John Powell
John Powell

John Powell

Born: September 18, 1963 (62 years)
London, England

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.

Movies as Crew (86)
Shrek 5

Shrek 5

Original Music Composer

Jun 30, 2027

Minions & Monsters

Minions & Monsters

Original Music Composer

Jun 24, 2026

Wicked: For Good

Wicked: For Good

Original Music Composer, Music Director

Nov 19, 2025

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon

Original Music Composer

Jun 6, 2025

That Christmas

That Christmas

Original Music Composer

Nov 27, 2024

Wicked

Wicked

Original Music Composer, Music Director

Oct 16, 2024

Thelma the Unicorn

Thelma the Unicorn

Original Music Composer

May 17, 2024

The Last Ranger

The Last Ranger

Music

Jan 7, 2024

Migration

Migration

Original Music Composer

Dec 6, 2023

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Original Music Composer

Jan 20, 2023

Don't Worry Darling

Don't Worry Darling

Conductor, Original Music Composer

Sep 21, 2022

Locked Down

Locked Down

Original Music Composer

Feb 25, 2021

The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

Original Music Composer

Feb 19, 2020

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Original Music Composer

Jan 3, 2019

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Original Music Composer

May 15, 2018

Ferdinand

Ferdinand

Original Music Composer

Dec 9, 2017

Jason Bourne

Jason Bourne

Original Music Composer

Jul 27, 2016

Pan

Pan

Original Music Composer

Sep 24, 2015

How to Train Your Dragon 2

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Original Music Composer

Jun 5, 2014

Rio 2

Rio 2

Original Music Composer

Mar 19, 2014

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Original Music Composer

Jun 27, 2012

The Lorax

The Lorax

Original Music Composer, Songs

Mar 1, 2012

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters

Original Music Composer

Dec 12, 2011

Happy Feet Two

Happy Feet Two

Original Music Composer

Nov 17, 2011

Book of Dragons

Book of Dragons

Original Music Composer

Nov 15, 2011

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

Original Music Composer

Nov 15, 2011

Kung Fu Panda 2

Kung Fu Panda 2

Original Music Composer

May 25, 2011

Rio

Rio

Original Music Composer

Apr 3, 2011

Mars Needs Moms

Mars Needs Moms

Original Music Composer

Mar 9, 2011

Kung Fu Panda Holiday

Kung Fu Panda Holiday

Original Music Composer

Nov 26, 2010

Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon

Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon

Original Music Composer

Oct 14, 2010

Knight and Day

Knight and Day

Original Music Composer

Jun 15, 2010

Fair Game

Fair Game

Original Music Composer

May 20, 2010

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon

Original Music Composer

Mar 18, 2010

Green Zone

Green Zone

Original Music Composer

Mar 11, 2010

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Original Music Composer

Jul 14, 2009

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Original Music Composer

Jun 26, 2009

Super Rhino

Super Rhino

Original Music Composer

Mar 21, 2009

Bolt

Bolt

Original Music Composer

Nov 21, 2008

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

Original Music Composer

Nov 8, 2008

Hancock

Hancock

Original Music Composer

Jul 1, 2008

Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda

Original Music Composer

Jun 4, 2008

Stop-Loss

Stop-Loss

Original Music Composer

Mar 28, 2008

Horton Hears a Who!

Horton Hears a Who!

Original Music Composer

Mar 3, 2008

Jumper

Jumper

Original Music Composer

Feb 13, 2008

P.S. I Love You

P.S. I Love You

Original Music Composer

Nov 15, 2007

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum

Original Music Composer

Aug 3, 2007

United 93: The Families and the Film

United 93: The Families and the Film

Music

Dec 13, 2006

Happy Feet

Happy Feet

Original Music Composer

Nov 16, 2006

X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand

Original Music Composer

May 24, 2006

United 93

United 93

Original Music Composer

Apr 28, 2006

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Original Music Composer

Mar 29, 2006

Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty

Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty

Original Music Composer

Sep 19, 2005

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Original Music Composer

Jun 7, 2005

Robots

Robots

Original Music Composer

Mar 10, 2005

Be Cool

Be Cool

Original Music Composer

Mar 4, 2005

Alfie

Alfie

Original Music Composer

Oct 22, 2004

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy

Original Music Composer

Jul 23, 2004

Mr. 3000

Mr. 3000

Original Music Composer

Jun 15, 2004

Paycheck

Paycheck

Original Music Composer

Dec 25, 2003

Gigli

Gigli

Original Music Composer

Aug 1, 2003

The Italian Job

The Italian Job

Original Music Composer

May 30, 2003

Agent Cody Banks

Agent Cody Banks

Original Music Composer

Mar 14, 2003

Stealing Sinatra

Stealing Sinatra

Original Music Composer

Jan 24, 2003

Two Weeks Notice

Two Weeks Notice

Original Music Composer

Dec 19, 2002

Drumline

Drumline

Original Music Composer

Dec 13, 2002

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

Original Music Composer

Aug 16, 2002

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity

Original Music Composer

Jun 14, 2002

D-Tox

D-Tox

Original Music Composer

Jan 4, 2002

I Am Sam

I Am Sam

Original Music Composer

Dec 28, 2001

Man and Cat

Man and Cat

Original Music Composer

Nov 8, 2001

Rat Race

Rat Race

Original Music Composer

Aug 17, 2001

Evolution

Evolution

Original Music Composer

Jun 8, 2001

Shrek

Shrek

Original Music Composer

May 18, 2001

Just Visiting

Just Visiting

Original Music Composer

Apr 6, 2001

Chicken Run

Chicken Run

Original Music Composer

Jun 23, 2000

The Road to El Dorado

The Road to El Dorado

Original Music Composer

Mar 31, 2000

Chill Factor

Chill Factor

Original Music Composer

Sep 1, 1999

Endurance

Endurance

Original Music Composer

May 14, 1999

Forces of Nature

Forces of Nature

Original Music Composer

Mar 12, 1999

The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line

Additional Music

Dec 23, 1998

Antz

Antz

Original Music Composer

Oct 2, 1998

With Friends Like These

With Friends Like These

Original Music Composer

Sep 10, 1998

Human Bomb

Human Bomb

Original Music Composer

May 26, 1998

Face/Off

Face/Off

Original Music Composer

Jun 27, 1997

I Am Your Punishment

I Am Your Punishment

Original Music Composer

Oct 10, 1996