John Powell
John Powell
Latest Release
- How to Train Your Dragon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- June 2025
- • 33 Songs
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Biography
Los Angeles-based English composer John Powell crafts scores for major motion pictures with a focus on animated films and sci-fi/action movies. Following his first major score for Face/Off, he went on to compose for the Jason Bourne and the Ice Age series. In addition to multiple Saturn, BAFTA, and Annie Award nominations, Powell also received a Grammy nomination in 2008 for his score for the animated penguin flick Happy Feet, and an Oscar nomination in 2011 for his score for How to Train Your Dragon.
Born in London in 1963, Powell got his start with television work, writing...