Trent Reznor not nominated for an Oscar this year

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Remember last year at the Academy Awards when Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won the Oscar for Best Original Score for The Social Network? That was fun to see, wasn't it? Sadly it won't be happening again this year.
It looks like the Academy is over and done with dark, brooding, digital, industrial scores and is going back to honoring the classic sounding scores. Reznor and Ross didn't get nominated… Read More

RiO!B episode – December 20, 2011

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Paul McCartney releasing new album
The Beach Boys are reuniting
The Shins releasing a new album
Trent… Read More

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross nominated for Golden Globe award

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Remember last year when Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won the Golden Globe award for Best Original Score for The Social Network? Well the duo are trying to go for back to back victories this year.
Reznor and Ross were nominated again at the Globes for Best Original Score for their work on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. They'll be defending their title against John Williams for War Horse, Abel Korzeniowski for W.E.,… Read More

Watch: David Fincher directs video for Trent Reznor’s cover of “Immigrant Song”

Monday, December 12th, 2011

The soundtrack for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, done by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, is finally available to purchase. But now, for the first time, we get visuals for one of the songs done for the film.
Up top, you can check out a collage video done by the film's director, David Fincher, set to the sound of the cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" done by Reznor and Ross which features the vocal stylings of Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.… Read More

Stream: How To Destroy Angels – “Is Your Love Strong Enough?”

Friday, December 9th, 2011

The soundtrack for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo officially came out today and, as we all know, it was done by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. What else do those two also do? Oh yeah, they're in How To Destroy Angels with Reznor's wifey, Mariqueen Maandig.
Streaming now over at the band's official Tumblr page is their cover of Bryan Ferry's… Read More

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo soundtrack out on December 9th

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Here it is, guys. Your first preview of the upcoming soundtrack of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo done by Oscar winning composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Down below, you can stream the cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" featuring Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
I'd say it's a bit more industrial sounding and darker than the original but then we are dealing with Trent Reznor here. What else is it supposed to sound like?
The digital version… Read More

RiO!B episode – October 6, 2011

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Bring Me The Horizon frontman attacked on stage
Deftones releasing vinyl box set
Corey Taylor solo tour dates
New… Read More

RiO!B episode – August 16, 2011

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Black Sabbath reunites then un-reunites
Green Day plays new songs
Mastodon - "Curl of the Burl"
Trent… Read More

Trent Reznor releases 7 minutes of music from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

You know when Trent Reznor links to something on Twitter, it's a sign of good things to come. So when our dark, industrial lord tweeted the link to the website for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, it wasn't only to get more info on the film.
By heading to the website, you'll be able to check out seven minutes of original music… Read More

Trent Reznor wins an Oscar!

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have done it again!
The duo won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Social Network after already winning a Golden Globe. Reznor will team up with Social Network director David Fincher to work on the score for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo which will be in theaters this December.
I've never actually screamed aloud during the Oscars but Trent's win elicited that reaction from me when he walked on… Read More