Variety Artisans: Emotional Pleasures - The Music of 'How To Train Your Dragon 2'

Composer John Powell explains what he looks for when he scores a scene and why the powerful emotions of DreamWorks Animation's summer hit made his job especially difficult -- and exhausting.
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[@Victoriatopia]

I've been listening to both of the HTTYD scores consistently for months now. Those amazing themes never get old.

[@OliveNLuv]

Like so many people have said, John Powell didn't have to go so hard with his HTTYD scores, but I'm so glad he did!!!

[@GamingFanactic911]

Obsessed with HTTYD; I'm a big fan and the music is incredible. :)

[@whamzap]

bro i listen to this soundtrack DAILY

[@rachd4786]

First video I’ve ever seen without any dislikes

[@corner559]

There's nothing to dislike. It's an amazing soundtrack and the composer did an outstanding job.

[@blackstormoffical4406]

My best childhood movie ever

[@FilmMusicMedia]

If you're looking to go way way deeper with John Powell and director Dean DeBlois, we did a recent retrospective discussion of the entire trilogy that is as detailed as you can get! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmGleIWnrLV6fq8

[@DimensionDynamics]

This is just incredible! :D

[@Jcesare09]

Great work

[@sameester]

Amazing, thanks!! :)

[@adelynnt8009]

I wish I was part of that orchestra..i don't suppose their hiring a 15 year old clarinetist 😂😂😂

[@joshuahernandez282]

Same🤧🤧 am a trumpet player 🤧🤧🤧

[@ericyoung1478]

@Adelyyn T Perhaps someday you will. :D

[@ChimeraReiax]

4:09 EXCUSE ME I'VE SEEN THE MOVIE 8 TIMES THAT SCENE ISN'T IN THE FILM WHAT

[@goldenboy886]

Lol you are right when he turns back and looks at all those dragons!

[@cantifirmi4921]

First part is beginning of movie with Jonsi’s song, then it cuts to the flying with mother scene

[@alish8042]

@@cantifirmi4921 yeah

[@xSENSEIxxPARKERx25]

Dan Rossner you should have watched it more often. It's IN the film XD flying with his mother.

[@yasht2843]

I miss toothless🙁

[@buludadamiguel8662]

Same :(

[@minyichannel0521]

Me too

[@jonnyp1340]

Ok but how am I only finding this now?

[@LWolf94]

You are under the influence of the franchise ending and you suddenly have a need to find everything there is about its story, music, ideas, etc that you didn't know about before....just so you can postpone the idea that the franchise is probably never going to have a comeback for a little longer...oh wait....that's me. ;^;

[@FilmMusicMedia]

If you want to go even deeper with John and Dean, we did a recent retrospective of the entire trilogy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmGleIWnrLV6fq8

[@haleynicolexoxo6553]

2019?

[@buludadamiguel8662]

2020

[@xSENSEIxxPARKERx25]

2021

[@MichMachu]

2023

[@blapradur]

hello im from future

[@HoneyBun44]

2023!

[@Maaar10Avali]

[@SinbadHiccup]

:')

[@maxwellkowal3065]

The way they introduced this sits wrong with me. Why mention animation in such a way that it implies an inferiority to live-action? It's cinema, just like any other film medium, plain and simple.

[@jungleblazers1249]

Compare that to the way John Powell describes animation. John has so much respect and admiration for animation, and he showed it with 3 amazing scores for the HTTYD trilogy. Not a hint of "bullshitting" his way through.

[@maxwellkowal3065]

@jungleblazers1249 No excuse to not give it your all, it's a movie made by many talented people

[@TPDManiacXC626]

Guillermo del Toro shares that same sentiment and mindset and so do I as well. Animation is not a genre, it’s a storytelling medium like live-action movies, novels, comic books, and video games. It has potential to be cinematic, and both animation and voice acting NEED to be taken more seriously.