“Having too much stuff to start with gets in the way; there's too many options now”: Trent Reznor says that he and Atticus Ross like to choose “the best tools for the job” before they start writing

They’re two of the most successful movie soundtrack composers in the world, so it’s safe to assume that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have access to all the music-making gear they could ever wish for. However, in a new interview, Reznor has revealed that, sometimes, it pays to keep things simple.

“Before we start writing, we tend to think about what's the best tools for the job,” he told GQ. “We're in a room where any sound of anything is at our fingertips, whether we want a mock-up of something that can be performed by real people later with real instruments, or we're going to treat these instruments as the final product.”