“Gone Girl” Soundtrack Review
Composer: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

As excellent as their work together has been, I’ve been hesitant to compare the David Fincher, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross director/composer relationship to the likes of Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann, Steven Spielberg and John Williams, or even Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer, but I’m done being shy about it. Regardless of whether or not you believe Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross worthy of being mentioned among those composers, few can dispute what a perfect, why-didn’t-they-think-of-this-sooner match their music makes with the visuals of David Fincher. The key distinction between a good director/composer combination a great one is where the music becomes inseparable from the identity of the film, and that has certainly become the case over the last three films Fincher has done. Reznor and Ross’ latest effort, the score for Fincher’s latest, “Gone Girl,” is much the same, albeit with a few caveats. Continue reading →