Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross know they may not be the first names that come to mind when imagining composers for Patriots Day, director Peter Berg’s docudrama about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. More
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross provide a sparse and haunting soundtrack to the first clip from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s upcoming documentary, The Vietnam War.
The clip examines the notorious Christmas Bombings, which leveled areas around Hanoi and Haiphong between December 18th and 29th, 1972. Reznor and Ross’ soundtrack emerges amidst harrowing footage of the devastation and two starkly different interviews given by an American prisoner of war and a North Vietnamese man. Synth wisps build into an ominous melody anchored by distant thumps as narrator Peter Coyote details the horrified reaction to the bombings from protestors and politicians around the world.
Along with original music from Reznor and Ross, The Vietnam War will feature new music…
Trent Reznor and newly official Nine Inch Nails bandmate Atticus Ross are scoring a new Ken Burns’ documentary about the Vietnam War, The New York Times reports. The 10-part, 18-hour documentary (called The Vietnam War) premieres in September on PBS. It is set to include over two hours of new original music from the duo, as well as reworked versions of NIN songs and music from their The Social Network and…
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross sat down for an interview with Zane Lowe about Nine Inch Nails’ new EP Not the Actual Events. Reznor revealed that he plans to release “two new major” NIN projects in 2017….