@brotatochimp Sounds like a name from the Flintstones lol.

[@kabob0077]

And to make it crazier Frank Klepacki did the soundtrack for House Atreides and Jerrid Mendelson (Who was responsible for: Lone Trooper, Pharotek, Scouting, Gloom, Heroism, and The Defense on Tiberian Sun's soundtrack) did House Ordos's soundtrack. The game's whole soundtrack is amazing.

[@NodDisciple1]

One of the few times Kelpacki was upstaged in a soundtrack. By David Arkenstone.

[@RanHarasaki]

Oh shit i thought this was Klepacki!

[@Mechabang]

This is music for the Iron Warriors to get pumped before killing Imperial Fists.

[@blindoutlaw]

Iron Cage soundtrack haha

[@Jahn_Pah_Jonz]

Death to the False Emperor!

[@lonelystrategos]

This sort of industrial music or whatever the proper name for the genre is fits the Iron Warriors really well. Imagine a bit of ancient greek flair thrown in to perfect it as the IVth Legions theme.

[@Tehstampede]

I listen to the Harkonnen music while I paint Chaos Space Marines it just fits

[@od4361]

"BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!" "SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!" "SOULS FOR THE SOUL EATER!" "FOR KHORNNNNNE!"

[@Mechabang]

@@od4361 MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES!

[@Mechabang]

THIS SILENCE OFFENDS SLAANESH

[@axelabdiel4136]

"SPICE FOR THE BARON!"

[@lamesurfer1015]

The Spice must flow! Or is it blood?

[@BoroMonokli]

This game has the immense honor in me for allowing my first victory against my father. I was like 10 or 12. He was atreides, I was harkonnen. I used the gunships (not the platform ones, the omnithopter equivalents!) to raid his base. He struck back in the next game but damn! it felt so good!

[@WindiChilliwack]

Hahah I remember that feeling it was pretty similar to starcraft, i was more of a protoss than my dad preferring terran

[@SoScared101]

That's so awesome. I'm sure your father still remembers that. Hopefully with this soundtrack playing in the background :D

[@KhorneMarine]

"Full power, commander!"

[@Meami_ami]

this shiii still goes years later! my childhood

[@simonhuuskristensen4736]

"FOR GEDI PRIME! AT WONCE! Smells like.... victory."

[@evaunit143]

This is with out a doubt my all time favorite song from any game, David Arkenstone is a fucking genius. It is a crying shame that few games these days have sound tracks on par with what they had when Emperor came out.

[@McHobotheBobo]

Much as I agree let's be real, Battle For Dune had an inspired soundtrack even in its own time

[@artyshmunzuk5435]

Still listening after all those years

[@Whateverguy8114]

''Something small to kill!?'' ''AT ONCE!''

[@simonhuuskristensen4736]

Whateverguy Yes, it was indeed a great game, with good graphics for the time! I've played through it several times myself...

[@Whateverguy8114]

Simon Huus Kristensen Yer, agreed, very good game from Westwoods back in the day, it was so ahead of its time with its campaign with randomized missions! ...I hated fighting the Ordos, cheaps basterds...

[@simonhuuskristensen4736]

Whateverguy Yep, it was cool that you could win with all 3 races, awesome campaign and gameplay indeed! I didn't like the Harkonnen that much, neither philosophically or militarily, I am, or atleast were much more an Atreides guy, but their soundtrack is superior, fucking AWESOME music!

[@Whateverguy8114]

Simon Huus Kristensen Yer, you just need to listen to the Harkonnen soundtrack to know what they're made for.

[@GMovieSeeker]

Whateverguy I loved playing the Ordos for their laser tanks. Such a great unit, superior to all its equivalents in speed, rate of fire, plus it was shielded. I'd build a shitload of those and rush the enemy with them, who was too slow to react. Loved the variety of Harkonnen units, but the davastator was total shit. Who the fuck thought of making the strongest unit in the game so slow that it's simply useless in battle?

[@sww06]

"HAVE YOU NO TONGUE?! PERHAPS YOU'RE WISER THAN YOUR APPEARANCE DICTATES!"

[@enigma4430]

David's rendition of the Harkonnen was so spot on, the music itself was more passionate and inspired than the game itself could ever wish to be. Well done!

[@SuperSoundtracks]

Witnessing your harkonnen troops storming across the battlefield for a surprise rush attack while the enemy harvester gets eaten by a sandworm and this music plays in the background truly makes for an unique feel and gaming experience I haven't seen since. It's almost poetic.

[@NodDisciple1]

"CHOP CHOOOPPPP!!!!!"

[@jackbrindley6489]

"I go....death will follow."

[@RonTaboga]

So fucking badass and awesome. Boring soundtracks from games nowadays are shit compared to such evergreen masterpieces. Beyond every level of awesomeness...

[@LegendKingY2j]

the old is gold

[@strelitziapete9071]

I agree this and Rise of the Harkonnen in Dune 2000 are great soundtracks

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

+RonTaboga hey now - modern gaming has given us some fantastic composers. Peter McConnell, for instance, or the fantastic duo of Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori

[@LegendKingY2j]

x1StapleGun well that's true, also the songs from assasins creed for example are amazing too but still less than before

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

***** oh yes. And the Prince Of Persia stuff

[@Fildakor]

I really like this style of music. Metal without vocals Is great.

[@ragexg]

@Zahir Datoo Me 2

[@KingLich451]

maybe you'll like Buckethead

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

If you like more instrumental compositions, check out the bands If These Trees Could Talk, Planet X and Animals As Leaders. You might like them.

[@hav0k337]

It's industrial, not metal. But still a good piece nevertheless. I just wish the recording quality was better.

[@aylmer666]

You might also love a lot of Frontline Assembly - their song “Synthetic Forms” is one of my favorites.

[@arminok555]

It gets better every time I hear it!

[@MrSstiel]

My brother and I loved the game. The music too.

[@HerrHoppenstedt]

It is litterally hard to believe, that Westwood put so damn much effort in a game IN 2001! Absolute awesome live action cut-scenes, a hands down killer-ost... and the gameplay itself was, IS, also awesome. Last time i touched this game, was over an decade ago. The Soundtrack though... i have it on my phone, in my car... it is glorious!

[@richardalvarez2390]

The cut scenes were movie quality to the actual movie. Very close in details

[@thecappeningchannel515]

The game was brilliant. The cut scenes were the best Dune until Dennis Villeneuve came. Beat 1984 Lynch and the miniseries.

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

It's times like this that I wished that my copy of Emperor: Battle For Dune still worked. Because the soundtrack was fantastic, and the gameplay was a great translation of Westwood RTS into the Dune universe, with a fresh coat of paint and the fantastic sub-house mechanic

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

AndrewtheDuke Well... I used to play it, but my copy doesn't work anymore. :(

[@Banzay27]

If you have no way of buying a new copy, no one can reprimand you for taking the online Jolly Roger route, if you know what I am saying.

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

Banzay27 nah, I just bought a copy online. I don't pirate games

[@TimurKOI]

+x1StapleGun And I can't play even if I wished. =( You know, I install the game on Win 8, launch it and then it always brakes video, sometimes freezing it. If I click on playing it loads the game well, but it doesn't run smoothly, always freezing and eventually quits the game. Can you help me?

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

+Kwisatz Haderach The game simply wasn't designed for those operating systems. Windows XP was 32-bit, but anything past Windows 7 is 64-bit. I can't get it to run either, even with a new copy and a computer that runs XP (computer is so old that it doesn't work anymore) :(

[@TheMylittletony]

Pro tip: play the harkonnen music in the car on the highway.

[@parddz]

I remember i had an army consisting of 20 or more devastators. Then I accidentally pressed the "D" button....I think you know what happens next LOL

[@SweetChilliPhil92]

HAHAHAHAH RIP 😭

[@SweetChilliPhil92]

Devastation time!!!

[@MetalMinigunner]

Ah yes, Emperor: Battle for Dune. This was definitely the best song in the game.

[@ScarriorIII]

I think its tied with Dark Alliance because of that ending.

[@DosGaming101]

Even if the Game was in Black and White, I would still play it, just to hear the music BTW- This was THE FIRST 3-D RTS Ever !!

[@riukasoulripper8252]

That, isn't entirely correct; Total Annihilation was the first RTS to use 3d units and terrain.

[@alexanderfrost8178]

2021 and that track is the best!!!

[@mihaip90]

This track sounded best on Giedi Prime!

[@RaderGH]

That rocking nostalgia!

[@True38]

What does NOD, the Soviets and the Harkonnen all have in common??? Theyr ALL freaking bad asses!

[@aransul]

Peace Through Power For House Harkonnen! WE WILL BURY THEM!

[@DillonFerguson0]

And their music is ALWAYS better !

[@glacier4286]

And they all use red as their faction's colour. Duh!

[@GenTechJ]

Dillon Ferguson Seems the bad guys always have the best music. Or I'm a closet baddie myself. Time will tell, eheheheh

[@DillonFerguson0]

Haha same,

[@DestructiveDave1900]

"Yes? At once! At once!" "Attack! ATTACK!"

[@hyperionsweofficial]

Even though I prefer the Atreides "lore wise" so to speak, this song is by far the highlight of the entire soundtrack of the game. Absolutely magnificent! Every nuance and every variation of the melodies just gives me goose bumps!

[@nihlusx1507]

It can't get more badass than this.

[@Trefalas]

Majestic House Harkonnen! Reactors on Maximum!

[@LegendaryPhenom]

Frank Klepacki who made the music for House Atreides, which is a great music producer, was vastly outdone by David Arkenstone.

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

What's weird is industrial rock/metal is more Klepacki's wheel-house

[@thundergod6115]

Klepacki made some bangers but he had to make the music match the ancient greek theme for Artreides not the edgy evil industrial Harkonnen

[@obelisk1838]

atreides ost good too!

[@Passonator11]

Well I think Jarrid schooled them all by producing the Ordos soundtrack. That thing is ahead of its time in so many aspects!

[@JohnnyRico118]

The riffs must flow.

[@coyran]

Radiation? Heh, whatever.

[@RogueBoyScout]

THE SPICE MUST FLOW!!!!

[@user-wn7qf4pm3z]

обожаю

[@monblancexp3153]

Ты это написал 6 лет назад, интересно ты живой ?))

[@monblancexp3153]

Оу ты подписан на Grey Zone! Фрилансеры! :3

[@user-oz3nl2uf1v]

@@monblancexp3153 живой !!! хотя при путе режиме можно и кинуть копыта!!

[@VioletteZero]

"Gentlemen, to evil!."

[@MoonlightEmbrace]

Come to think of it, metal fits the Harkonnens perfectly : ruthless, brutal, swift and epically evil all at the same time.

[@user-et5ye1fn5d]

tribute to badass

[@user-ms8bs4lv5q]

В этой игре больше всего к харконненам именно благодаря музыке. Помню, как я ликовал, когда крушил опустошителями замок мерзавца Копека под этот саундтрек! 😆👍👍👍

[@RealNapoleonBonaparte]

I had this stuck in my head all day, it was awesome.

[@dreamer6737]

Just love playing harkonnen and listen to these songs feeling evil =P

[@user-oq4jv7xk3e]

красиво, и без слов... что еще надо для счастья?

[@BFCrusader]

Harkonnen music is great for playing either Dark Elves, Greenskins, Beastmen or Chaos/Norsca in Total War Warhammer 2

[@nordicpawsproductions465]

masterpiece of a soundtrack.!

[@Traheq]

When I listen to this track , I feel like a lone pilot of a Devastator unit, searching for the Atreides. In the very moment I find them I unleash hell upon them , decimating their ranks , annihilating their troops with a final ''For the Harkonen" and I self destruct, taking them with me.

[@jaykekeola]

I play this music for my newborn... knowing that one day a knife in the back will take me down...

[@phildew18]

Fuck when i first heard this song it blew my mind a game could have such awesome music. still one of the best game soundtracks ever made, IMHO.

[@andrewgardiner1077]

If I could make a sequel to this game, it would hybridize the David Lynch and Denis Villeneuve aesthetic for the game. I would basically pit Houses Atreides and Harkonnen against each other, with a resurgent House Corrino replacing House Ordos (the explanation being that the Corrinos destroyed the Ordos to get revenge for the Ordos killing Emperor Frederick). The sub factions would be: 1. The Fremen 2. The Ixians 3. The Bene Tlielax 4. The Remnants of House Ordos 5. The Smuggler’s Guild

[@srbrant5391]

I would have thrown in a bit of John Blanche's aesthetic as well.

[@salzeda6295]

For the longest time I just assumed these tracks were composed by Frank Klepacki. Because, well, duh, it's metal, right? Nope, David Arkenstone! Who'd've thought?

[@thecappeningchannel515]

Same here. Even learned of arkenstone, forgot it and thought it waa Klepacki again. 😂

[@DosGaming101]

What you are hearing is one of the best, if not THE best game soundtrack of all time.

[@BVargas78]

David Arkenstone, you win the prize!

[@user-th4bg3hi6f]

Шикарно!

[@hasrihanapi3247]

It'll go smoothly when your devastator had a stealth capability like Guild Tank . . .

[@TheMylittletony]

Hit and run with the missile tanks. If you time it right, they can oneshot a carryall with the harvester still in it.

[@piotrgromadzki1806]

The best soundtrack ever... Only Skyrim Whiterun theme can compare :)

[@RavenWarrior90]

Are you weird or something? Maybe a bit confused? :D Find your mistake...

[@AndreyMr9999]

Harkonnen music is really epic and powerfull! My favorite)

[@DosGaming101]

"I Would Pay TEN LEIGEONS of Sau-dau-Kar Terror Troups" For the Guitar Tab to This Song -Barron Vladamir Harkonen

[@tritarch6687]

"Mad Destruction!" -Harkonnen Missile Tank

[@FeroxX_Gosu]

The last one of the real oldschool RTS's..

[@joszax]

Evil has a better soundtrack. Step up your game good!

[@RanHarasaki]

Lmao this was well-said.

[@darthskarr8975]

I direct you to the Doom Slayer's soundtrack

[@jamescross25]

ride the worm and assemble the troops both awesome tunes on par :D

[@darthskarr8975]

@@snarkylive I know. I was referring to him as being a good guy as a rebuke to the "Evil has best music" statement.

[@ryanfoster2869]

Evil has better music because good is dumb 😜

[@FallenxMalo]

If music could impregnate i would pop out rock 'n' roll all day.

[@thedarkprinceVvvvV]

Burgers On! oh this game brings back many memories, I still have my copy of it in my CD wallet,

[@DosGaming101]

Thanks a Milion for your support. I think you are absolutly right about this being among the top 3 soundtracks ever. The only other games i can think of that come close to this one is Red Alert 2 and maybe C&C Generals.

[@edcampbell310]

Nothing felt more unstoppable then a massive Harkonnen ground assault with this music. Ive nvr felt anything like i did in this game

[@SNARC15]

In the name of Geidi Prime, I welcome you. You have been given a rare opportunity Commander! You have been chosen the Harkonnen forces in this War of Assassins. A war that will determine the next heir to the Golden Lion throne, the next ruler of the known universe. Destroy the base, Commander. Kill the enemy! Remember the destiny of House Harkonnen is tied to Arrakis and the Spice Melange. He who controls Arrakis controls the Spice, and he who controls the Spice controls the universe. House Harkonnen MUST control the Spice! The enemy is on the attack!

[@foreverjinxchung]

I sincerely hope, that in the Dune recent movie, they would be able to use these epic scores, remaster them, use them in the soundtrack. I bet it will be huge! At least, use it in the trailers. Let's bring this up so that hopefully, with a tiny slither of hope, that the producers / composers can see this.

[@KingLich451]

I wish... 😢

[@HimzoKevric]

FOR GUNSENG HARKONNEN! FOR GEIDI PRIME! METAL ON THE MOVE! Devastators are slow and low range? Say that to my Advanced Carryalls. No, seriously. :D

[@TheKnightOfSmite]

"Radiation? Hah, whatever."

[@coyran]

TheKnightOfSmite "I feel sick."

[@Flanker0804]

"Radiation level high, but not toxic"

[@zezimarules1]

Devastator on the move. For Geidi Prime.

[@RealSeekerOfTheTruth]

TheKnightOfSmite shit, I wanted to post the same quote.... So, you were faster. Pah, whatever...

[@damianooi8261]

Came to listen to this song right after I have watched dune 2021

[@TheBarser]

Lets GO!

[@lordmuroga2097]

Readyyy for action!!!!

[@dreamer6737]

Can’t believe they don’t make more Dune games

[@KostjaMRH]

I agree.The score for music is 10/10 and there is nothing to discuss here lol. This game has one of the best soundtracks out there. I'd say it's definitely in the top3.

[@jameschadwick1377]

Spot. On. That is all.

[@Mechabang]

Music to paint your 40k and Necromunda miniatures

[@TheOneTheOnlyIvan]

Harkonnen and Ordos have some of the best music in game.

[@miroslavraven1413]

fantastic game, fanstastic song !

[@nikolay_kudelya]

Какая классная музыка!

[@mephistoxarses8585]

One of the greatest soundtracks in gaming history......and it had to be the Harkkonens!

[@urinalbushrat]

I used to play this just for the sound tracks.

[@JohnDoeRando]

I listen to this while blacksmithing... Goes well with white hot steel.

[@thebanished87]

I live for pain!

[@cursedpaladin1035]

6 минут на одном дыхании

[@ExoformStudios]

Evil incarnate.

[@Headcrab100]

this song and harkonnen force are the best songs in the game :D for house harkonnen!

[@RTSfreak110]

"For Geidi Prime!"

[@666xather]

I'm late to the party but this was my late childhood.

[@soopahsoopah]

"They're coming with me!"

[@Kelkuza]

I'm talking from personal experience. Personally, whenever I had to defend my base against an onslaught of computer opponents, the Minotaur always dealt huge amounts of monetary damage compared to their original cost. And I almost never lost minotaurs to worms. Maybe I was lucky? I always lost my Devastators within 5 seconds of sending more than two out at a time. I actually tested that theory out a few times, much to the unhappiness of my troops I bet!

[@freedomforall7292]

For the duke. Click forre the duke

[@cebonlespatates]

o helll yaaaaaiii that so fucking METAAAAALLLL!!!!FUCK YEAHHHHH!!!!

[@spazzmaticus7207]

Didn't even bother playing with any other house.

[@thedarkprinceVvvvV]

i agree with you,

[@jtblcksheep3376]

Wow, and this was composed by the same guy who does relaxation music for Music Choice Soundscapes.

[@ThyFacelessOne]

Arkenstone is a genius, he composed music for new age stuff, he can do all kinds of music = classical, new age, metal, rock. He also composed Atlantis album, well worth to check, with all kinds of tracks.

[@meegz149]

God, I love this fucking song.

[@Audiotrocious]

MY BLOOD IS BOILING!

[@RealDMraider]

This only played in the later missions when the Devastators arrived :D

[@TerrafawkesTenko]

Devastation imminent!