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Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross win 2021 Critics Choice Award for Best Score

Nine Inch NailsTrent 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.

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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.

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Of course, this isn’t the first time Reznor and Ross have been nominated for their work on films. Last weekend, they took home the Best Original Score award for Soul at the Golden Globes. During his speech, Reznor expressed his gratitude for being part of a theatrical project his kids could actually see. Their score for Mank was also nominated at the Golden Globes.

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.

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As well, their Watchmen score won the Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special award at the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards. Reznor and Ross are also the masterminds behind the suspenseful music for Netflix‘s Bird Box which stars Sandra Bullock and Machine Gun Kelly.

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.

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Soul is now streaming on Disney+.

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