> Funny, 'The Downed Dragon' has always been one of my least-returned-to
> cues from How to Train Your Dragon. I do love the dramatic fiddle
> bit, but it makes a reappearance in the far superior (and Powell-only!)
> 'Battling the Green Death', so I get my fix for it there.

No accounting for taste, I suppose. I just like the shifts in tone, from stately to ominous, to noble, to ancient-power.

> I like 'The Cove', but it's basically just the Astrid theme on a, uh,
> melodica? I want to say accordeon, but that doesn't seem quite right
> either. In any case, that theme is 100% Powell's for sure. If it was
> Mollo's choice to orchestrate it that way, good on him - it's a lovely
> low-key moment.

It's not the accordion, but I think it's a Harmonium? (Had to look at my Hancock booklet, it uses that instrument too)

> Just search a score, call up its page and it'll be there inside the track
> list. Not every score has it, but plenty do (and often even the complete
> scores). Here, for instance, is Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's
> End:

> http://hans-zimmer.com/index.php?rub=disco&id=1127

> Yikes!

Indeed! And that's hailed as one of Zimmer's strongest!

> Well, Hans Zimmer is co-credited for Henri IV but didn't write a
> note. It's all Henry Jackman. Similar story with Winter's Tale and
> Rupert Gregson-Williams, but Zimmer did provide a short piano theme to
> that (the first thing you hear in the opening cue) which means his name
> appears by proxy on a lot of cues that he actually wasn't involved in
> shaping.

Ouch. So, Zimmer's name is just there for marketing and nothing more? Do you know what those in Jackman's position think of that?
(Winter's Tale was awesome, really made me sit up and take notice of Rupert Gregson-Williams! Pity it's badly out-of-print)

> It does have an email option if you'd like.