Forbidden Friendship

So I signed up for some music ed classes, and I'm taking conducting and brass methods now! Now I can add even more instruments to my "know how to play instruments" list! Definitely looking forward to it a ton. I also got fitted for my own baton! That was super exciting! I felt like I was getting fitted for a harry potter wand :D Go nerdy-ness! Gotta get a case for it so it doesn't snap in half when I'm carrying it in my back pack, because then it's useless. The downfall to the brass methods class is it's two hours of pure brass playing, right before 2 hours of playing trumpet in symphonic winds, so that will be deadly for a while. At least it will help me work on my endurance skills.

So today, I wanted to review the "How to Train Your Dragon" soundtrack. I have a very high love for this soundtrack and it's constantly playing on my ipod. Anybody who knows me also knows I'm obsessed with the movie as well. Anyways, the history I have with this album consists of me watching the movie and liking the music, then not having enough money on itunes to purchase it so I would constantly be listening to it on youtube just so I could have it while I'm writing papers and such. FINALLY I got enough itunes money to purchase it and now it's one of my highest listened to albums. Why I didn't review this album the other day is beyond me.

This album was composed by John Powell. Because the movie is about vikings, he decided to incorporate a little Celtic feel through out the album and is very predominate in some pieces.  Right out of the gates, with "This is Berk" you are thrust right into the action of the first scene of the movie, and the music definitely does it justice. With the heavy tone and exciting feel, you are already excited to continue watching the movie.

As the album continues you hear more of the fabulous celtic themes and dramatic areas. The next notable piece I want to discuss, and the piece that I fell in love with as I was watching the movie is "Forbidden Friendship". As you may have noticed, this piece is the title of today's blog. I did that because of the impact it had on me. For awhile this piece was constantly on repeat and I would have nothing else playing but this. Anyways, this piece is all about friendship (if you couldn't tell by the title). It's just so heart felt and lovely.

Lastly, the piece that always gives me the chills is "See You Tomorrow" My absolute favorite part is at 1:25. If you listen closely there are 3 different melodies playing. There is the base line playing continuing to play the base melody heard in the rest of the piece, low brass playing this beautiful melodic melody and the strings playing the original theme, ALL ON TOP OF EACH OTHER'S PARTS! And it's just so amazing, it's just something you have to listen to over and over again.

Despite being one of my favorite soundtracks EVER, I give "How To Train Your Dragon" a full bar of 8th notes! ♫♫♫♫! I believe that John Powell did an amazing job composing the music for this movie, and I believe it completely deserved it's Oscar nomination.  I actually am quite upset that it didn't win the oscar for best original score. I feel that it was 10 times better than the social networks soundtrack. But oh well, it has still won in my heart. :)

-Trumpetgirly