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Soul: How Nine Inch Nails Scored the New Pixar Movie

For many music fans, the name Trent Reznor has long been synonymous with Nine Inch Nails. It is, after all, the groundbreaking industrial rock act that Reznor founded in 1988 and was the sole stationary member of until Atticus Ross was added as a permanent member in 2016. For others still, Reznor and Ross are the Oscar and Emmy-winning composers of scores for acclaimed films and TV shows like The Social Network, Gone Girl, and Watchmen. And yet, even with this eclectic legacy, it’s likely few except the minds at Pixar ever thought of either NIN member as the sound…
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Netflix Theatrical Logo Was Scored by Hans Zimmer

I still remember the first time I saw and heard the Netflix theatrical logo. Sitting among a group of journalists at a film festival, we were all taken by surprise when instead of the now iconic Netflix “ta-daum” sound effect, a Netflix original film began like a superhero movie: There’s a ray of light in the sky, then a sudden wave of colors, and finally a crescendo of drums and strings that wouldn’t be out of place in Man of Steel. There was still the “ta-dum” at the end, but it was as if Netflix was announcing this was cinema.…
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