John Powell (born 18 September 1963) is an English composer, best known for… Read Full Bio ↴John Powell (born 18 September 1963) is an English composer, best known for his scores to motion pictures. He has been based in Los Angeles since 1997 and has composed the scores to over fifty feature films. He is particularly known for his scores for animated films, including Antz, Chicken Run, Shrek (all three co-composed with Harry Gregson-Williams), Robots, Happy Feet (and its sequel), three Ice Age sequels, Rio, and the How to Train Your Dragon film series, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for the first film.
He has also scored many live-action films, of which his collaborations with directors Doug Liman and Paul Greengrass are perhaps the best known. These include the first three and the fifth Bourne films, United 93, and Green Zone. Powell was a member of Hans Zimmer's music studio, Remote Control Productions, and has collaborated frequently with other composers from the studio, including Harry Gregson-Williams and Zimmer himself.
Powell was originally trained as a violinist as a child, before studying at London's Trinity College of Music.[citation needed] He later ventured into jazz and rock music, playing in a soul band called the Faboulistics.[citation needed] On leaving college, he composed music for commercials, which led to a job as an assistant to the composer Patrick Doyle on several film productions, including Much Ado About Nothing.
In 1995, Powell co-founded the London-based commercial music house Independently Thinking Music, which produced scores for more than 100 British and French commercials and independent films.
Powell's first film score was for the 1990 film Stay Lucky. He moved to Los Angeles in 1997, and scored his first major film, Face/Off. This was followed by Antz in 1998, the first film produced by DreamWorks Animation which he co-scored with fellow British composer Harry Gregson-Williams. Two years later the two collaborated again to compose the score to Chicken Run, and again the following year on Shrek, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. All subsequent Shrek films however, have been scored solely by Gregson-Williams. During 2001 he also scored Evolution, I Am Sam, Just Visiting, and Rat Race.
In 2002 Powell was hired to score The Bourne Identity, after Carter Burwell left the project, and has gone on to score all of director Doug Liman's subsequent films. He also returned to score the other two films in the series, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, which were both directed by British director Paul Greengrass.
Following the Bourne films, Powell collaborated with Liman again to score the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith. That year, he also scored Robots, going on to score all but one of subsequent films by Blue Sky Studios.
In 2006, he scored Greengrass' United 93. He also composed music for Ice Age: The Meltdown, following David Newman, who scored the first Ice Age film, as well as X-Men: The Last Stand, and Happy Feet, for which he won a Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for an Animated Feature Film. The following year he scored The Bourne Ultimatum. In 2008 he collaborated with composer Hans Zimmer to score Kung Fu Panda, and also wrote music that year for Jumper, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, Hancock, and Bolt. In 2009 he scored the third film of Ice Age series; Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
In 2010, Powell composed the score to How to Train Your Dragon. This was his sixth score for a DreamWorks Animation film, although the first where he composed the whole score himself. It also became his first work to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. That year, he has also scored Greengrass's Green Zone, and Knight and Day.
In 2013, he took a sabbatical year from film scoring and in April 2014, following the completion of his scores to sequels Rio 2 and How to Train Your Dragon 2, he announced his decision to take another break to compose concert music, including a 45-minute oratorio to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of World War I. The piece, named "A Prussian Requiem", premiered on 6 March 2016 at The Royal Festival Hall, London with Jose Serebrier conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra and a libretto by Michael Petry.
He composed Solo: A Star Wars Story, which was released in May 2018.
He has also scored many live-action films, of which his collaborations with directors Doug Liman and Paul Greengrass are perhaps the best known. These include the first three and the fifth Bourne films, United 93, and Green Zone. Powell was a member of Hans Zimmer's music studio, Remote Control Productions, and has collaborated frequently with other composers from the studio, including Harry Gregson-Williams and Zimmer himself.
Powell was originally trained as a violinist as a child, before studying at London's Trinity College of Music.[citation needed] He later ventured into jazz and rock music, playing in a soul band called the Faboulistics.[citation needed] On leaving college, he composed music for commercials, which led to a job as an assistant to the composer Patrick Doyle on several film productions, including Much Ado About Nothing.
In 1995, Powell co-founded the London-based commercial music house Independently Thinking Music, which produced scores for more than 100 British and French commercials and independent films.
Powell's first film score was for the 1990 film Stay Lucky. He moved to Los Angeles in 1997, and scored his first major film, Face/Off. This was followed by Antz in 1998, the first film produced by DreamWorks Animation which he co-scored with fellow British composer Harry Gregson-Williams. Two years later the two collaborated again to compose the score to Chicken Run, and again the following year on Shrek, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. All subsequent Shrek films however, have been scored solely by Gregson-Williams. During 2001 he also scored Evolution, I Am Sam, Just Visiting, and Rat Race.
In 2002 Powell was hired to score The Bourne Identity, after Carter Burwell left the project, and has gone on to score all of director Doug Liman's subsequent films. He also returned to score the other two films in the series, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, which were both directed by British director Paul Greengrass.
Following the Bourne films, Powell collaborated with Liman again to score the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith. That year, he also scored Robots, going on to score all but one of subsequent films by Blue Sky Studios.
In 2006, he scored Greengrass' United 93. He also composed music for Ice Age: The Meltdown, following David Newman, who scored the first Ice Age film, as well as X-Men: The Last Stand, and Happy Feet, for which he won a Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for an Animated Feature Film. The following year he scored The Bourne Ultimatum. In 2008 he collaborated with composer Hans Zimmer to score Kung Fu Panda, and also wrote music that year for Jumper, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, Hancock, and Bolt. In 2009 he scored the third film of Ice Age series; Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
In 2010, Powell composed the score to How to Train Your Dragon. This was his sixth score for a DreamWorks Animation film, although the first where he composed the whole score himself. It also became his first work to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. That year, he has also scored Greengrass's Green Zone, and Knight and Day.
In 2013, he took a sabbatical year from film scoring and in April 2014, following the completion of his scores to sequels Rio 2 and How to Train Your Dragon 2, he announced his decision to take another break to compose concert music, including a 45-minute oratorio to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of World War I. The piece, named "A Prussian Requiem", premiered on 6 March 2016 at The Royal Festival Hall, London with Jose Serebrier conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra and a libretto by Michael Petry.
He composed Solo: A Star Wars Story, which was released in May 2018.
Coming Back Around
John Powell Lyrics
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Cory Wong Last time you saw me I was shaking I will admit…
Cory Wong feat. Cody Fry Last time you saw me I was shaking I will admit…
Cory Wong; Cody Fry Last time you saw me I was shaking I will admit…
D.M.K Yeah I just left your crib and I ain't coming back I…
Endless Struggle I woke up today feeling like shit My head is pounding,…
Huxley Ware I click my fingers, you close your eyes We find a…
MONEYPHONE I know these days are numbered I know it ain't ever…
orchid mantis Coming back around Thereโฒs a light outside Can't see clearly…
Pascal Letoublon Youโฒve got me sayin' whatโฒs in my head Fillin' my mind…
We have lyrics for these tracks by John Powell:
Assassin's Tango I used to love But I had to kill her…
Assassin`s Tango I used to love But I had to kill her I used…
Barking At The Moon I have got so much to give, I swear I…
End Credits When the blood dries in my veins and my Heart feels…
For The Dancing And The Dreaming I'll swim and sail on savage seas With ne'er a fear…
Home At Last/Barking At The Moon I have got so much to give, I swear I…
I Thought I Lost You Let it begin! Nobody listens to me Don't hear a single thin…
See You Tomorrow I'm gonna take a freight train, down at the station I…
Smells Like Teen Spirit Load up on guns, bring your friends It's fun to lose…
The Bridge Just when you think Hope is lost And giving up Is all you…
The Leader of the Pack Mm--"Is she really going out with him? "Well, there she is,…
Train Disaster INSTRU mxmlyricstag MENTAL…
Where No One Goes Let the wind carry us To the clouds, hurry up, alright We…
Where No One Goes Reprise Let the wind carry us To the clouds, hurry up, alright We…
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine You'll never find, as long as you live Someone who loves…
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The Art of Drawing 4110
Am I the only one still here in 2022, crying over this amazing trilogy even after it finished?
patt zilla
No, you're not
Mikey Frederick
Nope you are not the only one lol
TheKingOfTheDragons
I was born 2 months before the movie came out so in conclusion, Yes
The Dragon Critic aka Lee O Brien
Your not. I actually recommended the HTTYD Trilogy to one of my teachers and she actually watched the first movie for the first time.
SKYFIRE DOESFUN
Nope
Connor McQuinn
Hiccup: I knew it, I'm dead.
Stoick: No, son, but you gave it your best shot.
Once of the best exchanges in the movie between Stoick and Hiccup!
JimBobJoeB0b
@King of The Monsters GET DOWN (for like the bazillionth time)
King of The Monsters
@ํ์๋ฆฌ Night Fury
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@Ed Wheezer i could get used to it