It
has been ten years since Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross joined forces to create
the Academy Award winning original score for David Fincher’s still timely
masterpiece The Social Network.
To commemorate the score’s anniversary, a sonic game changer as far as
film music was concerned as well as the most confident soundtrack debut since
Danny Elfman scored Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Trent and Atticus cooked up
something special that could well change the soundscape of listening to
soundtrack albums at home: Dolby Atmos.
Originally
released in 2.0 stereophonic sound outside of the film’s Dolby 7.1 Surround
sound mix and subsequent 5.1 DTS-HD sound mix, The Social Network radically
shifted the direction of Reznor and Ross’ respective musical careers. So towering in technical brilliance was their
score they went on to create many more legendary soundtracks before breaking
the mold once again with their Emmy winning score for HBO’s Watchmen.
Debuting
on Amazon Music HD with teasing hints of an impending 4K UHD disc release, The
Social Network has been remastered in Dolby Atmos surround sound for the
most immersive sonic listening experience possible. While there have been concert films released
on blu-ray and UHD in Dolby Atmos, this is among the first times a soundtrack
album has received the Atmos treatment.
To say Trent and Atticus are ahead of the curve is putting it
mildly. Stay tuned for further
details!
From Trent:
When we finished the score, we were in a phase where we intrigued by the possibilities of mixing in surround. At the time, 5.1 was the format of choice. Our intention was to spend three days after finishing the stereo mix and adapt it to 5.1… Thirty days later we finished! We found the material was very suited to the space and we went a little crazy.
Jump to the present where ATMOS has become a viable format and we thought it would be cool to “adapt” the approach of the original 5.1 mix into the expansive canvas ATMOS provides. Our results are live on Amazon Music right now – check it out.
--Andrew Kotwicki