As you may recall a couple of weeks ago we got to see the first teaser poster for the new David Fincher film, The Social Network, which will tell the dark tale of the creation of Facebook and then a week later we got to see the first teaser trailer. Today we learn, from Trent Reznor himself, that TR has been working on the score to the film, which will be released this Fall ahead of the movie. In a post published to NIN.com yesterday, TR announced that despite his plans to “take some time off” after the end of Nine Inch Nails, he was approached by Fincher to score the film … and he said yes. Here is the full text of TR‘s amazing announcement:

I was planning on taking some time off after the continual waves of touring that ended last fall and spend this year experimenting around with what would become How To Destroy Angels and some new NIN. Well, that plan didn’t work out so well. David Fincher started inquiring about my interest in scoring his upcoming film, The Social Network. Yeah, the movie about the founding of Facebook. I’ve always loved David’s work but quite honestly I wondered what would draw him to tell that story. When I actually read the script and realized what he was up to, I said goodbye to that free time I had planned. Atticus Ross and I have been on a creative roll so I asked him if he wanted to work on this with me and we signed on. Months later, I’m happy to tell you we’re nearing the completion of this and I couldn’t be happier with how it’s turned out. The level of excellence that David operates on is inspiring and the entire process has been challenging and truly enjoyable. As Atticus and I near the end of the scoring process, we’re looking forward to the next phase – distilling the large amount of music we’ve written for this down to a satisfying record (or two). The film opens Oct 1 in the US with the record likely available a couple of weeks ahead of that. Speaking of the film… it’s really fucking good. And dark!

NIN fans may recall that Reznor and Fincher previously worked together on the soundtrack for the 1995 movie Se7en (staring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman and Gwyneth Paltrow) and Reznor has previously scored the films Natural Born Killers (1994, directed by Oliver Stone) and Lost Highway (1997, directed by David Lynch) … so we know A.) TR knows how to score films and B.) he only works with the best directors around. This is really fantastic news. First we get a small batch of music from TR‘s new band How to Destroy Angels and now we get to look forward to a new album of new solo material. AND don’t forget, TR also promised that “NIN isn’t dead” and that he is working on “material that will be quite different from previous NIN“ … this suggests another Nine Inch Nails album. But … the focus of this post is on the upcoming score for The Social Network. After the jump, check out the teaser trailer again and pay attention to the background music, in hindsight I suppose we should’ve recognized how Trent Reznor it sounds …

This is very exciting news. The poster did not thrill me but the teaser trailer did appeal to me much more … now that I know Trent Reznor has scored the film, I’m sold. I will be seeing this movie in theaters for sure. The fact that TR calls the film “really fucking good. And dark!” is enough of an endorsement for me.

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