Trent Reznor recently talked with IndieWire about Nine Inch Nails’ ongoing work on the score for the sci-fi movie ’Tron: Ares.’ During the interview, he also touched on his frustration with what he thinks is a decline in the music industry.
The singer explained, “You mentioned disillusionment with the music world? Yes. The culture of the music world sucks. That’s another conversation, but what technology has done to disrupt the music business in terms of not only how people listen to music but the value they place on it is defeating.”
“I’m not saying that as an old man yelling at clouds,” he continued, “but as a music lover who grew up where music was the main thing. Music [now] feels largely relegated to something that happens in the background or while you’re doing something else. That’s a long, bitter story.”
Nine Inch Nails soundtrack for the third ’Tron’ movie will include new original tracks and mark the first time Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross compose under the band’s name instead of just their own.
As Reznor worked on seven film scores with Ross since the release of NIN’s last album, he now plans to make music for the group, as well. “We’re taking the inspiration we’ve garnered and funneling it into a Nine Inch Nails project, which we’re working on now,” he recently told The Hollywood Reporter. “We’re ready to be back in the driver’s seat.”
Nine Inch Nails’ latest work, ’Ghosts V: Together’ and ’Ghosts VI: Locusts,’ came out in 2020 as a two-part ambient music project.
