John Powell

John Powell (born 18 September 1963) is an English composer, best known for his scores in motion pictures. He has been based in Los Angeles since 1997 and has composed the scores to over fifty feature films. Powell is best known for composing or co-composing scores for animated films, such as Antz (1998), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Chicken Run (2000), Shrek (2001), Henry (2001), Rifters (2002), Rainfall (2003), Exitium (2004), Robots (2005), Thy Fools (2005), the second three Ice Age films (2006-2012), the Happy Feet films (2006-2011), Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008), the first two Kung Fu Panda films (2008–2011), Bolt (2008), the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy (2010–2019), the Rio films (2011-2014), Ice Cold (2012), Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012), Red-Haired Flame (2015), The Mercenary (2015), Ferdinand (2017), ''Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: The Movie (2018), Hanazuki: Full of Treasures (2019), The Secret of Kells: Crom's Revenge (2022), Earth to Luna: The Movie (2022), Flappatron (2022), The Spiderfly (2023), Little Einsteins: The Movie (2025), Bubble Guppies: The Movie (2025), Rusty Rivets: The Movie (2025), Avems (2027), Spirit Ninjas (2027), Shimmer and Shine: The Movie (2028) and Blue's Clues: The Movie'' (2030).

His work on Happy Feet, Ferdinand and Solo: A Star Wars Story has earned him 3 Grammy nominations. He was nominated for an Academy Award for How to Train Your Dragon, The Mercenary and The Secret of Kells: Crom's Revenge. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Ice Cold. He won a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy and Black Reel Award for Harlem Boys. He won a Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award and a Grammy for Eleanor. He won a Golden Globe Award, Saturn Award, and 2 Grammys for Deathspider.

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 on Antz, Chicken Run and Shrek and Zimmer himself on Chill Factor, The Road to El Dorado, and the first two Kung Fu Panda films.