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John Powell(I)

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John Powell at an event for Kung Fu Panda (2008)
From the carpet of the New York premiere of 'Wicked: For Good,' IMDb talks to star Michelle Yeoh, choreographer Christopher Scott, and composer John Powell to look back at some of their favorite songs and dances from the franchise. Scott also reflects on how created a viral online video movement with his iconic choreography.
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John Powell was born on 18 September 1963 in London, England, UK. He is a composer, known for Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) and Jumper (2008). He was previously married to Melinda Lerner.
BornSeptember 18, 1963
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BornSeptember 18, 1963
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    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 47 wins & 103 nominations total

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    Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany, Thandiwe Newton, Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emilia Clarke, Charlotte Louise, and Joonas Suotamo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
    Solo: A Star Wars Story
    6.9
    • Composer
    • 2018
    Jay Baruchel, Randy Thom, America Ferrera, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and T.J. Miller in How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
    How to Train Your Dragon 2
    7.8
    • Composer
    • 2014
    Hayden Christensen in Jumper (2008)
    Jumper
    6.1
    • Composer
    • 2008
    Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and John Lithgow in Shrek (2001)
    Shrek
    7.9
    • Composer
    • 2001

    Credits

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    Composer

    • The Tpimes2008 Show
      • music by
      • Filming
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Shrek 5
      • composer
      • Completed
      • 2027
    • Alexandra Labelle, Nathan Lampone, and Tina Rico in Hocus Pocus (2025)
      Hocus Pocus
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • music
      • music by
      • 2026
    • Pierre Coffin in Minions & Monsters (2026)
      Minions & Monsters
      6.3
      • music by
      • 2026
    • Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in Wicked: For Good (2025)
      Wicked: For Good
      6.6
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Mason Thames in How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
      How to Train Your Dragon
      7.7
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in Wicked (2024)
      Wicked
      7.3
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Brian Cox, Deborah Findlay, Fiona Shaw, Ava Talbot, Sienna Sayer, Kuhu Agarwal, Jack Wisniewski, India Brown, Bronte Smith, Guz Khan, and Zazie Hayhurst in That Christmas (2024)
      That Christmas
      6.8
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Thelma the Unicorn (2024)
      Thelma the Unicorn
      5.7
      • music by
      • 2024
    • Avumile Qongqo in The Last Ranger (2024)
      The Last Ranger
      6.9
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Danny DeVito, Elizabeth Banks, Tresi Gazal, Kumail Nanjiani, and Caspar Jennings in Migration (2023)
      Migration
      6.6
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Michael J. Fox in Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)
      Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
      8.1
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Harry Styles and Florence Pugh in Don't Worry Darling (2022)
      Don't Worry Darling
      6.3
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Locked Down (2021)
      Locked Down
      5.3
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • Harrison Ford in The Call of the Wild (2020)
      The Call of the Wild
      6.7
      • Composer
      • 2020
    • BPW Unstoppable 2
      Video
      • original music by
      • 2020
    • Jay Baruchel in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
      How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
      7.4
      • music by
      • 2019

    Music Department

    • Pierre Coffin in Minions & Monsters (2026)
      Minions & Monsters
      6.3
      • choir conductor
      • 2026
    • Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in Wicked: For Good (2025)
      Wicked: For Good
      6.6
      • score choir conductor
      • 2025
    • Mason Thames in How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
      How to Train Your Dragon
      7.7
      • choir conducted by
      • 2025
    • Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in Wicked (2024)
      Wicked
      7.3
      • choir conductor
      • 2024
    • Zooey Deschanel, Zachary Levi, Benjamin Bottani, Lil Rel Howery, and Tanya Reynolds in Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)
      Harold and the Purple Crayon
      5.8
      • score consultant
      • 2024
    • Thelma the Unicorn (2024)
      Thelma the Unicorn
      5.7
      • choir conductor
      • 2024
    • Dustin Hoffman, Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Viola Davis, James Hong, Ian McShane, Cece Valentina, Lincoln Nakamura, and Awkwafina in Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
      Kung Fu Panda 4
      6.3
      • composer: theme music
      • 2024
    • Avumile Qongqo in The Last Ranger (2024)
      The Last Ranger
      6.9
      Short
      • music producer
      • 2024
    • Harry Styles and Florence Pugh in Don't Worry Darling (2022)
      Don't Worry Darling
      6.3
      • conductor
      • 2022
    • Ice Age: Scrat Tales (2022)
      Ice Age: Scrat Tales
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • composer: end titles
      • musician: accordion
      • 2022
    • Simon Pegg in The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)
      The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
      4.4
      • original themes by (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • John Leguizamo, Wilmer Valderrama, Angie Cepeda, María Cecilia Botero, Carolina Gaitan, Stephanie Beatriz, Diane Guerrero, Adassa, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Rhenzy Feliz, Jess Darrow, and Mauro Castillo in Encanto (2021)
      Encanto
      7.2
      • score coordinator
      • 2021
    • Star Wars Audio Comics: YouTube Channel (2014)
      Star Wars Audio Comics: YouTube Channel
      5.2
      TV Series
      • reused music
      • 2019–2021
    • Jonathan Leiter in Star Wars: Age of Rebellion (2021)
      Star Wars: Age of Rebellion
      TV Series
      • reused music
      • 2021
    • Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Locked Down (2021)
      Locked Down
      5.3
      • score composer
      • score performer
      • score producer
      • 2021

    Soundtrack

    • Laura Dern and Will Arnett in Is This Thing On? (2025)
      Is This Thing On?
      6.7
      • performer: "Theme from 'The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild'"
      • writer: "Theme from 'The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild'"
      • 2025
    • Mason Thames in How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
      How to Train Your Dragon
      7.7
      • writer: "You Are My Homeward"
      • 2025
    • Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal, and Paul Mescal in Gladiator II (2024)
      Gladiator II
      6.4
      • writer: "End Credit #1"
      • 2024
    • Danny DeVito, Elizabeth Banks, Tresi Gazal, Kumail Nanjiani, and Caspar Jennings in Migration (2023)
      Migration
      6.6
      • producer: "Survivor"
      • 2023
    • Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, David Bradley, Lynn Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, Josie Sedgwick-Davies, and Bella Ramsey in Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)
      Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
      6.3
      • writer: "Original Chicken Run Themes"
      • 2023
    • Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Wagner Moura, Ray Winstone, Olivia Colman, Harvey Guillén, Samson Kayo, and Florence Pugh in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
      Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
      7.9
      • writer: "The End / Happily Ever After", "It Is You (I Have Loved)" (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Simon Pegg in The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)
      The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
      4.4
      • writer: "Themes"
      • 2022
    • Diminishing Returns Diminisodes (2017)
      Diminishing Returns Diminisodes
      5.4
      Podcast Series
      • Soundtrack
      • 2020–2021
    • Monty and Patrik S. Jørgensen in Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith: Comic Dub (2019)
      Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith: Comic Dub
      TV Series
      • performer: "Train Heist"
      • 2020
    • Top 10 Best Animated Films of the 2010 Decade (2019)
      Top 10 Best Animated Films of the 2010 Decade
      6.3
      TV Special
      • writer: "Dragon Racing" (uncredited)
      • 2019
    • Top 10 Worst Animated Films of the 2010 Decade (2019)
      Top 10 Worst Animated Films of the 2010 Decade
      5.0
      TV Movie
      • writer: "How Bad Can I Be" (uncredited)
      • 2019
    • Diminishing Returns (2016)
      Diminishing Returns
      3.1
      Podcast Series
      • Soundtrack ("Chicken in the Pot")
      • 2018
    • Burger Quiz (2001)
      Burger Quiz
      8.4
      TV Series
      • writer: "Fairytale"
      • 2018
    • Jeremy Sisto, Renato Falcão, Anthony Anderson, Robert L. Baird, Laura Bayonas, Ron Burch, Jordi Caballero, Bobby Cannavale, Thomas Cardone, Brad Copeland, John Davis, Johnny Gidcomb, Richard Gould, Harry Hitner, Gabriel Iglesias, David Kidd, Boris Kodjoe, Robert Lawson, Munro Leaf, Kate McKinnon, Belita Moreno, Tim Nordquist, James Palumbo, Sally Phillips, John Powell, Carlos Reig-Plaza, Don Rhymer, Carlos Saldanha, Lisa Marie Stetler, David Tennant, John Cena, Nazanin Homa, Alvaro Mendoza, Bruce Anderson, Juanes, Peyton Manning, Raúl Esparza, Cindy Slattery, Jason Fricchione, Gina Rodriguez, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Mile Kekin, Bernardo De Paula, Flula Borg, Luis Carlos de La Lombana, Andreas A. Esparza, Susana G. Esteban, Adrian Javier, Carter Sand, Jet Jurgensmeyer, Ana Patricia González, Jerrod Carmichael, Andre Robinson, Daveed Diggs, Julia Scarpa Saldanha, Maria Peyramaure, Andrea Lareo, Susana Ballesteros, Anna Clols, Jack Gore, Julian Zane, Rafael Scarpa Saldanha, Karla Martínez, Tim Federle, Colin H. Murphy, Lily Day, and Nile Diaz in Ferdinand (2017)
      Ferdinand
      6.7
      • arranger: "Home (Film Version)"
      • producer: "Home (Film Version)"
      • 2017
    • John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Ray Romano, and Chris Wedge in Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
      Ice Age: Collision Course
      5.7
      • writer: "End Credits"
      • 2016

    Videos5

    Celebrating the Music and Choreography of 'Wicked: For Good'
    Interview 3:13
    Celebrating the Music and Choreography of 'Wicked: For Good'
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    Trailer 2:36
    Trailer #1
    Trailer #1
    Trailer 2:36
    Trailer #1
    Ice Age: Continental Drift
    Trailer 2:15
    Ice Age: Continental Drift
    Rio
    Promo 0:32
    Rio
    Rio
    Promo 0:17
    Rio

    Personal details

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    • Born
      • September 18, 1963
      • London, England, UK
    • Spouse
      • Melinda Lerner? - 2016 (her death, 1 child)

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      His 2010 score for the film How to Train Your Dragon earned him his first Academy Award nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards.
    • Trademark
      Use of live percusions, especially the Indian Conga drum, which he first used in The Bourne Supremacy.

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