{"id":416,"date":"2022-08-03T13:24:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T13:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guitarfusion.com\/classroom\/?page_id=416"},"modified":"2022-08-03T13:56:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T13:56:22","slug":"john-powell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.guitarfusion.com\/classroom\/?page_id=416","title":{"rendered":"John Powell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guitarfusion.com\/classroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/john-powell.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-417 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/guitarfusion.com\/classroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/john-powell-300x182.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guitarfusion.com\/classroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/john-powell-300x182.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.guitarfusion.com\/classroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/john-powell.jpeg 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>John Powell<\/b> (born 18 September 1963) is an English composer, conductor, pianist, and record producer, best known for his film scores.<\/p>\n<p>He has been based in Los Angeles since 1997 and has composed the scores to over seventy feature films.<\/p>\n<p><sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>Powell is best known for composing and\/or co-composing scores for animated films, such as <i><a title=\"Antz\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antz\">Antz<\/a><\/i> (1998), <i><a title=\"The Road to El Dorado\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Road_to_El_Dorado\">The Road to El Dorado<\/a><\/i> (2000), <i><a title=\"Chicken Run\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicken_Run\">Chicken Run<\/a><\/i> (2000), <i><a title=\"Robots (2005 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robots_(2005_film)\">Robots<\/a><\/i> (2005), the <a title=\"Ice Age: The Meltdown\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ice_Age:_The_Meltdown\">second<\/a> <a title=\"Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ice_Age:_Dawn_of_the_Dinosaurs\">through<\/a> <a title=\"Ice Age: Continental Drift\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ice_Age:_Continental_Drift\">fourth<\/a><i><a title=\"Ice Age (franchise)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ice_Age_(franchise)\">Ice Age<\/a><\/i> films (2006\u20132012), the <i><a title=\"Happy Feet\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Happy_Feet\">Happy<\/a> <a title=\"Happy Feet Two\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Happy_Feet_Two\">Feet<\/a><\/i> films (2006\u20132011), <i><a title=\"Horton Hears a Who! (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horton_Hears_a_Who!_(film)\">Dr. Seuss&#8217; Horton Hears a Who!<\/a><\/i> (2008), <i><a title=\"Bolt (2008 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolt_(2008_film)\">Bolt<\/a><\/i> (2008), the <i><a title=\"How to Train Your Dragon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/How_to_Train_Your_Dragon\">How to Train Your Dragon<\/a><\/i> trilogy (2010\u20132019), the <i><a title=\"Rio (2011 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rio_(2011_film)\">Rio<\/a><\/i> <a title=\"Rio 2\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rio_2\">films<\/a>(2011\u20132014), <i><a title=\"The Lorax (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Lorax_(film)\">Dr. Seuss&#8217; The Lorax<\/a><\/i> (2012), and <i><a title=\"Ferdinand (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ferdinand_(film)\">Ferdinand<\/a><\/i> (2017).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Powell (born 18 September 1963) is an English composer, conductor, pianist, and record producer, best known for his film scores. He has been based in Los Angeles since 1997 and has composed the scores to over seventy feature films. 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