Recordists & Assistant Engineers
Chris Barrett, Recordist/Editor
Chris, our most senior recordist, has established himself as one of the most highly regarded Pro Tools recordists and score editors within film scoring. Bringing with him a wealth of technical and recording knowledge, Chris is an asset to all sessions and much in demand, both at AIR and on external projects.
He has worked with orchestras and choirs for a wide variety of film soundtracks and scores – including Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Lorne Balfe), 21 Bridges (Henry Jackman and Alex Belcher) and IT Chapter Two (Benjamin Wallfisch).
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John Prestage, Recordist / Assistant
John joined AIR in 2011 and works on high-profile film and band projects. Since Hans Zimmer’s Interstellar in 2014, he has regularly taken the role of Pro Tools recordist on many major film scores including Isle of Dogs by Alexander Desplat, Red Sparrow by James Newton-Howard, Lady in the Van by George Fenton , alongside his work on album projects for Adele, Biffy Clyro, Muse, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and many others.
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Laurence Anslow, Recordist / Assistant
Laurence joined AIR in 2011 after graduating from the Tonmeister course at the University of Surrey. Since then he has worked on a collection of high-profile productions as a Pro Tools recordist, including Dunkirk (Hans Zimmer), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton), Loving Vincent (Clint Mansell), Mary Queen of Scots (Max Richter) and The Crown (Martin Phipps).
He has also assisted on recordings by Joshua Bell of Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy/Violin Concerto No.1, and by Inon Barnatan of Beethoven’s Trio/Emperor and Violin Concertos, as well as albums by Paul McCartney (New), Mumford & Sons (Wilder Mind), Muse (The Second Law), and Coldplay (A Head Full of Dreams).
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Alex Ferguson, Engineer
Clients & Collaborators: Jeremy Holland-Smith, Alan Menken, Christopher Nightingale, Benji Pasek, Justin Paul, Max Richter, Joby Talbot
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Jack Mills, Assistant Engineer
Jack joined AIR in October 2018 from Abbey Road Studios. He works as ProTools Operator and Editor on film, TV and game scores. Recent projects include Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power (Bear McCreary), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (Lorne Balfe), Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (Harry Gregson-Williams) and Migration (John Powell).
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Ashley Andrew-Jones, Runner
Ash has been a member of the AIR team since 2017, first joining while studying on the Tonmeister course at the University of Surrey. Since graduating in 2019 he now regularly works as a ProTools Recordist and Score Editor for Film, TV and Video Game projects.
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Gianluca Massimo, Engineer
Clients & Collaborators: David Arnold, Guy Farley, George Fenton, Bear McCreary, Moldanazar, Adam Saunders, Arthur Sharpe, Matthew Slater, Nathan Stornetta, Yungblud
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Jedidiah Rimell, Runner
Jed is an assistant engineer at AIR Studios, having joined the team as a runner in August 2020. Following his graduation from SAE London in 2016, Jed set off to work as a freelancer across both live and studio applications for the next three years.
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