ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) has announced that Oscar and Golden Globe-winning composer Trent Reznor will be honored with an ASCAP Film Music Award at the 26th Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards. The black-tie gala salutes those ASCAP composers whose music was featured in the top box office films and top television series of 2010. Reznor is being honored for The Social Network.
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Trent Reznor by Joseph Cultice Circa 1993 (Photo By Gail)
Trent Reznor was born on this day, May 17, in 1965, which makes him 46 today. This has been a pretty good year for Trent, what with winning both a Golden Globe and an Oscar for his soundtrack (composed with Atticus Ross) for the best movie (IMHO)  of 2010, The Social Network. The world loves a winner. I’m looking forward to hearing Reznor’s score for the upcoming American remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, as well. Happy Birthday, Trent!
In what was otherwise pretty much a yawnfest enlivened only by host Ricky Gervais’s hilariously mean-spirited jokes that nobody “got,” The Golden Globe Awards delivered the goods by awarding The Social Network – my favorite film of 2010 – four of the six Golden Globes for which it was nominated. Globes going home with “The FaceBook Movie” included:
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The Golden Globe nominations were announced today, which is always exciting because it gives you some insight as to what to expect for the Oscar noms a little ways down the road. In the Best Original Score category, I was pleased to see Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross included for the skull-splittingly brilliant soundtrack they penned for The Social Network – my pick for Best Picture of The Year. Congrats, Trent and Atticus, and good luck on awards night!