John Powell (born September 18, 1963^[1]) is a British film composer who composed the music score for 2018's Solo: A Star Wars Story. He is the head composer of DreamWorks Animation.

Powell grew up loving the 19th century orchestral music of composers Brahms, Sibelius, and Tchaikovsky, before encountering the rock music of Queen, Thin Lizzy, and Bruce Springsteen. His eclectic blend of musical tastes then expanded to Björk, Massive Attack, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and, closer to his work on Solo, the Punch Brothers, Parno Graszt, and Childish Gambino's album "Awaken, My Love!". Coincidentally, Gambino is the stage name of actor Donald Glover, who portrayed Lando Calrissian in Solo.^[2]

The score of Solo: A Star Wars Story was recorded in 2018 mainly at Abbey Road Studios. The Enfys Nest theme features a Bulgarian women's choir, Vanya Moneva, whose voices were recorded in the same year in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[3]

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• John Powell to Score Untitled Han Solo Movie on StarWars.com (backup link)
• The Star Wars Show: Easter Eggs on the Set of Solo: A Star Wars Story and Composer John Powell! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• John Powell on Scoring the "Completely Absorbing World" of Solo: A Star Wars Story on StarWars.com (backup link)

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• Official website
• John Powell (@johnpowellmusic) on Facebook (backup link (johnpowellmusic) not verified!)
• John Powell (@johnj_powell) on Instagram (backup link (johnj_powell) not verified!)
• John Powell on Wikipedia
• John Powell at the Internet Movie Database
• 'Solo: A Star Wars Story': John Powell on His Score, John Williams by Jon Burlingame on Variety (May 24, 2018) (archived from the original on September 11, 2020)
• John Powell on Solo: A Star Wars Story on the John Powell YouTube channel (backup link)