Atticus Matthew Cowper Ross (born 16 January 1968) is an English musician, record producer, composer, and audio engineer. Along with

Trent Reznor Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer. He serves as the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, wh ...

, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for ''

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'' in 2010. In 2013, the pair won a

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for their soundtrack to ''

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''. In 2021, alongside

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, they won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for the soundtrack for

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's ''

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''. Ross began working with Reznor on the latter's side project

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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.

Early life

Atticus Matthew Cowper Ross was born in the

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area of

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on 16 January 1968, the son of Roxana Lampson and Ian Ross. His father was a founder of

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. He has five siblings, including fashion model

Liberty Ross Liberty Lettice Lark Ross (born 23 September 1978) is an English model. She has appeared in publications such as '' Vogue'', '' Harper's Bazaar'', '' i-D'', and '' Dazed & Confused''. She is the sister of composers Atticus and Leopold Ross. ...

and fellow musician

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. His maternal grandfather was diplomat

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, his great-grandfather was Italian pathologist and bacteriologist

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, and his uncle is British-American journalist

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. Ross was educated at

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, where he was a few years below future UK Prime Ministers David Cameron and

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, and later at the

Courtauld Institute of Art The Courtauld Institute of Art (), commonly referred to as The Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation. It is among the most prestigious specialist coll ...

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

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. 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

, but was ultimately never finished. Three songs from that album have since been released on the band's website. Ross moved to the United States in 2000, and as of 2002 was working alongside Reznor for his side project

. He has been credited as a producer and/or programmer on the Nine Inch Nails albums ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' (on which he was a co-writer), '' The Slip'', and ''

Hesitation Marks ''Hesitation Marks'' is the eighth studio album by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released on August 30, 2013, by The Null Corporation and distributed by Columbia Records in the United States and Polydor Records elsewhere. It wa ...

''. He has worked with Reznor in numerous other capacities, including work with Saul Williams and

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, and they co-produced tracks for a reformed

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with

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in 2009.

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Other work has included two co-productions with

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, the

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EP ''Human Nurture'' and

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's '' Year of the Black Rainbow'', as well as albums for Korn. He has also produced tracks or created remixes for such artists as

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, Perry Farrell, and

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. In May 2010, he appeared in a cryptic video and was named as a member of a secret project, later revealed to be How to Destroy Angels, a collaboration between Reznor and his wife

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. In 2016, Ross composed an original score titled 'The Journey' for '' FIFA 17'' new single-player story campaign mode. In 2020, he co-produced and co-wrote one track on

Jehnny Beth Jehnny Beth (born Camille Berthomier, 24 December 1984), is a French musician, singer-songwriter, producer, presenter and actress, best known as half of the duo John & Jehn and front woman of the English rock band Savages. Her debut solo album ...

's ''

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''. 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

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' TV series ''

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'' with his wife Claudia Sarne and brother

. He has since provided music for two further Hughes Brothers projects: Allen Hughes' vignette in the film ''

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'', and Ross' first feature film, ''

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'' (2010). The latter's score was released through

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on 12 January 2010. It won at the BMI Awards and earned Ross a nomination as "Discovery of the Year" at the 2010

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. On 1 July 2010, Reznor announced that he and Ross were scoring David Fincher's new film ''

''. The film's soundtrack was released on 28 September 2010, and was highly praised. On 16 January 2011, they won the

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for their score to ''The Social Network''. On 27 February, they received the Academy Award for Best Original Score for ''

''. Ross and Reznor again collaborated on the soundtrack to Fincher's 2011 film '' Girl With the Dragon Tattoo''. In 2013, the pair won the

for their ''Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' soundtrack. Ross was slated to work on the 2013 samurai epic ''

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'', but was soon replaced by

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. Ross and Reznor again teamed up with Fincher to score his 2014 film '' Gone Girl''. In 2016, Ross and Reznor, along with composer

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and the band

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, collaborated to create the score to the documentary film '' Before the Flood''. In June 2017, Ross, along with Reznor, Maandig,

Robin Finck Robert John "Robin" Finck (born November 7, 1971) is an American guitarist. Finck is the longest-serving touring musician for Nine Inch Nails, performing with the band from 1994 to 2000, and returning in 2008. With Nine Inch Nails, Finck contribu ...

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, and

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, appeared as "The Nine Inch Nails" in Episode 8 of '' Twin Peaks: The Return'' on

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, performing an alternative live rendition of the song "She's Gone Away" which previously appeared on Nine Inch Nails' 2016 EP ''

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''. In 2021, Reznor, Ross, and

won the Golden Globe for the soundtrack for ''

''.

Personal life

Ross and his wife, singer Claudia Sarne, have three children and live in

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Works

Musical scores

Film

Television

Video game

Nine Inch Nails

*''

'' (2005) (Production and programming) *''

'' (2007) (Production and programming) *''

'' (2008) (Songwriter, production and programming) *'' The Slip'' (2008) (Production and programming) *''

'' (2013) (Production, programming, arranging and engineering) *''

'' (2016) (Production, performer and songwriter) *'' 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 – ''

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'' *

– '' Year of The Black Rainbow'' (with

) * Perry Farrell – "Go All the Way (Into the Twilight)" *

– ''Human Nurture'' (with

) *

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– "

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" (also co-writing) *

– ''

'' (also co-writing) * Halsey – '' If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power''

Programming

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– ''Beyond Electric Dreams'' *

Barry Adamson Barry Adamson (born 11 June 1958)Biography
. Barryadamson.com. is an English pop and rock music ...

– ''

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'', ''The Negro Inside Me'' *

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– ''The Levy'' *

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– ''

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'' * Saul Williams – ''

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'' (2007) * Bomb the Bass – ''Clear''

References

External links

Nine Inch Nails' site
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