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| birth_place = London, EnglandPost-industrial music>alternative rockdark ambient>experimental music>electronica}}Musicianrecord producer|audio engineer}}Keyboards|synthesizer}}| years_active = 1992–presentNine Inch NailsHow to Destroy Angels (band)>How to Destroy Angels12 Rounds (band)>12 Rounds}}Error}}| associated_acts = }}Atticus Matthew Cowper Ross (born 16 January 1968) is an English musician, record producer, composer, and audio engineer. Along with Trent Reznor, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Social Network in 2010. In 2013, the pair won a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for their soundtrack to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. In 2021, alongside Jon Batiste, they won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for the soundtrack for Pixar's Soul.Ross began working with Reznor on the latter's side project Tapeworm in 2002. He later worked with Reznor's band Nine Inch Nails, first as a programmer and producer in 2005, and became the only official member of the band outside of Reznor in 2016.Ross was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Nine Inch Nails in 2020.

Early life

Atticus Matthew Cowper Ross was born in the Ladbroke Grove area of London on 16 January 1968,WEB,weblink How To Destroy Angels Official Blog, Ross, Atticus, June 2010, Tumblr, 25 December 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120115074443weblink">weblink 15 January 2012, the son of Ian Cowper Ross, a founder of Radio Caroline,NEWS, Urwin, Rosamund, Don't dare cross a Ross... why Kristen Stewart should beware Liberty Ross's family,weblink 12 January 2017, London Evening Standard, 1 August 2012, and Roxana Rose Catherine Naila, daughter of diplomat Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn.Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 2152 He has five siblings, including fashion model Liberty Ross and fellow musician Leopold Ross.NEWS, Buckley, Cat, The Liberty Ross Family: Meet the Oscar Winners, Scientists, and Rock Stars Related to the Model,weblink 12 January 2017, Vanity Fair (magazine), Vanity Fair, 30 October 2013, His great-grandfather was Italian pathologist and bacteriologist Aldo Castellani, and his uncle is British-American journalist Charles Glass. Ross was educated at Eton College and later at the Courtauld Institute of Art.WEB, Selected List of Alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art,weblink courtauld.ac.uk, The Courtauld Institute of Art, 12 January 2017, Note: Select "Entertainment and music industry"

Career

Music

Ross 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 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 his wife Claudia Sarne and Adam Holden. They released two albums, Jitterjuice and My Big Hero. A third full-length album was produced by Trent Reznor, but was ultimately never finished.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} Three songs from that album have since been released on the band's website.WEB,weblink 12 Rounds – the official site, 12rounds.net, 3 October 2014, Ross moved to the United States in 2000, and as of 2002 was working alongside Reznor for his side project Tapeworm. He has been credited as a producer and/or programmer on the Nine Inch Nails albums With Teeth, Year Zero, Ghosts I–IV (on which he was a co-writer), The Slip, and Hesitation Marks. He has worked with Reznor in numerous other capacities, including work with Saul Williams and Zack de la Rocha, and they co-produced tracks for a reformed Jane's Addiction with Alan Moulder in 2009.(File:NIN @ Aragon, Chicago 10 25 2018 (46252620014).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Ross (left) with Nine Inch Nails in 2018)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. He has also produced tracks or created remixes for such artists as Grace Jones, Perry Farrell, and Telepathe. In May 2010, he appeared in a cryptic videoWEB,weblink 02, Vimeo.com, 3 October 2014, and was named as a member of a secret project,WEB,weblink Trent Reznor and Wife Mariqueen Maandig Are How to Destroy Angels, Breihan, Tom, 28 April 2010, Pitchfork, 28 April 2010,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100501154226weblink">weblink 1 May 2010, live, later revealed to be How to Destroy Angels, a collaboration between Reznor and his wife Mariqueen Maandig.WEB,weblink How to Destroy Angels=Trent Reznor + Wife?, Aditham, Kiran, 27 April 2010, Prefix, 28 April 2010,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100506075105weblink">weblink 6 May 2010, live, NEWS,weblink More News Leaks About Trent Reznor's Musical Collaboration with Wife, Woods, Travis, 30 April 2010, BeatCrave, 1 May 2010, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100821204038weblink">weblink 21 August 2010, NEWS,weblink Trent Reznor and Wife Form New Band, Goodman, William, 28 April 2010, Spin (magazine), Spin, 1 May 2010,weblink 1 May 2010, live, In 2016, Ross composed an original score titled 'The Journey' for FIFA 17{{'s}} new single-player story campaign mode.WEB,weblink Making EA SPORTS™ FIFA 17 The Journey, www.easports.com, 28 September 2016, 13 September 2016, In 2020, he co-produced and co-wrote one track on Jehnny Beth's To Love Is to Live. In 2021, Ross and Reznor produced and co-wrote Halsey's album If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power.

Film and television scores

Ross' 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' vignette in the film New York, I Love You, and Ross' first feature film, The Book of Eli (2010). The latter's score was released through Reprise Records on 12 January 2010. It won at the BMI Awards and earned Ross a nomination as "Discovery of the Year" at the 2010 World Soundtrack Awards.On 1 July 2010, Reznor announced that he and Ross were scoring David Fincher's new film The Social Network. The film's soundtrack was released on 28 September 2010, and was highly praised.WEB,weblink Road to the Oscars: Best Original Score;, Picktainment.com, 11 February 2011, 11 February 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110227072010weblink">weblink 27 February 2011, On 16 January 2011, they won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for their score to The Social Network.WEB,weblink 2011 Golden Globe Award Winners, Zimbio.com, 3 October 2014, On 27 February, they received the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Social Network. Ross and Reznor again collaborated on the soundtrack to Fincher's 2011 film Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. In 2013, the pair won the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for their Girl with the Dragon Tattoo soundtrack.Ross was slated to work on the 2013 samurai epic 47 Ronin, but was soon replaced by Javier Navarrete.WEB,weblink Javier Navarrete to Score '47 Ronin' – Film Music Reporter, Filmmusicreporter.com, 3 October 2014, Ross and Reznor again teamed up with Fincher to score his 2014 film Gone Girl. In 2016, Ross and Reznor, along with composer Gustavo Santaolalla and the band Mogwai, collaborated to create the score to the documentary film Before the Flood.NEWS, DeFore, John, 9 September 2016, 'Before the Flood': Film Review – TIFF 2016,weblink The Hollywood Reporter, 10 September 2016, In June 2017, Ross, along with Reznor, Maandig, Robin Finck, Joey Castillo, and Alessandro Cortini, appeared as "The Nine Inch Nails" in Episode 8 of (Twin Peaks (2017 TV series)|Twin Peaks: The Return) on Showtime, performing an alternative live rendition of the song "She's Gone Away" which previously appeared on Nine Inch Nails' 2016 EP Not the Actual Events.MAGAZINE,weblink See Nine Inch Nails Perform 'She's Gone Away' on 'Twin Peaks's, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2017, 26 June 2017, Daniel, Kreps, In 2021, Reznor, Ross, and Jon Batiste won the Golden Globe for the soundtrack for Soul.WEB,weblink Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste Win Best Original Score at Golden Globes 2021 for Soul, Pitchfork (website), Pitchfork, March 2021,

Personal life

Ross is married to singer Claudia Sarne and the couple live in Los Angeles with their three children.

Works

Musical scores

Film {| class"wikitable plainrowheaders"

! Year! Title! Director! Studio(s)! Notes| 2008! scope="row" | New York, I Love YouNew York, I Love You>Various| Vivendi Entertainment| Segment #6Composed with Claudia Sarne and Leopold Ross 2010! scope="row" | The Book of Eli| Hughes brothers| Warner Bros. PicturesSummit Entertainment| Composed with Claudia Sarne and Leopold Ross! scope="row" | The Social Network| David Fincher| Columbia Pictures| Composed with Trent Reznor 2011! scope="row" | Days of Grace| Everardo Gout| ARP SélectionNick Cave, Warren Ellis (musician)>Warren Ellis, Leopold Ross, Claudia Sarne & Shigeru Umebayashi! scope="row" | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo| David Fincher| Columbia Pictures| Composed with Trent Reznor| 2013! scope="row" | Broken City| Allen Hughes| 20th Century Fox| Composed with Claudia Sarne and Leopold Ross 2014! scope="row" | Love & Mercy| Bill Pohlad| LionsgateRoadside Attractions| {{N/A}}! scope="row" | Gone Girl| David Fincher| 20th Century Fox| Composed with Trent Reznor 2015! scope="row" | BlackhatMichael Mann (director)>Michael MannUniversal Studios>Universal Pictures| Composed with Harry Gregson-Williams and Leo Ross! scope="row" | Crocodile Gennadiy| Steve Hoover| Roco FilmsThe Haxan Cloak>Bobby Krlic and Leopold Ross2016! scope="row" |Triple 9|John Hillcoat|Open Road Films| Composed with Bobby Krlic, Leopold Ross and Claudia Sarne! scope="row" |Visions of HarmonyWEB, 29 June 2016, Watch "Visions of Harmony" posted by Apple Music Electronic on Apple Music., iTunes,weblink 5 September 2016, | Joe Sill| {{N/A}}| Composed with Trent Reznor! scope="row" |Before the Flood| Fisher StevensNational Geographic Society>National Geographic| Composed with Gustavo Santaolalla, Trent Reznor, and Mogwai! scope="row" |Patriots Day| Peter Berg| Lionsgate| Composed with Trent Reznor 2017! scope="row" | The Black Ghiandola| Catherine HardwickeTheodore MelfiSam Raimi| {{N/A}}| Short filmComposed with Trent Reznor! scope="row" | Death Note| Adam Wingard| Netflix| Composed with Leopold Ross 2018! scope="row" | Mid90s| Jonah Hill| A24| Composed with Trent Reznor! scope="row" | A Million Little Pieces| Sam Taylor-Johnson| Entertainment One Composed with Leopold Ross and Claudia Sarne! scope="row" | CorazónWEB, Corazón official website.,weblink 27 April 2019, 27 April 2019, | John Hillcoat| Serial Pictures! scope="row" | Bird Box| Susanne Bier| Netflix Composed with Trent Reznor 2019! scope="row" | Waves| Trey Edward Shults| A24! scope="row" | Earthquake Bird| Wash Westmoreland| Netflix| Composed with Leopold Ross and Claudia Sarne2020! scope="row" | Soul| Pete Docter| Walt Disney PicturesPixar Animation Studios Composed with Trent Reznor! scope="row"| Mank| David Fincher| Netflix2022! scope="row" | Bones and All| Luca Guadagnino| Warner Bros. Pictures! scope="row"| Empire of Light| Sam Mendes| Searchlight Pictures2023! scope="row" | (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem)Jeff Rowe (filmmaker)>Jeff Rowe| Paramount PicturesNickelodeon Movies! scope="row"| The Killer| David Fincher| Netflix2024! scope="row" | Challengers| Luca Guadagnino| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer! scope="row" |The Gorge| Scott Derrickson| Apple Studios! scope="row" |Queer| Luca Guadagnino| TBA">

Television {| class"wikitable plainrowheaders"

! Year! Title! Original channel(s)! Notes| 2004! scope="row" | Touching Evil| USA Network| Composed with Leopold Ross and Claudia Sarne|2015! scope="row" | Fear the Walking DeadAMC (TV channel)>AMC|| 2016–2017! scope="row" | Outcast| Cinemax Composed with Leopold Ross and Claudia Sarne 2017! scope="row" | The Defiant Ones| HBO! scope="row" | The Vietnam War| PBS| Composed with Trent Reznor! scope="row" | Black Mirror| NetflixCrocodile (Black Mirror)>Crocodile" (season 4, episode 3)Composed with Leopold Ross and Claudia Sarne| 2019! scope="row" | Watchmen| HBO| Composed with Trent Reznor| 2020! scope="row" | Dispatches from ElsewhereAMC (TV channel)>AMC| Composed with Leopold Ross and Claudia Sarne| 2021! scope="row" | Dr. DeathPeacock (streaming service)>Peacock| Composed with Leopold Ross and Nick Chuba| 2024! scope="row" | ShōgunHulu and FX (TV channel)>FX| Composed with Leopold Ross and Nick Chuba">

Video game {| class"wikitable plainrowheaders"

! Year! Title! Studio(s)! Notes| 2016| FIFA 17| EA Sports| {{N/A}}

Nine Inch Nails

• With Teeth (2005) (Production and programming)
• Year Zero (2007) (Production and programming)
• Ghosts I–IV (2008) (Songwriter, production and programming)
• The Slip (2008) (Production and programming)
• Hesitation Marks (2013) (Production, programming, arranging and engineering)
• Not the Actual Events (2016) (Production, performer and songwriter)
• (The Fragile (Nine Inch Nails album)The Fragile: Deviations 1|The Fragile: Deviations 1) (2016) (Production)
• Add Violence (2017) (Production, performer and songwriter)
• Bad Witch (2018) (Production, performer and songwriter)

Production

• No Jahoda – Jahoda Witness
• Korn – See You on the Other Side (also co-writing)
• Korn – Untitled
• Coheed and Cambria – Year of The Black Rainbow (with Joe Barresi)
• Perry Farrell – "Go All the Way (Into the Twilight)"
• Loverman – Human Nurture (with Joe Barresi)
• Lil Nas X – "Old Town Road" (also co-writing)
• Jehnny Beth – To Love Is to Live (also co-writing)
• Halsey – If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (with Trent Reznor)

Programming

• Bad Religion – Beyond Electric Dreams
• Barry Adamson – Oedipus Schmoedipus, The Negro Inside Me
• From First To Last – The Levy
• P!nk – Try This
• Saul Williams – The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! (2007)
• Bomb the Bass – Clear

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{Commons category|Atticus Ross}}

• Nine Inch Nails' site
• {{Discogs artist|Atticus Ross}}
• {{IMDb name|id=1589604}}

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