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}}'''Charles Alexander Clouser''' (born June 28, 1963 in Hanover, New Hampshire) is a film composer and former [[Nine Inch Nails]] band member whose activities included playing drums and keyboard, engineering, mixing and music programming. Clouser (along with [[Richard Patrick]], [[Danny Lohner]] and [[Chris Vrenna]]) joined NIN onstage for six songs at the [[2022/09/24_Cleveland,_OH|Cleveland show]] of the [[NIN 2022]] tour.
While Clouser was not inducted into the [[Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame]] along with NIN, he attended the Rock Hall's special NIN fan day that took place in 2022. [[Trent Reznor]] stated during a livestreamed band interview[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOlqBkaY6YY] that he wanted Clouser and Richard Patrick to be included, but that he was only allowed so many band members.
==Career==
Clouser was originally hired by [[Trent Reznor]] in the early nineties as a studio programmer. In an interview with ''ComingSoon''[https://www.comingsoon.net/horror/pb_article_type/747395-exclusive-interview-composer-charlie-clouser-saw-nin-wayward-pines], he explains further:
<blockquote>'''How did you meet up with Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails?'''
He has shared songwriting credits for the NIN songs "[[The Way Out Is Through]]" and "[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc.]]" He appears in the [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music videos]] for "[[Hurt (song)|Hurt]]" (live), "[[Eraser]]" (live), "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]" (live), "[[The Perfect Drug (song)|The Perfect Drug]]" and "[[Into The Void (song)|Into The Void]]". He has also done remixes for various bands, including: White Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Rammstein, [[Prong]], Killing Joke, [[Related bands and artists#Type O Negative|Type O Negative]], Zilch, Schwein, Collide, [[12 Rounds]], Foetus, [[Related bands and artists#Meat Beat Manifesto|Meat Beat Manifesto]] and Esthero.
Since leaving the NIN camp in 2001, he has worked as a composer. He has scored the entire ''Saw'' franchise, other scores such as ''Resident Evil: Extinction'' (2007), ''Death Sentence'' (2007), ''Dead Silence'' (2007), ''Deepwater'' (2005), as well as the TV series such as ''Las Vegas'', ''Fastlane'', ''NUMB3RS'', ''American Horror Story'' and ''Wayward Pines''. He also appeared in the documentaries ''Moog'' (2004) and ''I Dream Of Wires'' (2014).
==Body Of Work with NIN==