If “Watchmen” or “The Social Network” has taught us anything is that your movie or TV show could always improve with a little music from the Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and his creative partner Atticus Ross, but apparently Fox and the filmmakers behind “The Woman in The Window” didn’t get the memo, as the entire score is now being scrapped, not to be left behind, Reznor also had some negative things to say about the Netflix sensation, “Bird Box.”
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In an interview with Revolver, Reznor discussed his experience with the Netflix thriller, criticizing the editing of the film and the use of his and Ross’ music. “When we got immersed in it, it felt like some people were phoning it in. And you’re stuck with a film editor who had real bad taste,” the composer said. “That’s kind of our barricade to getting stuff in the film. And the final icing on the shit cake was we were on tour when they mixed it. And they mixed the music so low, you couldn’t hear it anyway. So it was like, that was a … [Laughs] That was a fucking waste of time. Then we thought, no one’s going to see this fucking movie. And, of course, it’s the hugest movie ever in Netflix.”
The conversation then turned to what should be Reznor and Ross’ next film gig, the Joe Wright-directed film “The Woman in The Window” starring Amy Adams. The film was scheduled to come out this past October, before extensive reshoots due to negative test screening feedback caused the release date to be pushed for May 15, 2020. According to Reznor, the film “underwent a transformation after some testing audiences,” which caused Reznor and Ross to “bow out” of the project, adding: ”There’s no animosity on our end. It’s frustrating when you did that much work and it’s gone. And we were proud – and they were proud – of the movie that it was.”
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The news will come as a bummer to fans of the music duo. Instead, “The Woman in The Window” will be scored by Danny Elfman.
