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Life (2017)

DEMO 8.5 · BUBBLE 8.2 · BOOM 8.9 (with BEQ 9.5). Demo-worthy: both scores 7 or higher. Bass measured on the disc, Atmos. Directed by Daniel Espinosa. Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror.

Life (2017) poster
Front
57%
L72%
61%
R74%
100%
C93%
LFE
24%
LFE35%
Surround
27%
Ls47%
26%
Rs49%
18%
Lrs40%
18%
Rrs42%
Wide
4%
Lw14%
4%
Rw13%
Height
14%
Ltf34%
16%
Rtf34%
0%
Ltm1%
0%
Rtm1%
10%
Ltr26%
10%
Rtr26%

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

DEMO
8.5 / 10 · demo-worthy
Bubble
8.2 / 10
Boom, as released
8.9 / 10
Boom with BEQ
9.5 / 10
Measured release
Disc · Atmos · chart by aron7awol
Deep bass peak, 10–30 Hz
-17.1 dBFS · with BEQ -14.6
Depth, 10–20 vs 30–60 Hz
+1.4 dB · with BEQ +6.4
Average level, 10–30 Hz
-43.2 dBFS · with BEQ -40.6
Minutes of deep bass
59 min · with BEQ 61 min at ≥ −30 dBFS
Sub-bass warning
the disc peaks at -22.1 dBFS at 10 Hz — top of the field; mind ports and driver excursion
Filtered release
its BEQ restores up to 10.2 dB at 10–20 Hz
Tomatometer
68% · as of 8 Nov 2024
Metascore
54 / 100 · as of 19 Nov 2025
Chart scale read
-10 to -69.8 dBFS
Height uptime
19.3%
LFE uptime
19.8% (shown, not scored)
Dynamic range
32.8 dB
Channels used
16 of 16
Genres
Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror
Tags
action, drama, horror, science fiction, thriller
Audio
Atmos, DD+ 5.1
Released
22 Mar 2017
First listed
4 Dec 2018
Sources
PerceptualPro + BEQ
Render
older, corrected

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
72%
R
74%
C
93%
LFE
LFE
35%
Surround
Ls
47%
Rs
49%
Lrs
40%
Rrs
42%
Wide
Lw
14%
Rw
13%
Height
Ltf
34%
Rtf
34%
Ltm
1.2%
Rtm
1.2%
Ltr
25%
Rtr
26%
0:000:521:44

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

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