The inspiration for Dragonvale’s score was to reinforce the peaceful and idyllic setting of the dragon parks. To do this I needed to create a style that would be pleasant to hear and emotionally lift the player into the right mood for the game. I wanted to avoid going for an “epic” score because I was trying to make sure the audience would feel more intimately connected to their parks. Once I determined what mood and scope the pieces should be I needed to come up with an instrument arrangement that would allow me to capture that expression and emotion. When the dust had settled I chose a handful of instrument to comprise the score…the Celtic harp, flute, recorder, oboe, clarinet, tambourine, triangle and nylon (classical) guitar. Additionally, I tried very hard to keep the pieces simple and depended on an emotional performance with each instrument to bring the tracks to life. The main challenge was in keeping the mood cheery but not patronizing the audience with all major key bliss. Simple, elegant and bright were the guiding principles during composition.
-Aubrey
Peacful
Love the flute
my son loves this – is it available for purchase or download?
Yes, the Dragonvale Soundtrack is available at the iTunes store. I am happy your son is enjoying the music!
is there anyway i could get the sheet music for this? Even just to look at?
http://www.aubreyhodges.com/dragonvale-sheet-music/
hey is there maybe also tabs for the guitar part of it?
Your post, Dragonvale Music – Composition and Orchestration | aubreyhodges.com, is really well written and insightful. Glad I found your website, warm regards from Rogelio!
Love the guitar <3 can anyone put up a tutorial?
I’m really enjoying the design and layout of your blog. It’s a very easy on the eyes which makes it much more pleasant for me to come here and visit more often. Did you hire out a developer to create your theme? Excellent work!
Love the music – thanks for the information. Where can I find more information about the music that is played during the races at the Dragon Track?
Thanks!
Do you sell the scores as well, i like my son to perform this in school for a class event?
sheet for this one
I will be posting the sheet music for this next week. Stay tuned. -Aubrey
it has been a week. why is there no sheet yet?
P. S. Do you use MuseScore?
The sheet music is located under the MUSIC menu item. Refresh your browser and happy downloading. I use Logic Studio Pro to notate. -Aubrey
The music in the dragon track?
I may include that track in a new 2.0 version of the Dragonvale Soundtrack, however, that will be a totally new iTunes album as we still want the original soundtrack to be available as well for the soundtrack “purists” out there. I do plan to eventually get the lead sheet posted but it will be quite a while before I can get to it as I am currently in the process of trying to finalize several new games for shipping this holiday season.
My Little Hatchling Emerges? and also the new re-orchestrated music in update 2.0?
If you are asking why that track sheet music has been posted; it is there because it was released in the Dragonvale 2.0 update. Along with 3 other new tracks.
Speaking of the sheet music, can you make a Full Assemble? I tried to play it but doesn’t sound good ;(
I am sorry but I do not understand your request. What do you mean by a Full Assemble? What instrument are you playing?
@Jolo
i gotta say, i just love it when people speak only in one-liners, especially when every one is a question as well
i kind of imagine they are also spoken in a commanding tone, perhaps with a semi-exotic/semi-oppressive accent. keep up the good work!
Full Assemble- for all 8 instruments.
Oh…I think the term you are looking for is “Ensemble”. That project would take a great deal of time and I am just too busy to commit to that right now. You did not let me know what instrument you are playing. A complete score still requires multiple instrumentalists performing to sound correct. Only a handful of solo instruments would sound nice playing the full arrangement of the songs. These would include guitar, piano, harp, vibraphone and possibly a few others. A score adaptation to any of these full scale instruments would be an entirely different request. I wish I could help but I am in the middle of composing for 2 new albums and several new games and I already feel stretched very thin at the moment. Once my schedule lightens up I will give this some consideration. Regards, -Aubrey
Thank you! Please finish it soon!
-hi,
Thanks for the sheet music. But please could we have sheet music for “In Summer Past ” and “Good Ol Mossy Went A Wandering” as well ?
These are beautiful compositions and I actually used to start the game just to listen to these (!).
Also I play classical guitar and would so much like to play these 2 pieces (especially “Good Ol…”)
kind regards
/peter
Hi Peter, Thanks for taking the time to post. I will have to find some time to dig the handwritten stuff up and notate for pdf. Give me a couple of weeks and I should be able to get it done. Those are both pretty old so I will have to play through them a few times to jog my memory and make sure the notation is correct.
Thanks so much for your swift and positive reply. Looking forward to this 🙂
kind regards
/peter
Is it possible for me to get the sheet music for this? I play the oboe
For the theme song**
Both lead parts in the Main Theme are found at the following link:
http://www.aubreyhodges.com/dragonvale-sheet-music/
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Hi sorry I know your probably busy, but I was just wondering what type of guitar you used for the dragon vale soundtrack, thank you.
Acoustic: Tacoma JK-50CE4
Electric: Brian Moore Custom DC-1
Thank you I appreciate it very much Your work on this track has really pushed me towards classical guitar, but it sounds very unique on this record, so my question is how do I make a nylon guitar sound like that thanks again, happy New Year!
Hello there, Is there a guitar sheet for “In summer past from Dragon vale soundtrack”?
Sorry, none exists at present. I’ll find some time to create one this summer when I am working on the Dragonvale Soundtrack Collection.
Hi there, I wanted to ask from this reply since I hadn’t seen it elsewhere, if it’s okay asking, so will there be a re-release of the Dragonvale Soundtrack with I presume everything you’ve done for the game since the beginning? Because I’m definitely all for getting it having returned years later to the game and hearing it’s newer tunes!
Hi Matt, I will include the 2.0 versions of the songs on the original Dragonvale Soundtrack, however, I still want the original soundtrack to be available for the soundtrack “purists” out there. It will be a complete collection in several volumes. All of the tracks for the holiday events throughout the years will be included as well. I plan to do new arrangements in longer lengths too.
hi aubrey,I have been playing dragonvale since the dawn of time and my favorite part about the game was the absolutely perfect music, as years have passed the music became more complex and overall just better as events came along. could you please make a Playlist of all dragonvale music tracks including the event ones? thanks.