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9.0
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The AU Review
This is a very intricate and fantastic musical work that’s incredibly deserving of anyone’s attention
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8.0
36657
8.0 |
Uncut
Suggests many of those Nine Inch Nails tricks hold good. Print edition only
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8.0
36609
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
He is clearly onto something with this soundtrack malarkey and if he could perhaps leave his roots behind him he might really surprise himself, and us
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8.0
35753
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Bookended with grinding covers of Immigrant Song by Karen O and Is Your Love Strong Enough by How to Destroy Angels , its atmosphere is further darkened by producer Alan Moulder’s gritty mixing
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8.0
35755
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
An exercise in the kind of deep, dark storytelling both Fincher and Reznor have embraced over the past 20 years
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
Ross and Reznor craft almost unrelenting tension and paranoia with dark electronic drones that are only slightly mitigated by piano, guitar, and percussion but still leave a feeling of deep unease
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8.0
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8.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
The soundtrack takes what was so exceptional about The Social Network, and expands it beyond imagination
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7.5
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7.5 |
A.V. Club
It succeeds where it counts: making it difficult to picture Fincher’s film without Reznor and Ross’ exceptional score
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7.5
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7.5 |
Beats Per Minute
Even without the context of the film, the soundtrack makes you feel like a clandestine individual on a mission involving the darkest of secrets
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7.0
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7.0 |
BBC
A suffocating soundtrack, but one that suits its movie’s air of oppression
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7.0
36138
7.0 |
Pitchfork
Even if it doesn't quite work as a standalone experience, the real takeaway here is that Reznor and Ross may be ushering in an exciting new realm of possibility for mainstream film scoring
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Independent
It's the sense of space that grips one's attention, sometimes just flecks of sound, like snowflakes in darkness, create a sense of brooding unease
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rave Magazine
Reznor and Ross have learned that a fractional change in frequency can change the mood altogether
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Digital Fix
It is unlikely that many new fans will be won over by this daunting collection but its glitchy, fragile nature coupled with a brooding sense of dread will delight fans of soundtracks
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6.0
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6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Reznor and collaborator Atticus Ross roll out three hours of often weirdly engrossing metal-machine music
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
You can see why they've got another Golden Globe nomination for this. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Skinny
It’s an enjoyable enough outing all told, but hardly essential
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6.0
35891
6.0 |
The Scotsman
It works as a standalone piece of music in the same way as Hans Zimmer’s Black Hawk Down or Vangelis’s Bladerunner, albeit in a colder more fractured fashion
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