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. Powell is best known for composing and/or co-composing scores for animated films, such as the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy (2010–2019) and Dr. Seuss' The Lorax.
Powell was a member of Hans Zimmer's music studio, Remote Control Productions, and has collaborated frequently with other composers from the studio, including Shrek and Zimmer himself on the first two Kung Fu Panda films.