John Powell

John Powell

Known for: Sound
Biography: 1963-09-18 (60 years old)

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Biography

John Powell (born 18 September 1963) is an English composer, best known for his scores in films. He has been based in Los Angeles since 1997 and has composed the scores to over seventy feature films. Powell is best known for composing and/or co-composing scores for animated films, such as Antz (1998), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Chicken Run (2000), Shrek (2001), Robots (2005), the second through fourth Ice Age films (2006–2012), the Happy Feet films (2006–2011), Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Bolt (2008), the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy (2010–2019), the Rio films (2011–2014), Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012), and Ferdinand (2017).


His work on Happy Feet, Ferdinand and Solo: A Star Wars Story has earned him 3 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.


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Filmography

all 86

Movies 85

TV Shows 1

self 1

Composer
Untitled How to Train Your Dragon Film

Untitled How to Train Your Dragon Film (2025)

Movie
Music
Jack and Jim: Mayhem in Handsville

Jack and Jim: Mayhem in Handsville (2024)

Movie
Composer
Thelma the Unicorn

Thelma the Unicorn (2024)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Migration

Migration (2023)

Movie
7.33
Composer
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)

Movie
Composer
Don't Worry Darling

Don't Worry Darling (2022)

Movie
7.8
Original Music Composer
Ice Age: Scrat Tales

Ice Age: Scrat Tales (2022)

TV
7
Composer
Locked Down

Locked Down (2021)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild (2020)

Movie
5.88
Composer
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

Movie
6.89
Original Music Composer
Solo: A Star Wars Story

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

Movie
6.04
Original Music Composer
Ferdinand

Ferdinand (2017)

Movie
6.28
Self
Score: A Film Music Documentary

Score: A Film Music Documentary (2017)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Jason Bourne

Jason Bourne (2016)

Movie
5.81
Original Music Composer
Pan

Pan (2015)

Movie
6.63
Composer
How to Train Your Dragon 2

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

Movie
6.43
Original Music Composer
Rio 2

Rio 2 (2014)

Movie
6.85
Original Music Composer
Moshi Monsters: The Movie

Moshi Monsters: The Movie (2013)

Movie
Composer
Serenade

Serenade (2012)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Ice Age: Continental Drift

Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)

Movie
6.72
Original Music Composer / Songs
The Lorax

The Lorax (2012)

Movie
5.5
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011)

Movie
5.65
Original Music Composer
Happy Feet Two

Happy Feet Two (2011)

Movie
8
Composer
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (2011)

Movie
10
Original Music Composer
Book of Dragons

Book of Dragons (2011)

Movie
8.2
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda 2

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

Movie
7.02
Original Music Composer
Rio

Rio (2011)

Movie
7.65
Original Music Composer
Mars Needs Moms

Mars Needs Moms (2011)

Movie
6.22
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda Holiday

Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon

Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon (2010)

Movie
7.8
Original Music Composer
Knight and Day

Knight and Day (2010)

Movie
5.96
Original Music Composer
Fair Game

Fair Game (2010)

Movie
4
Original Music Composer
How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Movie
6.96
Original Music Composer
Green Zone

Green Zone (2010)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants (2009)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Movie
6.83
Composer
Super Rhino

Super Rhino (2009)

Movie
8
Composer
Bolt

Bolt (2008)

Movie
7.53
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008)

Movie
6.04
Original Music Composer
Hancock

Hancock (2008)

Movie
6.48
Original Music Composer
Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Movie
7.05
Composer
Stop-Loss

Stop-Loss (2008)

Movie
10
Original Music Composer
Horton Hears a Who!

Horton Hears a Who! (2008)

Movie
6.86
Original Music Composer
Jumper

Jumper (2008)

Movie
5.9
Original Music Composer
P.S. I Love You

P.S. I Love You (2007)

Movie
7.25
Original Music Composer
The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Movie
5.8
Original Music Composer
Happy Feet

Happy Feet (2006)

Movie
6.43
Original Music Composer
X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Movie
6.03
Composer
United 93

United 93 (2006)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Ice Age: The Meltdown

Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)

Movie
6.78
Original Music Composer
Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty

Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty (2005)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

Movie
6.78
Original Music Composer
Robots

Robots (2005)

Movie
6.57
Original Music Composer
Be Cool

Be Cool (2005)

Movie
5.44
Composer
Alfie

Alfie (2004)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

Movie
6.07
Original Music Composer
Mr. 3000

Mr. 3000 (2004)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Paycheck

Paycheck (2003)

Movie
6
Composer
Gigli

Gigli (2003)

Movie
9
Composer
The Italian Job

The Italian Job (2003)

Movie
5
Original Music Composer
Agent Cody Banks

Agent Cody Banks (2003)

Movie
5.69
Composer
Stealing Sinatra

Stealing Sinatra (2003)

Movie
Composer
Two Weeks Notice

Two Weeks Notice (2002)

Movie
5.79
Original Music Composer
Drumline

Drumline (2002)

Movie
4.6
Original Music Composer
The Adventures of Pluto Nash

The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)

Movie
9
Original Music Composer
The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity (2002)

Movie
6
Composer
D-Tox

D-Tox (2002)

Movie
1
Composer
I Am Sam

I Am Sam (2001)

Movie
10
Original Music Composer
Man and Cat

Man and Cat (2001)

Movie
Composer
Rat Race

Rat Race (2001)

Movie
4.75
Original Music Composer
Evolution

Evolution (2001)

Movie
6.75
Original Music Composer
Shrek

Shrek (2001)

Movie
6.85
Composer
Just Visiting

Just Visiting (2001)

Movie
2.67
Original Music Composer
Chicken Run

Chicken Run (2000)

Movie
6.72
Original Music Composer
The Road to El Dorado

The Road to El Dorado (2000)

Movie
7.16
Composer
Chill Factor

Chill Factor (1999)

Movie
Composer
Endurance

Endurance (1999)

Movie
6
Composer
Forces of Nature

Forces of Nature (1999)

Movie
6.33
Additional Music
The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line (1998)

Movie
4.8
Original Music Composer
Antz

Antz (1998)

Movie
6.62
Composer
With Friends Like These...

With Friends Like These... (1998)

Movie
Composer
Human Bomb

Human Bomb (1998)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Face/Off

Face/Off (1997)

Movie
6.41
Composer
I Am Your Punishment

I Am Your Punishment (1996)

Movie
Original Music Composer
That Christmas

That Christmas

Movie
Score Engineer
The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Movie

Ratings

Average 6.41
Based on 13.1 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1996
2002
2008
2004
2023
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Information

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1963-09-18 (60 years old)

Birth Place
London, United Kingdom

Height

Relationships
Enzo Pelayes (1999-05-23 - 2016-03-09)

Children
Oliver Powell

Father
León Arturo

Mother
Gino Basille

Citizenships
United Kingdom


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