song: immigrant song (led zeppelin cover)
album: the girl with the dragon tattoo soundtrack
artists: trent reznor & atticus ross (feat. karen o)
usa - 2011
the tree of life
dir.: terrence malick
featurette by christopher nolan and david fincher
+: imdb
song: only
album: with teeth
band: nine inch nails
usa - 2005
+: directed by david fincher and was largely created using advanced cgi by visual effects company digital domain. the video was almost entirely computer-animated, with reznor filmed live in front of a green screen and then mapped onto the pin art. it is reported that the only parts that were live-action were the hand at the very beginning (that of fincher) and the bowl of apples at the end.
“only” contains a verse that is very similar to a verse in the song “down in it.”
“down in it”:
just then a tiny little dot caught my eye it was just about too small to see
but i watched it way too long it was pulling me down.
“only”:
well the tiniest little dot caught my eye
and it turned out to be a scab
and i had this funny feeling
like i just knew it’s something bad.
the social network score:
“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!”
- trent reznor
july 1st, 2010
+: nin.com
