John Powell’s How to Train Your Dragon Score Study with Tim Rodier

Join us on August 29 at 10am Pacific Time via Zoom for our first look at the music of composer John Powell, as we tackle his 2010 score for the fantasy film How to Train Your Dragon. John’s action score sensibilities shine through every page of this score and there’s much we’ll learn as we deconstruct the score with our unique mockups and learn how he blended the “Scandinavian Scotland” flavors of the original books into the movie. We’ll learn how he incorporated bagpipes, dulcimers, and whistles to portray Viking protagonists. Our special guest will be Tim Rodier of Omni Music Publishing, who has called this project “one of the finest scores Powell has ever produced.”

During the event, we’ll be taking a close look at two cues in particular. We encourage you to purchase the full orchestral score of How to Train Your Dragon, which is available from Omni here: https://omnimusicpublishing.com/product/john-powells-how-to-train-your-dragon-full-orchestral-score/

All members of the Academy of Scoring Arts (Chamber, Orchestra, and Philharmonic) are welcome to attend this study, free of charge. If you are not yet a member, consider joining us. Chamber membership is free, and Orchestra/Philharmonic membership gives you access to more than 150 other studies of classical, film, television, and game music and interviews with the composers and the teams that created them.  https://scoringarts.com/membership-join/