How Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails Changed What Movies Sound Like

How Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails Changed What Movies Sound Like

After Reznor brought industrial grind into the mainstream with Nine Inch Nails, the mainstream made him a partner—and he's made some of his best, most adventurous music for big-budget Hollywood productions.

Nine Inch Nails founder Trent Reznor can’t have known how different a line like

“I don’t believe in your institutions”
would sound decades later.

Nine Inch Nails have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Reznor and his composing partner Atticus Ross have an Emmy, a Bafta, two Grammies, three Golden Globes, two Oscars, and a Country Music Award.

Reznor is now a respected elder statesman to goths and queers everywhere, having married industrial aesthetics to pop instincts, influenced more by Prince and Bowie than Skinny Puppy.

Author's summary: Reznor changed movie soundtracks forever.

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GQ GQ — 2025-10-17

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