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*''[[The Vietnam War Original Score]]'' with Atticus Ross (Writing and performance)
*''Existential Reckoning: Rewired'', Puscifer (Remix, "Apocalyptical"; with Atticus Ross)
*''The Franchise'' with Atticus Ross ([[Main Title Theme (from "The Franchise")|Main Title Theme]] and first episode score)
→1990
Reznor's first band in Cleveland was a cover band called [[The Urge]]. This band drew crowds and Reznor got some recognition. When he left the band months later they lost much of their audience. In March 1985, he joined [[The Innocent]] as a keyboardist, but left the band after about five months. Reznor briefly re-joined The Urge in October 1985, before parting ways again shortly thereafter. In early 1986, he joined [[Exotic Birds]] as a keyboardist and back-up vocalist with [[Andy Kubiszewski]] (who would later join Stabbing Westward). In December 1986, Reznor invited Vrenna to play drums for the newly reconfigured Exotic Birds. During this time Reznor also met [[John A. Malm, Jr.]], who was doing promotion for the band. Exotic Birds received some national attention after playing a few gigs with Culture Club, but the band split up by July 1987. [https://casetext.com/case/reznor-v-j-artist-management] This was followed by keyboardist positions in [[Slam Bamboo]] and [[Lucky Pierre]]. Reznor was also briefly part of [[Kollaps]] during these years, alongside [[Richard Patrick]]. But all the while, Reznor wanted to be able to do his own music and be his own musician.
The initial songwriting and planning for Nine Inch Nails was happening while Reznor was still in Slam Bamboo and Lucky Pierre.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCimjf7nYxE] During this period, Reznor was finally able to write his first "real" song. It was entitled "[[Down in It (song)|Down In It]]" and was recorded as part of a demo during Reznor's spare time at the studio. After trying to come up with a name for his solo project (an early contender was The Crown Of Thorns[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=6183]), he settled on the name Nine Inch Nails (NIN for short) because "it sounded menacing, it was catchy, it stood the two-week test, and it could be easily abbreviated." Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen has also been quoted as saying that the name comes from a review of Ministry's ''Twitch'', wherein the reviewer stated that listening to the second half of the album was like having a nine-inch nail driven into your head.[https://www.laweekly.com/ministrys-al-jourgensen-is-a-national-treasure/] Malm had been informally managing and supporting Reznor during this period, and helped him shop around the demo to various record labels. Nettwerk, while courting Reznor, invited him to open for part of [[Skinny Puppy]]'s tour, and Reznor hastily assembled a three-piece band to play his demos on a [[VIVIsectVI Tour|handful of dates]]. Ultimately [[TVT Records]], known for its TV music compilations, signed Reznor and offered to help him release his music.
===NIN Begins===
Reznor reworked many of the demos he recorded and even added some new material to his debut album, entitled ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''. After its recording , he assembled a small live band, inviting Vrenna to join him as one tour in support of his bandmatesthe album. This band played some small shows in Cleveland and was eventually invited After a couple supporting slot tours, NIN embarked on two headlining tours, relentlessly touring clubs across the road by [[Skinny Puppy]]country, where they built a reputation for a dynamic, dangerous live show. The band would eventually be invited to join the first [[Lollapalooza Tour|Lollapalooza]] tour, where they became one of the most popular bands on the tour.
By the time 1991 rolled around, Reznor was in a miserable state. The label was pressuring him to record more material but was trying to tell him which producers to use and how the material should sound. Reznor wanted out of his contract and secretly recorded an EP in various locations around the country. [[Interscope Records]] came to the rescue, entering into a joint venture with TVT, removing them from the creative process and setting up the vanity record label [[Nothing Records]] for Reznor. The EP, titled ''[[Broken]]'', was released by Interscope and Nothing in 1992 and explained the situation to its buyers.
Scores for ''[[Empire of Light (Original Score)|Empire of Light]]'' and ''[[Bones and All (Original Score)|Bones and All]]'' were released in 2022, the latter kicking off what has become an ongoing collaboration with director Luca Guadagnino, much like that with David Fincher. Scores for ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Original Score)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem]]'' and Fincher's ''[[The Killer (Original Score)|The Killer]]'' were released in 2023. Scores for two Guadagnino films, ''[[Challengers (Original Score)|Challengers]]'' and ''[[Queer (Original Score)|Queer]]'', were released in 2024.
Reznor and Ross also announced in 2024 that they had formed a company called [[With Teeth (company)|With Teeth]], a production venture dealing in multiple disciplines. Around this same time period, several [[brand collaborations]] started to take place, and a virtual supergroup band called [[WitchGang]] (with Reznor and Ross, among others, having some level of involvement) also cropped up. The [[Peel It Back Tour]] began in 2025, and the [[Future Ruins|Future Ruins Music & Arts Festival]] was announced.
Three more scores were announced for release in 2025: ''[[The Gorge (Soundtrack from the Apple Original Film)|The Gorge]]'', ''After the Hunt'', and ''[[Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|Tron: Ares]]'' (credited to NIN rather than Reznor and Ross), and ''[[After the Hunt (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|After the Hunt]]''. Reznor and Ross are also credited as executive producers on ''Tron: Ares'', as well as having on-screen cameos as the two fighter pilots. A score for the video game ''Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet'' was also announced for future release.
Today, Reznor is happier than he's ever been. He feels that he has found his calling in life and has found joy in creating music. Although he admits he could very easily relapse into his old ways, because he has been there, he has said he never wants to go back. He and his [[Mariqueen Maandig Reznor|wife]] currently reside in California with their children and dogs.
===1990===
*''Supernaut'', [[1000 Homo DjsDJs]] (Vocals, "[[Supernaut]]")
*Provided vocals on tour with the Revolting Cocks
*Appeared in the music video for "Faster Than Light" by Lead Into Gold
===1992===
*''Burn Like Brilliant Trash (At Jackie's Funeral)'', Machines of Loving Grace (remix, "Burnt Offering 120 BPM", "Burn Like Brilliant Trash" (Radio Edit)", and "Burn Like Brilliant Trash" (Dub 120 BPM)")*''Symphony of Destruction'', Megadeth (Remix, "Symphony Of Destruction" (The Gristle Mix) (Edited and Extended)")
*''Glitch'', Pigface (vocals, "Suck" live version)
*''Stone Cold Crazy'' (promo), Queen (Remix, "Stone Cold Crazy" (Re-Produced by Trent Reznor)")
===1993===
*[[Untitled Mixtape]], Queen (Remix, "Tie Your Mother Down" (Reznor Remix)")*''The Wooden Song'', Butthole Surfers (Remix, "Who Was In My Room Last Night" (Trent Reznor Remix)")*''Blackerthreetrackertwo'', Curve (Remix, "Missing Link" (Screaming Bird Mix)")
===1994===
*''Under The Pink'', [[Tori Amos]] (Vocals, "Past The Mission")
*''Light'', KMFDM ("Light" (Fat Back Dub) " remix)*''Get Your Gunn'', Marilyn Manson (Producer, tracks 1–2; remix, "Mother Inferior Got Her Gunn" (Trent Reznor Remix)")
*''[[Portrait of an American Family]]'', Marilyn Manson (album producer; album mix; guitar, "Lunchbox"; saxophone, "My Monkey")
*''[[Natural Born Killers Soundtrack]]'' (Album producer)
*''Prick'', [[Prick]] (Producer, tracks 1, 3–5)
*''Lunchbox'', Marilyn Manson (Producer, "[[Down In The Park]]")
*''The Heart's Filthy Lesson'', [[David Bowie]] (Remix, "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" (Alt Mix)")
*''Smells Like Children'', Marilyn Manson (Album producer)
===1998===
*''Voyeurs'', 2wo (Album producer)
*''Victory: Remixes'', Puff Daddy & The Family (remix and featured performer, "Victory" (Nine Inch Nails Remix)")
*''Pleasant Smell'', [[12 Rounds]] (Remix, "Pleasant Smell (Rethought by Trent Reznor, [[Keith Hillebrandt]], and [[Clint Mansell]] for the Nothing Collective)") There are two versions with the same title
*''Herehear'', Wink (Vocals and lyrics, "[[Black Bomb (Jerry In The Bag)]]")
===1999===
*''The Unauthorized Club Record'' (promo CD-R), Queen (Remix, "Tie Your Mother Down" (Reznor Remix)"; Remix, "Stone Cold Crazy" (Reznor Remix)")*''BASIC Queen Bootlegs'' (promo CD-R), Queen (Remix, "Stone Cold Crazy" (Reznor Remix)")
===2000===
*''Breadline,'' Megadeth (Remix, "Symphony Of Destruction" (The Gristle Mix)")
*''Seven'', David Bowie (Vocals, "I'm Afraid Of Americans V1") (Video, "I'm Afraid of Americans")
*''Requiem for a Dream Soundtrack'' (Music consultant)
===2001===
*''Spin This'', N.E.R.D. (Remix, "Lapdance" (Trent Reznor Remix)")*''Lapdance'', (Remix, promo) N.E.R.D. (Remix, "Lapdance" (Trent Reznor Remix)")
===2002===
*''World Traveler Soundtrack'', (Composer, Piano)
*''Best of Bowie'', David Bowie (Video, "I'm Afraid of Americans")
===2003===
*''Growing Up'', Peter Gabriel (Remix, "Growing Up" (Trent Reznor Remix)")
===2004===
*''It Dreams'', Jakalope (Co-producer)
*''eMOTIVe'', [[A Perfect Circle]] (Credited among authors of "[[Passive]]")
*''Vertigo (Remix, promo)'', U2 (Remix, "Vertigo" (Trent Reznor Remix)")
===2005===
*''Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own'', U2 (Remix, "Vertigo" (Trent Reznor Remix)")*''The Work of Director Mark Romanek'', (Provided commentary, BTS ("Closer", "The Perfect Drug"))
===2006===
*''Born 4'', Jakalope (Co-producer)
*''Live At Metropol Pittsburgh PA 04/25/1991'', Pigface (Vocals, "Suck" live) (Guitar, "Tapeworm", "T.F.W.O." live)*''A Piano: The Collection'', Tori Amos (Vocals, "Past The Mission" (Alternate Mix)")
===2007===
*''I'll Sleep When You're Dead'', [[EL-P|EL-P]] (Additional production and vocals, "Flyentology")
*''Flyentology EP'', [[EL-P|EL-P]] (Additional production and vocals, "Flyentology", "Flyentology" (Cassettes Won't Listen Remix)", "Flyentology" (Instrumental), and "Flyentology" (Acapella))
*''You Know What You Did'', [[Queens Of The Stone Age]] (Vocals, "Era Vulgaris")
*''Era Vulgaris'', [[Queens Of The Stone Age]] (Vocals, "Era Vulgaris")—available for download, "Era Vulgaris" (Richard File Remix)"
*''The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust!'', Saul Williams (Producer; music, tracks 1–2, 5–8, 11–15; programming, "[[Black History Month]]"; "[[Tr(n)igger]]"; "[[DNA]]"; vocals, "[[Break]]", and "[[WTF!]]"; arrangement, "[[Sunday Bloody Sunday]]")
===2009===
*''"C" Is For (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference Here) E.P.[[NINJA 2009 Summer Tour EP]]'', [[PusciferJane's Addiction]] (WritingProducer, "Whores", "[[Potions]]Chip Away" (Deliverance Mix))
*''Shine On'', 12 Rounds (Additional programming, "Shine On")
*''"WhoresC" and Is For (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference Here) E.P.'', [[Puscifer]] (Writing, "Chip Away[[Potions]] (Deliverance Mix)")*''Hurt'', [[Jane's AddictionPeter Murphy]] (ProducerPiano, "Hurt")
===2010===
===2012===
*''Destroyer 12"'', Telepathe (Remix, "Destroyer" (Remix)")
*''Call Of Duty: Black Ops II'' video game (Composer, [[Theme From Call Of Duty Black Ops II|theme song]])
*''[[An Omen EP]]'', How To Destroy Angels
*''[[Patriots Day Soundtrack]]'' with Atticus Ross (Writing and performance)
*''[[The Black Ghiandola]]'' with Atticus Ross (Writing and performance)
*Multimedia project for Banksy (The Walled Off Hotel), "[[Green Lines]]" (with Atticus Ross)
*''White Knight'', Todd Rundgren (Writing and performance, "Deaf Ears"; with Atticus Ross)
*Appeared as a member of "The Nine Inch Nails" in an episode of ''Twin Peaks: The Return'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QczxCxFRUf0]*''I Got Your Back (DaM-Funk, Re-Freak)[[The Vietnam War Original Score]]'', Todd Rundgren (Remix, "Deaf Ears" with Atticus Ross (Nine Inch Nails Mix)Writing and performance)
*"[[John Carpenter's Halloween]]" with Atticus Ross (Performance)
*Appeared as a member of ''I Got Your Back (DaM-Funk, Re-Freak)'', Todd Rundgren (Remix, "The Deaf Ears (Nine Inch NailsMix)" in an episode of ''Twin Peaks: The Return'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QczxCxFRUf0])
===2018===
*''True'', Danny Elfman (remix and featured performer, "True")
*''[[If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power]]'', Halsey (Producer, writing, performance, engineering; with Atticus Ross)
*''I Am Not A Woman, I'm A God (Remixes)'', Halsey (Producer, writing, performance, engineering; with Atticus Ross)
*''Love and Power: Love'', Halsey (Producer, writing, performance, engineering; with Atticus Ross)
===2022===
*''Native Intelligence'', Danny Elfman (featured performer, "Native Intelligence")
*''Shift (Bad Hombre Vol II)'', Antonio Sanchez & Bad Hombre (featured performer, "[[I Think We're Past That Now]]"; with Atticus Ross)
*''Bigger Messier'', Danny Elfman (featured performer, "Native Intelligence (Ghostemane Natural Selection Remix)"; "True (Stu Brooks Remix)")
*''Existential Reckoning: Rewired'', Puscifer (Remix, "Apocalyptical"; with Atticus Ross)
*''[[Bones and All (Original Score)|Bones and All]]'' with Atticus Ross (Writing and performance)
*''[[Empire of Light (Original Score)|Empire of Light]]'' with Atticus Ross (Writing and performance)
===2023===
===2024===
*''[[Challengers (MIXED) by Boys Noize|Challengers [MIXED] by Boys Noize]]'' with Atticus Ross (Writing and performance)
*''[[Challengers (Original Score)|Challengers]]'' with Atticus Ross (Writing and performance)
*Appeared in the music video for "Hurt" by Peter Murphy
*''The Bear'' with Atticus Ross (Season 3, Episode 1 score)
*''The Franchise'' with Atticus Ross ([[Challengers Main Title Theme (Original Scorefrom "The Franchise")|ChallengersMain Title Theme]]'' with Atticus Ross (Writing and performancefirst episode score)
*''Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023'', Bryan Ferry (Co-writing, drum programming and bass, "Star"; with Atticus Ross)
*''[[Queer (Original Score)|Queer]]'' with Atticus Ross (Writing and performance)
===2025===
*''[[The Gorge (Soundtrack from the Apple Original Film)|The Gorge]]'' with Atticus Ross (Writing and performance)
*''Silver Shade'', Peter Murphy (vocals, "Swoon", "Silver Shade" , and "Hot Roy")*''[[After the Hunt (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|After the Hunt]]'' with Atticus Ross (Writing and performance)
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