Trent Reznor has written the theme song for Call Of Duty: Black Ops II

Xerø 21 · Jul 17, 2012

Didn't see this posted anywhere yet.

http://content.usatoday.com/communi...r-pens-black-ops-ii-theme-song/1#.UAWld5h80Ux

The next soundtrack project for Trent Reznor, who most recently scored The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Atticus Ross, is not for a film, but for the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Reznor has composed the game's theme song, an "aggressively sounding" piece of guitar, bass and drums-based rock. Well-known video game composer and Video Games Live co-producer Jack Wall (Mass Effect 2) composed the rest of the music for the game.

A lifelong video gamer, Reznor is no stranger to collaborating with game developers having worked on Quake and Doom 3 with id Software. His teaming with the game's development studio Treyarch is a suitable one as the Nine Inch Nails front man is a fan of the Call of Duty franchise and 2010's Black Ops. "I have always looked to that franchise as the cutting edge of what seemingly unlimited budgets and full-on not cutting any corners can do in the current day and age," he says.

When Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia began talking with Activision's music affairs team, "we were trying to think what is the kind of artist that could represent something a little bit dark, sometimes conflicted, bold original and engaging," says Black Ops II director and writer Dave Anthony. "Honestly, Trent's name stuck out. He was perfect for it."
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How'd you get connected with Treyarch on 'Black Ops II'?

I'm not exactly sure. I started dipping my toe into film scoring. That led me to film-scoring agents and whatnot, and a variety of projects start to get thrown at you to check your level of interest. And quite a while ago I had heard, 'Would you be interested in a big franchise video game?' Being an avid gamer my whole life, I said, 'Yeah, I would be interested in that.'

Coming off of doing two films in a row, I wasn't looking to really dive into a super big project, so the idea of scoring the theme song for this came up and it sounded interesting to me so I pursued it.
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minusxerø · Jul 17, 2012

I wonder if this'll go under the name Trent Reznor or Nine Inch Nails.

Agent · Jul 17, 2012

Nice. I'm always interested hearing new things from this guy.

travz21 · Jul 17, 2012

The best man on planet Earth.

Erica · Jul 18, 2012

I'll give the track a listen but Im not wasting my money on another call of duty. Its basiclly 60 bucks for some new maps and a shitty campaign mode.

RazorEye · Jul 21, 2012

Did he just call Treyarch's campaigns shitty?

Blackee Dammet · Jul 21, 2012

Pidgeon said: ↑

I'll give the track a listen but Im not wasting my money on another call of duty. Its basiclly 60 bucks for some new maps and a shitty campaign mode.
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Supposedly (and big emphasis on supposedly), this new one is supposed to be more Metal Gear than the $60 DLC discs they have been putting out.

Erica · Jul 21, 2012

Well maybe if it gets rave reviews I'll pick it up used.

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