How to Train Your Dragon (soundtrack)

How to Train Your Dragon: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedMarch 23, 2010
December 4, 2020 (Deluxe Edition)
Recorded2010
GenreSoundtrack
Length72:12
105 minutes (Deluxe Edition)
LabelVarèse Sarabande
ProducerJohn Powell
John Powell chronology
Green Zone
(2010)
How to Train Your Dragon: Music from the Motion Picture
(2010)
Knight and Day
(2010)
Singles from How to Train Your Dragon: Music from the Motion Picture
  1. "Sticks & Stones"
    Released: March 23, 2010

How to Train Your Dragon: Music from the Motion Picture is a soundtrack album composed by John Powell for the film of the same name and released by Varèse Sarabande on March 23, 2010. The score earned Powell his first Academy Award nomination and his third BAFTA nomination, which he lost to The Social Network and The King's Speech, respectively. The score also won the International Film Music Critics Association 2011 Awards for Best Original Score for an Animated Feature and Film Score of the Year, and was nominated twice for Film Music Composition of the Year for the tracks "Forbidden Friendship" and "Test Drive".[1][2] The soundtrack received wide acclaim from professional music critics.

The Japanese version uses a J-pop song called "Emerald" written by Becky.[3]

  1. ^ "IFMCA announces its 2010 Winners for scoring excellence". International Film Music Critics Association. 24 February 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  2. ^ "IFMCA announces its 2010 Nominees for scoring excellence". International Film Music Critics Association. 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  3. ^ "ベッキー『ヒックとドラゴン』イメージソングに決定! 動画インタビューも到着". 17 June 2010.