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Don't worry, there's only one pricy modern record I can think of that I "have to have" — John Powell's How To Train Your Dragon score — and I've just ordered it

by mkaic 4y ago

Don't worry, there's only one pricy modern record I can think of that I "have to have" — John Powell's How To Train Your Dragon score — and I've just ordered it secondhand, so I should be good for a while :) Thanks for the advice and the tip about cleaning!

beckler 4y ago
Not gonna lie, did not expect to see someone looking for this soundtrack, but it's straight up amazing. "Romantic Flight" and "Test Flight" on that album are some of my all-time favorite soundtrack pieces, and the Jonsi track is also excellent.
- mkaic 4y ago
  Agreed! Powell is my favorite modern composer mostly for his work on the trilogy. I've listened to the soundtrack for years and remembered an Instagram post he made about it being pressed to vinyl a while back, so it was the first thing that came to mind when I realized I have a fully-functional record playing set up now! Romantic Flight and Test Flight are indeed spectacular, though I think my personal favorite is probably Forbidden Friendship! Also, yes! The Jonsi track is great. I'm also a fan of the songs he made for the second and third movies. Really cool that they got him to collaborate on the whole trilogy.
gazby 4y ago
Like beckler I was definitely not expecting HTTYD to be your unicorn. But what a fantastic unicorn it is! Absolutely superb. I wish so badly that 2 and 3 had more of the same thematic material, but perhaps it's simply not possibly to improve upon.
- mkaic 4y ago
  Yeah, the first movie will always be the best one, but despite 2 and 3 being not as good, they were still really good! "Dragon Racing", the intro track from the second film, is quite fun, as well as "Flying with Mother". "Stoick's Ship" reliably makes me tear up though so I can't listen to it too often. The third movie has a ton of new musical ideas in it, and there are several tracks from its score that I like including "Third Date", "The Hidden World", "Once There Were Dragons", and "Together From Afar".
  - gazby 4y ago
    Thanks heaps for the track recommendations, I will revisit both 2 and 3 ASAP!! I agree Dragon Racing was fantastic, but that was the only track that initially grabbed from 2 or 3. Gosh this makes me wish I knew more people with the same music tastes as me lol! I hope the vinyl is everything you're hoping for mate! If it's not too tough to explain, I'd be interested to know what properties of it are appealing to you. I go for 12-bit FLAC for everything where I can get it, and I tend to notice compression artifacts more than most other people I know. I'm far from an audiophile though.
    - mkaic 4y ago
      > Gosh this makes me wish I knew more people with the same music tastes as me lol! I know your pain! It's very weird having my music taste, because it's not like it's "underground" or anything—there are plenty of folks who enjoy film soundtracks! Yet the odds of bumping into someone who does on the street are still low, and even lower still that you'd find out about it.
dylan604 4y ago
>there's only one pricy modern record I can think of that I "have to have" for now. then, you'll get that record. you'll enjoy that record. then the need for a new record strikes. a friend of mine and i started a small niche record shop in early '00s and made a go of doing online. it was so niche it never really did much more than supplying us and our friends with direct access to distributors for that niche music. eventually, we stopped and with that the weekly/twice-weekly vinyl delivery stopped. it felt like going cold turkey. it took a while to readjust. like I said...for now ;-)

by mkaic 4y ago

beckler 4y ago

Not gonna lie, did not expect to see someone looking for this soundtrack, but it's straight up amazing. "Romantic Flight" and "Test Flight" on that album are some of my all-time favorite soundtrack pieces, and the Jonsi track is also excellent.

mkaic 4y ago
Agreed! Powell is my favorite modern composer mostly for his work on the trilogy. I've listened to the soundtrack for years and remembered an Instagram post he made about it being pressed to vinyl a while back, so it was the first thing that came to mind when I realized I have a fully-functional record playing set up now! Romantic Flight and Test Flight are indeed spectacular, though I think my personal favorite is probably Forbidden Friendship! Also, yes! The Jonsi track is great. I'm also a fan of the songs he made for the second and third movies. Really cool that they got him to collaborate on the whole trilogy.

gazby 4y ago

Like beckler I was definitely not expecting HTTYD to be your unicorn. But what a fantastic unicorn it is! Absolutely superb. I wish so badly that 2 and 3 had more of the same thematic material, but perhaps it's simply not possibly to improve upon.

mkaic 4y ago
Yeah, the first movie will always be the best one, but despite 2 and 3 being not as good, they were still really good! "Dragon Racing", the intro track from the second film, is quite fun, as well as "Flying with Mother". "Stoick's Ship" reliably makes me tear up though so I can't listen to it too often. The third movie has a ton of new musical ideas in it, and there are several tracks from its score that I like including "Third Date", "The Hidden World", "Once There Were Dragons", and "Together From Afar".
- gazby 4y ago
  Thanks heaps for the track recommendations, I will revisit both 2 and 3 ASAP!! I agree Dragon Racing was fantastic, but that was the only track that initially grabbed from 2 or 3. Gosh this makes me wish I knew more people with the same music tastes as me lol! I hope the vinyl is everything you're hoping for mate! If it's not too tough to explain, I'd be interested to know what properties of it are appealing to you. I go for 12-bit FLAC for everything where I can get it, and I tend to notice compression artifacts more than most other people I know. I'm far from an audiophile though.
  - mkaic 4y ago
    > Gosh this makes me wish I knew more people with the same music tastes as me lol! I know your pain! It's very weird having my music taste, because it's not like it's "underground" or anything—there are plenty of folks who enjoy film soundtracks! Yet the odds of bumping into someone who does on the street are still low, and even lower still that you'd find out about it.

dylan604 4y ago

>there's only one pricy modern record I can think of that I "have to have" for now. then, you'll get that record. you'll enjoy that record. then the need for a new record strikes. a friend of mine and i started a small niche record shop in early '00s and made a go of doing online. it was so niche it never really did much more than supplying us and our friends with direct access to distributors for that niche music. eventually, we stopped and with that the weekly/twice-weekly vinyl delivery stopped. it felt like going cold turkey. it took a while to readjust. like I said...for now ;-)