Cutting Room Studios is an audio mastering studio located in Stockholm, Sweden since 1980. Cutting Room was founded in the 1970s by Peter Strindberg, and is currently owned by Björn Engelmann. Sitting in a five studio location they have dedicated three of them to audio mastering. The remaining two studios have been dedicated to digital film, video restoration, DVD & Blu-ray as well as 7.1 audio mastering, which Cutting Room has been also working with since 2001.
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Albums mastered
Swedish Grammis 2010
Cutting Room has been nominated for 18 Grammis, winning four.
Winners: Årets kvinnliga artist Amanda Jenssen – Happyland, Årets låt Mando Diao – Dance with somebody, Årets nykomling Erik Hassle – Hassle, and Amanda Jenssen female artist and composer.
Swedish Grammis 2011
Cutting Room was nominated for 20 Grammis.
Gold and platinum albums
Through the years, Cutting Room Studios has received numerous awards in the form of gold and platinum albums. In 2010, Chief Mastering Engineer, Björn Engelmann received an award for mastering the Christmas album for the Norwegian artists Sissel Kyrkjebø and Odd Nordstoga, which is titled “Sissel & Odd - Strålande Jul”. (Brilliant Christmas). This album has gone Eleven times Platinum in Norway selling over 330,000 copies. In 2011, Mando Diao sold platinum in Germany. Mats 'Limpan' Lindfors mastered that album.
Expansion and collaborations
In October 2010, Cutting Room invested 2 million SEK (an equivalent of $300,500 at the time) in the expansion of their film department. This involved upgrading the film studios to follow the specifications made by DCI Digital Cinema Initiatives. At the same time Cutting Room created a partnership with the film lab at Stockholm Post Production AB utilizing their ability to scan film up 2K and 4K resolution for a Digital Cinema Package (DCP). They call this studio D-Cinema and offer complete digital cinema packages.