John Powell (film composer)

John Powell (2008)

John Powell (born September 18, 1963 ) is a film music composer born in England.

biography

He studied viola and composition with Richard Arnell at Trinity College of Music in London and has won several prizes. He then worked as a composer for commercials. In 1980 he wrote the first film music for the Air-Edel publishing house in Independently Thinking Music. In 1985 he founded the Media Arts Group with Gavin Greenaway and Michael Petry. In addition to film music, he also composed soundtracks for art installations by Petry, which have been shown in exhibitions in Europe, the USA and Japan. In 1997 John Powell moved to the United States and worked with composers such as Harry Gregson-Williams , Patrick Doyle and Hans Zimmer . In 2011 he received his first Oscar nomination for the animated film How To Train Your Dragon .

Filmography (selection)

• 1990: Stay Lucky (TV series)
• 1994: Les escarpins sauvages (short film)
• 1996: High Incident (TV series)
• 1997: In the body of the enemy (Face / Off)
• 1998: The human bomb ( Human Bomb , TV movie)
• 1998: The Prince of Egypt ( The Prince Of Egypt , musical arranger)
• 1998: With Friends Like These
• 1998: Antz (with Harry Gregson-Williams )
• 1999: Endurance
• 1999: Forces of Nature (Forces of Nature)
• 1999: The Chill Factor (with Hans Zimmer )
• 2000: The Road to El Dorado (The Road to El Dorado) (with Hans Zimmer)
• 2000: Chicken Run (Chicken Run) (with Harry Gregson-Williams )
• 2001: Just Visiting
• 2001: Shrek - The daredevil hero (Shrek) (with Harry Gregson-Williams)
• 2001: evolution
• 2001: Rat Race - Der Nackte Wahnsinn (Rat Race)
• 2001: I am Sam (I Am Sam)
• 2002: D- Tox Eye - See You
• 2002: The Bourne identity (The Bourne Identity)
• 2002: Drumline
• 2002: Pluto Nash - In the fight against the moon mafia (The Adventures of Pluto Nash)
• 2002: A Boss To Fall In Love With (Two Weeks Notice)
• 2003: Stealing Sinatra
• 2003: Agent Cody Banks
• 2003: The In-Laws (The In-Laws)
• 2003: The Italian Job - The Hunt for Millions (The Italian Job)
• 2003: Love with Risk - Gigli (Gigli)
• 2003: Paycheck - the settlement (Paycheck)
• 2004: The Bourne Supremacy (The Bourne Supremacy)
• 2004: Alfie
• 2004: Mr. 3000
• 2005: Miss Undercover 2 (Miss Congeniality 2)
• 2005: Robots
• 2005: Be Cool - Everyone is looking for the next big hit (Be Cool)
• 2005: Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• 2006: Ice Age 2 - Now thawing (Ice Age: The Meltdown)
• 2006: X- Men: The Last Stand
• 2006: Flight 93 (United 93)
• 2006: Happy Feet
• 2007: The Bourne Ultimatum (The Bourne Ultimatum)
• 2007: PS I Love You (PS I Love You)
• 2008: Jumper
• 2008: Horton hears a who! (Horton Hears a Who!)
• 2008: Kung Fu Panda (together with Hans Zimmer)
• 2008: stop loss
• 2008: Hancock
• 2008: Bolt - a dog for all cases (Bolt)
• 2009: Ice Age 3 (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs)
• 2010: Green Zone
• : 2010 to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon)
• 2010: Knight and Day
• 2010: Fair Game - Nothing is more dangerous than the truth (Fair Game)
• 2011: Rio
• 2011: Milo and Mars (Mars Needs Moms)
• 2011: Kung Fu Panda 2 (together with Hans Zimmer)
• 2011: Happy Feet 2
• 2012: The Lorax (The Lorax)
• 2012: Ice Age 4 - Fully Postponed (Ice Age: Continental Drift)
• 2014: Rio 2 - Jungle Fever (Rio 2)
• 2014: How to Train Your Dragon 2 (How to Train Your Dragon 2)
• 2015: Pan
• 2016: Jason Bourne
• 2017: Ferdinand - Go bullish! (Ferdinand)
• 2018: Solo: A Star Wars Story
• 2019: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 3: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
• 2020: Call of the Wild (The Call of the Wild)

Awards

Academy Awards

• 2011: Nominated in the category Best Music for How to Train Your Dragon

British Academy Film Award

• 2002: Nominated in the category of best film music for Shrek - The daring hero (together with Harry Gregson-Williams )
• 2007: Nominated in the category Best Film Music for Happy Feet
• 2011: Nominated in the category Best Score for Taming Dragons Made Easy

Saturn Award

• 1998: Nominated in the category of best music for Im Körper des Feindes
• 2001: Nominated in the Best Music category for Der Weg nach El Dorado (together with Hans Zimmer )
• 2002: Nominated in the category Best Music for Shrek - The daredevil hero (together with Harry Gregson-Williams)
• 2007: Nominated in the category Best Music for X-Men: The Last Stand
• 2008: Nominated for Best Music for The Bourne Ultimatum
• 2009: Nominated in the category Best Music for Jumper
• 2011: Nominated in the category Best Music for How to Train Your Dragon
• 2015: Nominated in the category Best Music for How to Train Your Dragon 2

Grammy Awards

• 2008: nominated in the category Best Film Music for Happy Feet

Annie Award

• 2001: Awarded for Shrek - The daredevil hero (together with Harry Gregson-Williams)
• 2009: Awarded for Kung Fu Panda (together with Hans Zimmer)
• 2011: Awarded for How to Train Your Dragon
• 2015: Awarded for How to Train Your Dragon 2

eight other nominations

International Film Music Critics Award

• 2007: Awarded for Happy Feet
• 2008: Awarded for The Bourne Ultimatum
• 2011: Awarded for How to Train Your Dragon
• 2015: Awarded for How to Train Your Dragon 2

nine other nominations

literature

• John Powell - "Life can be a dance" , interview with David Serong, in: Cinema Musica . Issue 7 / January 2007, pp. 10–15

Web links

Commons : John Powell  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• John Powell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• John Powell website