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}}'''"Pilgrimage"''' is the ninth track on the Left disc of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]].'' It is an instrumental track in a 3/4 time signature.
The "Buddha Boys Choir", credited for background chants on this track, was actually (with the exception of in addition to [[Keith Hillebrandt]], [[Clint Mansell]] and Steve Duda) a random group comprised of bar patrons who [[Nothing Studios]] employees and local New Orleans band Deadhandsystem. The name they were brought given in the liner notes comes from Igor's Buddha Belly across the street from [[Nothing Studios]].[http://www.theninhotlinefrom the studios.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=788]
==Recording==
The end of the song features an entirely synthetic marching band arrangement. It was Its creation was revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone:[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/xart78.shtml]
<blockquote>"It shouldn't have taken place," Reznor says sheepishly. "The track was done. But at the end, I said, 'That's such a bizarre theme. What would it sound like played by a marching band going down the street?' A week later" - he nods in the direction of one of the studio's king-size Macintosh computers - "there's a band marching through the song. It's all on synthesizer." New Orleans, of course, is a city full of marching bands. "It would have been easier to get a band than it was to do it the way I did," Reznor admits, grinning.</blockquote>
===Pilgrimage (Alternate Version)===
'''''Running Time: 3:04'''''
Released on ''The Fragile: Deviations 1''. Also known as "Pilgrimage" (Alt) when it was originally released on Apple Music as part of ''The Fragile Instrumental''. This is a very different mix, though the arrangement is very close to the album version. Its intro, like the vinyl version, does not fade in.