Tag: Trent Reznor

Trent Reznor No Longer Involved in ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’

Trent Reznor announced on the NIN message board (via /Film) that he is no longer involved in Timur Bekmambetov’s upcoming horror thriller Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. As announced earlier this month, it was reported that Reznor had been tapped to score the film and possibly have a cameo appearance in the movie starring Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Anthony Mackie. Here’s the exact quote from Reznor:

Don’t believe everything you read. As it turns out, I WON’T be working on (acting or scoring) ALVH after all. There’s no juicy story here, it’s just that when the news mysteriously leaked out about my involvement I hadn’t made up my mind completely, because various aspects of the project were changing. I felt the need to say something earlier this week because my inbox was filling up with speculation, and at that moment I thought I would be doing it. Confused yet? Apparently I am. Bottom line, I wish them the best with the film and I’m sure it will still be great.

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Trent Reznor to Score ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’

Badass Digest is reporting that Trent Reznor has been tapped to score the upcoming horror thriller Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The film based on the book by Seth Grahame-Smith is directed by Timur Bekmambetov, who most recently collaborated with composer Danny Elfman on 2008’s Wanted starring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman. Tim Burton is also involved in the project as a producer. The movie stars Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Anthony Mackie. The film’s story portrays the 16th president as an ax-throwing, highly trained vampire assassin. Apart from scoring the film, Reznor is also expected to appear as a vampire in the movie. 20th Century Fox will release Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter in 3D on June 22, 2012.

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Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross win Oscar for ‘The Social Network’

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have won the Oscar for their original score for David Fincher’s The Social Network. The award marks the first Oscar win for both composers, who both have been nominated for the first time. The score beat out Alexandre Desplat’s The King’s Speech, Hans Zimmer’s Incpetion, John Powell’s How to Train Your Dragon and A.R. Rahman’s 127 Hours.

In the Best Song category, Randy Newman won the Oscar for his original song We Belong Together from Toy Story 3.

All nominated composers were spotted in attendance at the Academy Award ceremony.

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Composers react to Academy Award nominations

Following the announcement of the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards, reactions from all nominated composers have appeared online.

John Powell on How to Train Your Dragon:

Visit Movieline for a short interview with Powell on his very first Oscar nomination and also check out Variety and The Hollywood Reporter for a short reaction from the composer.

Alexandre Desplat on The King’s Speech:

Check out a short quote in Variety and The Wrap on his fourth (and third consecutive) nomination for Tom Hooper’s movie which received the most nominations for any film today.

Hans Zimmer on Inception:

Check out this interview on Movieline for Zimmer’s reaction on his ninth nomination and the lack of nomination for Inception’s director Christopher Nolan.

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Reznor and Ross win Golden Globe for ‘Best Score’

Trent Reznor’s and Atticus Ross’ score for David Fincher’s The Social Network won the Golden Globe Award for ‘Best Original Score’ at today’s 68th Golden Globes ceremony. Reznor and Ross beat out the other four nominees Alexandre Desplat for The King’s Speech, Hans Zimmer for Inception, Danny Elfman for Alice in Wonderland and A.R. Rahman for 127 Hours. The Award marks the first nomination and win for both Reznor and Ross.

In the ‘Best Original Song’, Dianne Warren won the Golden Globe Award for the song You Haven’t Seen The Last Of Me from Burlesque (performed by Cher). Songwriter Warren was nominated five times before, but this marks her first Golden Globe win.

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross win Critic’s Choice Award

Last night, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won the Critic’s Choice Award for their score for David Fincher’s The Social Network. The movie was also awarded the best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay prize. The score beat out the scores for Black Swan (Clint Mansell), Inception (Hans Zimmer), The King’s Speech (Alexandre Desplat) and True Grit (Carter Burwell). The ‘Best Song’ award went to A.R. Rahman, Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong for the song If I Rise for Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours.

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Atticus Ross co-scoring ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

As reported last weekend, Trent Reznor has started work on the score for David Fincher’s upcoming adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. We have learned since that Reznor has re-teamed with Atticus Ross, his co-composer on The Social Network. The project marks Ross’ third major film score after The Social Network and Book of Eli in the previous year. Visit The Playlist for a transcript of Reznor’s comments on working on the score for the thriller during a recent New York Times Q&A. For more information on the movie, visit our previous article.

Trent Reznor scoring ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

UPDATE (January 11, 2011): Atticus Ross co-scoring ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

According to a New York Times livestream interview (via Slashfilm), Trent Reznor has announced that he will be scoring David Fincher’s upcoming adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The movie stars Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgard and Joely Richardson. The film is based on the bestselling novel by Stieg Larsson, which has been adapted for the screen in a 2009 Swedish movie with the same title and has been released domestically last year with Noomi Rampace’s lead performance receiving lots of positive critical notices. Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List, American Gangster) is adapting Larsson’s novel for the David Fincher movie. Trent Reznor has been receiving a lot of attention for his score on last year’s The Social Network (including a Golden Globe nomination), which is being re-released in theaters this weekend.

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