John Powell - The Call of the Wild (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) '2020

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About John Powell
Los Angeles-based English composer John Powell crafts scores for major motion
pictures, with a focus on animated films and sci-fi/action movies. Following his
first major score for Face/Off, he went on to compose for the Jason Bourne and
the Ice Age series. In addition to multiple Saturn, BAFTA, and Annie Award
nominations, Powell also received a Grammy nomination in 2008 for his score for
the animated penguin flick Happy Feet, and an Oscar nomination in 2011 for his
score for How to Train Your Dragon.
Born in East Sussex in 1963, Powell got his start with television work, writing
from 1989 to 1993 on the British series Stay Lucky and later for a single season
of the U.S. cop drama High Incident in 1996. He graduated to the big screen in
1997, delivering his first film score for John Woos Nicolas Cage/John Travolta
action flick Face/Off. In the early 2000s, he composed The Road to El Dorado
with Hans Zimmer and Chicken Run with Harry Gregson-Williams, the first of his
many collaborations with DreamWorks. Powell first met Zimmer and
Gregson-Williams when he became a member of Remote Control Productions, a film
score company based out of Santa Monica founded by Jay Rifkin and Zimmer. In
addition to El Dorado, Powell also collaborated on a number of films with
Zimmer, including their first together, 1999s Chill Factor, and the first two
Kung Fu Panda films. As for his work with Gregson-Williams, the pair followed
Chicken Run with Shrek in 2001.
In 2002, Powell signed on for The Bourne Identity, delivering his first
contribution to the series that extended into the next decade. In the early
aughts, his focus remained primarily in the high-paced action realm with The
Italian Job, Agent Cody Banks, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. In 2006, he took over
duties for the Ice Age series and co-composed the score for Happy Feet with Gia
Farrell. Their efforts were honored with a Grammy nomination in 2008. Other
late-aughts output included X-Men: The Last Stand, P.S. I Love You, Dr. Seuss
Horton Hears a Who!, Kung Fu Panda, and the third installment of the Ice Age
series, Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
Powell kicked off 2010 with How to Train Your Dragon, which was nominated for an
Academy Award in 2011. That year, he continued his work with Kung Fu Panda and
Happy Feet on their respective sequels, also starting a relationship with
another animated property, Rio. Sequels to Ice Age, Rio, How to Train Your
Dragon, and Bourne carried him into 2016. In 2018, Powell briefly took over the
reins from John Williams with his score for Solo: A Star Wars Story. ~ Neil Z.
Yeung

Tracklist:
01. John Powell - Wake the Girls (2:37)
02. John Powell - Train North (4:02)
03. John Powell - Skagway, Alaska (2:31)
04. John Powell - Snowy Climb (1:25)
05. John Powell - First Sledding Attempt (2:27)
06. John Powell - The Ghost Wolf of Dreams (1:06)
07. John Powell - Joining the Team (2:59)
08. John Powell - Ice Rescue (2:26)
09. John Powell - Sometimes Natures Cruel and Gods Fight (4:57)
10. John Powell - Buck Takes the Lead (4:54)
11. John Powell - We Carry Love (3:02)
12. John Powell - Couldnt Find the Words (2:22)
13. John Powell - Overpacked Sled (2:31)
14. John Powell - Newfangled Telegram (2:23)
15. John Powell - In My Bed? (2:54)
16. John Powell - Buck & Thorntons Big Adventure (4:36)
17. John Powell - Finding Bears and Love in the Woods (2:57)
18. John Powell - Theyre All Gone (2:51)
19. John Powell - Rewilding (3:48)
20. John Powell - Animal Nature (2:34)
21. John Powell - Come Say Goodbye (2:09)
22. John Powell - What an Adventure (3:02)
23. John Powell - The Call of the Wild (2:51)

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