Reznor

Trent Reznor, born Michael Trent Reznor on May 17, 1965, in New Castle, Pennsylvania, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the founder and principal creative force behind the industrial rock project Nine Inch Nails (NIN), formed in 1988. NIN released the breakthrough album Pretty Hate Machine (1989) and achieved a major critical breakthrough with The Downward Spiral (1994), a landmark work that helped define 1990s industrial rock. Over the years, Reznor has served as the primary composer, producer, and performer for NIN, shaping its evolving sound through albums such as The Fragile (1999), With Teeth (2005), Year Zero (2007), and Hesitation Marks (2013), among others.

In addition to his work with Nine Inch Nails, Reznor has established a prolific career as a film and television composer, often collaborating with Atticus Ross. The duo won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Social Network (2010). They have since scored several films, including The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Gone Girl (2014), and Mank (2020), earning multiple nominations and awards for their work.

Reznor has also pursued side projects, such as How to Destroy Angels, a project formed with Mariqueen Maand is his partner, which explores darker, more atmospheric material and released music in the 2010s. He remains influential in contemporary music for his immersive production style, blending electronic textures with guitar-driven elements, and for bridging alternative rock with cinematic scoring.