FILM CREDITS
Music by John Powell
Music Editor: Jack Dolman
Additional Music & Arrangements by Batu Sener, Anthony Willis & Paul Mounsey
Supervising Orchestrator: John Ashton Thomas
Orchestrators: Tommy Laurence, Geoff Lawson, Andrew Kinney, Randy Kerber, Jon Kull & Rick Giovinazzo
Orchestra Conducted by Gavin Greenaway
Eric Whitacre Singers Conducted by Eric Whitacre
Orchestra Leader: Emlyn Singleton
Score Recorded by Nick Wollage
Additional Recordings by Peter Cobbin & Lewis Jones
Score Mixer: Shawn Murphy
Additional Mixing: John Traunwieser
Score Editor: David Channing
Digital Score Recordist: Erik Swanson
Music Preparation: JoAnn Kane Music Service
Orchestra Contracted by Isobel Griffiths & Susie Gillis
Choir Contracted by Music Productions
Gaelic Vocal Coach: Julie Fowlis
Solo Vocals: Jónsi & Dee Lewis Clay
Celtic Harp: Maeve Gilchrist
Ethnic Woodwinds: Jan Hendrickse
Bodhran: Kieran Leonard
Bagpipes: Lorne MacDougall, Craig Munro, Craig Muirhead & Kyle Howie
Uilleann Pipes: Calum Stewart
Score Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London
Stage Recordist: Matt Jones & Daniel Hayden
Score Mixed at 5 Cat Studios, Los Angeles
Score Production Assistant: John Michael Caldwell
"Together From Afar (How To Train Your Dragon - The Hidden World)"
Written & Performed by Jónsi
Produced by Emile Haynie & Jónsi
ALBUM ASSEMBLY
Raiders Return To Busy, Busy Berk : 1m01 v2I Rescue Mission (Edited) + 1m02AB v1O Busy Busy Berk (Edited)
Dinner Talk - Grimmel's Introduction : 1m02C-03 v2J Marry Her - Grimmel Terms
Legend Has It - Cliffside Playtime : 1m04 v1I Legend Has It
Toothless: Smitten : 2m05 v1M Mysterious Creature + 2m06AB v2M Toothless In Love - Dart Trap (1st part)
Worst Pep Talk Ever : 2m06AB v2M Toothless In Love - Dart Trap (2nd part) (Edited)
Night Fury Killer : 2m07AB v4F Grimmel's Visit - First Fight (Edited)
Exodus! : 2m08AB v1O Town Hall Speech - Exodus
Thrid Date : 3m10 v1N Forbidden Courtship
New "New Tail" : 3m11 v2D Toothless Flies Alone
Furies In Love : 3m12B v2J Romance In The Clouds (Edited)
Killer Dragons : 3m14AB v1P Ambush - Cage Fight (Edited)
With Love Comes A Great Waterfall : 4m17 v1K With Love Comes Loss + 4m15B-16A v1E New Island - Into The Hole (Edited)
The Hidden World : 4m16B v1N The Hidden World
Armada Battle : 5m19-20A v1I The Hiccup I Know - Intro To Battle (Edited) + 5m20B v2K Armada Battle Pt 1 (Edited) + 5m20C v2N Armada Battle Pt 2 (Edited)
As Long As He's Safe : 5m21 v1P Ultimate Sacrifice + 5m22 v2K Freedom
One There Were Dragons : 5m23 v3H Viking Wedding + 5m24A v2F Boat Epilogue + 5m24B v1K Finale
Together From Afar : Together From Afar
The Hidden World Suite : 6m25 v2E End Credits Suite
John Powell, Paul Mounsey
1m02AB v1O Busy Busy Berk (3:22)
John Powell
1m02C-03 v2J Marry Her – Grimmel Terms (3:56)
John Powell, Batu Sener
1m04 v1I Legend Has It (4:32)
John Powell, Batu Sener
2m05 v1M Mysterious Creature (2:20)
John Powell, Batu Sener
2m06AB v2M Toothless In Love – Dart Trap (3:50)
John Powell, Batu Sener
2m07AB v4F Grimmel’s Visit – First Fight (3:38)
John Powell, Batu Sener, Paul Mounsey
2m08AB v1O Town Hall Speech – Exodus (4:40)
John Powell, Anthony Willis
2m09AB v1D Setting Up Camp – Valka’s Warning (2:08)
John Powell, Anthony Willis
3m10 v1N Forbidden Courtship (6:47)
John Powell
3m11 v2D Toothless Flies Alone (1:25)
John Powell, Anthony Willis
3m12A v1F Near Miss Valka (0:43)
John Powell, Anthony Willis
3m12B v2J Romance In The Clouds (3:02)
John Powell
3m13S New Berk Feast Source (1:22)
John Powell
3m14AB v1P Ambush – Cage Fight (5:04)
John Powell, Batu Sener
4m15A v1E Stronger Together (1:03)
John Powell
4m15B-16A v1E New Island – Into The Hole (1:46)
John Powell
4m16B v1N The Hidden World (5:20)
John Powell, Paul Mounsey, Jónsi
4m17 v1K With Love Comes Loss (1:05)
John Powell
4m18 v3I Grimmel’s Surprise (3:39)
John Powell
5m19-20A v1I The Hiccup I Know – Intro To Battle (2:52)
John Powell, Anthony Willis
5m20B v2K Armada Battle Pt 1 (3:58)
John Powell, Anthony Willis
5m20C v2N Armada Battle Pt 2 (2:43)
John Powell, Batu Sener
5m21 v1P Ultimate Sacrifice (2:46)
John Powell
5m22 v2K Freedom (3:46)
John Powell
5m23 v3H Viking Wedding (1:53)
John Powell
5m24A v2F Boat Epilogue (2:20)
John Powell
5m24B v1K Finale (1:40)
John Powell
6m25 v2E End Credits Suite (6:37)
John Powell
EC Song – Together From Afar (3:17)
Jónsi
Music by John Powell
Additional Music & Arrangements by Batu Sener, Anthony Willis & Paul Mounsey
Supervising Orchestrator: John Ashton Thomas
Orchestrators: Tommy Laurence, Geoff Lawson, Andrew Kinney, Randy Kerber, Jon Kull & Rick Giovinazzo
Music Editor: Jack Dolman
Solo Vocals: Jónsi & Dee Lewis Clay
Celtic Harp: Maeve Gilchrist
Ethnic Woodwinds: Jan Hendrickse
Bodhran: Kieran Leonard
Bagpipes: Lorne MacDougall, Craig Munro, Craig Muirhead & Kyle Howie as Red Hot Chilli Pipers
Uilleann Pipes: Calum Stewart
Additional Drum Programming: Satnam Ramgotra
Orchestra
Conducted by Gavin Greenaway
Orchestra Leader: Emlyn Singleton
Orchestra Contracted by Susie Gillis for Isobel Griffiths Ltd.
Choir
Conducted by Eric Whitacre
Choir Contracted by Music Productions
Gaelic Adviser & Vocal Coach: Julie Fowlis
Music Preparation by Mark Graham & Gregory Jamrok at JoAnn Kane Music Service
Score Recorded by Nick Wollage
Choir Recorded by Pete Cobbin
Additional Engineering by Lewis Jones
Score Mixer: Shawn Murphy
Additional Mixing: John Traunwieser
Scoring Editor: David Channing
Digital Score Recordist: Erik Swanson
Score Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London (October 15-23, 2018)
Stage Recordists: Matt Jones & Daniel Hayden
Score Mixed at 5 Cat Studios, Los Angeles
Score Production Assistant: John Michael Caldwell
Album Mastered by Patricia Sullivan at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Executive in Charge of Music for Universal Pictures: Mike Knobloch
Music Supervised for Universal Pictures: Natalie Hayden
Music Business Affairs for Universal Pictures: Tanya Perara
Production for Back Lot Music: Andy Kalyvas
Marketing for Back Lot Music: Nikki Walsh
John Powell wishes to thank:
Dean DeBlois, Brad Lewis, Bonnie Arnold, Chris Defaria, Chris Sanders, Cressida Cowell, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Mike Knobloch, Natalie Hayden, Nikki Walsh, Marisa Torbert, Jerry Schmitz, Andy Kalyvas, Jónsi, Gavin Greenaway, Dominic Lewis, James McKee Smith, John Ashton Thomas, Eric Whitacre, Maeve Gilchrist, George Doering, Laura Engel, Richard Kraft, Mark Graham, Kathleen McInnes, Marie Christine Macaulay, Julie Fowlis, Nancy Buchanan & Juliette Hohnen
Dedicated to Melinda Lerner & Oliver Powell
Special Thanks:
Kristin Lowe, Michael Moses, Dwight Caines, Jim Gallagher, Richard Laforge, Casandra Tuttle, Greig McRitchie, Andrew Birch, David Yanover, Lauren Martin, Ruthie Wittenberg, Newell Todd, Cendy Younan, Corrine Overend, Mark Giammarco, Terra Hatch, Dean O'Connnor, Nicki Richards, Marcus Tamkin & Bridget Ward
When starting on How To Train Your Dragon - The Hidden World, I became aware of how I had spent a very happy part of my life making these movies. The first installment brought me into contact with the wonderful Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders, and I was excited finally being able to do a film on my own for Jeffrey Katzenberg at DreamWorks Animation. These are maybe the reasons I worked a little harder on that first score or maybe the Celtic sounding nature of the film meants that I was basically falling off a childhood log, musically speaking. However it happened, it all seemed to click and we were off and running.
The second film was a chance to revisit Cressida Cowell's wonderful world again allowing me to help mature her childhood characters a little in the music. As they dealt with the changes of adolescence and the difficulties of love and death, I was able to expand my vocabulary and try to create a stronger meaning within the thematic material; love, loss, leadership, and how to be an Alpha :) Now, as I create the music for the last adventures for our beloved heroes, both human and dragon, I find parallels in my own life within the story; as I hope many other people will.
My wish is that this score will continue the ideas, ethos and joy of life that I was always trying to put into the previous films but with a nod to my own transitions; a life enjoyed to the fullest with friends and family, where those who have been important will always be with us in someway.
John Powell
John Powell, Paul Mounsey
02 – Dinner Talk – Grimmel’s Introduction (3:53)
John Powell, Batu Sener
03 – Legend Has It – Cliffside Playtime (4:21)
John Powell, Batu Sener
04 – Toothless: Smitten (3:16)
John Powell, Batu Sener
05 – Worst Pep Talk Ever (2:40)
John Powell
06 – Night Fury Killer (3:36)
John Powell, Batu Sener, Paul Mounsey
07 – Exodus! (4:38)
John Powell, Anthony Willis
08 – Third Date (6:49)
John Powell
09 – New “New Tail” (1:28)
John Powell, Anthony Willis
10 – Furies In Love (3:03)
John Powell
11 – Killer Dragons (5:05)
John Powell, Batu Sener
12 – With Love Comes A Great Waterfall (2:08)
John Powell
13 – The Hidden World (5:16)
John Powell, Paul Mounsey, Jónsi
14 – Armada Battle (8:40)
John Powell, Batu Sener, Anthony Willis
15 – As Long As He’s Safe (6:29)
John Powell
16 – Once There Were Dragons (5:45)
John Powell
17 -Together From Afar (3:17)
18 – The Hidden World Suite (Digital Bonus Track) (6:40)
John Powell
I’m guessing “Busy Busy Berk” has about 50 seconds of material that was cut from the movie and has never been heard before until the Deluxe Edition album (much like “Dragon’s Lair” and the first 16 seconds of “Get ‘Em You Son of Eret” on Dragon 2 Deluxe). Either that, or the recording session just has 50 seconds of dead air? I dunno, the schmucks at Varèse Sarabande didn’t release the track lengths and my CD hasn’t arrived yet, so I’m just guessing here.
So I estimate that “Rescue Mission – Busy Busy Berk” is 7:31 on the Deluxe, with ≈50 seconds of never-before-heard music and an additional minute of material at the end that IS in the movie but was cut from the original album.
The CD arrived today, and…I was right! “Setting Up Camp” and most of “New Island” are also brand new music not used in the film or previously on CD. Also I’m baffled they didn’t at least try to fit “Grimmel’s Surprise” onto the original album because it is a CRUCIAL addition!
As much as I think that the choice of movie Powell makes, which up till now have created amazing scores, I do wish we'd get more than 1 score of his every year. Even if the quality is like Solo or The Hidden World
Yeah, it's a nice little mini HTTYD score. It's a bit frustrating that he's seemingly never allowed to develop an idea for very long before moving on to the next thing and the next (probably because of the pacing of the short), but I like the way he plays around with Powell's themes. It makes me think that if they ever decide to make a fourth HTTYD movie and Powell decides he's said all he has to say in the series, Willis would be a good choice to continue it (Zanelli/Pirates style).
Anthony Willis (additional composer on HTTYD 2 & 3) just wrote a nice score for HTTYD Homecoming, a "christmas special" short. The score is based on Powell's themes and style, which is a nice addition to the trilogy.
You can listen to excerpts here :
https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/exclusive-music-clips-h ow-to-train-your-dragon-homecoming-holiday-special/
You're forgetting the Celtic folk music that plays during the feast scene after they had arrived at "New Berk". Really eager to be able to actually hear that.
And yeah, shame they didn't put "Furies Captured" on it. Really like that one.
Satisfied with "Near Miss Valka" and "Stronger Together" finally being released though.
Got to agree. The score for this series is polished, precise, emotional, technically proficient, and thematically rich. Not much else this year has been anywhere close to the level of quality in The Hidden World.
Sadly though, I don't see either Lion King or Star Wars 9 beating this score. From the look of the trailer, Lion King's music is probably just going to be on repeat with a few additional original tracks here and there, and the new Star Wars trilogy is plagued with temp tracks, and uninteresting progression.
Just saw HTTYD: The Hidden World!! For me, a perfect way to complete a trilogy!! Absolutely loved it. All 3 movies are great and get better each time.
Them the score: I don't know how Powell does it. With these 3 scores he's definitely (re)defined writing thematic music again. It's orchestral. He uses themes from the first 2 movies and adds a few new themes that are just as memorable. I think there is about 20 minutes if score missing. So hoping to a good FYC. But just like with the other 2 scores. A great album representation!!
Loved every bit of the this trilogy and very sad it's over.
It's very different to both of the other ones and definitely the best of the three. I found this one managed to improve the orchestration over the (already impressive) second one, while also having accessible, memorable themes and motifs that didn't take as long to "click" as the usual Powell stuff.