My best friend and I watched it twice while we were vacationing this weekend. We’ve seen it so many times together, we know all the words! 
Now I really want to watch TKS. It must be pretty d**n good to be better than HTTYD’s soundtrack. 
I really can’t wait to see whether they’ll do an introductory montage like they did for last year’s. They may produce some new animation for Hiccup and Toothless! 
Fingers crossed Jay Baruchel or America Ferrera presents the Award
Anyone else upset at no wins last night at the Academy Awards for HTTYD? I guess we all knew who was going to win Best Animated, but of all the scores to beat it for music, why The Social Network? The King’s Speech or Inception I could see… I even liked 127 Hours’ score better than the one that won… I did my full thoughts on the musical categories last week if anyone’s interested… onemoviefiveviews.wordpress.com/ … -nominees/
Oh well - question though; Would HTTYD have been noticed more had it been released later last year? I think it would have been a serious contender - even for nominations in sound, for example. Still, Alice In Wonderland got some nods (and won them), and it was released around the same time last year…
I was ultimately disappointed to see nothing for one of the greatest films of last year… 
Oh, in other news, the International Film Music Critics Association did name HTTYD Best Film Score of last year. It also won Best Score for an Animated Feature. Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech) won composer of the year (over John Powell), and both ‘Test Drive’ and ‘Forbidden Friendship’ were beaten by ‘Alice’s Theme’ by Danny Elfman for Best single composition… I think the two from HTTYD may have sort of cancelled each other out… Still, I liked Elfman’s work on Alice, and overall I was pleased with the choices in those awards at least. So overall for John Powell’s wonderful HTTYD score, 5 noms, 2 wins at the IFMCA Awards. onemoviefiveviews.wordpress.com/ … announced-
To quote from my Tumblr post:
How in the NAME of all that is holy can The Social Network beat HTTYD in Best Original Score? It’s the same chord transposed over a synthesiser. How does this compare to the sheer orchestral fury of HTTYD or Inception?
Yeah, from the scores I’ve heard at least HTTYD should have won best score for sure.
I was so sure they’d get it.
But from what I’ve just read TDIT I’m now really confused TSN got Best Score for that sort of effort if so.
Inception or TKS I could see with Best Score- though a part of me was so sure for HTTYD…
-sighs-
Agreed. The King’s Speech and How to Train Your Dragon both had waaay better scores.
I actually completely understand why TSN was nominated for an award. Although I don’t get the hype and don’t agree with the win, I must concede that it is well done score that puts you into the shoes of Mark Zuckerberg. Your enjoyment of the music is dependent on how much you love feeling like Mark Zuckerberg. For me, I don’t find feeling like the Zuck too appealing.
That’s why Dragon got my vote. If only because Powell found a way to re-introduce the overture to modern cinema by wrapping it around an introductory action set piece with This Is Berk. Every major theme plays out in under 5 minutes and it is glorious. But it was so much more than that. But that was the best part for me.
And it looks like I’m the only way that agrees with the Academy. It got nominated which is a huge freakin deal, so heck yeah HTTYD! Still, I think it was the second best score of it’s year, a super super super close second. But TSN had just a little something more. There are tracks that I skip on my HTTYD CD, on my TSN disc I listen to every single one. I still congratulate HTTYD for their nomination which again is HUGE; that’s a win all its own.
For those who don’t agree, you can just think about it this way
Far from it. Most of the people I know are right there with you on TSN’s win. I have to visit tiny niches like this one to find anyone who disagrees.
As I said, I already feel like Zuckerberg enough, as undeserving of those feelings as I may be, so the score doesn’t appeal to me. But I do recognize why it’s hailed by others. I just don’t get the hype.
Yup, I meant here at Pixar Planet. TSN winning Score had the most votes at the workplace Oscar poll this year, therefore everyone made the least amount of money for it’s win, along with the Best Animated category xD
While we’re at the topic of score anyway, I’d like to throw my hat into the ring about it. Say, the soundtrack makes GREAT use of leitmotifs. Toothless’ theme, you know? First heard when Hiccup is about to slay him (and again when Toothless almost does so to Hiccup in turn), then heard again when the young Viking is looking through the Dragon book and reads about the Night Fury, and again during Test Drive, and also whenever the dragon’s in distress. Some other characters and happenings have their own leitmotifs too. It’s such an amazing soundtrack, John Powell deserves a cookie for it.
Haha, I remember seeing this pic on Oscar night. Too cool.
Same here. It’s a great character piece, but I didn’t like the character to begin with. And it doesn’t so much as tell a story as more of give the film an ambient feel. Whereas you can listen to the soundtrack of HTTYD and looking at the track title, ‘guess’ what’s going on.
As consolatory a nomination is for HTTYD, I still am bitter that it didn’t get the win. Well, not really bitter, just disappointed. Perhaps I should give the TSN soundtrack a listen, but honestly I wasn’t paying as much attention to the music while watching the film (except for the opening scene and maybe the rowing contest) as I was for HTTYD.
I agree! I especially love the ‘BRAAAHMMM…’ of the brass whenever something dramatic happens, like the beginning of ‘Test Drive’ or during the shot of Toothless’ eyes when he pinned Hiccup to the rock in ‘The Downed Dragon’. And the French horns ushering the audience into the movie at the start of ‘This is Berk’ is just magnificent. Like they’re saying, 'We have a great story for y’all, so listen up!"
I also love the variations of the theme, you can hear it being ‘rephrased’ in 'Forbidden Friendship, ‘See You Tomorrow’ and ‘Romantic Flight’ depending on its context. <3
I saw this on little_chef’s Tumblr. It’s furr-ny.
Hiccup is too cool for an Oscar! 
Give it (TSN) a listen indeed. When the characters actually take a second to shut up in that film, haha, the score really snatched my attention so I picked up a copy of the CD, and then found out that everyone else was just as in love with it. I get excited, hearing pieces of it on television, on award shows, I can’t say what’s so captivating about it but I’m absolutely in love.
EDIT: And I love the movie itself, but not as much as HTTYD. Still, I love the score just a little bit more than HTTYD. Still adore Dragon and it’s score… but TSN’s score just a liiiittllle biiit more, I think it’s got a liiiittle something special no other nomination had.
Time to bump this thread from obscurity!
HTTYD fans might want to see this… a jaw-dropping preview of the HTTYD Stage-show:
youtube.com/watch?v=tQMGkeV5qIE
Random Hiccup randomly ‘doing the worm’ is random.
Seriously, that Deadly Nadder looks incredible - and this is by the same guys who brought you Walking With Dinosaurs Live. Hearing ‘Forbidden Friendship’ playing over the speakers is amazing.
The footage is from an Australian channel, and it will arriving in Melbourne next year!
This is like a dream come true for me… <3 Now if it comes to Sydney… and I can afford the tickets, my life would be complete.
Holy Cr**! That was my reaction! That was just like a real fricken’ dragon! How did they do that, it can walk around!
And yeah, the worm thing was really, odd!
I hope that this show is very successful, so then it can play not just in Australia, but perhaps the US! I hope you do get to see it TDIT!
Looks really cool. I hope it comes state-side.
Holy cow, that dragon looks AMAZING! Like it’s actually living and breathing…no idea how they did it. It really does look like it came directly from the movie though!
Well I watched it without sound so it just seemed like 3 minutes of some random dragon closeups!
But hope it’s a sucess and comes to the UK
Hey guys, guess which live show I’m going to see with my brother tomorrow? 
