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John Powell
Composer, Additional CreditsBorn September 18, 1963 (62 years)
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.
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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.
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John Powell Filmography
| 2025 | Wicked: For Good · as Original Music Composer |
| 2025 | How to Train Your Dragon · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | That Christmas · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | Wicked · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | Thelma the Unicorn · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | Migration · as Original Music Composer |
| 2023 | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie · as Original Music Composer |
| 2022 | Ice Age: Scrat Tales (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2021 | Locked Down · as Original Music Composer |
| 2020 | The Call of the Wild · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World · as Original Music Composer |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story · as Original Music Composer |
| 2017 | Ferdinand · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | Jason Bourne · as Original Music Composer |
| 2015 | Pan · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | Rio 2 · as Original Music Composer |
| 2012 | Kung Fu Panda: Awesome Secrets Collection · as Composer |
| 2012 | Serenade · as Composer |
| 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift · as Original Music Composer |
| 2012 | The Lorax · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | Happy Feet Two · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | Book of Dragons · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | Rio · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | Mars Needs Moms · as Original Music Composer |
| 2010 | Kung Fu Panda Holiday · as Original Music Composer |
| 2010 | The Last Shot 2 · as Composer |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon · as Original Music Composer |
| 2010 | Knight and Day · as Original Music Composer |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon · as Original Music Composer |
| 2010 | Green Zone · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Super Rhino · as Original Music Composer |
| 2008 | Bolt · as Original Music Composer |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five · as Original Music Composer |
| 2008 | Hancock · as Original Music Composer |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda · as Original Music Composer |
| 2008 | Stop-Loss · as Original Music Composer |
| 2008 | Horton Hears a Who! · as Original Music Composer |
| 2008 | Jumper · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | P.S. I Love You · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | Happy Feet · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | United 93 · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown · as Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty · as Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith · as Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | Robots · as Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | Be Cool · as Original Music Composer |
| 2004 | Alfie · as Original Music Composer |
| 2004 | Mr. 3000 · as Original Music Composer |
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy · as Original Music Composer |
| 2003 | Paycheck · as Original Music Composer |
| 2003 | Gigli · as Original Music Composer |
| 2003 | The Italian Job · as Original Music Composer |
| 2003 | Agent Cody Banks · as Original Music Composer |
| 2003 | Stealing Sinatra · as Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | Two Weeks Notice · as Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | Drumline · as Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | The Adventures of Pluto Nash · as Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity · as Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | Eye See You · as Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | I Am Sam · as Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | Man and Cat · as Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party · as Composer |
| 2001 | Rat Race · as Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | Evolution · as Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | Shrek · as Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | Just Visiting · as Original Music Composer |
| 2000 | Chicken Run · as Original Music Composer |
| 2000 | The Road to El Dorado · as Original Music Composer |
| 1999 | Chill Factor · as Original Music Composer |
| 1999 | Forces of Nature · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | Endurance · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | Antz · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | With Friends Like These · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | Human Bomb · as Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | Face/Off · as Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | High Incident (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1989 | Stay Lucky (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2025 | Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2025 | |
| 2022 | Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel · as Self |
| 2020 | Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy · as Self - Composer, Rio |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | IMDb on the Scene - Interviews (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2004 | |
| 2000 | Fowl Play: The Making of Chicken Run · as Self - Composer |
| 2022 | Don't Worry Darling · as Conductor |