The Social Network (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Open iTunes to preview, buy, and download music.
| Total: 19 Songs |
iTunes Review
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross punctuated The Social Network with an equally dark score. Ross’ prior collaborations with Reznor include a third album for his band 12 Rounds as well as work for With Teeth, Reznor’s 2005 LP with Nine Inch Nails. But unlike those projects, these are instrumental compositions that mostly build on tones. “Hand Covers Bruise” dots Brian Eno-inspired ambient keyboard touches over a sinisterly buzzing drone that morphs into an incessant whir of ghostly howls. “In Motion” incorporates pulsing beats and subtly distorted bass that will sound familiar to fans of Reznor’s NIN recordings — though it’s the following track that’s titled “A Familiar Taste.” Here stuttered beats stagger and ripple over a mantra of repeated guitar lines that disintegrate into lilting piano notes. The haunting sounds that comprise “3:14 Every Night” play together like factory noise combined with a close-microphoned insect hive as heady tones increase to approximate the building of an anxiety attack.
Customer Reviews
Brilliant Score to a Great Movie
I've been a long-time fan of both Nine Inch Nails and David Fincher and I loved it when they collaborated for the NIN "Only" music video. So I was more than pleased when I heard Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross were composing the score of the Social Network. The music is very haunting and helps show the disconnect between Zuckerberg and the real world. The score to the movie can be considered Vol.V of the Ghosts project that Reznor and Ross did together as Nine Inch Nails (some songs were even taken and remixed for the Social Network). The opening song (not of the movie, that's Ball and Biscuit by The White Stripes) by Reznor/Ross really sets the mood for the rest of the movie and gives a strong chill as we see Zuckerberg walk the campus alone. Every song is just as powerful in my point of view and it's a definite must have soundtrack.
Why are people so dumb? RESEARCH!
This is a fantastic album. Simply put. It won an Academy Award because it was/is original. It is an emotional record that conveys the fast-paced world of technology that The Social Network is about. Yes, Hans Zimmer's score was a more traditional piece, but who gives a sh*t? Traditional is traditional for a reason, it works, but it isn't anything new, so why give somebody an award for making the same score all the time, and BELIEVE ME, Hans Zimmer recycles his scores like it's his job. And in response to the people who say "glad you know how to use a computer" when they comment on the electronics, you should do some research. I'm an electronic artist and it takes MUCH more than you know to create electronic music, you dont just type it in and music comes out, electronics just mean the instruments are electronic. And they can be very finicky instruments that require days upon days of fine tuning. The Oscar win is well deserved, and this album is a welcome treat from the hundreds of genre film scores that are created upon a weekly basis.
GREATNESS!!!
This soundtrack deserves an Oscar for best-supporting actor, because it made EVERY great scene even better.
Biography
Genre: Soundtrack
Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Atticus Ross
![The Book of Eli (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Version], Atticus Ross](http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/012/Music/d5/b3/20/mzi.elkbnkym.100x100-75.jpg)
Listeners Also Bought
- Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Various Artists
- View In iTunes
- Sunshine (Music from the Motion Picture)
- Various Artists
- View In iTunes
- $7.99
- Genres: Soundtrack, Music, Soundtrack, Rock, Electronic, Jazz, Big Band, Adult Alternative
- Released: Sep 28, 2010
- ℗ 2010 Null
