Now you've met another dragon geek. In particular a HTTYD geek. Very proud of it ever since I saw the first film back in March 2010. What pleasure it is to meet you. :)
ruclips.net/video/DUjewG1uyXI/видео.html If you like the violin solo, go to this version and skip to 2:40. You'll be glad you did! Personally, the build up makes it much better to me, but 2:40 is the solo.
@@thicclegss4896 So did I. When I stumbled across this, I was in a really tough spot in my life where I felt truly alone. I felt like I couldn't be anything of worth or use for anyone. I'm in a much better place now, but hearing that musician make the instrument cry, and with such passion as he did, it just had me breaking down. Music is truly a gift we all share.
The entire HTTYD franchise is wonderfully realized. The dragons are beautifully and vividly imagined, designed, and animated, the story is fascinating and engrossing, and the soundtrack just pulls you straight in.
Eamon Hyatt it’s lack of awards will forever haunt me, in spite of the nominations. I feel like everyone in the franchise knows they’ve been a part of one of the greatest animated movies in history - to miss out to some of those other animated films just kills me. Agreed though - this was just so well done overall that it’s tough to comprehend. The voices, story collaboration, sound effects and editing, an EPIC soundtrack, groundbreaking animation technologies. I could go on forever.
I makes my heart soo happy to know that httyd still has fans. I love you all. This concert was amazing and I wish I was there. I'm off to go play httyd
Atticus the Dragon I've been a fan _forever._ Since the books, since the premiere of the first movie (that was released on my birthday)... I'll always be a diehard fan.
There's a reason for that. In music, when notes vibrate together with perfect harmony is known as an overtone. It often causes that predictable reaction.
Httyd sound track is so fine tuned to give the viewer a great visual and audible expeirence just as when toothless goes under the rocks and hicup looks up the high strings and the flutes play a crescendo to draw the viewers eyes up with sound god i love httyd expessially as a jazz band soloist and a band kid in 8th grade
I am 14 now which means I was 6-7 years when I first saw the first movie... I‘m so hyped for „The hidden world“ now even if others in my age say i‘m too old for it
You are never too old! I watched the movies and series with my sons and this last movie is going to kill me. I saw the preview and cried 😭 and fyi my son is gonna be 14 :) and he still loves HTTYD
JannikR2 I hope not, because I’m 34 - strange combination of aviation lover and animal lover, perhaps that automatically sticks me in the realm of toothless fan 🤷🏻♂️😂
I had a secret dream that a concert like this would come to my city! I hope everyone in that audience realizes what a priviledge it was to be there. I would have shelled out a heck of a lot of money for seats. This is truly some of my favorite music. :)
Hello there. So sorry it took me three months to notice your comment my fellow HTTYD fan. My sincerest apologies. So far there have been two concerts such as this. They happened not long after the films were released. I need to keep an eagle eye out on DreamWork Animation's social media after the third film is released on May 18th 2018. For I highly suspect they will have another just like the previous two. And if I can, I intend to be there to finally hear this masterpiece of music live. :)
This is the most beautiful piece ( my husband was a Supervising animator on all three films ) it's a huge part of our lives. The musicians are incredible.
It gave my tears especially after the final film where toothless meets hiccup after 10 years of thier seperation and the music arises from the side and the phrase "There were dragons when i was a boy" makes the feel even more wrose than that . Man it hurts alot🤧.
I've loved classical music my entire life, learning the piano so as to be able to express it myself. This is a truly wonderful piece, and not only my favourite film score, but amongst my favourite pieces of all time. What a great performance too.
Saw the screening of the hidden world today and I laughed so much and bawled at the end. I thought I would listen to the music but it still makes me emotional! How crazy a toothless dragon creates such feeling!
Das ist so der Wahnsinn, Musik in Filmen ist für uns selbstverständlich aber wenn man mal sieht wieviel Kraft und Emotionen dahinter steckt die einzelnen Töne hervor zubringen da raubt es einem grade zu den Atem....Hammer ! Absolut awesome, thanks for that
John Powell take a bow, You truly deserved the Oscar for this masterpiece. However, Oscar doesn't deserve you, IMO you are bigger than Oscar. I have forgotten the count listening to "Forbidden Friendship" and "Romantic Flight" and ofcourse Bourne Supremacy.
Am I the only one? or does 3:07 sound like a goodbye for the dragons in httyd3 when the dragons leave. It sounds like they go now and they fly together one last time. I really get that feeling when the trumpet comes in.
I wish I was there, a total masterpiece right there ohmygod. I love httyd so so much ;( WHO ELSE CANT WAIT FOR THE 3RD MOVIE?!! BECAUSE I CANNOT YOU GUYS
Can't belive this movie is already 8 years old... I will always love this movie and i will watch it again and again even when i become 30 years old om gonna watch all the movies for 'How To Train Your Dragon'
I used to say that the movies would never beat the books…and then I heard the soundtrack, and realized they’re not something to be compared. The two series are independent of each other, and both are beautiful beyond imagination
The reason it had to end was that Fans of the blockbuster animated franchise were no doubt elated to see the new trailer for How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, the third and final installment of this epic fantasy trilogy, when it premiered earlier today. But in this world of endless franchising, it may be hard to believe that this is really the "final" installment. Aren't there fourteen Land Before Time movies, after all? (Don't bother looking it up. There are.) But according to director Dean DeBlois, who co-directed the original How to Train Your Dragon and directed the next two films solo, the acclaimed series really does have a finite conclusion. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World will finally explain why, if the series takes place in the past, there are no more dragons flying around today. And apparently, we are all going to need to bring tissues. We spoke to Dean DeBlois on the phone, where he explained that he never wanted this series to go on forever, like some animated franchises. “I mean, honestly that was my fear going into any sequel, is that they can trail on forever and kind of lack narrative purpose,” DeBlois said. “So when I was asked to come up with an idea for a sequel to the first film, I pitched the idea of a trilogy that would map three acts of one story, and would follow Hiccup from a ne’er-do kid, to the wise viking chief of his tribe. And they bought into it so, I’m sticking with that and trying to make sure that each installment is some sort of crossroads that Hiccup encounters is part one overall world, that takes him towards his destiny.” How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World - First Official Trailer 2:28 It’s a map that hasn’t changed much since he originally plotted his course. “Details change, as they always do, and it gets refined over time, but the ambition to try to set up a story that would carry forward and answer questions that had not been answered in in the first installment or the second, and would reach a satisfying culmination, was always the intent and that’s remained rock solid throughout the making of all three films,” DeBlois continued. And again, one of the questions that still needs to be answered is... why are there no more dragons today? “One of the things that I liked about our approach to the material, which differs from the books actually, is that our dragons don’t speak. There isn’t magic in this world. It’s essentially our world, a fanciful retelling of our history, but it supposes that there was a time of dragons and here [we] are, in 2018, and there are no dragons around. So what happened?” DeBlois laughed. “I like that as a narrative conceit, and the idea that this story of Hiccup and Toothless, and all of the dragons that came with that relationship, should reach a finite and satisfying end has been the great ambition. How do you separate a duo that people, certainly the fans of the franchise, have come to love together? And do it in a way that leaves the audience not feeling cheated, but rather on board with how it all comes to be.” It’s a tough balance, coming up with a conclusion that gets rid of the dragons, whilst satisfying fans of a series which is all about the awesome wonder of dragons. Fortunately, Dean DeBlois has precedent to work with. “I think there are examples, there have been stories and there have been really pivotal ones, for me, in which two characters, disparate as they are, come together and they manage to form such an impression and such a deep impact on one another’s lives that should they separate they’ll never be the same again. And I find that very life-affirming and true, so here’s an opportunity to contribute to that canon of films that kind of shaped me as a storyteller.,” DeBlois explains. “And when I say that I’m speaking of films like E.T. or Born Free, or even Titanic to some degree. There’s a theme of characters that were destined to meet but not destined to stay together, and there’s something really powerful and emotional and indelible about those films that has created the high bar we’re hoping to reach.” The How to Train Your Dragon movies have been building to that conclusion since the beginning, but it was always Dean DeBlois’s intention to make a franchise out of stories that stood on their own. “I should say that it’s also been a strong ambition of ours from the start not to create films that depended on one another in order to enjoy them,” DeBlois says. “For example, I think some film franchises leave you with a cliffhanger and it’s really interrupting the story halfway through, and you’re dying to find out what happens next. Which is great, but in our case we tried to make three standalone stories that are interlinked, but if you have not seen the first or the second, you can still enjoy the third and not feel like you’re behind on a lot of the details.” But of course, the scale of the franchise has been building this whole time. “It starts small and innocent and full of wonder, and it develops more serious stakes as it develops,” DeBlois said. “Certainly the second film was more mature than the first but hopefully it still contained a certain amount of wonder and wish-fulfillment and exploration, and the core bond between Hiccup and his dragon.” “But the larger narrative kind of speaks to Hiccup’s insecurity that he holds just under the vest, which is ‘Am I worthy without my dragon?’ Because he was, in first film, a real odd character in his world. He didn’t belong in a lot of ways, physically and in terms of his forward-thinking, and his successes and his notoriety and his achievements are all largely based on his relationship with Toothless. So the third film really delves into the question of, ‘Who am I without him?’ and ‘Am I clinging for the wrong reasons?’ and ‘Could I stand on my own?’ You can’t train someone to let go, so that’s really what we’re delving into thematically in this third installment.” That storyline about letting go is a big part of the reason why, in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Toothless gets a girlfriend. “It’s presented with innocence, and of course it is an innocent encounter that develops more heavy consequences in that the Light Fury is an engine of change,” DeBlois explained. “She is distrusting of humans. She’s wild. She’s elusive. And through the mutual attraction between [Toothless] and the Light Fury, Hiccup is forced to confront something about himself, which is, is he holding Toothless back from his call to the wild? By clinging to old ideas and old ways, and this belief that they should all be together, is that ultimately the right thing?” Fans of the franchise have many more questions about the upcoming film, but there’s only one more question we can ask that DeBlois can actually answer right now, without spoiling the movie: Why is the new film called “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” when the previous film in the series was called “How to Train Your Dragon 2?” As we wrapped up our conversation with Dean DeBlois he gave us the reason for the change. “The way it’s been explained to me is that numbers can sometimes make it feel like it’s just yet another installment,” DeBlois said. “And we wanted to celebrate this as the epic conclusion of our trilogy. So whereas my first instinct was to call it How to Train Your Dragon 3 as well, it was put forward to me that giving it a subtitle kind of gives it a little more importance within the trilogy, and it also speaks to the ending, and the culmination of it all.”
Is there onions?? 😭 such a beautiful piece of music that makes me cry and smile every-time I watch. I applaud everyone and especially John Powell for creating these beautiful pieces of music that make everyone shed a small tear every time they hear 👏
The soundtrack for HTTYD is truly one of a kind.
+baconator4lyfe your a dragon geek to o-o IM NOT ALONE IN THIS WORLD!!!
Now you've met another dragon geek. In particular a HTTYD geek. Very proud of it ever since I saw the first film back in March 2010.
What pleasure it is to meet you. :)
Nice to meet you too, :>Silver54ful
Schell Family And you as well.
If you are ever in need of conversing about dragons. You can reach out to me. :)
No shit really?
I mean I know what your point is and I agree whit you but all music score is one of a kind
Doctor: You only have 6 mins. left
Me: *Plays this video*
And cries for 5 seconds straight after its done
Neo Alexander Go what are you going to do with the the other 5 second of your life?
*Instant revival*
Ad: *imma ruin ur life*
Wash look a boomer meme
i would kill to be in that audience
Then kilk one of them and steal his invite.
@@baddiss74 Being a conductor isn't as easy as it looks
LMFAO
That violin solo is incredible
ruclips.net/video/DUjewG1uyXI/видео.html
If you like the violin solo, go to this version and skip to 2:40. You'll be glad you did! Personally, the build up makes it much better to me, but 2:40 is the solo.
Yes man, amazing song!!!
instablaster.
@@Tonkotsu_Raw_Man when i first heard that solo it was so unexpectedly beautiful, i just started crying when it started
@@thicclegss4896 So did I. When I stumbled across this, I was in a really tough spot in my life where I felt truly alone. I felt like I couldn't be anything of worth or use for anyone. I'm in a much better place now, but hearing that musician make the instrument cry, and with such passion as he did, it just had me breaking down. Music is truly a gift we all share.
The entire HTTYD franchise is wonderfully realized. The dragons are beautifully and vividly imagined, designed, and animated, the story is fascinating and engrossing, and the soundtrack just pulls you straight in.
Eamon Hyatt it’s lack of awards will forever haunt me, in spite of the nominations. I feel like everyone in the franchise knows they’ve been a part of one of the greatest animated movies in history - to miss out to some of those other animated films just kills me. Agreed though - this was just so well done overall that it’s tough to comprehend. The voices, story collaboration, sound effects and editing, an EPIC soundtrack, groundbreaking animation technologies. I could go on forever.
Eamon Hyatt Took the words right out of my mouth.
Some dragon designs very rarely look really uninspired but the rest look amazing
John Powell losing to the Social Network was dissapointing
I makes my heart soo happy to know that httyd still has fans. I love you all. This concert was amazing and I wish I was there. I'm off to go play httyd
You going to play Rise of Berk???
Atticus the Dragon I've been a fan _forever._ Since the books, since the premiere of the first movie (that was released on my birthday)... I'll always be a diehard fan.
The concert is from 2011 tho
Why wouldn't it have fans it's an amazing movie.
*and universe and everything
I swear I'm having the Romantic Flight play while marching down the aisle on my wedding day.
Ikr
Omg yes
YES
I THOUGHT OF THIS AS WELL OMG
Nah, you gotta sing dancing and dreaming with your partner during vows.
I don't understand how this soundtrack AND Inception both lost to The Social Network for the Best Score Oscar! It still bothers me!
Samuel Gonzalez because the Academy voters are idiots. Jerry Goldsmith won only once, ONCE!
The Social Network had a fantastic soundtrack. Why can't all of these be amazing?
Social Network had a soundtrack?
@@movierr111 Yes. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross did it. It's great.
@@The90slim90 guess i gotta rewatch that one
John I Powell is a Genius
5:17 this part always gives me chills
There's a reason for that. In music, when notes vibrate together with perfect harmony is known as an overtone. It often causes that predictable reaction.
It's absolutely one of my favorite moments if not THE #1 in any movie I've ever seen ❤
Httyd sound track is so fine tuned to give the viewer a great visual and audible expeirence just as when toothless goes under the rocks and hicup looks up the high strings and the flutes play a crescendo to draw the viewers eyes up with sound god i love httyd expessially as a jazz band soloist and a band kid in 8th grade
Same here
I am 14 now which means I was 6-7 years when I first saw the first movie...
I‘m so hyped for „The hidden world“ now even if others in my age say i‘m too old for it
You are never too old! I watched the movies and series with my sons and this last movie is going to kill me. I saw the preview and cried 😭 and fyi my son is gonna be 14 :) and he still loves HTTYD
JannikR2 I hope not, because I’m 34 - strange combination of aviation lover and animal lover, perhaps that automatically sticks me in the realm of toothless fan 🤷🏻♂️😂
Let them be. I'm 24 and will still watch it at cinema.
im 14 too :*)
i was mid 6 when this came out :***)
they laugh at me when i watch it... im heart broken tho
WHAT? ARE U A CHILD?
I'm 17 and httyd is basically my life. You're never too old for such a wonderful world like this one
We all came for 5:09 😩😩
KryptoModz its incredible
KryptoModz 5:09 and 4:09 as well..
KryptoModz thats the part im waiting for huhuh SO BEAUTIFUL
I've been waiting for that part!
I DID
Wow! How I wish I was there to watch it live... It sounds better ...
I am actually crying because I'm so happy!
Tears Fam Tears
Cosmic good
Im also crying. Your not alone.
Wait until you see the hidden world. I ugly cried :)
@@Roamingloba yes me to😔💔😭
@Cosmic i am crying because its only a movie and not real 😔😫😭
I had a secret dream that a concert like this would come to my city! I hope everyone in that audience realizes what a priviledge it was to be there. I would have shelled out a heck of a lot of money for seats. This is truly some of my favorite music. :)
I agree
Hello there. So sorry it took me three months to notice your comment my fellow HTTYD fan. My sincerest apologies.
So far there have been two concerts such as this.
They happened not long after the films were released.
I need to keep an eagle eye out on DreamWork Animation's social media after the third film is released on May 18th 2018.
For I highly suspect they will have another just like the previous two. And if I can, I intend to be there to finally hear this masterpiece of music live. :)
Silver54ful We are so poor... 1 month ago there was a DreamWorks concert....
5:04 That transition is killing me 👌👌👌
that 5:38 also.
I listen to httyd soundtrack EVERYDAY and it never gets old
This is the most beautiful piece ( my husband was a Supervising animator on all three films ) it's a huge part of our lives. The musicians are incredible.
5:20 BEST PART!! I love how it makes you feel so tingly
5:16 so breathtaking, totally is httyd signature
Absolutely beautiful music💕
Hearing Romantic Flight brought me to tears😭💓
Me too😭❣️
Same here its the best of em all
Its enough to make a grown man cry 😫
This would be epic to hear played live... very moving song to begin with... let alone to hear it live.
2:00 the most beautiful piece of film music ever written.
indeed mate, indeed
YES
5:08 every time i hear it i feel like crying
It gave my tears especially after the final film where toothless meets hiccup after 10 years of thier seperation and the music arises from the side and the phrase "There were dragons when i was a boy" makes the feel even more wrose than that . Man it hurts alot🤧.
I absolutely love how they sync up the music with the actual clip for the test flight. Best scene in the trilogy
4:09 when the audience starts clapping in rhythm...is probably my favorite part!!🤩
I wish would be there
They gave me chills, really nice
Omg I knew it man. It was totally a whole orchestra type of soundtrack.
1:59
I'm not crying, you're crying.
2018? 💗
yEs
yup and its still the best
Here
Yep
Yep
and 1 thing I WANTED TO BE THERE IN THAT HALL :(
I wanted to be in the orchestra
I've loved classical music my entire life, learning the piano so as to be able to express it myself. This is a truly wonderful piece, and not only my favourite film score, but amongst my favourite pieces of all time. What a great performance too.
Orchestral sound tracks always give me chills. Absolutely beautiful!
I like this song no i dont like it I LOVE IT
ME TOO. I LOVEEEEEE IT
5:09 the best part.
Igor Malfurion I agree completely
No u
i like 0:50 more.
I totally agree Igor Malfurion.
I love the soundtrack and movie so much I went to watch the whole thing and didn't let anyone disturb me
music to my ears! #HttydLover
The Nobody Show it's literally music
@@randomcommenter6734 bruh
This movie and soundtrack has saved my life multiple times
Anybody else get that "I'm listening to the music of heaven" feeling when listening to this? I certainly do.
i blast it on my headphones and close my eyes while listening, the soundtrack is amazing.
John Powell has composed the most beautiful score from an animated movie. Its powerfull, romantic, funny and victorious. Pure magic!
I cried at the Romantic Flight part and the Test Drive part before, and I have no shame.
same here
I bet you could choreograph an amazing ballet piece to this
CanaCosplay once asked my ballet teacher to do it but she said no...most disappointing moment in my entire life 😂😂😂
I was literally choreographing a piece in my head while i was watching to this and I'm not even a dancer! This music is THAT good!
Why couldn't I have been there
the 1st violin section is very busy.
I wonder how much time they spent on this.... a tone I bet.
Laural Kelley ton*
It’s a pun
Boo
;;;;;
GET OUT !
One of the best Soundtracks ever
Saw the screening of the hidden world today and I laughed so much and bawled at the end. I thought I would listen to the music but it still makes me emotional! How crazy a toothless dragon creates such feeling!
凄い優しい曲ですよね☺️
大好きです。
これ、実際に見に行きたかった…。
投稿者様、載せてくださってありがとうございます😊💕
本当に感謝です！！
また見に来ます♪
yasss Japanese
Test Drive is one of the best songs ever made in animation history
I may be 16 but httyd will always be a masterpiece in my eyes
it actually got me teary eyed.. what an amazing score!
This really makes my heart cry and also I didn't knew that they used soooo many instruments for this movie and I love it!!!!
4:13 put such a massive smile on my face
Das ist so der Wahnsinn, Musik in Filmen ist für uns selbstverständlich aber wenn man mal sieht wieviel Kraft und Emotionen dahinter steckt die einzelnen Töne hervor zubringen da raubt es einem grade zu den Atem....Hammer ! Absolut awesome, thanks for that
John Powell take a bow, You truly deserved the Oscar for this masterpiece. However, Oscar doesn't deserve you, IMO you are bigger than Oscar. I have forgotten the count listening to "Forbidden Friendship" and "Romantic Flight" and ofcourse Bourne Supremacy.
It is breathtaking to hear - even more so to play. John Powel has made a gem of music here.
Coming back to this video to reminisce because John Powell just finished recording HTTYD: The Hidden World's score yesterday! :'(
Am I the only one? or does 3:07 sound like a goodbye for the dragons in httyd3 when the dragons leave. It sounds like they go now and they fly together one last time. I really get that feeling when the trumpet comes in.
Thivyanthan Thanushan delete this msg it’s a spoiler
@@indigonova4109 Oh shit so you are saying me that I've spoiled an important part of the film before? *Sorry for my english I'm from switzerland!
It sounds familiar because the soundtrack for httyd3 takes snippets from httyd
@@ardansleek328 damn I actually spoilered a scene before the movie even came out
John Powell and Hans Zimmer are my go to music composers for when I want to feel epic.
LITERAL GOOSEBUMPS!
Gorgeous just beautiful I looooooovvvveeeee this movie sooooooo much
1:33 I SEE OBOE!!!!! YESS!! So there IS a part for it!
It's the best music for animation movie ever .. It's touched my heart every time
Hats off the john Powell to make these amazing tunes for how to train your dragon
It’s sad to think I may never here this in a movie again
This is the most beautiful music and films I've ever heard and seen 😭
best song of all the movies ive seen and ive seen a lot of movies
Truly one of the best soundtracks of any movie. ❤
I never actually cry, but this kinda music really somehow always gets me. This is amazing!
Wunderschöne, Wunderschöne Filmmusik zum Träumen. Hatte Tränchen in den Augen ☘☘☘.
I wish I was there, a total masterpiece right there ohmygod. I love httyd so so much ;(
WHO ELSE CANT WAIT FOR THE 3RD MOVIE?!! BECAUSE I CANNOT YOU GUYS
What is it about this music that gets me every time...??? I love it and never get tired of hearing it and have no idea why...???
Utterly phenomenal. Such an underrated score, deserves to be mentioned alongside the very best scores out there.
Can't belive this movie is already 8 years old... I will always love this movie and i will watch it again and again even when i become 30 years old om gonna watch all the movies for 'How To Train Your Dragon'
This is Amazing:D❤
Girl Metál in HTTYD hi I think nu are so right I love Heather from rase to the edge even dagur
Omg I am ur biggest fan
Who came here crying in the HTTYD 3 trailer?
Yes! So excited but guaranteed I will cry
The amount of emotions I get from the whole HTTYD soundtrack 😭😭🤌💗💗💗
omg i need to play this
Who is here after Hidden World? :*) I don't want to let the story go!
oh i have so many happy memories with that soundtrack. its still one of my favorites.
I used to say that the movies would never beat the books…and then I heard the soundtrack, and realized they’re not something to be compared. The two series are independent of each other, and both are beautiful beyond imagination
This is very beatiful. I love this film,I must see 3rd episode HTTYD 😍🐲
Wow. That was amazing
Now this is the definition power within music. perfection at its finest.
This soundtrack always gives me chills, especially finale part.
This is so amazing oml
Test Flight makes me tear up every time. Perfect blending of visual storytelling and the music working together - masterful work from all involved ❤
it sounds better than the movie :)
starwars niels ofcourse it does! Live is always better!
Buruki Kerman yeah but except for people who sings using auto tune
WTH!!!! Tears just welled at the first note of romantic flight.
Romantic flight is so sweet, I'd love to go there just to hear it
WHAT A FREAKING MASTERPIECE OMG!
I can’t explain how epic and amazing this is
I Love it 🔥🔥🔥😍
The reason it had to end was that Fans of the blockbuster animated franchise were no doubt elated to see the new trailer for How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, the third and final installment of this epic fantasy trilogy, when it premiered earlier today. But in this world of endless franchising, it may be hard to believe that this is really the "final" installment. Aren't there fourteen Land Before Time movies, after all? (Don't bother looking it up. There are.)
But according to director Dean DeBlois, who co-directed the original How to Train Your Dragon and directed the next two films solo, the acclaimed series really does have a finite conclusion. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World will finally explain why, if the series takes place in the past, there are no more dragons flying around today. And apparently, we are all going to need to bring tissues.
We spoke to Dean DeBlois on the phone, where he explained that he never wanted this series to go on forever, like some animated franchises. “I mean, honestly that was my fear going into any sequel, is that they can trail on forever and kind of lack narrative purpose,” DeBlois said.
“So when I was asked to come up with an idea for a sequel to the first film, I pitched the idea of a trilogy that would map three acts of one story, and would follow Hiccup from a ne’er-do kid, to the wise viking chief of his tribe. And they bought into it so, I’m sticking with that and trying to make sure that each installment is some sort of crossroads that Hiccup encounters is part one overall world, that takes him towards his destiny.”
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World - First Official Trailer
2:28
It’s a map that hasn’t changed much since he originally plotted his course. “Details change, as they always do, and it gets refined over time, but the ambition to try to set up a story that would carry forward and answer questions that had not been answered in in the first installment or the second, and would reach a satisfying culmination, was always the intent and that’s remained rock solid throughout the making of all three films,” DeBlois continued.
And again, one of the questions that still needs to be answered is... why are there no more dragons today?
“One of the things that I liked about our approach to the material, which differs from the books actually, is that our dragons don’t speak. There isn’t magic in this world. It’s essentially our world, a fanciful retelling of our history, but it supposes that there was a time of dragons and here [we] are, in 2018, and there are no dragons around. So what happened?” DeBlois laughed.
“I like that as a narrative conceit, and the idea that this story of Hiccup and Toothless, and all of the dragons that came with that relationship, should reach a finite and satisfying end has been the great ambition. How do you separate a duo that people, certainly the fans of the franchise, have come to love together? And do it in a way that leaves the audience not feeling cheated, but rather on board with how it all comes to be.”
It’s a tough balance, coming up with a conclusion that gets rid of the dragons, whilst satisfying fans of a series which is all about the awesome wonder of dragons. Fortunately, Dean DeBlois has precedent to work with.
“I think there are examples, there have been stories and there have been really pivotal ones, for me, in which two characters, disparate as they are, come together and they manage to form such an impression and such a deep impact on one another’s lives that should they separate they’ll never be the same again. And I find that very life-affirming and true, so here’s an opportunity to contribute to that canon of films that kind of shaped me as a storyteller.,” DeBlois explains.
“And when I say that I’m speaking of films like E.T. or Born Free, or even Titanic to some degree. There’s a theme of characters that were destined to meet but not destined to stay together, and there’s something really powerful and emotional and indelible about those films that has created the high bar we’re hoping to reach.”
The How to Train Your Dragon movies have been building to that conclusion since the beginning, but it was always Dean DeBlois’s intention to make a franchise out of stories that stood on their own.
“I should say that it’s also been a strong ambition of ours from the start not to create films that depended on one another in order to enjoy them,” DeBlois says. “For example, I think some film franchises leave you with a cliffhanger and it’s really interrupting the story halfway through, and you’re dying to find out what happens next. Which is great, but in our case we tried to make three standalone stories that are interlinked, but if you have not seen the first or the second, you can still enjoy the third and not feel like you’re behind on a lot of the details.”
But of course, the scale of the franchise has been building this whole time. “It starts small and innocent and full of wonder, and it develops more serious stakes as it develops,” DeBlois said. “Certainly the second film was more mature than the first but hopefully it still contained a certain amount of wonder and wish-fulfillment and exploration, and the core bond between Hiccup and his dragon.”
“But the larger narrative kind of speaks to Hiccup’s insecurity that he holds just under the vest, which is ‘Am I worthy without my dragon?’ Because he was, in first film, a real odd character in his world. He didn’t belong in a lot of ways, physically and in terms of his forward-thinking, and his successes and his notoriety and his achievements are all largely based on his relationship with Toothless. So the third film really delves into the question of, ‘Who am I without him?’ and ‘Am I clinging for the wrong reasons?’ and ‘Could I stand on my own?’ You can’t train someone to let go, so that’s really what we’re delving into thematically in this third installment.”
That storyline about letting go is a big part of the reason why, in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Toothless gets a girlfriend.
“It’s presented with innocence, and of course it is an innocent encounter that develops more heavy consequences in that the Light Fury is an engine of change,” DeBlois explained. “She is distrusting of humans. She’s wild. She’s elusive. And through the mutual attraction between [Toothless] and the Light Fury, Hiccup is forced to confront something about himself, which is, is he holding Toothless back from his call to the wild? By clinging to old ideas and old ways, and this belief that they should all be together, is that ultimately the right thing?”
Fans of the franchise have many more questions about the upcoming film, but there’s only one more question we can ask that DeBlois can actually answer right now, without spoiling the movie: Why is the new film called “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” when the previous film in the series was called “How to Train Your Dragon 2?”
As we wrapped up our conversation with Dean DeBlois he gave us the reason for the change. “The way it’s been explained to me is that numbers can sometimes make it feel like it’s just yet another installment,” DeBlois said. “And we wanted to celebrate this as the epic conclusion of our trilogy. So whereas my first instinct was to call it How to Train Your Dragon 3 as well, it was put forward to me that giving it a subtitle kind of gives it a little more importance within the trilogy, and it also speaks to the ending, and the culmination of it all.”
Absolutely awesome
4:39 it’s so motivating
I’m not crying you are *wipes tears from eyes*
CANT WAIT FOR THE THIRD ONE. THE TRAILER IS ONLINE TOO
I AM ABSOLUTELY INLOVE WITH THIS FILM. 😭💖 I dont care how old I get, Istg im never gonna get tired of watching httyd.
Is there onions?? 😭 such a beautiful piece of music that makes me cry and smile every-time I watch. I applaud everyone and especially John Powell for creating these beautiful pieces of music that make everyone shed a small tear every time they hear 👏