- John Powell
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Name = John Powell
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Born = birth date and age|1963|9|18|df=y
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Origin =London ,England flagicon|England
Genre =Film scores
Occupation =Composer , Conductor,Music producer
Instrument =Piano
Years_active = 1990-present
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film score composer born on 18 September 1963, and currently based inLos Angeles .Early life and career
Powell originally trained as a violinist as a child, before studying at London's
Trinity College of Music . He later ventured into jazz and rock music, playing in a soul band "The Fabulistics". On leaving college, he composed music for commercials, which led to a job as an assistant to the composerPatrick Doyle on several film productions, including "Much Ado About Nothing".In 1995, he 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.
Notable films scored by Powell
Since moving to the U.S. in 1997, he has scored a number of comedy and action films, including "Robots", "The Italian Job", "The Bourne Identity", "The Bourne Supremacy", "The Bourne Ultimatum", "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", "
Shrek ", "Chicken Run " (co-composed withHarry Gregson-Williams ), "Endurance", "", "Jumper", and "Face/Off ".Powell's additional credits include "
Drumline ", "", "United 93", "The Bourne Ultimatum", and "Happy Feet ", for which he received the first ever Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for an Animated Feature Film. He is one of the best known former members of the Remote Control (formerly known as Media Ventures) team of film composers and has a scoring style that incorporates both traditional orchestral and more modern, synthesized elements.Personal life
He lives in the United States, married to photographer
Melinda Lerner . They have a young son, 5 cats and a dog.Fact|date=April 2008Filmography
Cultural references
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' s composer,Yoko Kanno , used "The Bourne Identity"' s theme track for the film.
*"The Bourne Identity"' s track "Escape from Embassy" is used in the trailer for "Timeline".External links
* [http://www.johnpowellcomposer.com/ The Unofficial John Powell Website]
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* [http://www.soundtrack.net/composers/database/?id=171 SoundtrackNet - John Powell Biography]
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