Brian Gardner

Mastering engineer

-9.9 Median integrated LUFS

12.7 Median dynamic range

-21 to -6.5 Range

115 Tracks

By decade

1980s

n=10 · median -11.6 LUFS

1990s

n=88 · median -9.3 LUFS

2000s

n=17 · median -11.4 LUFS

Releases

Scarface (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Various Artists · 1983

median -11.6 LUFS

40oz. to Freedom

Sublime · 1992

median -10.4 LUFS

Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath

Various Artists · 1996

median -9.4 LUFS

2001

Dr. Dre · 1999

median -8.6 LUFS

I Want It All

Warren G · 1999

median -9.2 LUFS

Office Space (The Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Various Artists · 1999

median -9.2 LUFS

E=MC²

Giorgio Moroder · 2001

median -11.1 LUFS

Krishna Lila

DJ Cheb i Sabbah · 2002

median -11.5 LUFS

Studios

Allen Zentz

Bernie Grundman Mastering

By genre

Hip-Hop

n=38 · median -8.9 LUFS

Reggae

n=22 · median -10.4 LUFS

Soundtrack

n=22 · median -10.1 LUFS

Gangsta Rap

n=16 · median -9.4 LUFS

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — these figures cover only the tracks measured on lufs.to, not this engineer's full body of work.