It seems strange to think now, but back at the tailend of the 00s, Trent Reznor was nothing but the frontman (and official sole member) of Nine Inch Nails. A polymath, yes. Talented producer, for sure. Captivating performer? Of course. Industrial-rock don. You know it. But it was all under the banner of Nine Inch Nails. These days, of course, he’s also a multiple Oscar-winning composer but, as he revealed to Pitchfork back in 2010, it could have all been so different.
Reznor’s pathway into becoming one of the most renowned co-film scorers (he works with Atticus Ross on his soundtracks, with Ross also now a long-established second official member of NiN) has been through his work with David Fincher. The pair have soundtracked every Fincher movie since 2010’s The Social Network but, shockingly, Reznor turned down the proposal when he was first approached.
