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John Powell
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
John Powell was born in London in 1963 and studied violin at Trinity College of Music. He first wrote music for advertising and was an assistant to Patrick Doyle. In 1997 he moved to Los Angeles, where Face/Off became his first major film. With Harry Gregson-Williams he wrote Antz (1998) and Chicken Run (2000). For The Bourne Identity (2002) he first made a score without orchestra, with percussion, guitars and electronics. Later a string section was added. He continued that action style in the following Bourne films. He also wrote a great deal of music for animated films, such as Kung Fu Panda with Hans Zimmer and How to Train Your Dragon (2010), for which he received an Oscar nomination.
Listening
Listening tip. Notice the contrast between the driving rhythms of percussion, guitar and electronics in the Bourne films and the broad orchestral melodies in the animated films.
The Bourne Identity Main Title · John Powell, 2002
Forbidden Friendship · John Powell, 2010
Train Heist · John Powell, 2018- Test Drive · John Powell, 2010
Discography
Studio albums
- 1997Face/Off (soundtrack)
- 1998Antz (soundtrack)
- 1999Chill Factor (soundtrack)
- 1999Endurance (soundtrack)
- 1999Forces of Nature (soundtrack)
- 2000Chicken Run (soundtrack)
- 2000The Road To El Dorado (Music From the Original Motion Picture Score) (soundtrack)
- 2001Evolution (soundtrack)
- 2001Just Visiting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2001Rat Race (soundtrack)
- 2001Shrek: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
- 2002I Am Sam (soundtrack)
- 2002The Bourne Identity (soundtrack)
- 2002Two Weeks Notice (soundtrack)
- 2003Agent Cody Banks (soundtrack)
- 2003Gigli (soundtrack)
- 2003The Italian Job (soundtrack)
- 2004Paycheck (soundtrack)
- 2004The Bourne Supremacy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2005Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Original Motion Picture Score) (soundtrack)
- 2005Robots: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
- 2006Happy Feet: Original Score (soundtrack)
- 2006Ice Age: The Meltdown (soundtrack)
- 2006United 93 (soundtrack)
- 2006X-Men: The Last Stand (soundtrack)
- 2007The Bourne Ultimatum (soundtrack)
- 2008Bolt (soundtrack)
- 2008Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2008Hancock: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2008Jumper: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2008Kung Fu Panda: Music From the Motion Picture (soundtrack)
- 2008P.S. I Love You (soundtrack)
- 2008Stop-Loss (soundtrack)
- 2009Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (soundtrack)
- 2010Fair Game (soundtrack)
- 2010Green Zone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2010How to Train Your Dragon: Music From the Motion Picture (soundtrack)
- 2010Knight and Day: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2011Ice Age: Continental Drift (soundtrack)
- 2011Kung Fu Panda 2: Music From the Motion Picture (soundtrack)
- 2011Mars Needs Moms (soundtrack)
- 2011Rio: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
- 2012Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
- 2014How to Train Your Dragon 2: Music From the Motion Picture (soundtrack)
- 2014Rio 2: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
- 2015Pan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2016Jason Bourne (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2017Ferdinand (Original Motion Picture Score) (soundtrack)
- 2018Hubris: Choral Works by John Powell
- 2018Solo: A Star Wars Story (soundtrack)
- 2019How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2020Piano Solos from How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
- 2020The Call of the Wild (soundtrack)
- 2022Don’t Worry Darling: Score from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2023Migration: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2023Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Soundtrack From The Apple Original Film) (soundtrack)
- 2024That Christmas: Soundtrack from the Netflix Film (soundtrack)
- 2024Wicked: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
- 2025How to Train Your Dragon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2025Wicked: For Good: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
- 2026How to Train Your Dragon: Isle of Berk (soundtrack)
- 2026Minions & Monsters: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
Other work
- 2008Kung Fu Panda
- 2010How to Train Your Dragon
- 2024Wicked
In School of Rock
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- Film Music MapNL Map
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 7NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Remote Control: hybrid orchestra and electronics Genre
Composers such as Klaus Badelt, Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell came out of this atelier.
- Fantasy epic and world-building Genre
In How to Train Your Dragon (2010), John Powell used Scottish and Irish colours, such as bagpipes and fiddle.