Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross win 2021 Critics Choice Award for Best Score
Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste have won the Critics Choice Award for Best Score. Alongside Batiste, the duo helped create the score for Disney‘s new animated film Soul. Read more: Miley Cyrus credits these artists for paving the way for female rock musicians For this year’s Critics Choice Awards, […]
For this year’s Critics Choice Awards, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross were nominated twice in the Best Score category. Along with Soul, the duo also created the music for Netflix‘s Mank which is nominated for various awards. As well, The Midnight Sky, Tenet, News Of The World and Minari were also nominated in the Best Score category.
Reznor, Ross and Batiste’s speeches were not aired during the awards show. However, Batiste did share his excitement on social media Sunday night.
This latest win marks the second Critics Choice Award for Ross and Reznor. Back in 2010, they won Best Score for The Social Network and eventually won the Best Original Score Oscar for their work on the film, too.
Over the years, their music for Gone Girl and Girl With The Dragon Tattoo has also been nominated. In fact, their Girl With The Dragon Tattoo score won Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media at the 2013 Grammys.
Over the years, Trent Reznor has appeared on eight different Alternative Press covers. He first appeared on the cover of AP with Nine Inch Nails back in 1990. Since Issue #31, he has appeared on various other covers and currently holds the record for the second-most AP cover appearances. Currently, Andy Black of Black Veil Brides holds the record for most cover appearances.