Go behind the scenes with the composers and musicians bringing How to Train Your Dragon to life through music. In this special featurette, discover how the new live-action score honors the iconic themes of the original trilogy while adding bold, emotional layers that elevate Hiccup and Toothless’s journey. With sweeping orchestration, intimate moments in the recording studio, and insight from director Dean DeBlois, this behind-the-scenes look reveals how the music helps shape the soul of the film.
How To Train Your Dragon Cast:
Mason Thames, Gerard Butler, Nico Parker, Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Ruth Codd, Peter Serafinowicz and Murray McArthur
How To Train Your Dragon will hit theaters everywhere June 13, 2025!
00:00All right, bud. We're gonna take this nice and slow.
00:14John Powell is the first person I called about doing How to Train the Dragon as a live action movie.
00:19The music that John creates is iconic.
00:24It's interesting to come back to the material that people really like.
00:28People really respond to these tunes and so he doesn't want to disappoint by omitting any of them.
00:33I felt that the joy of flying was really in the film.
00:36You ready?
00:37And the joy of a friendship. So Test Drive had to be there.
00:52Come on! Come on!
00:53One of the things I had to do was try and restructure things.
01:00If I've done my job right, people will think I haven't done anything different at all.
01:06But there are a lot of differences going on and I'm trying to make them feel as if they always were there.
01:12What he does with the melodies he creates are like narrative harmonies to what's front and present in the story.
01:19Themes of estrangement and heartbreak and yearning for acceptance and friendship.
01:24This is a big film with a joy of life and a joy of flying and heartbreak of families and the redemption of knowing that one person who's determined can change everything.
01:39We go to the cinema to enjoy the pleasures of imagination and invention, the rich colors in the visuals, in the sound and in the music.
