🎸Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) In Dolby Atmos: Rocked The House

Written by Jonathan Garcia

4 out of 5 Bags 💰💰💰💰

This is a beautiful story showcasing the personal struggles and growth that creatives go through, even the greatest of us all. I didn’t know much about Bruce’s work other than “Born in the USA” and that’s because I grew up in western Pennsylvania and you would hear it everywhere. Leaving the theater, I became a fan of not only his music, but his story. I had to listen to some records before writing this and I came to notice the releases of many of the records from the movie are in mono. How do we bring something that’s never lived in stereo to a multichannel immersive format? With care and precision, we have “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”. 

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (I worked on that bored lol)

After much consideration, I realized I couldn't genuinely rate this Dolby Atmos experience due to the complexity of the process involved. Remixing old records into Dolby is an incredibly meticulous task that requires significant effort and time. I was genuinely impressed with how well they managed to make these songs feel immersive for us. The translation was well done. As for the movie, the Dolby experience felt somewhat flat to me and more like stereo during a majority of the film. Despite that, I was impressed with the effort put into it and how great the songs actually sounded.

🎧 Dolby Atmos

This one is all taste and finesse based. The Dolby Atmos was pretty great in moments throughout the film. The introduction begins in what seems to be mono and grows to an immersive soundscape surrounding us. We see trees and leaves blowing in the wind, it’s like you feel it in the theater. During scenes like the first concert we see in Cincinnati, you would think you’re really in the stands watching Bruce perform! Everytime during the concerts, the placement of the crowd and fans is so well done, you don’t know if it’s the sound from the movie or the people cheering and singing along in the theater with you. When the scenes get slow and there is no music emphasis it all feels like 5.1 and heavy wide usage. The use of height speakers was nice but bare at times, really noticing placements only in the height which at times could feel odd? After getting back to the studio and comparing the originals with my immersive notes, the work that was done to keep the integrity of the originals intact and still engulf us in their immersive story is well done. The transistions and flashbacks that intertwine audio from Bruce's original works to new compositions and scores curated directly for this movie have a striking balance that carries the viewers and listeners through the journey of Nebraska with Bruce.

🔊 Dynamics & Loudness

This movie seemed pretty loud overall but not deafening. The concert scenes were extremely immersive and so loud that I considered putting in my earplugs! It felt as if we were actually there in the crowd witnessing Bruce tear up the stage! The flashback scenes had a distinct sound that drew you in, making it feel like you were right there with them. I believe some aspects of the soundscape could have been improved, as it felt somewhat inconsistent. Going from scene to scene it having the audio sonically change was a bit interesting at first but as the movie continues you begin to understand the pattern. The music was definitely the highlight of this movie; all the singing, recording, and performance scenes carried the film, which is fitting for this context.

🎚️LFE

The LFE hits us where it counts. From moments like, the crowds energy during concert scenes to Bruce's heartbeat during his panic attack.

The LFE holds us down when it needs to and creates tension for integral moments all throughout the film. It is all very well balanced, there wasn't any extra lowend during Nebraska or Electric City. It's more used as an effect adding emphasis to moments that we would bennefit emotionally from the big low end

🎬 Favorite Moments

• The Bar: The soundscape is very immersive and makes you feel like you’re going to bump into someone. 

• Cincinnati 1981: This feels like I'm really at Bruce's concert! The crowd feels WILD! The music feels like we’re in the venue and you can’t believe you’re in the theater still.

• I Need A Multi Track: When Bruce asks for a multi track recorder so he can start recording his ideas at home. He asks his manager while they're in a busy city intersection. We’re in the city with them. 

• Smacked: Bruce’s dad smacks him as a child and it’s a very immersive slap!!!

• The Echoplex: A great moment as we hear the growth and immersiveness of the audio develop as Bruce does as an artist. 

💡 Final Thoughts

4 out of 5 Bags 💰💰💰💰

Having been part of a few classic hits that were brought to life in immersive, I know the lengths we go through to attain an immersive record that hits and feels the same as what we’re used to hearing in the original. I believe that was done for the music in this film. The care and decision making that had to go into bringing these monumental moments of music to immersive were done with the utmost respect and integrity to the art. You can tell when listening and comparing that the songs feeling and energy were the goals of translation and that’s the most important for any piece of music in Dolby Atmos, that the emotion translates. Unfortunately I didn’t grow up listening to “The Boss” so this Dolby Atmos review isn’t based primarily on his music just because as I listened back, the emotion felt and hit me the same in Atmos as it did mono & stereo. Maybe a “Bruce Tramp” can comment and let us know what they thought of Bruce Springsteen in Dolby Atmos!;)