# Gavin Lurssen

Gavin Lurssen is an American mastering engineer. He owns Lurssen Mastering in Hollywood, California. 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 Berklee College of Music.

## Discography

This is a partial discography of recordings mastered by Gavin Lurssen.

### Albums

| Year | Title | Artist | Additional information |
| 1979 | Chicago 16 | Chicago | |
| 1993 | Live | James Taylor | |
| 1993 | I'm Alive | Jackson Browne | |
| 1993 | Stepping Out | Diana Krall | |
| 1994 | I Love Everybody | Lyle Lovett | |
| 1994 | Jamie Walters | Jamie Walters | |
| 1995 | Leo Kottke Live | Leo Kottke | |
| 1995 | Only Trust Your Heart | Diana Krall | |
| 1995 | Feels Like Home | Linda Ronstadt | |
| 1995 | Evil Stig | Evil Stig | |
| 1996 | Looking East | Jackson Browne | |
| 1996 | Peace on Earth | Kitarō | |
| 1996 | Sell, Sell, Sell | David Gray | |
| 1996 | That's Right | George Benson | |
| 1996 | Rockin' down the Highway: The Wildlife Concert | The Doobie Brothers | |
| 1996 | This Conversation Seems Like a Dream | Kip Winger | |
| 1996 | Acoustic Traveller | John McEuen | |
| 1996 | En Pleno Vuelo | Marco Antonio Solís | |
| 1997 | Vulnerable | Marvin Gaye | |
| 1997 | More Best of Leonard Cohen | Leonard Cohen | |
| 1997 | When the Bough Breaks | Bill Ward | |
| 1997 | Last of the Sharpshooters | Down by Law | |
| 1997 | Plastique Valentine | The Humpers | |
| 1998 | Live at the Roxy | Social Distortion | |
| 1998 | Transcendental Highway | Colin Hay | |
| 1998 | Walking in Avalon | Christopher Cross | |
| 1998 | The Living End | The Living End | |
| 1998 | Happy Pills | Candlebox | |
| 1998 | No Substance | Bad Religion | |
| 1998 | Guilty 'til Proved Innocent! | The Specials | |
| 1998 | Waste of Mind | Zebrahead | |
| 1999 | The Fundamental Elements of Southtown | P.O.D. | |
| 1999 | Synergy | Dave Weckl | |
| 1999 | Fire in the City of Automatons | No Knife | |
| 1999 | Edge of Forever | Lynyrd Skynyrd | |
| 1999 | Libido | Buck-O-Nine | |
| 1999 | Brave New World | Styx | |
| 1999 | Meson Ray | The Ernies | |
| 1999 | Live at The Woodlands | Crystal Lewis | |
| 2000 | The New America | Bad Religion | |
| 2000 | U.S. Crush | U.S. Crush | |
| 2000 | Christmas Time Again | Lynyrd Skynyrd | |
| 2000 | Fearless | Crystal Lewis | |
| 2000 | Holiday! A Collection of Christmas Classics | Crystal Lewis | |
| 2000 | Playmate of the Year | Zebrahead | |
| 2001 | Just Like Gravity | CPR | |
| 2001 | Beautiful Midnight | Matthew Good Band | |
| 2001 | Fan Dance | Sam Phillips | |
| 2001 | Humanistic | Abandoned Pools | |
| 2002 | Blood Money | Tom Waits | |
| 2002 | Beeline | Peter Case | |
| 2002 | Light a Match, For I Deserve to Burn | The Beautiful Mistake | |
| 2002 | Santa Claus Lane | Hilary Duff | |
| 2002 | Andalucia | Tito & Tarantula | |
| 2003 | Diamonds On the Inside | Ben Harper | |
| 2004 | Real Gone | Tom Waits | |
| 2006 | Peeping Tom | Peeping Tom | |
| 2007 | Exile on Mainstream | Matchbox Twenty | |
| 2007 | Raising Sand | Allison Krause/Robert Plant | Grammy Award (Album of the Year, Record of the Year) |
| 2008 | Approaching Normal | Blue October | |
| 2009 | Songs for a Breakup, Vol. 1 | Fitz 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 Fayre | |
| 2014 | Sonic Highways | Foo Fighters | |
| 2015 | B | Diamante Eléctrico | Latin Grammy Award (Best Rock Album) |
| 2015 | Breathless | Terence Blanchard | |
| 2016 | A Sailor's Guide to Earth | Sturgill Simpson | Grammy Award (Best Country Album) |
| 2018 | Live | Terence Blanchard |
| 2023 | In Times New Roman... | Queens of the Stone Age |

### Soundtracks

| Year | Title | Artist | Additional information |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Hans Zimmer | |
| 2016 | Money Monster | Henry Jackman/Dominic Lewis | |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Hans Zimmer | |
| 2015 | Creed (soundtrack) | Ludwig Göransson | |
| 2015 | Kingsman: The Secret Service (soundtrack) | Henry Jackman/Matthew Margeson | |
| 2013 | Inside Llewyn Davis (soundtrack) | Various Artists | |
| 2013 | Pacific Rim (soundtrack) | Ramin Djawadi | |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond | Various Artists | |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Michael Giacchino | |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire (soundtrack) | A. R. Rahman | Academy Award (Best Song and Best Soundtrack) |
| 2008 | A Perfect Place | Mike Patton | |
| 2007 | Good Luck Chuck | Various Artists | |
| 2007 | Halloween | Various Artists | |
| 2006 | Cars (soundtrack) | Various Artists | |
| 2005 | Transamerica (soundtrack) | Various Artists | Academy Award (Best Song) |
| 2005 | Bratz: Rock Angelz (soundtrack) | Various Artists | |
| 2004 | The Ladykillers | Various Artists | |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain (soundtrack) | Various Artists | Academy Award Nominee (Best Original Score) |
| 2003 | A Mighty Wind | Various Artists | Academy Award Nominee (Best Song) |
| 2002 | The Santa Clause 2 | Various Artists | |
| 2002 | Lizzie McGuire (soundtrack) | Various Artists | |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack) | Various Artists | |
| 2000 | Coyote Ugly | Various Artists | |
| 1996 | James and the Giant Peach | Randy Newman | |
| 1994 | Backbeat | Don Was | |

### Reissues

| Year | Title | Artist | Additional information |
| 1993 | Bridge over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel | MasterSound Edition |
| 1994 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | Motown Master Series |
| 1994 | Friday Night in San Francisco | Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucía | MasterSound Edition |
| 1994 | Couldn't Stand the Weather | Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble | MasterSound Edition |
| 1994 | Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | MasterSound Edition |
| 1994 | In Our Lifetime | Marvin Gaye | Motown Master Series |
| 1994 | Blow by Blow | Jeff Beck | MasterSound Edition |
| 1994 | Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta | Syreeta Wright | |
| 1995 | Farmer's Market Barbecue | The Count Basie Big Band | |
| 1995 | Basie Jam | Count Basie | |
| 1995 | Pickin' the Blues | Doc Watson and Merle Watson | |
| 1995 | Silk Degrees | Boz Scaggs | MasterSound Edition |
| 1998 | I Want You | Marvin Gaye | |
| 1998 | Trouble Man | Marvin Gaye | |
| 1998 | Let's Get It On | Marvin Gaye | |
| 2003 | Paid in Full | Eric B. & Rakim | Deluxe Edition |
| 2005 | Follow the Leader | Eric B. & Rakim | Expanded Edition |
| 2005 | Endtroducing..... | DJ Shadow | Deluxe Edition |
| 2005 | Hellbilly Deluxe | Rob Zombie | Deluxe Edition |
| 2008 | Whoa, Nelly! | Nelly Furtado | Special Edition |
| 2009 | Let Love Rule | Lenny Kravitz | 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition |
| 2014 | The Apple Years 1968–75 | George Harrison | With Paul Hicks & Reuben Cohen |
| 2018 | All In 1978-2018 | Toto | With Elliot Scheiner & Reuben Cohen |

### Assistant

| Year | Title | Artist |
| 1993 | Crimson and Blue | Phil Keaggy |
| 1995 | Temptation | Holly Cole |
| 1995 | I Just Wasn't Made for These Times | Brian Wilson |
| 1995 | Go to the Top | Hitomi |
| 1996 | The Road to Ensenada | Lyle 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)