John Kurlander is a world-renowned music
recording engineer and score mixer whose extensive career ranges
from working with numerous classical and popular music artists to
recording hundreds of feature film scores and symphonies including
recording soloists and small ensembles as well as large orchestra
and choir. John joined the team at Abbey Road Studios at the age of
16. His first major assignment was as the assistant engineer on The
Beatles’ “ABBEY ROAD” LP. He quickly went on to become one of the
world’s leading recording engineers for classical music, orchestral
classic rock, musical theatre and then crossed over to film scores.
He is perhaps best known for his engineering and mixing work on
“THE LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING,” “THE LORD OF THE
RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS” AND “THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE
KING,” for which John took home 3 consecutive GRAMMYS for Best Score
Soundtrack Album and 3 consecutive TEC Awards for Best Film Sound
Production.
His recent notable projects include engineering the score
sessions for the Academy Award nominated THE HURT LOCKER (music by
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders) and the award-winning video game
score ASSASSIN’S CREED II (music by Jesper Kyd). |