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Back to the Future (1985)

DEMO 4.5 · BUBBLE 6.9 · BOOM 2.9 (with BEQ 6.8). Bass measured on the disc, Atmos. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Comedy, Adventure, Science Fiction, Family.

Back to the Future (1985) poster
Front
29%
L44%
28%
R42%
100%
C94%
LFE
5%
LFE19%
Surround
17%
Ls33%
17%
Rs34%
12%
Lrs29%
12%
Rrs29%
Wide
0%
Lw0%
0%
Rw0%
Height
6%
Ltf19%
6%
Rtf19%
1%
Ltm1%
1%
Rtm1%
5%
Ltr18%
5%
Rtr18%

Bar and top figure — level against the film’s most active channel. Bottom figure — share of the runtime the channel carries signal.

DEMO
4.5 / 10
Bubble
6.9 / 10
Boom, as released
2.9 / 10
Boom with BEQ
6.8 / 10
Measured release
Disc · Atmos · chart by aron7awol
Deep bass peak, 10–30 Hz
-35.5 dBFS · with BEQ -21.3
Depth, 10–20 vs 30–60 Hz
-18.8 dB · with BEQ +4.7
Average level, 10–30 Hz
-68.9 dBFS · with BEQ -54.8
Minutes of deep bass
6 min · with BEQ 13 min at ≥ −30 dBFS
Filtered release
its BEQ restores up to 32.7 dB at 10–20 Hz
Tomatometer
92% · as of 16 Jan 2026
Metascore
88 / 100 · as of 16 Jan 2026
Chart scale read
-10 to -70.3 dBFS
Height uptime
12.5%
LFE uptime
18.9% (shown, not scored)
Dynamic range
24.7 dB
Channels used
16 of 16
Genres
Comedy, Adventure, Science Fiction, Family
Tags
adventure, comedy, science fiction, teen, time-travel
Audio
Atmos, DTS-HD MA 5.1
Released
3 Jul 1985
First listed
4 Dec 2018
Sources
PerceptualPro + BEQ
Render
current

Channel by channel, through the film

One lane per speaker, the whole film from left to right. Bar height is how loud that speaker gets (square-root scale against this film's loudest moment, so quiet passages stay visible). The amber line under a lane marks the moments counted as playing, and the figure on the right is their share of the film. For the six height speakers that share is part of BUBBLE.

Front
L
44%
R
42%
C
94%
LFE
LFE
19%
Surround
Ls
33%
Rs
34%
Lrs
29%
Rrs
29%
Wide
Lw
0.1%
Rw
0.1%
Height
Ltf
19%
Rtf
19%
Ltm
0.9%
Rtm
1.0%
Ltr
17%
Rtr
18%
0:000:581:56

Read from PerceptualPro's channel-activity graph, pixel by pixel. A lane marked unused never rises out of its line.

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