It's crazy that he's mainly known (I think?) for this peaceful new agey music and here he did the hardcore metalish soundtrack for the most evil faction in the universe.
All of those years that Arkenstone spent in a zen like state of peace and tranquility has allowed him to tap into the deepest pits of aggression when making the Harkonnen soundtrack and I love him for it.
This is when shit got real. Up until the civil war you had been able to throw your Harkonnen weight around and roll over the factions with your beefier units. Then you find your own advantage being used against you and it sucks.
+Michael Wittmann Planescape Torment, Unreal, Heroes IV, Spellforce, Tzar: Burden of Crown, Deus Ex, Kings Bounty: Armored Princess, Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion, Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption, Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul and other ones...
You really do not want "Dune: Return of the Lootbox free-to-play edition" from the same experts, who gave you iOS version of Dungeon Keeper? Strange...
Under three conditions. 1 - No EA involvement, at all 2 - FMV is mandatory, with the hammiest actors they can get. 3 - Include Joseph David Kucan, for acting in the FMVs, for directing the FMV, and for calling the shots. He would make a brilliant piter de vries.
I liked Klepackis ride the worm, i liked his tracks for painting the dune atmosphere. Though I have more favorite arkenstone tracks.Arkenstone really upstaged Klepacki in this game
This track went so well with the Harkonnen civil war mission. When it starts in the background while whoever you chose briefs you on your mission. (I always chose Gunseng)
@@jawesomes6939 copek was a true Harkonnen. He didn't wait for the baron's passing, he just murdered him, just like a Harkonnen would. Gunseng tried to look more civilized, but he was just as evil . I love Gunseng, but I feel that Copek was the correct choice if we are thinking as a Harkonnen. Love them both to death though, that pair was awesome!
Always wanted to do artwork for something like that. Maybe a game called something like _Dune: Jihad_ where it's set in the war against thinking machines.
indie creators have pretty much ruined every great game, i PREFER if the original creators sit on the license and do nothing than giving it away to indies...
This and Surrounded are my favorite tracks from Arkenstone. Ride the Worm from Klepacki and the Strategist round out all the houses for me. A shame they didn't make a track for the Sardaukar, Ix and Tleilaxu
For the Sardaukar, they sorta did. Victory is Inevitable has a very different instrument section, with a lot of brass that gives it an imperial, authoritative quality compared to the industrial rock that encompasses most of the Harkonnen OST, just like how Ride the Worm could be considered a Fremen song because of how it sets itself apart from the Atreides OST. Dark Alliance sort of blends the Sardaukar and Harkonnen motifs, which would play into their canonical alliance in the Dune series.
I ran the Harkonnen track for PVP in a game I played and this one turned me into a hate-fueled murder machine. Been using it for arena games ever since, when I feel like I need a boost of rage to help me. When this plays, everything dies.
I would love to make a sequel to this game. Only major change I would make is replacing House Ordos with a resurgent House Corrino, with the explanation being the Corrinos razed the Ordos homeworld in order to avenge the deceased Emperor (who was killed through Ordos machinations); all happening while the 3 houses fought to defeat the Emperor Worm. Basically, after reclaiming the loyalty of the Sardaukar, the Corrinos aim to reclaim the throne; while fighting the Atreides and Harkonnens, who also aim to control the known universe. The subfactions would be the Fremen, the Smugglers, the Ixians, the Bene Tlielax, and the remnants of House Ordos.
Some of us use various genres of Rock to purge the negativity out of their systems. Some use depressing rock, others use ultra fast rock, yet others focus more on vocals. And then.. There are creatures like me who purge their inner hate and rage on this sort of stuff. There is hatred in this track YAHAW! Feel the rage and let it out! :3
So far I can only think of Tindalos Home or Eugen Systems to create a remake of Dune, EA (and by extention Petroglyph) are out of question after what they did to C&C and Relic still has to recover their credit after how they screwed all over the Dawn of War series. Tindalos have been learning some important development lessons with Etherium and Battlefleet Gothic Armada and their art department is absolutely fantastic (although they may need help with live-action films), while Eugen Systems actually got the guts to make a classic RTS despite limited funds and their Wargame series has been excellent. Funnily enough I think the original Act of Aggression may have worked quite interesting for a Dune setting, with spice being detected and mined at random positions. Maybe, just maybe, Gearbox could put Blackbird Interactive to work in a Dune RTS as a side project along with the current development of Homeworld 3. Come to think, who owns the right for a Dune game right now?
The world of Dune....massive stuff. And Westwood provided nice promotion. Maybe after reading original Dune series, u will change your opinion. Ofc, Twilight fans are disappointed already.
@ignas1130 Yeah, it was Dune 2000 that was the letdown (except for Edric O and Gimli). Dune 1 was decent considering it came out in 1992, Dune 2 was literally groundbreaking. (Please don't mention that Dune action game. I seriously wish to unsee what I had seen.)
@@youngval312Iirc princess Irulan is the narrator who dramatized events into the narrative of Dune. Maybe she was just writing propaganda for her husband hoping she'd get laid for it and the later books are also written by her as she gets angrier at him and goes insane imagining the universe punishing Paul and his family for not banging her
half of the family... . & not every Harkonenn are red. my sistar is a brunet te with the black black black eyes , and novadays her prefered metal - Calcium.)
Ea shut them down, absored it into its own mass. Westoods chief players went into petrograph gamings (did they make or just join unsure) but the vast majority work there... And have made quite a few good games, A free RTS is coming from them and made a decent RTS thats really cheap to get... definate c&C feel. i mean who can forget the shit of C&C4? made me want to cry whilst playing it. A CAP ON UNITS? come on... i play for the mass of OP units... But i agree with you! Rock on westwood!
Я даже когда играл за Атрейдесов , то вырубал их патриотичную хрень и ставил музыку Харконненов. Соник-танки и Минотавры под эти риффы тоже козырно смотрятся
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*"Paul you don't know Harkonnen as I do - their riffs are BRUTAL."*
I'm imagining a Harkonnen trooper using the flaming guitar from Fury Road
the Giedi Prime mosh pits must be absolutely deadly
Paul: i know your riff jabbar, now you Will hear mine
This comment have me goose bumps.
This guy was 49 years old when he composed this album. And it was a one-off project for him. Amazing.
Yeah his normal stuff is like peaceful new age I think? So us Emperor players saw him express himself in a way few others did. And it's great
David Arkenstone went into god mode with this masterpiece. You can almost hear how much fun he's having on the guitar!
It's crazy that he's mainly known (I think?) for this peaceful new agey music and here he did the hardcore metalish soundtrack for the most evil faction in the universe.
All of those years that Arkenstone spent in a zen like state of peace and tranquility has allowed him to tap into the deepest pits of aggression when making the Harkonnen soundtrack and I love him for it.
This is when shit got real. Up until the civil war you had been able to throw your Harkonnen weight around and roll over the factions with your beefier units. Then you find your own advantage being used against you and it sucks.
Only if you chose to side with Gunseng. If Copec is chosen, this mission is rather easy.
The Best Soundtrack in Video Game History
Period.
Michael Wittmann this and harkonnen battle theme
Michael Wittmann Michael Wittman approves
+Michael Wittmann Planescape Torment, Unreal, Heroes IV, Spellforce, Tzar: Burden of Crown, Deus Ex, Kings Bounty: Armored Princess, Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion, Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption, Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul and other ones...
amen. The best part is the guy who did the Harkonnen tracks usually makes really idyllic, peaceful stuff.
HD remake of battle for dune now! :D
Agreed, but please not by EA.
Yes, that EA; seriously, any other studio would be an improvement.
You really do not want "Dune: Return of the Lootbox free-to-play edition" from the same experts, who gave you iOS version of Dungeon Keeper? Strange...
When????
Under three conditions.
1 - No EA involvement, at all
2 - FMV is mandatory, with the hammiest actors they can get.
3 - Include Joseph David Kucan, for acting in the FMVs, for directing the FMV, and for calling the shots. He would make a brilliant piter de vries.
Between David Arkenstone and Frank Klapecki, the Harkonnen soundtrack practically sold the game
Arkenstone wrote the whole Harkonnen album; Klepacki only the Atreides one.
@@TheRojo387 Jarrid Mendelson is Ordos side album, also no bad! But David Arkenstone anyway is the best 😃👍
I liked Klepackis ride the worm, i liked his tracks for painting the dune atmosphere. Though I have more favorite arkenstone tracks.Arkenstone really upstaged Klepacki in this game
Frank klepackis were disappointing to me, had little of the frank charm in every other thing hes done
@@aleksf6312 yes jarrids work was underrated, he did great showing off the ordos side with his work
This track went so well with the Harkonnen civil war mission. When it starts in the background while whoever you chose briefs you on your mission. (I always chose Gunseng)
Yeah, Kopek is a bloated idiot, AND literally poisoned their dad, Gunseng is much cooler!
@@TheRogueminator And arguably more dangerous, but yea!
Всегда только за Гансега играл! Ликовал, когда наконец-то начал в щепки разносить замок Копека под саундтреки Аркенстоуна 😆🤘
Copek was a child... good choice.
@@jawesomes6939 copek was a true Harkonnen. He didn't wait for the baron's passing, he just murdered him, just like a Harkonnen would. Gunseng tried to look more civilized, but he was just as evil . I love Gunseng, but I feel that Copek was the correct choice if we are thinking as a Harkonnen. Love them both to death though, that pair was awesome!
Один из лучших саундтреков к Дюне! Хотя надо отметить что к играм серии музыка всегда была великолепной.
One of the best Soundtrack of Emperor the battle for Dune. The Harkonnen have the best music of the game. It's my opinion.
And what a marvelous opinion it is.
I agree 100%. Atredies was atmospheric but didn't touch the soul as Harkonnen
Шедевр на все времена! Сколько лет прошло, а до сих пор в памяти резня против Копека, или финальная атака на червя под эту композицию 🤘
There's nothing like like marching up your heroic veteran Devastators to this music and razing enemy bases into dust.
While watching Dune part 2 I was thinking if only this song were in it at some point, then it would be a true masterpiece
Side note. If you are a fellow guitar enthusiast this is a must play song
I made a custom faction for House Harkonnen in Endless Space and just conquered the galaxy to this soundtrack.
Musical supremacy.
Best track in the whole game... needless to say, in the history of gaming. Just epic. What about that insane Heavy Metal guitar riff?
evil and heroic
No Wonder i was Always a harkonnen Player as kid. Their soundtrack slaps
I loved this game so much. Harkonnen were so strong. I would love if an indie creator could make a new Dune game, it would be so bad ass
I feel you. Honestly, I just hate that they are sitting on the license and doing nothing with it.
Always wanted to do artwork for something like that. Maybe a game called something like _Dune: Jihad_ where it's set in the war against thinking machines.
indie creators have pretty much ruined every great game, i PREFER if the original creators sit on the license and do nothing than giving it away to indies...
@@LegendKingY2j what are you saying? Spice wars is great!
You're entitled to your incorrect opinion.@@riukasoulripper8252
"Radiation at... heh, Whatever!"
awesome sound of guitars, perfect rock soundtrack for house harkonnen !
This and Surrounded are my favorite tracks from Arkenstone. Ride the Worm from Klepacki and the Strategist round out all the houses for me. A shame they didn't make a track for the Sardaukar, Ix and Tleilaxu
For the Sardaukar, they sorta did. Victory is Inevitable has a very different instrument section, with a lot of brass that gives it an imperial, authoritative quality compared to the industrial rock that encompasses most of the Harkonnen OST, just like how Ride the Worm could be considered a Fremen song because of how it sets itself apart from the Atreides OST. Dark Alliance sort of blends the Sardaukar and Harkonnen motifs, which would play into their canonical alliance in the Dune series.
Those are my favorites too!
3:12 epic!
David Arkenstone rules!
House Harkonnen campaign soundtrack is the only one that is heavily inspired by Toto work on original "Dune"
2:42 - 2:58 My god.
Music I'd like to hear when a good battle plan comes together
I ran the Harkonnen track for PVP in a game I played and this one turned me into a hate-fueled murder machine. Been using it for arena games ever since, when I feel like I need a boost of rage to help me. When this plays, everything dies.
Wish another Dune game. This is so awesome :-) (and I am Ordos fan:-)
House Ordos WILL prevail.
@@pguimaraes2000 no way :)
@@pguimaraes2000 That is the directive, failure is not an option
Anyone got tabs or other notation for this song? I want to generate egregious amounts of noise pollution, just like the sons of Geidi Prime
0:50 - Starting to sound like _Blast Corps_ and _Starcraft_ had a baby.
I would love to make a sequel to this game.
Only major change I would make is replacing House Ordos with a resurgent House Corrino, with the explanation being the Corrinos razed the Ordos homeworld in order to avenge the deceased Emperor (who was killed through Ordos machinations); all happening while the 3 houses fought to defeat the Emperor Worm. Basically, after reclaiming the loyalty of the Sardaukar, the Corrinos aim to reclaim the throne; while fighting the Atreides and Harkonnens, who also aim to control the known universe.
The subfactions would be the Fremen, the Smugglers, the Ixians, the Bene Tlielax, and the remnants of House Ordos.
everything rules in pentatonic scales
Dark Alliiance: Harkonnen & Sardaukar.
Who as the rights to this game now ? as a HD Remaster would rule
TIME TO PLAY AGAIN !
Some of us use various genres of Rock to purge the negativity out of their systems. Some use depressing rock, others use ultra fast rock, yet others focus more on vocals. And then.. There are creatures like me who purge their inner hate and rage on this sort of stuff. There is hatred in this track YAHAW! Feel the rage and let it out! :3
Love it....
Me,having hard time doing anything at 0:47 : "Forget it, I'am never giving up"
One of my favorite songs from Emperor: Battle for Dune.
For the Baron!
Fucking Rocks !!!
WOW
So far I can only think of Tindalos Home or Eugen Systems to create a remake of Dune, EA (and by extention Petroglyph) are out of question after what they did to C&C and Relic still has to recover their credit after how they screwed all over the Dawn of War series.
Tindalos have been learning some important development lessons with Etherium and Battlefleet Gothic Armada and their art department is absolutely fantastic (although they may need help with live-action films), while Eugen Systems actually got the guts to make a classic RTS despite limited funds and their Wargame series has been excellent.
Funnily enough I think the original Act of Aggression may have worked quite interesting for a Dune setting, with spice being detected and mined at random positions.
Maybe, just maybe, Gearbox could put Blackbird Interactive to work in a Dune RTS as a side project along with the current development of Homeworld 3.
Come to think, who owns the right for a Dune game right now?
watch?v=HOemQuy2JUc
ppl still commenting on this is just...
I'll go deaf listening to this and I will be glad.
Proof that Frank Herbert was an Unreliable chronicler and that the Harkonnen were the good guys
Lesson for life:
Always side up with the team that:
- has the jokes / is constantly laughing
- has the best music \m/ \m/
@ignas1130 No, he referred to the derivative products (games, in particular).
4:49 - 5:55
My game doesn't work on my pc anymore... Lost something. Need to find a way. If someone can help me ! thx for the upload!
For the Baron!
Failure is Death!
i do especially after i heard what bioware's gonna do with the next c&c games
0:45
The world of Dune....massive stuff. And Westwood provided nice promotion. Maybe after reading original Dune series, u will change your opinion. Ofc, Twilight fans are disappointed already.
RTS LEGEND
@ignas1130 Yeah, it was Dune 2000 that was the letdown (except for Edric O and Gimli). Dune 1 was decent considering it came out in 1992, Dune 2 was literally groundbreaking.
(Please don't mention that Dune action game. I seriously wish to unsee what I had seen.)
Thanks for the tip, I'll try it out.
Gdnius!
Review of achievements
RIGHT!!
Why the bad guys always have the best music
"bad" according to who? XD
redefine history books
@@FeelingShredFrank Herbert lmao
@@youngval312Iirc princess Irulan is the narrator who dramatized events into the narrative of Dune. Maybe she was just writing propaganda for her husband hoping she'd get laid for it and the later books are also written by her as she gets angrier at him and goes insane imagining the universe punishing Paul and his family for not banging her
@@goatcheezius2399....lmao
...Dark Alliance=Dune in a nutshell 😎🤘
I disagree, the Dune series and world was, as a whole before that, already brilliant.
if you weren't using cd harkkonen you can have only 2/3 of all harrkonen soundtracks.
Listening this music i am Remember Akatsuki music from Uzumaki Naruto 😅
Only less than 20 percent work there now.
2:42 4:32
when i declared war on Harkonnens and their reaction....
My god this so fucking epic! I didn't remember that EBfD had this trakc in it! Listening this while playing #MINDUSTRY (check it out, it's free!)
half of the family... . & not every Harkonenn are red. my sistar is a brunet te with the black black black eyes , and novadays her prefered metal - Calcium.)
The books were not shitty and nerdy
Ea shut them down, absored it into its own mass. Westoods chief players went into petrograph gamings (did they make or just join unsure) but the vast majority work there... And have made quite a few good games, A free RTS is coming from them and made a decent RTS thats really cheap to get... definate c&C feel. i mean who can forget the shit of C&C4? made me want to cry whilst playing it. A CAP ON UNITS? come on... i play for the mass of OP units...
But i agree with you! Rock on westwood!
Why didn't this make it into Skirmish, noone will ever know...
Oh wait, engine limitations?
No way :P
Я даже когда играл за Атрейдесов , то вырубал их патриотичную хрень и ставил музыку Харконненов. Соник-танки и Минотавры под эти риффы тоже козырно смотрятся