ABOUT

Janet Grab is an MPSE Golden Reel-nominated music editor, audio engineer, and classically trained musician. She has served as a juror for Best Sound at the BAFTA Cymru Awards and as a guest lecturer at the Royal Academy of Music.

Ever fascinated by exploring the relationship between storytelling, sound, and music, Janet’s experience and versatility have led her to work across a broad range of acclaimed audio and audiovisual productions, from international feature film blockbusters to independent high-end jazz and classical albums, and everything in between.

Janet enjoys focusing on creating music and soundscapes that support the full story arc and establish the tone for increased emotional impact to tell the story effectively.

Drawing on her unique skill set and well-rounded musical and technical background allows Janet to apply a flexible, collaborative, and detail oriented approach and to use her creativity to structure workflows in a way that provides the best technical conditions to help realise the artistic vision.

POST-PRODUCTION

Janet Grab has amassed an impressive list of credits featuring some of the biggest names in film.

She served as supervising music editor and score editor on The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (executive produced by Peter Jackson), and as music editor on the box office hit musical Wonka (directed by Paul King) for nearly a year and a half throughout all stages of postproduction – which earned her an MPSE Golden Reel nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Feature Motion Picture. In 2023, Janet served as a juror for Best Sound at the BAFTA Cymru Awards.

She has worked for a range of studios and production companies, including 20th Century Studios, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Focus Features, Heyday Films, Netflix, Walt Disney Studios, MRC, LuckyChap Entertainment, StudioCanal, New Line Cinema, ILM, Cinesite, and Hulu, among others.

Janet’s work reflects a deep understanding of complex, long-term workflows and a strong instinct for creative collaboration, enabling her to respond with agility to both the artistic vision and technical demands of each production.

Her credits span a distinguished range of genres and musical styles, from drama, including Wuthering Heights by Emerald Fennell, scored by Anthony Willis with original songs by Charli XCX, and two Downton Abbey films featuring John Lunn’s acclaimed, multi-award-winning score; to comedy, including ‘Office Romance’, directed by Ol Parker and starring Brett Goldstein and Jennifer Lopez; to spy, crime, and mystery thrillers such as Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag and Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile, with Patrick Doyle’s Ivor Novello-nominated score; to fantasy, including A Boy Called Christmas, with Dario Marianelli’s award-nominated score; and to animated features such as Ultraman: Rising and the Super Giant Robot Brothers TV series by Academy Award-winning director Mark Andrews.

Apart from her work in film and TV, Janet has also contributed to games such as Royal Match and Royal Kingdom by Dream Games.

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Janet has the all-important combination of great technical and musical understanding, and knows how to balance them to achieve the best result. When I hire Janet I never have to worry whether the work will be delivered on time and at the high standard I expect. I can just relax.”

Mark Willsher | Grammy Award-winning recording & mixing engineer and music editor (The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit Trilogies)

MUSIC PRODUCTION

Janet honed her skills in music production during her time at ECM Records as assistant to legendary producer Manfred Eicher.
In addition, she was invited to deliver masterclasses as a guest lecturer at the Royal Academy of Music.

She also worked for Grammy Award-winning recording engineers such as Tony Faulkner, Simon Kiln, and Jonathan Allen on productions ranging from chamber music ensembles to large-scale orchestral and choral setups. While also running sessions with the London Chamber Orchestra on her own, these included recordings for the LSO, Britten Sinfonia, and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at venues such as Abbey Road Studios; King’s College Chapel, Cambridge; Merton College Chapel, Oxford; Barbican Concert Hall; Birmingham Symphony Hall; and the Menuhin Hall.

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Janet’s specialist knowledge ensured the successful completion of her tasks such as the coordination of recordings and their post-production as well as critical listening to mastered recordings. She carried out all of her duties in a self-directed manner with great care. Besides delivering consistently good work, Janet also has the ability to work on multiple productions at the same time whilst always being reliable, maintaining a professional attitude.”

Manfred Eicher | Grammy Award and Downbeat Critics Poll-winning producer, and founder of ECM Records

SPATIAL / IMMERSIVE AUDIO PRODUCTION

Fascinated by the effect of spatial/immersive audio on our perception of envelopment, sonic detail, and presence – and combining this with the ever-growing presence of 3D audio formats such as Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D, Sony 360 Reality Audio, and Ambisonics in the commercial fields of game, film, augmented reality (AR) / virtual reality (VR) / mixed reality (MR), audiobooks, podcasts, and music – Janet specialised in the field of spatial audio early on.

Based on her work in immersive audio and psychoacoustics, she was invited as a speaker to international industry events such as the International Conference on Spatial Audio and the Schoeps MikroForum.

PERFORMANCE

A violinist and violist trained by former Berlin Philharmonic solo violist Wilfried Strehle at the Berlin University of the Arts, Janet performed under the late Bernhard Haitink, Nello Santi, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, and David Zinman, among others, in concert halls including the Berlin Philharmonic, Konzerthaus Berlin, Tonhalle Zurich, the Smetana Hall in Prague, and the Warsaw Philharmonic.

Although Janet has a background as a professional orchestral musician, she always enjoyed engaging with different genres and styles, playing at pop, jazz, and world music concerts such as the Baloise Session.

She was awarded grants from the Paul Hindemith Foundation (Chamber Music Academy), the International Summer Academy of the Mozarteum Salzburg, the Hillel Foundation, the Bruno Schuler Foundation, and the Erna & Curt Burgauer Foundation.

SERVICES

MUSIC EDITING FOR FEATURE FILMS, TV, AND GAMES

Spotting
Temp scoring & score conception
Conforming
Pre-record preparation & scoring session attendance/producing
Score and dub mix preparations & attendance
OSTs
Final deliverables & music cue sheets

SCORE EDITING FOR FEATURE FILMS, TV, GAMES,
AND ALBUM RELEASES

Including, but not limited to, orchestral multitrack scores
Including high-quality tuning, noise & artefact removal

MUSIC PRODUCTION / AUDIO ENGINEERING

Session producing, recording, and mixing
Quality Control

SPATIAL / IMMERSIVE AUDIO PRODUCTION FOR COMMERCIALS, AUDIOBOOKS & PODCASTS, AR / VR / MR APPLICATIONS, MUSIC, GAMES, AND OTHER AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA

Creating, producing, recording, and mixing content for 3D audio formats, incl. Dolby Atmos

SOUND DESIGN & COMPOSITION FOR COMMERCIALS, AUDIOBOOKS & PODCASTS, AR / VR / MR APPLICATIONS, GAMES, AND OTHER AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA

Janet holds the following degrees:

Music Supervision Certificate from Berklee College of Music with Emmy Award winner Brad Hatfield (summa cum laude)
BSc (Hons) in Audio Production from the School of Audio Engineering (SAE) London (First-Class Honours)
MA in Music Performance with Michel Rouilly & Wilfried Strehle
(Zurich University of the Arts / Berlin University of the Arts)
BA in Music with Wendy Enderle-Champney (Zurich University of the Arts)
Executive Master in Arts Administration (University of Zurich)
Grammar School at Stiftsschule Einsiedeln
with a major in ancient Greek and Latin

Fluent in English, German, and Italian.