John Kurlander

John Kurlander is probably best known for his engineering and mixing work on the Lord of the Rings. He took home 3 consecutive Grammys for best score soundtrack album and 3 consecutive TEC awards for best film sound production.

John started out at Abbey Road Studios when he was 16. His first major assignment was to work as the assistant engineer on the Beatles “Abbey Road” LP (which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019) at the request of George Martin and Geoff Emerick. During his time at Abbey Road John recorded a wide variety of pop and rock recordings and then moved on to symphonic orchestras. For EMI Classics, he recorded many of the world’s major orchestras including Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, international performers such as Placido Domingo and Itzhak Perlman, and over 100 Broadway and West End original cast albums. By the early 1980s John Kurlander had become the engineer of choice for many bands recording with orchestras such as Elton John, Toto, Extreme, Everything But The Girl, Greg Lake, Pete Townshend and Ozzy Osbourne.

After he left Abbey Road in 1996 he moved to Los Angeles to concentrate on freelance film scoring and video game soundtracks. His film and video game credits include work with composers Howard Shore, Marco Beltrami (Scream Trilogy, Hurt Locker, I Robot, Logan) and music for a series of Star Wars games, World of Warcraft, Remember Me, Assassin’s Creed, Skyrim and Overwatch to name just a few.