John Powell

Composer. Born 18 September 1963 in London, England.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nominations

Born

18 September 1963, London, England

Active

1997–present

Frequently works with

Patrick Worlock, John C. Donkin, Matt Damon, Paul Greengrass, Carlos Saldanha, Dean DeBlois, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

67Fi1m

63Critics

We rate John’s work 4 points above the press, across 36 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above10

60 to 7917

Under 609

Of 36 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 36 films
Screen time: 66 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $14.1bn across 35 films with figures
Academy Awards: 2 Oscar nominations
Active: 1997–present

Genres

Adventure19
Family18
Action16
Animation15
Comedy15
Drama9

Best and worst on Fi1m

88BestUnited 932006

32WorstGigli2003

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

91990s

432000s

222010s

142020s

Awards

Academy Awards2 nominated

Nominated2025Best Original Score · Wicked
Nominated2011Best Original Score · How to Train Your Dragon

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.