Music F200X - Larsen

  Test Drive, by John Powell, is a track from the movie How to Train Your Dragon, which has one of my favorite scores. The movie was released in 2010 in the U.S. I really love how the movie, and this piece in particular, tells a story through through the music. While the characters are good and all, the music in this film, and many films, is what really evokes the emotion, and sets the scene. Every choice in the music contributes to telling the story. This movie is particularly good at that. I embedded a video of just the soundtrack, as well as linked the scene from the movie.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LECmyZB-cgM Leitmotifs For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, a leitmotif is a musical idea that is associated with a certain character or element in a movie or play. In this case, the leitmotifs in this movie are associated with each character. In the beginning of the film, there is a leitmotif established for each of the main characters or group of characters, a...

I have found that the songs that stick with me most are the ones ask or answer a question that I have a hard time putting into words. I have chosen a combination of these two songs, on after each other in their shared album, Vice Verses , because they each accomplish one of these things, and I feel that they belong together. I would recommend listening to Vice Verses (top) first, then Where I Belong (bottom) .   Song Information Both of these songs were written by Jon Foreman, and released in 2011 on the album Vice Verses. Lyrics I chose these two songs because they both contrast each other and deal with the same issues. Vice Verses explores attempting to understand life, with its ups and downs, and looking for purpose from a place of emptiness. The first two verses explore looking for meaning in life, while the third verse asks where God is in the hard times, "Where is God in the earthquake, Where is God in the genocide?", before the artist gets more personal: "Where a...

Hello all, My name is Soren. I'm a sophomore at UAA studying Aviation Technology with a minor in CS. I've lived in Alaska for the past 8 years and flew for the first time up here. I particularly like World War 2 era planes. I'm taking this class as an elective because I enjoy playing and learning about music. The photo is of northern lights that I saw during a weekend at Chena. I've been playing music since I was roughly 6 years old. I have played in concerts as well as a band, but currently I mostly only play for my church band. I originally learned the piano, but later taught myself the guitar. After a few years of self teaching, I went to a teacher and learned a lot about guitar and music theory, and I've been interested ever since. I haven't attended a concert in quite some time. The song is from my favorite band, Switchfoot.