Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Are Scoring David Fincher’s ‘The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth’

David Fincher’s Cliff Booth movie has its composers, and it won’t surprise anyone. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are scoring The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, their sixth film with Fincher. The credit was revealed on the film’s poster, per Variety, and Pitchfork confirmed it on Monday (Nov. 2). Rolling Stone notes it follows rumors last month.

Tarantino wrote the film, a quasi-sequel to Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, and Brad Pitt returns as Booth. It is set in 1977, eight years after the events of that film, and the cast includes Elizabeth Debicki, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Scott Caan, Timothy Olyphant and Carla Gugino. It plays exclusively in IMAX from Nov. 25 for two weeks, then streams on Netflix from Dec. 23, per Variety. Tarantino’s novelization arrives Dec. 8, Rolling Stone adds.

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The score keeps one of film music’s steadiest partnerships intact. Reznor and Ross scored The Social Network, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl, Mank and The Killer for Fincher, and Variety says the first of those won them the Oscar and the Golden Globe for best score. They also won a Grammy for Dragon Tattoo. A Tarantino script is new territory for a duo best known for icy synths and dread.

Fincher isn’t their only regular. Rolling Stone says they have scored the last four films directed by Luca Guadagnino, including Challengers and After the Hunt. As Nine Inch Nails they released Nine Inch Noize, a collaborative record with Boys Noize, in April, and the Tron: Ares soundtrack last September, which was the first new Nine Inch Nails music in half a decade. They are far from the only composers in the news: Hans Zimmer and Timothée Chalamet just released “Desert Chant” from Dune: Part Three.

The film’s release strategy is its own story. A theatrical window before Netflix is the model the streamer has also promised for the KPop Demon Hunters sequel. The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth reaches IMAX screens Nov. 25.

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