Summary
Musicians and composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, the creative tag team tapped to provide scoring for Naughty Dog’s forthcoming gameIntergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, have received the Golden Globe for Best Original Score for their work on Luca Guadagnino’s filmChallengers. The recent announcement trailer forIntergalactic: The Heretic Prophetfeatured the duo’s work, alongside a taste of the licensed music to be used in the game.
Reznor and Ross are best known for their decades-long collaboration on Reznor’s band Nine Inch Nails, which he started as a solo act in 1988, and their award-winning film scores for directors like David Fincher and Pete Docter. As a pair, the composers have won an Academy Award for Best Original Score forThe Social NetworkandSoul, as well as several Grammys, an Emmy, and a BAFTA.ScoringIntergalacticwon’t be completely new territory for Reznoreither, who provided the soundtrack to 1996’sQuakeand the main title track forCall of Duty: Black Ops 2.
Nabbing the coveted award for the love-triangle sports picChallengers, Ross and Reznor accepted the golden statue from presenters Elton John and Brandi Carlile. “The music that revealed itself as the voice ofChallengersnever felt like a safe choice, but it always felt like the right one,” said Ross, speaking for the pair. The driving electronic score pushes a contemporary, club-going vibe that matches the edgy athleticism and sensuality offered by the accompanying film. With the duo seemingly operating at the height of their powers,Intergalacticmay end up being one of the best game soundtracksof all time.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Win Golden Globe for Original Film Score
While the progenitors of Nine Inch Nails' hard-driving industrial rock may seem like unlikely shepherds of contemporary games and films, the duo have proven themselves highly elastic in their musical output, shape-shifting to create the haunting tonal layering forThe Social Network, ethereal meditative pieces forSoul, and now the cryptic backdrop for Naughty Dog’s newest space-faring venture. With hints being dropped online indicating thatIntergalacticmay lean into horror territory, the Atticus/Ross scoring selection seems all the more appropriate.
The added spotlight generated by the Golden Globe win on Reznor and Ross’s already notable careers will certainly help feed the hype machine forIntergalactic, whichmight be a significant departure for Naughty Dog. Without any notable missteps in the composers' list of accomplishments to date, listeners will likely be in for an audible feast with theIntergalacticscore, regardless of the game’s final content.
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
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Intergalactic: The Heretic Propher follows Jordan A. Mun, a dangerous bounty hunter who ends up stranded on Sempiria – a distant planet whose communication with the outside universe went dark hundreds of years ago. In fact, anyone who’s flown to it hoping to unravel its mysterious past was never heard from again. Jordan will have to use all her skills and wits if she hopes to be the first person in over 600 years to leave its orbit.
