Atticus Ross
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Atticus Ross (born 16 January 1968) is an English musician, composer and producer. Ross, along with Trent Reznor, won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Social Network in 2011.
Early career
Atticus Ross first came to notice in the mid-1990s as a programmer for Tim Simenon's Bomb the Bass during the period of the albums Unknown Territory and Clear. He worked on a number of production and remix projects with Simenon as well as forming a collaborative relationship with former Bad Seed Barry Adamson. He programmed The Negro Inside Me and Oedipus Schmoedipus, and produced As Above So Below before forming his own band 12 Rounds with Claudia Sarne and Adam Holden. They released two albums, Jitterjuice (Polydor Records) and My Big Hero (Nothing Records). A third full-length album was produced by Trent Reznor for Nothing Records, but ultimately never finished. [citation needed]
2000 to present
Since moving to the United States in 2000, Ross has been credited as a producer and/or programmer on four Nine Inch Nails albums: With Teeth, Year Zero, Ghosts I-IV (on which he was also credited as co-writer) and The Slip. He performed live with the band at their farewell show at the Wiltern. Beyond Nine Inch Nails, he has worked with Trent Reznor on other acts, including Saul Williams and Zack de la Rocha, and in 2009 they co-produced tracks for a re-formed Jane's Addiction with Alan Moulder.
Other work has included two co-productions with Joe Barresi, the Loverman EP Human Nurture and Coheed and Cambria's Year of the Black Rainbow as well as albums for Korn and Union of Knives. He has also produced tracks or done remixes for such artists as Grace Jones, Perry Farrell and Telepathe.
In May 2010, Ross appeared in a video,[1] and was named as a member of a somewhat secret project,[2] How to Destroy Angels, a collaboration known to also include Trent Reznor and Reznor's wife Mariqueen Maandig.[3][4][5]
Film and television
Ross's work in film music began in 2004 when he scored the Hughes Brothers' TV series Touching Evil with his wife, Claudia Sarne, and brother, Leopold Ross. He has since provided music for two further Hughes Brothers projects: Allen Hughes's vignette in the film New York, I Love You, and Ross's first feature, The Book of Eli (2010) starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman. The score was released through Reprise Records on 12 January 2010, and included a Dave Sitek remix of the main title "Panoramic". It won at the BMI awards and earned Ross a nomination as "Discovery of the Year" at the World Soundtrack Awards 2010. On 1 July 2010, Trent Reznor announced he and Ross were scoring David Fincher's new film The Social Network. The soundtrack was released on 28 September 2010 and was praised for portraying "Mark Zuckerberg the genius, developing a brilliant idea over ominous undertones."[6]
Awards
On 16 January 2011 (Ross's 43rd birthday), he and collaborator Trent Reznor won the award for Best Original Score - Motion Picture at the 68th Golden Globe Awards for the original score of The Social Network.[7]
On 27 February 2011, Ross and Reznor received the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Social Network.
Works
- The Social Network, a 2010 soundtrack with Trent Reznor for which he won the Academy award.
- How to Destroy Angels (album), a 2010 eponymous EP
- Programmed and/or produced the Nine Inch Nails albums With Teeth, Year Zero, Ghosts I-IV and The Slip
- Composed the score for the 2010 film The Book of Eli
- Remixed the Grace Jones single "Corporate Cannibal" which was included on her album Hurricane
- Programmer and writer for the band 12 Rounds
- Produced Jane's Addiction with Trent Reznor and Alan Moulder
- Produced Loverman's debut EP, Human Nurture with Joe Barresi for Young and Lost Club Records
- Remixed the Telepathe song "Michael" on their album Dance Mother, as a CD-only exclusive
- Member of the band Error
- Worked on albums with Bad Religion, Rancid, From First to Last and Zach de la Rocha
- Member of the supergroup Tapeworm
- Worked on Saul Williams's The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
- Produced Coheed and Cambria's fifth album, Year of The Black Rainbow, along with Joe Barresi
- With his wife, Claudia Sarne, and his brother, Leopold Ross, composed the score for the USA Network TV series Touching Evil, directed by the Hughes Brothers
- Co-wrote, produced and programmed half of Korn's album See You on the Other Side, and collaborated with the band again for their untitled album
- Remixed the Transplants, From First to Last, Dillinger Escape Plan, Neneh Cherry, Biggie Smalls, and Korn
- Produced the Perry Farrell single "Go All the Way (Into the Twilight)" for the movie Twilight
- Programmed on the Barry Adamson releases "The Negro Inside Me" and "Oedipus Schmoedipus", and produced As Above So Below, with Flood
- Programmed on the Bomb the Bass album Clear
References
- ^ "How to Destroy Angels, Video 2".
- ^ Breihan, Tom (2010-04-28). "Trent Reznor and Wife Mariqueen Maandig Are How to Destroy Angels". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Aditham, Kiran (2010-04-27). "How to Destroy Angels=Trent Reznor + Wife?". Prefix. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Woods, Travis (2010-04-30). "More News Leaks About Trent Reznor's Musical Collaboration with Wife". BeatCrave. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ Goodman, William (2010-04-28). "Trent Reznor and Wife Form New Band". Spin. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ "Road to the Oscars: Best Original Score;". Picktainment.com. 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ^ www.zimbio.com