Trent Reznor is truly rock’s renaissance man. Towards the end of the 00s, the defining image of the Nine Inch Nails frontman and industrial-rock don would’ve him caked in mud, leading his band as chief conductor of chaos at Woodstock 1994. But now, even though he still occasionally operates as Nine Inch Nails, sporadically adding to the band’s catalogue of tenebrous electronic-rock, that image could equally be of Reznor and his artistic partner Atticus Ross clutching their Oscars. You could take your pick – Reznor and Ross won an Academy Award both for their work on David Fincher’s The Social Network in 2010 and for their contribution to the score that accompanied the 2020 Pixar film Soul. A David Fincher film and a Pixar film – Reznor and Ross are nothing if not adaptable. Here’s every one of the Nine Inch Nails pair’s soundtrack work, also including TV scores because it would be sacrilege not to salute their soundtrack for Watchmen.
