Powell takes over Disney project from Zimmer

John Powell is the new composer hired to score Walt Disney Pictures’ upcoming family movie Mars Needs Moms. Originally, Hans Zimmer was attached to the film but he had to withdraw from the project due to a scheduling conflict – Zimmer is, among other things, doing the score for the animated Rango (by Pirates of the Caribbean helmer Gore Verbinski) which is due out in March 2011, just like Mars Needs Moms.

More on this news' story at: http://moviescoremagazine.com/2010/03/powell-takes-over-disney-project-from-zimmer/

JOHN POWELL to score "Knight and Day"

Knight and Day, the upcoming action comedy starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, will be scored by John Powell (best known for other action films such as the Bourne trilogy, X-Men: The Last Stand and Hancock). The film is directed by James Mangold, a director who has a habit of changing composers from project to project (before Powell, he has worked with Howard Shore on Cop Land, Alan Silvestri on Identity and Marco Beltrami on 3:10 to Yuma, to name a few).

For more info, visit the original source and read the whole article here: http://moviescoremagazine.com/2010/01/john-powell-hired-to-score-knight-and-day/

JOHN POWELL's "ICE AGE 3" [sound clips]

Check out the SOUND CLIPS from the score, over at colosseum.de

CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK.

JOHN POWELL - [CD] detail on ICE AGE 3

Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs


1. Code Blue (1:44)
2. Pregnant (1:56)
3. Leaving The Herd (1:50)
4. The Cavern (:33)
5. Magic Eggs (:13)
6. Egg Roll (2:08)
7. The Cliff (:19)
8. Sid’s Kids (1:36)
9. Nest (1:22)
10. Playground (1:34)
11. Scrat Finds Furry Love* (:41)
12. Momma (3:38)
13. Entry To Lost World (1:36)
14. Dinosaur Vista (:34)
15. Meet Buck (2:59)
16. Flower of Death (2:49)
17. Nose Job (1:35)
18. Trek (1:00)
19. Chasm of Death (:22)
20. Big Smelly Crack (3:10)
21. We shall raise them Vegetarian (2:20)
22. Campfire Stories (1:19)
23. Flashback (:59)
24. Nite Nite (:45)
25. You’ll Never Tango* (:48)
26. Herd Crossing (:37)
27. Plates of Woe (3:58)
28. Battle Cry (:16)
29. Buck’s Theme (:38)
30. Battles (4:05)
31. Over The Falls (:13)
32. Rescues (3:33)
33. Alone Again† Performed by Chad Fischer (1:54)
34. To The Portal (:54)
35. Rudy Fight (2:12)
36. Farewell (1:42)
37. Out Of This World (:33)
38. Buck Returns (1:08)
39. Welcome To The Ice Age (1:58)
40. At Home With The Scrats* (:26)
41. The Call Of The Siren Acorn‡ (:16)
42. True Love For Our Hero‡ (:23)
43. End Credits (7:00)
44. You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine Performed by Lou Rawls (4:26)

More at varesesarabande.com

JOHN POWELL'S "ICE AGE III" cd cover

COMPLEMENTARY NEWS ITEM TO OUR PREVIOUS REPORT ON THE SCORE RELEASE ON CD, FOUND HERE.

More info on the score release, here at colosseum.de

JOHN POWELL's "ICE AGE: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" released on [CD]

ICE AGE: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Music Composed by John Powell


Ray Romano
John Leguizamo
Denis Leary
Queen Latifah

The sub-zero heroes from the worldwide blockbusters Ice Age and Ice Age: The Meltdown are back, on an incredible adventure ... for the ages. Scrat is still trying to nab the ever-elusive nut (while, maybe, finding true love); Manny (Ray Romano) and Ellie (Queen Latifah) await the birth of their minimammoth, Sid the sloth (John Leguizamo) gets into trouble when he creates his own makeshift family by hijacking some dinosaur eggs; and Diego the saber-toothed tiger (Denis Leary) wonders if he’s growing too “soft” hanging with his pals. On a mission to rescue the hapless Sid, the gang ventures into a mysterious underground world, where they have some close encounters with dinosaurs, battle flora and fauna run amuck – and meet a relentless, one-eyed, dino-hunting weasel named Buck.

After such blockbusters as Shrek, Happy Feet, Horton Hears A Who and Kung Fu Panda, John Powell (The Bourne Trilogy) is the premier composer for characters born of CGI. Powell now returns to add dinosaurs to his menagerie of ogres, penguins, pandas, and Whos.

20th Century Fox will open ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS nationwide on July 1.

Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 066 978 2
Release Date: 06/23/09

Original link at varese sarabande's website, here.

JOHN POWELL to score "HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON"

Dreamworks Animation has confirmed to Upcoming Film Scores that John Powell will score How to Train Your Dragon, the studio's film version of the Cressida Cowell children's book.

Powell's collaboration with Zimmer led to the big break in his career when he moved to the USA in 1997 and joined the then Media Ventures (now Remote Control Productions) organization. Since then, Powell's career has hit the top with box office successes such as "Face/Off" (1997), "Chicken Run" (2000, co-composed with Harry Gregson-Williams), "Shrek" (2001, co-composed with Harry Gregson-Williams), "The Bourne Identity" (2002), and "The Bourne Supremacy" (2004) among his list of credits. Powell has since left the Media Ventures stable and become an independent composer, with largely spectacular results: he scored the three biggest box office hits of his career (X-Men: The Last Stand, Happy Feet and Ice Age: The Meltdown) in 2006. He was nominated for Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music by BAFTA in 2002 for his work with Gregson-Williams on "Shrek". (adaptated biography based on the moviemusicuk.us original text)

As for his new assignment, "How to Train Your Dragon" , the movie is the riotous story of Hiccup's (Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, heir of the Viking chiefdom, but a boy with one very big problem: a hero he is not) quest to hunt down the fiercest dragon, bring it into submission, and-hopefully-pass his initiation. Instead, he ends up with the smallest, most ornery dragon-it's even toothless! Thus begins the hijinx of the world's most lovable, unlikely hero and a most reluctant "beast." Packed with energetic drawings and plenty of action, this boisterous tale is just right for fantasy fans or anyone with a spirit of adventure. Based on the book by Cressida Cowell.

Original news' source: upcominfilmscores.blogspot.com

New interview with composer JOHN POWELL

British film composer John Powell talks to Tommy Pearson about his hugely successful career so far.

Powell outlines his rise to the top of the industry, from his start in commercials and production, working as assistant to Patrick Doyle, to his big breaks as part of Hans Zimmer's Media Ventures in the 1990s. He talks about his work on films such as Face/Off, Chicken Run, the Bourne trilogy, United 93, Happy Feet, Alfie, The Italian Job and looks forward to his work on his latest collaboration with director Paul Greengrass, Green Zone.

John Powell Interview
[Length: 50 mins / Recorded Jan 2009] -
CLICK HERE FOR ORIGINAL ARTICLE AND SOURCE.

JOHN POWELL | Disney's "BOLT" [CD]

American composer John Powell, possibly the brightest "graduate" of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Studios, has a new animated feature by Disney being released shortly, entitled Bolt.

If you click on the movie's title just before you'll get the relative info whilst the score, released on November 18, 2008 by Disney and features 19 score cues. You can view the artwork, listen to sound clips and find more info on the relative Amazon.com page, HERE.

On a side-note, be sure to check out the excellent and heavily informative unofficial website on John Powell, HERE.