So, time to pad out this blog, so it actually looks worthwhile...
I tend to go to the movies a fair bit. Well, it depends entirely on the season really, during winter and summer, I watch a lot of movies. So far this winter (summer for folks up in the northern hemisphere) I have seen about 3 different movies so far. Usually for spring and autumn, I may see 1 or 2 movies. This is usually because of Uni, I have no Uni at the moment, so movie viewing increases. This autumn (spring for the northern hemisphere), I went to the movies twice. This was for the same movie...
The movie in question was How to Train Your Dragon, a movie I had no idea Dreamworks was producing until I saw a bad advert on tv. But I've liked Dreamworks movies, even with their less then satisfactory story telling. Granted, it has improved over the years, but nothing has come close in Dreamworks' repetoire to How to Train Your Dragon. Put simply, it was awesome and was a well told story with no pop culture humour that Dreamworks is infamous for...
But one thing that really interested me was the soundtrack. I've never been impressed with John Powell's works...sure, they got the job done and they sounded nice, but they sounded so typical and there was never any special spark in them. Not so with HTTYD...this soundtrack had that special spark.
One thing I don't like with film soundtracks is that they never sound as amazing as classical music. I believe if the composers were given more time then the 4-6 weeks they're given, it may sound more interesting, but instead, it results in music that does the job needed, but could be so much more.
Anyway, I thought that the HTTYD soundtrack was very well done. I think the orchestration for Test Drive is simply amazing and I've seen many people saying that Forbidden Friendship is good too, it's not my favourite, but it seems to be a firm favourite with the general public. However, the whole score is amazing and does its job and so much more!
So, have a look if you fancy some nice listening!
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