John Powell

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, Robots, Happy Feet, three Ice Age films, Rio and its sequel, the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, Little Einsteins: The Movie and Blue's Clues: The Movie.