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John Kurlander

  • Music Department
  • Sound Department
  • Additional Crew
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John Kurlander is known for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).
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      • 8 wins & 14 nominations total

    Known for

    Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    8.9
    Movie
    • Music Department
    • 2001
    Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    9.0
    Movie
    • Music Department
    • 2003
    Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Christopher Lee, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    8.8
    Movie
    • Music Department
    • 2002
    Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, and Jake Abel in The Host (2013)
    The Host
    5.8
    Movie
    • Music Department
    • 2013

    Credits

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    Music Department

    • South of Midnight
      • music recording engineer, orchestral mixing
      • In Production
      • Video Game
      • 2025
    • Implosion: Zero Day
      • sound engineer
      • In Production
    • Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force (2025)
      Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force
      6.5
      • music recording engineer
      • score mixer
      • 2025
    • World of Warcraft: 20 Years of Music (2024)
      World of Warcraft: 20 Years of Music
      • music recording engineer
      • score mixer
      • 2024
    • Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance (2024)
      Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance
      6.5
      TV Series
      • score mixed by
      • score recorded by
      • 2024
    • Star Wars: Outlaws (2024)
      Star Wars: Outlaws
      7.0
      Video Game
      • music recording engineer
      • score mixer
      • 2024
    • Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023)
      Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms
      6.7
      • music recording engineer
      • score mixer
      • 2023
    • Diablo IV (2023)
      Diablo IV
      7.7
      Video Game
      • music recording engineer
      • orchestral mixing
      • recording engineer ...
      • 2023
    • World of Warcraft: Dragonflight (2022)
      World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
      7.3
      Video Game
      • music recording engineer
      • score mixer
      • 2022
    • World of Warcraft: Dragonflight (2022)
      World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
      6.5
      Short
      • music recording engineer
      • score mixer
      • 2022
    • A Plague Tale: Requiem (2022)
      A Plague Tale: Requiem
      8.5
      Video Game
      • music recording engineer
      • score mixer
      • 2022
    • Overwatch 2 (2022)
      Overwatch 2
      5.4
      Video Game
      • music recording engineer
      • score mixer
      • scoring mixer
      • 2022
    • Mending the Line (2022)
      Mending the Line
      6.7
      • score mixer
      • 2022
    • Dying Light 2: Stay Human (2022)
      Dying Light 2: Stay Human
      7.5
      Video Game
      • score mixer
      • 2022
    • Jing Wu, Ziyi Zhang, Zheng Xu, and Teng Shen in My Country, My Parents (2021)
      My Country, My Parents
      6.1
      • music recording engineer
      • score mixer
      • 2021
    • Eden (2021)
      Eden
      6.6
      TV Mini Series
      • mixed by
      • 2021
    • The Me You Can't See (2021)
      The Me You Can't See
      5.5
      TV Mini Series
      • music editor
      • 2021

    Sound Department

    • Implosion: Zero Day
      • sound mixer
      • In Production
    • Lost Sphear (2017)
      Lost Sphear
      6.4
      Video Game
      • recording mix engineer
      • 2017
    • Howard Shore in Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony: A Composer's Journey Through Middle-Earth (2004)
      Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony: A Composer's Journey Through Middle-Earth
      7.7
      Video
      • balance engineer
      • 2004
    • George Harrison in Concert for George (2003)
      Concert for George
      8.6
      • surround sound consultant
      • 2003
    • The Watcher (2000)
      The Watcher
      5.3
      • sound engineer
      • 2000
    • Jonathan Taylor Thomas in Walking Across Egypt (1999)
      Walking Across Egypt
      7.2
      • sound mix engineer
      • sound recording engineer
      • 1999
    • Sharon Stone and Jean-Luke Figueroa in Gloria (1999)
      Gloria
      5.2
      • recording engineer
      • 1999
    • Gold and Silver Gala with Placido Domingo (1996)
      Gold and Silver Gala with Placido Domingo
      8.0
      TV Special
      • balance engineer
      • 1996
    • Tom Hanks, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, and Tom Everett Scott in That Thing You Do! (1996)
      That Thing You Do!
      7.0
      • recording engineer
      • 1996
    • Perlman in Russia (1992)
      Perlman in Russia
      7.0
      TV Special
      • balance engineer
      • 1992

    Additional Crew

    • Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez in Resident Evil (2002)
      Resident Evil
      6.6
      • technical supervisor: Marco Beltrami
      • 2002

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • John J. Kurlander
    • Other works
      Legend of Zelda fan album, Twilight Symphony, by Zelda Reorchestrated - Recording Engineer

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