Trent Reznor remains one of rock’s most unique artists. In recent years, his career has taken a very successful turn that few likely could’ve anticipated when Nine Inch Nails dropped their debut album, Pretty Hate Machine, in October 1989.
That turn? In-demand film and television score composer. (Seriously, we’re still kind of stunned by this career turn.)
When it comes to his score work, Reznor typically partners with Atticus Ross. Reznor and Ross have worked together since 2005, when Ross worked on the Nine Inch Nail album With Teeth. Ross became an official member of NIN in 2016.
The Reznor/Ross score pairing took off with a bang in 2010 when they composed the score to the David Fincher film The Social Network, which chronicled the founding and rise of Facebook and starred Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg.
Shortly after the award-winning success of The Social Network, Reznor and Ross began nabbing even more film and television score opportunities. The duo’s other credits include 2011’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 2014’s Gone Girl, 2016’s Patriots Day, 2019’s Watchmen, 2020’s Soul and Mank, and 2023’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Their latest work can be heard in 2024’s Challengers, starring Zendaya.
Frankly, the credits mentioned above only scratch the surface of the score work from Reznor and Ross, and as years go by, the duo will likely rack up even more credits. (As of publishing, there are three additional film projects yet to be released that feature their score work.)
Since 2010, Reznor and Ross have won a number of awards for their work. In fact, Reznor and Ross now only need to win a Tony Award in order to reach EGOT status.
Below, we offer a brief breakdown of the major awards that line their mantles for their score work. Call it a hunch, but they likely will be collecting more honors for years to come, which means we’ll be updating this list for years to come, too.
