Atticus Ross | |
---|---|
![]() Ross (right) working with Trent Reznor in 2006 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Atticus Matthew Cowper Ross |
Born | London, England | 16 January 1968
Genres | |
Occupation(s) |
|
Instruments |
|
Years active | 1992–present |
Member of | |
Formerly of |
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 in 2005 as a programmer and producer, and in 2016 he became the only official member of the band other than Reznor.
Ross was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Nine Inch Nails in 2020.
Ross is also the co-creator of the virtual supergroup, WitchGang, with Trent Reznor.[1]