John Powell

British film composer. Born: 18 September 1963 in London, England, UK. As a young accomplished violinist, violist and guitarist, Powell studied at London's Trinity College of Music, focusing on composition. While there he earned the John Halford and Boosey and Hawkes Bursary Music College Prizes. In 1988 he began to compose music for commercials, and gradually worked his way towards independent and feature film…