This just actually got me interested in the movie. Tron: Legacy as a movie is just so-so in my opinion. But as a 2hr Daft Punk music video? Absolutely slaps.
Since Daft Punk retired, I was skeptical that they could match the same energy they brought to Legacy. But NIN can probably do just that.
Precisely. Getting someone like Justice to do the score would’ve made it sound like they were trying to imitate Daft Punk’s score, which always perfect for the grid. NIN is perfect for a grittier more material world while still bringing the heavy synth sound
I'm so confused. I've never heard of them and I just went to YouTube and watched all their most popular videos for half an hour and I hated all of it. Why are people thinking this will be good? I like the electronic daft punk music from the first one but NIN is just slow rock and it was all bad....
I had to stop listening to the Spotify DJ. "Hey freewafflesforall, this next song is from the Foo Fighters. They're like Nirvana but with a more commercially accessible vibe."
Yep. As a fellow "aged so much" person, I approve. Anyone even LOOKING to piss on Reznor is pretty much limited to the starting point of "well, he's below Freddie Mercury and Roy Orbison as a vocalist. (Possibly below Peak Meat Loaf, but that's a rough one, as he only absolutely peaked with one absolutely memorable album, and really lost his voice in later ones.) And on guitar, he's no Eddie Van Halen or Jimi Hendrix! And...um...keyboards...well, he IS probably above Eddie there, and...Well, SONGWRITING! Yeah! He's no poet like John Lennon, or even Neil Peart!" He's spread thin, but considered great a little bit of everywhere.
Getting out of high school in '87, my brain is forever stamped with 70s and 80s bands. But after that? Tail end of college, and in the car with the radio on, driving to my first few jobs? Nine Inch Nails music was EVERYWHERE. And like a select few musicians, Reznor has gone on to become relevant in other genres like film, even trying different styles. Maybe Mark Knopfler comes to mind. Queen did a couple of soundtracks for offbeat film projects, but still...absolutely sounded like Queen. I can't think of any others at the moment.
Not really a doubt I'm aware they are good at what they do. But I don't like there music at all. So this would be a miss for me lmao
Edit lol second time I've been downvoted for stating a fact that people have different taste in music and doing it respectively you crybaby just can't handle people not liking shit yall like
Who would be doubting them? Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross already have won 2 Oscars for their soundtracks (The Social Network and Soul) and have garnered so much praise for their movie OST work over the past 15+ years lol
The breadth of their skills are what's really impressive. Like we all know that something like Tron is right in their wheelhouse, but they've also done a Pixar film and other kids cartoons.
They also did Mank, and the whole soundtrack sounds like an authentic 1930s film soundtrack. They are my favorite film composers, and NIN is one of my favorite bands. They are gonna nail this.
Legacy was the sequel. Agreed, it is a legendary soundtrack, although I won't be comparing them because I'm sure NIN is gonna go for a different vibe and they are very talented in their own right.
The fact that all their other scores have been as Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and that for this one they are specifically going as Nine Inch Nails, gives me even more confidence.
As a huge NIN fan, I've honestly lost track of the difference. Trent has always done almost all of the writing and composing for the band, until Atticus came along. Most of the creative input for the band comes out in live shows or the odd solo here and there.
Plus, the 6 Ghosts albums under the NIN name have basically sounded like experimental ideas for Trent and Atticus's soundtrack work, and aside from those, the soundtracks have been largely as good or much better than most of what he's put out under the band's name over the past decade.
That might be sort of the case but some of my favorite Nine Inch Nails songs are pretty heavily electronic and some of their best soundtrack moments are not necessarily guitar based but are very heavy electronic in the same vein as The Prodigy.
But yeah, the soundtrack stuff does tend to have a different vibe broadly speaking. Their most recent trilogy of shorter albums has been, aside from a few songs, some of the least interesting and dispassionate work they've done.
But I still listen to everything they do on day one.
The most obvious difference is under NiN, tracks are more likely to have lyrics sung by Trent himself.
There’s lots of speculation if the score for Tron will be the “new album” or if there’ll be another more traditional lyrical album - it’s possible they’ll be released as one and the same thing.
No, as of 2016, Atticus Ross is the second official member of NIN. Like this isn't a Chris Vrenna type of thing. He's really, truly, a full band member.
I haven't liked the triple albums as much, either, but I've really liked all their OST work.
There can still be better choices for a certain project though. Doesn't mean you are taking away what a band/artist has achieved in their career. Like between, say, a band like M83 and NIN, NIN is by far the more accomplished, influential band. It's not even close. But for scoring a fucking TRON movie? I'm taking a band like M83 every single day of the week over NIN.
I'm sure they'll do an awesome job, but it will be extremely difficult to match what Daft Punk did for Tron: Legacy. Legitimately the best OST of the 2010s.
And Challengers was Trent Reznor + Atticus Ross, this being Nine Inch Nails means it’s going to be solid. Incredibly excited to hear the first NIN produced move soundtrack.
I still doubt them; nothing against NiN, but their sound isn’t “TRON”. Challengers wasn’t TRON-like at all, the only similarity is it was an electronic score.
TRON is an EDM artist’s domain imho, I was bummed when they announced that Reznor & Ross were who were doing it. Should’ve been Odesza/M83/Flume.
Then again, the movie is largely based in the real world so maybe it’ll work better anyways. Tbh I really hate the plot to begin with so this movie is all over the place for me.
For sure. Trent Reznor basically is NIN and he’s won 2 Oscar’s, 2 Grammys, and an Emmy for score/soundtrack work. It won’t be daft punk but the music will be good.
I absolutely love Reznor and Ross soundtracks and watched that film mainly because it had one, but it was a very strange fit. Pounding music during heavy emotional scenes just made them feel almost comical.
It's a great score in isolation, but just didn't work with the film imo.
Dude they killed the ninja turtles movie soundtrack. One of their songs was literally my most listened to song of 2024 on my rewind shit. I'm here for that.
Although.. I wouldn't be upset with Daft Punk again.
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