Gustavo Borner is an Argentine producer, engineer and mixer. He has worked with several artists both from Argentina like

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as well as from other countries of Latin America like Juanes,

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, among others, he has also worked in several film and videogame scores such as '' Birdman'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. For his work, Borner has received six Grammy Awards, eleven

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and a

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Career

After finishing high school in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1985, Borner went to Boston, United States to attend Berklee College of Music, graduating with a double major in Music Production and Engineering and Film Scoring. In 1989, he moved to Los Angeles, United States, where he has resided ever since, he began working as engineer with Argentine producer

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in different albums by mainly Latin pop artists such as Luis Miguel,

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, among others. During the 90s, he worked with several Argentine artists like Enanitos Verdes,

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, La Renga and Los Calzones Rotos, allowing him to gain recognition within Latin America. In 1996, Borner opened Igloo Music Studios in

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, a set of studios destined to the recording and production of albums as well as film scores. Borner has worked in the score of several

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films, including ''

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'' (1997) and ''

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'' (1999), working in the latter alongside Phil Collins for the recording of the songs in different languages. Borner has participated in several albums from the ''

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'' series, including with artists like Juanes,

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. Additionally, he has collaborated in various live albums like '' Insoportablemente Vivo'' (2001) by La Renga, '' Hola/Chau'' (2000) by

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, '' En Vivo'' (2000) and ''

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'' (2001) by

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and ''Hecho en México - En Vivo en el Palacio de los Deportes – 25 Aniversario'' (2012) by Los Autenticos Decadentes. For Juanes's ''

'' (2012), Borner won Album of the Year as engineer, mixer and mastering engineer. Aside from albums by singers, Borner has continued to work in several film scores like '' Rush Hour'' (1998) and its sequels, ''

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'' (2009), ''

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'' (2014) and ''

'' (2018), amons others, as well as video game scores. For his work as scoring mixer in Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu's '' Birdman'' (2014), Borner won the

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and the

Cinema Audio Society Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action The Cinema Audio Society Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action is an annual award given by the Cinema Audio Society to live action motion picture sound mixer for their outstanding achievements in so ...

Discography

(A) Album, (S), Single

Awards and nominations

Cinema Audio Society Awards

Grammy Awards

Latin Grammy Awards

References

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