John Powell

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 41 wins & 68 nominations. See more awards »

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Han Solo: Uma História de Star Wars Composer

(2018)

Como Treinares o Teu Dragão Composer

(2010)

Rio Composer

(2011)

Identidade Desconhecida Composer

(2002)

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Composer (78 credits)

2020 O Apelo Selvagem

2019 Como Treinares o Teu Dragão: O Mundo Secreto (music by)

2018 Han Solo: Uma História de Star Wars (score composed and adapted by)

2017 Ferdinando (music by)

2016/I Jason Bourne

2015 Pan: Viagem à Terra do Nunca

2014 Como Treinares o Teu Dragão 2

2014 Rio 2 (music by)

2012 Serenade (Video short)

2012 A Idade do Gelo 4: Deriva Continental (music by)

2012 Lorax (music by)

2011 The Pointless Hunt (Short) (archival music)

2011 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (Video short)

2011 Happy Feet 2

2011 Book of Dragons (Video short) (music score)

2011 Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (Video short)

2011 O Panda do Kung Fu 2

2011 Rio (music by)

2011 Mães Precisam-se... em Marte

2010 Kung Fu Panda Holiday (TV Short)

2010 The Last Shot 2 (Short)

2010 Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (TV Short)

2010 Dia e Noite

2010/I Jogo Limpo

2010 Como Treinares o Teu Dragão

2010 Green Zone: Combate pela Verdade

2009 A Idade do Gelo 3: Despertar dos Dinossauros (music by)

2009 Super Rhino (Video short)

2008 Bolt (original score composed by)

2008 Panda do Kung Fu: Os Segredos dos Cinco Sensacionais (Video short)

2008 Hancock (music by)

2008 O Panda do Kung Fu

2008 Stop Loss - Negócio de Sangue

2008 Horton e o Mundo dos Quem (music by)

2008 Jumper

2007 P.S., I Love You

2007 Ultimato

2006 Happy Feet

2006 X-Men: O confronto final

2006 Voo 93 (music by)

2006 A Idade do Gelo 2: Descongelados

2005 Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty (Video short)

2005 Mr. e Mrs. Smith

2005 Robôs (music by)

2005 Jogos Mais Perigosos

2004 Alfie e as Mulheres

2004 O Sr. 3000

2004 Supremacia

2003 Pago para Esquecer

2003 Duro Amor

2003 Um Golpe em Itália

2003 Cody Banks - Agente de Palmo e Meio

2003 Stealing Sinatra

2002 Amor Sem Aviso

2002 Pluto Nash

2002 Linha do Tambor

2002 Identidade Desconhecida

2002 D-Tox

2001 I Am Sam - A Força do Amor

2001 Man and Cat

2001 Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (Video short)

2001 Está Tudo Louco! (music by)

2001 Evolução

2001 Shrek

2001 Visitantes na América (music composed by)

2000 A Fuga das Galinhas (music by)

2000 O Caminho para El Dorado

1999 Chill Factor

1999 Forças da Natureza

1998 Formiga Z (music by)

1998 Com Amigos Destes...

1998 Endurance

1998 O Homem-Bomba (TV Movie)

1997 A Outra Face

1996 Je suis ton châtiment (Short)

1996 Perigo Iminente (TV Series) (5 episodes)

- Christmas Blues (1996)

- Warrant Peace (1996)

- Change Partners (1996)

- Masquerade (1996)

- Father Knows Best (1996)

1995 Les escarpins sauvages (Short)

1993 Stay Lucky (TV Series) (10 episodes)

- One Jump Ahead (1993)

- Sand Dancer (1993)

- Blowing Bubbles (1993)

- Gilding the Lily (1993)

- The Long Road... Back (1993)

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Soundtrack (45 credits)

2019 Top 10 Best Animated Films of the 2010 Decade (TV Special documentary short) (writer: "Dragon Racing" - uncredited)

2019 Top 10 Worst Animated Films of the 2010 Decade (TV Short documentary) (writer: "How Bad Can I Be" - uncredited)

2018 Burger Quiz (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- Episode #2.31 (2018) ... (writer: "Fairytale")

2017 Ferdinando (arranger: "Home (Film Version)") / (producer: "Home (Film Version)")

2016 A Idade do Gelo: O Big Bang (writer: "End Credits")

2015 Pan: Viagem à Terra do Nunca (producer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Blitzkrieg Bop", "Something's Not Right")

2015 Reel Iconic (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Battle for Hollywood (2015) ... ("Two New Alphas", "Where No One Goes")

2014 Como Treinares o Teu Dragão 2 (music: "Where No One Goes", "For the Dancing and the Dreaming") / (producer: "Where No One Goes", "For the Dancing and the Dreaming")

2014 Rio 2 (music: "Real in Rio", "Ô Vida", "Poisonous Love", "Bola Viva", "Batucada Familia") / (producer: "What Is Love (Cast)", "Ô Vida", "Poisonous Love", "Welcome Back", "Beautiful Creatures", "Don't Go Away", "Look at Me Now", "Memory", "It's a Jungle Out Here (Brazilian)", "I Will Survive", "Bola Viva", "Batucada Familia") / (writer: "Welcome Back")

2013 Capitão Phillips (performer: "The End") / (writer: "The End")

2012 The Board Game (Short) ("Memory Game")

2012 Um Homem Com Sorte (writer: "Step Up (from Gigli)")

2012 Foi Assim que Aconteceu (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- Trilogy Time (2012) ... (writer: "Victory Quest" - uncredited)

2012 Lorax (writer: "Thneedville", "Everybody Needs a Thneed", "How Bad Can I Be", "Let It Grow", "These Trees", "Let It Grow (Celebrate the World)", "This Is the Place (Tricky Version)", "You Need a Thneed")

Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 2009 - 2011) (performer - 1 episode, 2009)

- Round Ten: The Finals (2011) ... (writer: "It Is You (I Have Loved)")

- Round Ten: Final Results (2009) ... (writer: "Assassin's Tango")

- Round Three (2009) ... (performer: "Assassin's Tango")

2011 Happy Feet 2 (music: "The Mighty Sven") / (producer: "Rhythm Nation", "(Dance and Shout) Shake Your Body down to the Ground", "Seymour's Rap", "Mama Said Knock You Out", "Sexyback", "Shake It Fast", "Ain't Nobody", "Do Your Thing", "I Want to Know What Love Is", "The Mighty Sven", "Papa Oom Mow Mow", "Bridge of Light", "Erik's Opera", "Dragostea Din Tei", "Under Pressure", "Rawhide")

2011 Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2 (Short) (writer: "Big Smelly Crack", "Herd Crossing", "Playground")

2011 Hollywood in Vienna (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)

- Hollywood in Vienna 2011 (2011) ... (music: "'How to Train Your Dragon' Suite")

2011 Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)

- Episode #11.7 (2011) ... (writer: "Assassin's Tango" - uncredited)

- Episode #11.3 (2011) ... (writer: "It Is You (I Have Loved)" - uncredited)

2011 Rio (arranger: "Sapo Cai") / (music: "Real In Rio", "Copacabana Dreams", "Pretty Bird", "Real in Rio (New Home)") / (producer: "Real In Rio", "Let Me Take You to Rio", "Sapo Cai", "Copacabana Dreams", "Pretty Bird", "Funky Monkey", "Mas Que Nada", "Forro Da Fruta", "Fly Love", "Real in Rio (New Home)")

2010 Red: Perigosos (writer: "Emergency")

2010 American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- Top 10 Results (2010) ... (writer: "Real In Rio / Hot Wings (I Wanna Party)" - uncredited)

2009 Inimigos Públicos (performer: "Beam") / (writer: "Beam")

2008 So You Think You Can Dance (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)

- The Top 12 Perform (2008) ... (music: "Assassin's Tango")

2008 Os Reis da Rua (performer: "Victory Quest") / (writer: "Victory Quest")

2007 Eu Sou a Lenda (writer: "Flying Talking Donkey")

2007 BBC Proms (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Prom 2: Music from Great British Films (2007) ... ("Theme from Chicken Run (2000)")

2007 Sicko (Documentary) (writer: "Beam")

2007 Um Azar do Caraças (performer: "Helicopter") / (writer: "Helicopter")

2006 E Não Viveram Felizes Para Sempre (writer: "Rick's Wild Ride (The Magnifying Glass)")

2006 Happy Feet (producer: "Tell Me Something Good", "Kiss", "Heartbreak Hotel", "The Message", "Boogie Wonderland", "Somebody To Love", "No Scrubs", "My Way" (Comme d'Habitude), "I Wish", "Everything I Own", "The Joker") / (writer: "Adelie Rap/Adelie Bridge")

2006 Jericho (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Pilot (2006) ... ("Nach Deutschland", uncredited)

2005 Mr. e Mrs. Smith ("Mondo Bongo") / (arranger: "Bridal Chorus" - uncredited)

2005 Miss Detective 2: Armada e Fabulosa (writer: "George's Speech", "Emergency", "Excerpts", "Rita")

2005 Jogos Mais Perigosos (arranger: "Moving On", "Heistus Interruptus") / (music: "Moving On", "Heistus Interruptus") / (producer: "Moving On", "Heistus Interruptus") / (writer: "Moving On", "Heistus Interruptus")

2005/I Hitch - A Cura para o Homem Comum (performer: "Emergency") / (writer: "Emergency" - as John James Powell)

2003 Duro Amor (producer: "The Beach Song") / (writer: "The Beach Song")

2003/I Antes que a Morte os Separe! (writer: "Thunder Struck")

2002 Pluto Nash (arranger: "They're Moving Father's Grave") / (writer: "Safe in My Arms")

2001 Está Tudo Louco! (producer: "Rat Race (Choir Version)")

2001 Como Cães E Gatos (writer: "Rocky and the Circus")

2001 Shrek (music: "It Is You (I Have Loved)")

2001 Visitantes na América (writer: "Your Time Will Come")

1998 O Príncipe do Egipto (producer: "Playing with the Big Boys")

1989 Sexta-Feira 13 Parte VIII - Terror em Manhattan (writer: "Strike")

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Music department (23 credits)

2020 O Apelo Selvagem (conductor) / (score producer) / (soundtrack producer)

2019 How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (TV Short) (original themes by)

2019 Abominável (composer: "DreamWorks Fanfare" - uncredited)

2019 Como Treinares o Teu Dragão: O Mundo Secreto (composer: "DreamWorks Fanfare" - uncredited)

2017 Ferdinando (conductor) / (score producer) / (soundtrack producer)

Dragons: Race to the Edge (TV Series) (original theme - 26 episodes, 2015 - 2016) (composer - 1 episode, 2015)

- Enemy of My Enemy (2016) ... (original theme)

- Maces and Talons, Part Two (2016) ... (original theme)

- Maces and Talons, Part One (2016) ... (original theme)

- A Time to Skrill (2016) ... (original theme)

- Snow Way Out (2016) ... (original theme)

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2016 O Panda do Kung Fu 3 (composer: theme music)

2016 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll (Short) (stock music by)

2012 Lorax (musician: guitar) / (songs: music by)

2011 Rio (musician: whistler)

2008 Stop Loss - Negócio de Sangue (conductor) / (musician: solo guitar)

2007 P.S., I Love You (musician: guitar)

2006 Happy Feet (music arranger: songs) / (music producer: songs)

2005 Mr. e Mrs. Smith (conductor - uncredited)

2005 Drie Gasten en een Videocamera (Video) (composer: themes)

2004 Supremacia (conductor)

2004 Shrek 2 (composer: original themes from Shrek)

2004 Cody Banks 2 - Missão em Londres (composer: original Cody Banks themes)

2000 Thomas and the Magic Railroad (orchestrator)

2000 Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (composer: stock music - uncredited)

1998 A Barreira Invisível (composer: additional music)

1998 Com Amigos Destes... (conductor)

1998 Endurance (music producer)

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Thanks (2 credits)

2011 Land of Higher Peace (Documentary) (special thanks)

2007 3 Américas (special thanks)

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Self (6 credits)

2018 Score: The Podcast (TV Series)
Self

- John Powell, The Inside Track with Siu-Lan Tan & Name That Score (2018) ... Self

2016 Score: A Film Music Documentary (Documentary)
Self

2011 Hollywood in Vienna (TV Series)
Self

- Hollywood in Vienna 2011 (2011) ... Self

2011 Boom-Boom Tish-Tish: The Sounds of Rio (Video short)
Self

2004 The Bourne Supremacy: Scoring with John Powell (Video short)
Self

2000 Poultry in Motion: The Making of 'Chicken Run' (TV Movie documentary)
Self

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Was nominated for Film Composer of the Year in 2006 and 2008 by the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA). See more »

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Use of live percusions, especially the Indian Conga drum, which he first used in The Bourne Supremacy.

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Virgo

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