Trent Reznor
Biography
Trent Reznor is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and composer who began his career in 1982 with synth-pop groups before founding the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, where he is lead vocalist and main songwriter. The group's first album, Pretty Hate Machine, came out in 1989. Its next two records, The Downward Spiral and The Fragile, released in 1994 and 1999, earned the band wide critical praise. Reznor formed How to Destroy Angels in 2009. Since 2010 he has worked with Atticus Ross on film and television scores, especially for David Fincher and Luca Guadagnino, including The Social Network (2010), Gone Girl (2014), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Queer (2024), Challengers (2024), and Bones and All (2022). The pair won Best Original Score Academy Awards for The Social Network and Soul (2020), along with two Grammys and an Emmy for Watchmen (2019). Reznor appeared in the documentary Sound City (2013).
61years old
Turns 62 on May 17in 186 days
- Born New Castle
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Michael Trent Reznor (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 11 years2007 to 2018
Every film, newest first
- 2018Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! RecordsIMDb rating 7.6
- 2013Sound CityIMDb rating 7.8
- 2007Nine Inch Nails: Beside You in TimeIMDb rating 8.9
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Getting ready for a role
For the earliest Nine Inch Nails recordings, Reznor could not find a band that played his songs the way he wanted, so, inspired by Prince, he played every instrument except the drums himself.
Behind the camera
For Oliver Stone's film Natural Born Killers, the 1994 soundtrack was produced by Reznor, who worked from his hotel room with a portable Pro Tools setup.
A role that slipped away
Reznor said that he and Ross stopped scoring Joe Wright's The Woman in the Window. They had finished the score but dropped it because they disliked how the studio changed the film after test screenings, and Danny Elfman took over as composer.
A first
Reznor received a songwriting credit on Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" because the song heavily sampled the Nine Inch Nails instrumental "34 Ghosts IV", and the track spent a record 19 weeks at number one.
Behind the award
Reznor and Ross won the 2013 Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Neither man attended, and Reznor tweeted, "Why thanks, y'all."
Trent Reznor movies on Netflix
Worked with
Trent Reznor shares two films with Dave Grohl, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Dave Grohl's page
Jello Biafra's page
Taylor Hawkins's page
Tom Petty's page
Rivers Cuomo's page
Brian Bell's page
Rob SheridanDirector, 1 film, 2007
All films by Rob Sheridan
Julia NashDirector, 1 film, 2018
All films by Julia Nash
Awards
Three awards and honors from 2011 to 2013, three of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 2011 | Best Original Score | The Social Network | Won |
| Golden Globes | |||
| 2011 | Best Original Score | The Social Network | Won |
| Grammy Awards | |||
| 2013 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.