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What reference movie do you have for mastering? I'm more concerned with dynamic range and loudness. Which movies have the best of both worlds?
I think the last Superman movie was too loud, I didn't liked. But Gravity was amanzingly quiet! Have very soft passages but everything is audible. You can hear the room tones in all 5.1 speakers
I like Millenium, the girl with the dragon tatoo. Very elegant and perfect balance in terms of loudness. Music and sound get along very well in a brilliant way. Brilliant.
I really liked Prometheus, the hectic parts just had the right impact!
The ship and battle scenes from Master & Commander are good references for dynamic range.
Ninja Assassin had a lot of dynamic range, probably a little too much. The gun battles were incredibly loud in comparison to the dialog. I might have made the movie a little more exciting, but I bet a lot of people were riding levels at home with that movie.
