John Powell’s score to Dreamworks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon will be released by Varese Sarabande Records on March 23. The movie follows the adventures of a hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely owner of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed. The film’s voice cast includes Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill and America Ferrara. How To Train Your Dragon marks John Powell’s first solo gig for Dreamworks Animation after having co-written the scores for Antz, Shrek, Chicken Run and Kung Fu Panda. The movie will open in theaters on March 26.
Sound clips will be added soon. A short excerpt from the score can be heard on the movie’s official webpage: http://www.howtotrainyourdragon.com/
Here’s the tracklisting of the album:
- This Is Berk (4:12)
- Dragon Battle (1:55)
- The Downed Dragon (4:16)
- Dragon Training (3:10)
- Wounded (1:25)
- The Dragon Book (2:22)
- Focus, Hiccup! (2:05)
- Forbidden Friendship (4:10)
- New Tail (2:47)
- See You Tomorrow (3:52)
- Test Drive (2:35)
- Not So Fireproof (1:11)
- This Time For Sure (0:47)
- Astrid Goes For A Spin (0:45)
- Romantic Flight (1:55)
- Dragon’s Den (2:28)
- The Cove (1:10)
- The Kill Ring (4:27)
- Ready The Ships (5:13)
- Battling The Green Death (6:18)
- Counter Attack (3:02)
- Where’s Hiccup? (2:43)
- Coming Back Around (2:49)
- Sticks & Stones – Jónsi (4:08)
- The Vikings Have Their Tea (2:04)
To check out the back cover, check out Varese Sarbande’s soundtrack page: http://www.varesesarabande.com/details.asp?pid=vsd%2D302%2D067%2D012%2D2
