Quick Facts
Biography
Gustavo Borner is an Argentine producer, engineer and mixer. He has worked with several artists both from Argentina like Fito Páez, Andrés Calamaro and León Gieco as well as from other countries of Latin America like Juanes, Ricky Martin and Pepe Aguilar, among others, he has also worked in several film and videogame scores such as Birdman, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Deadpool 2. For his work, Borner has received six Grammy Awards, fourteen Latin Grammy Awards and a Cinema Audio Society Award.
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 Bebu Silvetti in different albums by mainly Latin pop artists such as Luis Miguel, Plácido Domingo and Daniela Romo, among others.
During the 90s, he worked with several Argentine artists like Enanitos Verdes, Los Pericos, Los Auténticos Decadentes, La Renga and Los Calzones Rotos, allowing him to gain recognition within Latin America. In 1996, Borner opened Igloo Music Studios in Los Angeles, 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 Walt Disney Company films, including Hercules (1997) and Tarzan (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 MTV Unplugged series, including with artists like Juanes, Ricky Martin, Pepe Aguilar and Los Tigres del Norte. Additionally, he has collaborated in various live albums like Insoportablemente Vivo (2001) by La Renga, Hola/Chau (2000) by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, En Vivo (2000) and En Vivo, Vol. 2 (2001) by Marco Antonio Solís and Hecho en México - En Vivo en el Palacio de los Deportes – 25 Aniversario (2012) by Los Autenticos Decadentes. For Juanes's MTV Unplugged (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, Watchmen (2009), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Deadpool 2 (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 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media and the Cinema Audio Society Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action.
Discography
| Year | Title | Artist | Production | Technical | Writing/ Arrangements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Si Estuvieras Conmigo (A) | Álvaro Torres |  Y | ||
| 1991 | Amada Más Que Nunca (A) | Daniela Romo | Y | Y | |
| Romance (A) | Luis Miguel | Y | |||
| Eso es el Amor (A) | Eydie Gormé | Y | |||
| 1992 | Áve Fénix (A) | Raphael | Y | ||
| De Mil Colores (A) | Daniela Romo | Y | |||
| María Bonita (A) | Mijares | Y | |||
| 1993 | La Distancia (A) | Simone | Y | Y | |
| Aromas (A) | Alberto Cortez | Y | |||
| Como las Alas al Viento (A) | Rocío Jurado | Y | |||
| Vuelve Otra Vez (A) | María Sorté | Y | |||
| 1994 | De Mi Alma Latina (A) | Plácido Domingo | Y | Y | |
| Big Bang (A) | Enanitos Verdes | Y | |||
| Fantasía(A) | Raphael | Y | |||
| La Cita (A) | Daniela Romo | Y | |||
| Pampas Reggae (A) | Los Pericos | Y | |||
| 1995 | Por un Mundo Nuevo (A) | Pacha | Y | Y | |
| Confesiones (A) | Pandora | Y | Y | ||
| Jungla Ska (A) | Los Calzones Rotos | Y | |||
| Mi Vida Loca (A) | Los Auténticos Decadentes | Y | |||
| 1996 | Aconcagua (El Gobierno de las Tribus) (A) | Los Calzones Rotos | Y | Y | |
| Guerra Gaucha (A) | Enanitos Verdes | Y | |||
| Bajo El Cielo Español (A) | Plácido Domingo | Y | |||
| 1997 | Orozco (A) | León Gieco | Y | Y | |
| Vida Modelo (A) | Juana la Loca | Y | Y | ||
| Canciones que Amo (A) | Roberto Carlos | Y | |||
| Hercules (A) | Various artists | Y | |||
| 1998 | Mystic Love | Los Pericos | Y | ||
| Por Amor (A) | Plácido Domingo | Y | |||
| 1999 | Nectar (A) | Enanitos Verdes | Y | ||
| En Concierto (A) | Timbiriche | Y | Y | ||
| Corazón Gitano (A) | Pimpinela | Y | |||
| Tarzan (A) | Various artists | Y | |||
| 2000 | Hola/Chau (A) | Los Fabulosos Cadillacs | Y | ||
| La Esquina del Infinito (A) | La Renga | Y | |||
| En Vivo (A) | Marco Antonio Solís | Y | |||
| 2001 | Plástico (A) | Los Calzones Rotos | Y | Y | |
| En Vivo, Vol. 2 (A) | Marco Antonio Solís | Y | |||
| Bandidos Rurales (A) | León Gieco | Y | |||
| Insoportablemente Vivo (A) | La Renga | Y | |||
| 2003 | A Modo Nuestro (A) | Pimpinela | Y | ||
| De Viaje (A) | Sin Bandera | Y | |||
| 2004 | Lu (A) | Lu | Y | ||
| MTV Unplugged (A) | Diego Torres | Y | |||
| 2005 | Frecuencia Extrema (A) | Los Calzones Rotos | Y | ||
| Mundos Opuestos (A) | Ha*Ash | Y | |||
| "Amor a Medias" (S) | Y | ||||
| Mañana (A) | Sin Bandera | Y | |||
| Letters from Argentina (A) | Lalo Schifrin | Y | |||
| Por Favor, Perdón y Gracias (A) | León Gieco | Y | |||
| 2006 | Andando (A) | Diego Torres | Y | ||
| MTV Unplugged (A) | Ricky Martin | Y | |||
| 2007 | Empezar Desde Cero (A) | RBD | Y | ||
| "Inalcanzable" (S) | Y | ||||
| Hasta Ahora (A) | Sin Bandera | Y | |||
| Viento a Favor (A) | Alejandro Fernández | Y | |||
| Lalo Schifrin and Friends (A) | Lalo Schifrin | Y | |||
| 2008 | MTV Unplugged (A) | Julieta Venegas | Y | ||
| 2009 | Lo que Soy (A) | Diego Schoening | Y | Y | Y |
| "Sal de Mi Piel" (S) | Belinda | Y | |||
| No Sé Si Es Baires o Madrid (A) | Fito Páez | Y | |||
| Primera Fila (A) | Thalía | Y | |||
| Necesito de Ti (A) | Vicente Fernandez | Y | |||
| Mariana Vega (A) | Mariana Vega | Y | |||
| Watchmen (A) | Various artists | Y | |||
| 2010 | Panda MTV Unplugged (A) | PXNDX | Y | ||
| Carpe Diem (A) | Belinda | Y | |||
| No Hay Imposibles (A) | Chayanne | Y | |||
| Afortunadamente No Eres Tú (A) | Paty Cantú | Y | |||
| Alex, Jorge y Lena (A) | Alex, Jorge y Lena | Y | |||
| 2011 | MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends (A) | Los Tigres del Norte | Y | Y | |
| Extranjera - Segunda Parte (A) | Dulce María | Y | Y | ||
| 2012 | Hecho en México - En Vivo en el Palacio de los Deportes - 25 Aniversario (A) | Los Autenticos Decadentes | Y | ||
| MTV Unplugged (A) | Juanes | Y | |||
| 2013 | Thalía (A) | Thalía | Y | ||
| 2014 | Sin Fronteras (A) | Dulce María | Y | Y | |
| Corazón – Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It (A) | Santana | Y | |||
| MTV Unplugged (A) | Pepe Aguilar | Y | |||
| Guardians of the Galaxy (A) | Various artists | Y | |||
| 2015 | The Pale Emperor (A) | Marilyn Manson | Y | ||
| 2016 | Bosé MTV Unplugged (A) | Miguel Bosé | Y | ||
| Electrop (A) | Miguel Mateos | Y | |||
| Un Azteca en el Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo) (A) | Vicente Fernandez | Y | |||
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (A) | Various artists | Y | Y | |
| Feliz (A) | Nahuel Pennisi | Y | |||
| 2018 | Cargar la Suerte (A) | Andrés Calamaro | Y | Y | |
| Deadpool 2 (A) | Various artists | Y | Y | ||
| Amor Sin Límite (A) | Roberto Carlos | Y | |||
| MTV Unplugged (A) | Molotov | Y | |||
| 2019 | Resurrección (A) | Hombres G | Y | ||
| La Metamorfosis (A) | Reyli Barba | Y | |||
| 2020 | La Conquista del Espacio (A) | Fito Páez | Y | Y |
(A) Album, (S), Single
Awards and nominations
Cinema Audio Society Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Won | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | Nominated |
Grammy Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Artist | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Best Regional Mexican Album | Necesito de Ti (as engineer) | Vicente Fernandez | Won | |
| 2012 | Best Banda or Norteño Album | MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends (as engineer) | Los Tigres del Norte | Won | |
| 2013 | Best Latin Pop Album | MTV Unplugged: Deluxe Edition (as engineer) | Juanes | Won | |
| 2016 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Birdman (as engineer) | Antonio Sánchez | Won | |
| 2017 | Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano) | Un Azteca en el Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo) (as engineer) | Vicente Fernandez | Won | |
| 2021 | Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album | La Conquista del Espacio (as engineer) | Fito Páez | Won |
Latin Grammy Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Artist | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal | De Viaje (as engineer) | Sin Bandera | Won | |
| 2005 | Album of the Year | MTV Unplugged (as engineer/mixer) | Diego Torres | Nominated | |
| Best Engineered Album | Won | ||||
| 2006 | Album of the Year | Por Favor, Perdón y Gracias (as engineer/mixer) | León Gieco | Nominated | |
| 2007 | MTV Unplugged (as engineer/mixer) | Ricky Martin | Nominated | ||
| Best Male Pop Vocal Album | Won | ||||
| Record of the Year | "Tu Recuerdo" (as engineer/mixer) | Nominated | |||
| 2008 | "El Presente" (as engineer/mixer) | Julieta Venegas | Nominated | ||
| Best Alternative Music Album | MTV Unplugged (as engineer/mixer) | Won | |||
| 2009 | Best Ranchero Album | Primera Fila (as engineer) | Vicente Fernández | Won | |
| 2010 | Necesito de Ti (as engineer) | Won | |||
| 2011 | Album of the Year | Alex, Jorge y Lena (as engineer/mixer) | Alex, Jorge y Lena | Nominated | |
| Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal | Won | ||||
| Record of the Year | "Golpes en el Corazón" (as engineer/mixer) | Los Tigres del Norte featuring Paulina Rubio | Nominated | ||
| Best Norteño Album | MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends (as engineer/mixer) | Los Tigres del Norte | Won | ||
| Best Alternative Music Album | MTV Unplugged/Música de Fondo (as engineer/mixer) | Zoé | Won | ||
| 2012 | Album of the Year | MTV Unplugged (as engineer/mixer and mastering engineer) | Juanes | Won | |
| Record of the Year | "Azul Sabina" (as engineer/mixer) | Juanes and Joaquín Sabina | Nominated | ||
| "Bésame Mucho" (as engineer/mixer) | Zoé | Nominated | |||
| Best Ranchero Album | Más de un Camino (as engineer/mixer) | Pepe Aguilar | Won | ||
| 2015 | Album of the Year | MTV Unplugged (as engineer/mixer) | Nominated | ||
| 2018 | Best Engineered Album | Feliz (as engineer/mixer) | Nahuel Pennisi | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Album of the Year | Cargar la Suerte (as engineer/mixer) | Andrés Calamaro | Nominated | |
| Best Pop/Rock Album | Won | ||||
| Record of the Year | "Verdades Afiladas" (as engineer/mixer) | Nominated | |||
| 2020 | Album of the Year | La Conquista del Espacio (as engineer/mixer) | Fito Páez | Nominated | |
| Best Pop/Rock Album | Won | ||||
| 2022 | Los Años Salvajes | Won |