All Access: John Powell - Episode 1

Have you ever wanted to sit down for an hour and half with John Powell and really get to know him and his process fully? Well now you can with our latest installment in the All Access series. We cover everything from John’s path into music and what really made him settle down to become a film composer. He takes us through his journey starting out working under Hans Zimmer in the 90’s, including teaming up with Harry Gregson-Williams. John talks extensively about his methods and processes, and you’ll really get to understand how he analyzes a scene or project. We talk about the state of the industry and why Hollywood’s obsession with violence caused him to quit action movies and focus solely on animation. Hear fun little details from his scores across his career, such as when The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman lost a bet that ended up causing him some discomfort to his testicles (yep, it’s a John Powell interview after all!). In deep sincerity John describes in immense detai