How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Varèse Sarabande completes its trilogy of Deluxe Editions of John Powell's magnificent scores to the How to Train Your Dragon series with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). DreamWorks Animation's third and final animated film is a heartfelt and bittersweet conclusion, written and directed by Dean DeBlois, as the "hidden world" of the title becomes a refuge for the dragons, which separate from humankind for their own protection.

Composer Powell, working closely with the filmmakers, set the theme for the final film: "With love comes loss." "He articulated that exact phrase when we were talking," says DeBlois in Tim Greiving's new liner notes, "and I put that in the script. I think it is a powerful idea, that if you're going to engage in the euphoria of love, then you have to recognize that there will be pain, inevitably—pain and separation."

To complete the saga, Powell wrote a masterful, majestic score for large orchestra and choir, reprising themes from previous films and adding new ones in the best symphonic film music tradition. His ongoing Dragon collaborator, Icelandic singer Jónsi, wrote and performed the song, "Together From Afar."

Powell's Dragon scores are admired and beloved for their themes, emotion and symphonic majesty. This 2-CD set Deluxe Edition of The Hidden World is released in conjunction with Omni Music Publishing's full printed score, allowing fans and scholars a rare opportunity to appreciate both the recordings and the written compositions of a pivotal work.

- Varese Sarabande

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 

Disc 1

01 Rescue Mission - Busy Busy Berk

02 Marry Her-Grimmel's Terms

03 Legend Has It

04 Mysterious Creature

05 Toothless In Love

06 Dart Trap

07 Grimmel Visit-First Fight

08 Town Hall Speech-Exodus

09 Setting Up Camp

10 Valka's Warning

11 Forbidden Courtship

12 Toothless Flies Alone

13 Near Miss Valka

14 Romance In The Clouds

15 New Berk Feast

16 Ambush-Cage Fight

17 Stronger Together

18 New Island

19 Into The Hole

20 The Hidden World *

21 With Love Comes Loss

Disc 2

01 Grimmel's Surprise

02 The Hiccup I Know-Armada Battle

03 Ultimate Sacrifice-Freedom

04 Viking Wedding-Boat Epilogue

05 Together From Afar (How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World) #

06 The Hidden World Suite

Bonus Tracks:

07 Busy Busy Berk

08 Legend Has It

09 Forbidden Courtship

10 Toothless Flies Alone

11 Romance In The Clouds

12 Viking Wedding