<Tr> <Th> Instruments </Th> <Td> Piano, percussion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1990--present </Td> </Tr> <P> John Powell (born 18 September 1963) is an English composer, best known for his scores to motion pictures . He has been based in Los Angeles since 1997 and has composed the scores to over fifty feature films . He is particularly known for his scores for animated films, including Antz, Chicken Run, Shrek (all three co-composed with Harry Gregson - Williams), Robots, Happy Feet (and its sequel), three Ice Age sequels, Rio, How to Train Your Dragon, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, and its 2014 sequel . </P> <P> He has also scored many live - action films, of which his collaborations with directors Doug Liman and Paul Greengrass are perhaps the best known . These include the first three and the fifth Bourne films, United 93, and Green Zone . </P>

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