John Powell

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 38 wins & 64 nominations. See more awards »

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Solo: A Star Wars Story Composer

(2018)

How to Train Your Dragon Composer

(2010)

Rio Composer

(2011)

The Bourne Identity Composer

(2002)

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Composer (77 credits)

2019 Call of the Wild (post-production)

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

2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story (score composed and adapted by)

2017 Ferdinand (music by)

2016 Jason Bourne

2015 Pan

2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014 Rio 2 (music by)

2012 Serenade (Video short)

2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift (music by)

2012 The Lorax (music by)

2011 The Pointless Hunt (Short) (archival music)

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

2011 Happy Feet Two

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

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

2011 Kung Fu Panda 2

2011 Rio (music by)

2011 Mars Needs Moms

2010 Kung Fu Panda Holiday (TV Short)

2010 The Last Shot 2 (Short)

2010 Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (TV Short)

2010 Knight and Day

2010/I Fair Game

2010 How to Train Your Dragon

2010 Green Zone

2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (music by)

2009 Super Rhino (Video short)

2008 Bolt (original score composed by)

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

2008 Hancock

2008 Kung Fu Panda

2008 Stop-Loss

2008 Horton Hears a Who! (music by)

2008 Jumper

2007 P.S. I Love You

2007 The Bourne Ultimatum

2006 Happy Feet

2006 X-Men: The Last Stand

2006 United 93

2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown

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

2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith

2005 Robots (music by)

2005 Be Cool

2004 Alfie

2004 Mr 3000

2004 The Bourne Supremacy

2003 Paycheck

2003 Gigli

2003 The Italian Job

2003 Agent Cody Banks

2003 Stealing Sinatra

2002 Two Weeks Notice

2002 The Adventures of Pluto Nash

2002 Drumline

2002 The Bourne Identity

2002 Eye See You

2001 I Am Sam

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

2001 Rat Race (music by)

2001 Evolution

2001 Shrek

2001 Just Visiting (music composed by)

2000 Chicken Run (music by)

2000 The Road to El Dorado

1999 Chill Factor

1999 Forces of Nature

1998 Antz (music by)

1998 With Friends Like These...

1998 Endurance

1998 Human Bomb (TV Movie)

1997 Face/Off

1996 Je suis ton châtiment (Short)

1996 High Incident (TV Series) (5 episodes)

- Christmas Blues (1996)

- Warrant Peace (1996)

- Change Partners (1996)

- Masquerade (1996)

- Father Knows Best (1996)

1995 The Wild Heels (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 (43 credits)

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

2016 Ice Age: Collision Course (writer: "End Credits")

2015 Pan (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 How to Train Your Dragon 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", "Poisonous Love", "Bola Viva", "Batucada Familia", "Ô Vida") / (producer: "What Is Love (Cast)", "Let Me Take You to Rio", "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", "Ô Vida") / (writer: "Welcome Back")

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

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

2012 The Lucky One (writer: "Step Up (from Gigli)")

2012 How I Met Your Mother (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

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

2012 The 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) (1 episode, 2009) (writer - 2 episodes, 2009 - 2011)

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

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

- Round Three (2009) ... ("Assassin's Tango", uncredited)

2011 Happy Feet Two (music: "The Mighty Sven") / (producer: "Rhythm Nation", "(Dance and Shout) Shake Your Body down to the Ground", "Mama Said Knock You Out", "Seymour's Rap", "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 2011 (TV Special) (music: "HOW TO TRAIN YOU 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 (writer: "Emergency")

2010 American Idol (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

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

2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (performer: "You'll Never Tango") / (writer: "You'll Never Tango")

2009 Public Enemies (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 Street Kings (performer: "Victory Quest") / (writer: "Victory Quest")

2007 I Am Legend (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 Knocked Up (performer: "Helicopter") / (writer: "Helicopter")

2006 Happily N'Ever After (writer: "Rick's Wild Ride (The Magnifying Glass)")

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

2006 Jericho (TV Series) (1 episode)

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

2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith ("Mondo Bongo")

2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (writer: "George's Speech", "Emergency", Excerpts from tt0120630 Score, "Rita")

2005 Be Cool (arranger: "Moving On", "Heistus Interruptus") / (music: "Moving On", "Heistus Interruptus") / (producer: "Moving On", "Heistus Interruptus") / (writer: "Moving On", "Heistus Interruptus")

2005/I Hitch (performer: "Emergency") / (writer: "Emergency" - as John James Powell)

2003 Gigli (producer: "The Beach Song") / (writer: "The Beach Song")

2003/I The In-Laws (writer: "Thunder Struck")

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

2001 Rat Race (producer: "Rat Race (Choir Version)")

2001 Cats & Dogs (writer: "Rocky And The Circus")

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

2001 Just Visiting (writer: "Your Time Will Come")

1998 The Prince of Egypt (producer: "Playing with the Big Boys")

1989 Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (writer: "Strike")

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Music department (18 credits)

2017 Ferdinand (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 Kung Fu Panda 3 (composer: theme music)

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

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

2011 Rio (musician: whistler)

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

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

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

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

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

2004 The Bourne Supremacy (conductor)

2004 Shrek 2 (composer: original themes from Shrek)

2004 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (composer: original Cody Banks themes)

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

1998 The Thin Red Line (composer: additional music)

1998 With Friends Like These... (conductor)

1998 Endurance (music producer)

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Miscellaneous Crew (1 credit)

2007 SpongeBob SquarePants (TV Series) (senior director technical services - 1 episode)

- Rise and Shine/Waiting/Fungus Among Us (2007) ... (senior director technical services)

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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)
Himself

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

2016 Score: A Film Music Documentary (Documentary)
Himself

2011 Hollywood in Vienna 2011 (TV Special)
Himself

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

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

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

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His 2010 score for the film How to Train Your Dragon earned him his first Academy Award nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards. See more »

Trademark:

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

Star Sign:

Virgo

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