Trent Reznor has won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on The Social Network.
The Nine Inch Nails leader singer out-maneuvered the likes of AR Rahman (127 Hours), Hans Zimmer (Inception), John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon) and Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech) to claim the Oscar alongside co-composer Atticus Ross.
A fresh round of new album releases this week shows us the consequences of some things not washing out (at least for You, Me, and Everyone We Know), even Trent Reznor can’t resist facebook (at first denying the offer, then accepting and scoring it “a shade darker”), and despite being arrested for drug possession and pining emotionally about the past, Kid Cudi’s musical odyssey continues as a bold step into a newer, deeper sound.
Facebook may have died for a short amount of time yesterday just in time for everyone to be talking about the upcoming film, The Social Network. (Could it all have been part of Justin Timberlake’s evil plot?) However, now that’s it’s back up and running, people are still talking about the movie in some sort of meta-analytic way on the social media network itself.
It could be because it’s only a week a way from the film’s release. It could be because Trent Reznor gave away five free songs from the score. It could also be because we have yet another track from the film for you to listen to. Take a listen to track #6 by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network after the jump!
The Social Network has sounded somewhat like a lame concept for a film from the beginning. (Let’s tell the story of guys behind Facebook!) It got even more laughable once the incredibly melodramatic trailer (with a choir singing Radiohead’s “Creep”) came out. Yes, some people may be interested in the creators of one of the most influential social media networks we have today. However, you can also wiki all of that. We don’t need a dramatized version of the life story. If we were going to watch a movie about a social network, it would be this one anyway – and yes, we’re well aware that it’s a spoof.
However, there’s always one thing that can save a story we could care less about – the music. Just look at what the second and third soundtracks for the Twilight Saga did! Bon Iver + Vampires = Tolerable! Broken Social Scene and Beck also revved Scott Pilgrim vs. The World up and now Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is going to stamp some credibility on The Social Network‘s score. However, you can decide if the music will do a good enough job…
In July it was announced that Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor would be lending his musical talent to the score of The Social Network. If you’re not familiar with the film, it’s a semi-biographical account of the founding of Facebook. It includes plenty of sex, drugs, and computers and in this case a haunting score by a rock-god. Take a listen to one of the songs below…
