Nine Inch Nails on the current state of the music world: “Music now feels largely relegated to something that happens in the background”

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Nine Inch Nails have shared their opinion on the current state of the music world and teased their upcoming work.The band’s Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross recently sat down with IndieWire to discuss their work scoring film soundtracks including The Social Network, Soul, Challengers and Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film Queer.

Earlier this year, it was also announced that they would be serving as composers on the upcoming Disney sci-fi flick Tron: Ares.While opening up about their process of creating a film’s accompanying score, Reznor also shared his view on the current state of music.“What we’re looking for [from film] is the collaborative experience with interesting people.

We haven’t gotten that from the music world necessarily, for our own choice,” He said. “You mentioned disillusionment with the music world?

Yes. The culture of the music world sucks. That’s another conversation, but what technology has done to disrupt the music business in terms of not only how people listen to music but the value they place on it is defeating.“I’m not saying that as an old man yelling at clouds, but as a music lover who grew up where music was the main thing.