Gavin Lurssen is an American mastering engineer. He owns Lurssen Mastering in Hollywood, California.Mix Profiles Lurssen Mastering Facility in Hollywood for MixOnline.com. Retrieved December 1, 2007. Lurssen's Grammy Award–winning work includes Raising Sand, a collaborative album featuring Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, and the soundtrack for the Coen brothers film O Brother, Where Art Thou?. He has also mastered recordings by Tom Waits, Sheryl Crow, Loretta Lynn, Matchbox Twenty, T Bone Burnett, Jennette McCurdy, and many others. Lurssen is an alumnus of the Berklee College of Music.
Discography This is a partial discography of recordings mastered by Gavin Lurssen.
Albums Year Title Artist Notes1982Chicago 16Chicago1993LiveJames Taylor1993I'm AliveJackson Browne1993Stepping OutDiana Krall1994I Love EverybodyLyle Lovett1994Jamie WaltersJamie Walters1995Leo Kottke LiveLeo Kottke1995Only Trust Your HeartDiana Krall1995Feels Like HomeLinda Ronstadt1995Evil StigEvil Stig1996Looking EastJackson Browne1996Peace on EarthKitarō1996Sell, Sell, SellDavid Gray1996That's RightGeorge Benson1996Rockin' down the Highway: The Wildlife ConcertThe Doobie Brothers1996This Conversation Seems Like a DreamKip Winger1996Acoustic TravellerJohn McEuen1996En Pleno VueloMarco Antonio Solís1997VulnerableMarvin Gaye1997More Best of Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen1997When the Bough BreaksBill Ward1997Last of the SharpshootersDown by Law1997Plastique ValentineThe Humpers1998Live at the RoxySocial Distortion1998Transcendental HighwayColin Hay1998Walking in AvalonChristopher Cross1998The Living EndThe Living End1998Happy PillsCandlebox1998No SubstanceBad Religion1998Guilty 'til Proved Innocent!The Specials1998Waste of MindZebrahead1999The Fundamental Elements of SouthtownP.O.D.1999SynergyDave Weckl1999Fire in the City of AutomatonsNo Knife1999Edge of ForeverLynyrd Skynyrd1999LibidoBuck-O-Nine1999Brave New WorldStyx1999Meson RayThe Ernies1999Live at The WoodlandsCrystal Lewis2000The New AmericaBad Religion2000U.S. CrushU.S. Crush2000Christmas Time AgainLynyrd Skynyrd2000FearlessCrystal Lewis2000Holiday! A Collection of Christmas ClassicsCrystal Lewis2000Playmate of the YearZebrahead2001Just Like GravityCPR2001Beautiful MidnightMatthew Good Band2001Fan DanceSam Phillips2001HumanisticAbandoned Pools2002Blood MoneyTom Waits2002BeelinePeter Case2002Light a Match, For I Deserve to BurnThe Beautiful Mistake2002Santa Claus LaneHilary Duff2002AndaluciaTito & Tarantula2003Diamonds On the InsideBen Harper2004Real GoneTom Waits2006Peeping TomPeeping Tom2007Exile on MainstreamMatchbox Twenty 2007 Raising Sand Allison Krause/Robert Plant Grammy Award (Album of the Year, Record of the Year)2008Approaching NormalBlue October2009Songs for a Breakup, Vol. 1Fitz and the Tantrums 2010 The Union Elton John/Leon Russell 2013 Dimensionaut Sound of Contact 2013 ...Like Clockwork Queens of the Stone Age 2014 Oko Lena Fayre2014Sonic HighwaysFoo Fighters 2015 B Diamante Eléctrico Latin Grammy Award (Best Rock Album) 2015 Breathless Terence Blanchard2016A Sailor's Guide to EarthSturgill SimpsonGrammy Award (Best Country Album)2018Live Terence Blanchard2023In Times New Roman... Queens of the Stone Age
Soundtracks Year Title Artist Notes2024Dune: Part TwoHans Zimmer2016Money MonsterHenry Jackman/Dominic Lewis2016Kung Fu Panda 3Hans Zimmer2015Creed (soundtrack)Ludwig Göransson2015Kingsman: The Secret Service (soundtrack)Henry Jackman/Matthew Margeson2013Inside Llewyn Davis (soundtrack)Various Artists2013Pacific Rim (soundtrack)Ramin Djawadi2012The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and BeyondVarious Artists2011Cars 2Michael Giacchino 2008 Slumdog Millionaire (soundtrack) A. R. Rahman Academy Award (Best Song and Best Soundtrack)2008A Perfect PlaceMike Patton2007Good Luck ChuckVarious Artists2007HalloweenVarious Artists2006Cars (soundtrack)Various Artists 2005 Transamerica (soundtrack) Various Artists Academy Award (Best Song)2005Bratz: Rock Angelz (soundtrack)Various Artists2004The LadykillersVarious Artists 2003 Cold Mountain (soundtrack) Various Artists Academy Award Nominee (Best Original Score) 2003 A Mighty Wind Various Artists Academy Award Nominee (Best Song)2002The Santa Clause 2Various Artists2002Lizzie McGuire (soundtrack)Various Artists2000O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)Various Artists2000Coyote UglyVarious Artists1996James and the Giant PeachRandy Newman1994BackbeatDon Was
Reissues YearTitleArtistNotes1993Bridge over Troubled WaterSimon & GarfunkelMasterSound Edition1994What's Going OnMarvin GayeMotown Master Series1994Friday Night in San FranciscoAl Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de LucíaMasterSound Edition1994Couldn't Stand the WeatherStevie Ray Vaughan and Double TroubleMasterSound Edition1994Wish You Were HerePink FloydMasterSound Edition1994In Our LifetimeMarvin GayeMotown Master Series1994Blow by BlowJeff BeckMasterSound Edition1994Stevie Wonder Presents: SyreetaSyreeta Wright1995Farmer's Market BarbecueThe Count Basie Big Band1995Basie JamCount Basie1995Pickin' the BluesDoc Watson and Merle Watson1995Silk DegreesBoz ScaggsMasterSound Edition1998I Want YouMarvin Gaye1998Trouble ManMarvin Gaye1998Let's Get It OnMarvin Gaye2003Paid in FullEric B. & RakimDeluxe Edition2005Follow the LeaderEric B. & RakimExpanded Edition2005Endtroducing.....DJ ShadowDeluxe Edition2005Hellbilly DeluxeRob ZombieDeluxe Edition2008Whoa, Nelly!Nelly FurtadoSpecial Edition2009Let Love RuleLenny Kravitz20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition2014 The Apple Years 1968–75 George HarrisonWith Paul Hicks & Reuben Cohen2018 All In 1978-2018 TotoWith Elliot Scheiner & Reuben Cohen2026Eternal MelodyYoshikiDigital Remaster
As assistant YearTitleArtist1993Crimson and BluePhil Keaggy1995TemptationHolly Cole1995I Just Wasn't Made for These TimesBrian Wilson1995Go to the TopHitomi1996The Road to EnsenadaLyle Lovett
Awards
Grammy Awards 2002: Album of the Year – O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack) 2004: Best Historical Album – Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey 2009: Album of the Year – Raising Sand (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss)
Latin Grammy Awards 2010: Best Engineered Album: Distinto (Diego Torres) 2015: Best Rock Album: B (Diamante Eléctrico)
References
External links Lurssen Mastering official website