Trent Reznor

Reznor is one of the very few artists who managed two complete creative lives without diluting either. The man who built Nine Inch Nails out of rage and machinery could easily have spent decades recycling that formula; instead he turned his ear toward film scoring and won an Academy Award by mastering restraint, the exact opposite of his early instincts. That range, from industrial catharsis to whispering minimalism, suggests an artist who serves the work rather than his own mythology. I admire him most for aging without softening: the intensity is still there, just sharpened into precision.

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Name (English)

Trent Reznor

Name (Japanese)

トレント・レズナー

Reading

とれんと・れずなー

Born

May 17, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States

Occupation

singer / composer / pianist / singer-songwriter / guitarist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Snake

High school

Mercer Area High School

University

Allegheny College

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Academy Award for Best Original Score
• 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
• 2013 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/treznor/
• Xhttps://x.com/trent_reznor
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent%20Reznor
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282722

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• singer
• composer
• pianist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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