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Television Documentary Score

The Vietnam War

United States releaseSeptember 15, 2017

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed this two-disc score for Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part documentary series. The music avoids conventional military gestures, relying instead on restrained electronics, sustained tones, percussion, and gradual movement to support testimony and historical footage.

The series also used earlier Nine Inch Nails and Reznor/Ross recordings, connecting the documentary to their existing catalog. The original score was written as a long-form accompaniment to interviews, archival footage, and historical narration.

Labels
The Null Corporation and UMe
Formats
Digital, CD and vinyl

Release Guide

Release Details

Release type
Original score / soundtrack
Artist
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Primary catalog
B0027068-02, NULL 06
Contents
17 tracks
Track Listing Original track listing
  1. Less Likely
  2. Four Enclosed Walls
  3. The Forever Rain
  4. Remnants
  5. Other Ways to Get to the Same Place
  6. Torn Polaroid
  7. Before Dawn
  8. What Comes Back
  9. Justified Response
  10. Counting Ticks
  11. A World Away
  12. The Right Things
  13. Passing the Point
  14. Strangers in Lockstep
  15. Before and After Faith
  16. The Same Dream
  17. Haunted
Credits & Production Principal release credits
Music by
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Project
The Vietnam War
Release label
The Null Corporation and UMe
Major Editions Documented release formats

2017 / Original release

Issued by The Null Corporation and UMe in Digital, CD and vinyl. Catalog B0027068-02, NULL 06.

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