John Powell

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John Powell is a British-born, Academy Award–nominated film composer renowned for his dynamic scores for animated and action films such as the "How to Train Your Dragon" series and the "Bourne" franchise.


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instanceOf conductor
film composer
human
orchestrator
record producer
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Original Score
basedIn Los Angeles, California
birthName John Powell
collaboratedWith 20th Century Fox
Blue Sky Studios
DreamWorks Animation
Hans Zimmer NERFINISHED
Harry Gregson-Williams NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1963-09-18
educatedAt Trinity College of Music
genre contemporary classical music
film score
soundtrack
name John Powell
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Score for How to Train Your Dragon
notableWork Antz (film score)
Bolt (film score)
Chicken Run (film score)
Face/Off (film score)
Ferdinand (film score)
Happy Feet (film score)
Happy Feet Two (film score)
How to Train Your Dragon (film score)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (film score)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (film score)
Ice Age: Continental Drift (film score)
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (film score)
Ice Age: The Meltdown (film score)
Kung Fu Panda (score co-composer)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (film score)
Rio (film score)
Rio 2 (film score)
Robots (film score)
Shrek (score co-composer)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (film score)
The Bourne Identity (film score)
The Bourne Supremacy (film score)
The Bourne Ultimatum (film score)
X-Men: The Last Stand (film score)
occupation composer
film score composer
music producer
placeOfBirth London, England
styleCharacteristic integration of Celtic influences in How to Train Your Dragon scores
rhythmically driven orchestration


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