John Powell
Sound
Born: September 18, 1963 (age 62) · London, England
Biography
John Powell is an English composer best known for his film scores. He has been based in Los Angeles since 1997 and has composed the scores to over 70 feature films. He is best known for composing scores for films, including Face/Off, the Bourne film series, the Happy Feet films, United 93, X-Men: The Last Stand, Wicked and its sequel, Evolution, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, Migration, Drumline, Hancock, The Call of the Wild, Bolt, eight Blue Sky Studios films, and nine DreamWorks Animation films. His work on Happy Feet, Ferdinand, and Solo: A Star Wars Story has earned him three Grammy nominations. He was nominated for an Academy Award for How to Train Your Dragon. Powell was a member of Hans Zimmer's music studio, Remote Control Productions, and has collaborated frequently with other composers from the studio, including Harry Gregson-Williams on Antz, Chicken Run, and Shrek and Zimmer himself on Chill Factor, The Road to El Dorado, and the first two Kung Fu Panda films. He has also collaborated with film directors such as Carlos Saldanha, Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, Benjamin Renner, Chris Renaud, George Miller, John Woo, Ron Underwood, Doug Liman, Charles Stone III, Simon Otto, Jared Hess, and Paul Greengrass. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Powell (film composer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Shrek
2001
How to Train Your Dragon
2010
Kung Fu Panda
2008
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006
Hancock
2008
The Bourne Identity
2002
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
Photos (1)
Self / Appearances (3)
Upcoming (1)
Other Crew (88)
Minions & Monsters
Original Music Composer
How to Train Your Dragon
Original Music Composer
How to Train Your Dragon
Original Music Composer
Shrek
Original Music Composer
The Bourne Identity
Original Music Composer
Wicked
Original Music Composer
Wicked
Music Director
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Original Music Composer
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Original Music Composer
Wicked: For Good
Original Music Composer
Wicked: For Good
Music Director
Kung Fu Panda
Original Music Composer
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Original Music Composer
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Original Music Composer
Migration
Original Music Composer
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda 2
Original Music Composer
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Original Music Composer
The Bourne Supremacy
Original Music Composer
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Original Music Composer
The Lorax
Original Music Composer
The Lorax
Songs
Chicken Run
Original Music Composer
The Bourne Ultimatum
Original Music Composer
Face/Off
Original Music Composer
Rio
Original Music Composer
The Italian Job
Original Music Composer
Jason Bourne
Original Music Composer
Robots
Original Music Composer
Bolt
Original Music Composer
Horton Hears a Who!
Original Music Composer
Happy Feet
Original Music Composer
The Road to El Dorado
Original Music Composer
Antz
Original Music Composer
Evolution
Original Music Composer
Don't Worry Darling
Conductor
Don't Worry Darling
Original Music Composer
The Thin Red Line
Additional Music
Knight and Day
Original Music Composer
Jumper
Original Music Composer
Ferdinand
Original Music Composer
Hancock
Original Music Composer
Rio 2
Original Music Composer
The Call of the Wild
Original Music Composer
I Am Sam
Original Music Composer
Paycheck
Original Music Composer
Ice Age: Scrat Tales
Original Music Composer
Green Zone
Original Music Composer
Pan
Original Music Composer
Happy Feet Two
Original Music Composer
United 93
Original Music Composer
Mars Needs Moms
Original Music Composer
Fair Game
Original Music Composer
Rat Race
Original Music Composer
Two Weeks Notice
Original Music Composer
P.S. I Love You
Original Music Composer
That Christmas
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
Original Music Composer
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda Holiday
Original Music Composer
Be Cool
Original Music Composer
Agent Cody Banks
Original Music Composer
Thelma the Unicorn
Original Music Composer
Stop-Loss
Original Music Composer
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Original Music Composer
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Original Music Composer
D-Tox
Original Music Composer
Locked Down
Original Music Composer
Gigli
Original Music Composer
Forces of Nature
Original Music Composer
Drumline
Original Music Composer
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
Original Music Composer
Just Visiting
Original Music Composer
Chill Factor
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
Original Music Composer
Alfie
Original Music Composer
Book of Dragons
Original Music Composer
Mr. 3000
Original Music Composer
Super Rhino
Original Music Composer
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Original Music Composer
Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty
Original Music Composer
Stealing Sinatra
Original Music Composer
With Friends Like These
Original Music Composer
Human Bomb
Original Music Composer
I Am Your Punishment
Original Music Composer
X-Men: The Last Stand
Original Music Composer
Endurance
Original Music Composer
The Last Ranger
Music