Future Ruins Festival

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Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross announce the full lineup for Future Ruins, a new festival bringing together the biggest composers in film and TV.

Future Ruins is set to take place at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on November 8, featuring performances that include festival organizers and Nine Inch Nails duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. The festival is described as a “first-of-its-kind music festival: a day-long event where the world’s most influential film and television composers step out from behind the screen and onto the stage.”

“It’s about giving people who are, literally, the best in the world at taking audiences on an emotional ride via music; the opportunity to tell new stories in an interesting live setting,” said Reznor. “Every artist is a headliner.”

According to the festival’s website, “each artist is encouraged to take big swings and re-imagine their work for a live audience. Ranging from electronic sets and live bands to orchestral performances, fans have the chance to experience live debuts from composers who rarely appear on stage.”

Confirmed acts for the event include John Carpenter, Danny Elfman, Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin, Mark Mothersbaugh, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow, Questlove, Isobel Waller-Bridge, and Terence Blanchard.

Nine Inch Nails, who have also won multiple Oscars for Best Original Score, are scheduled to perform as well, but they won’t be performing Nine Inch Nails material. The industrial icons have a wealth of soundtrack scores to their names, including The Social Network, Watchmen, Gone Girl, Soul, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Challengers, and more.

Fans looking to hear Nine Inch Nails’ material can catch Reznor and his band during their Peel It Back Tour across the UK, Europe, and North America, starting next month. An extensive run of dates kicks off on June 15 at the 3Arena in Dublin, before they head to Manchester’s Co-op Live on June 17, and London’s O2 Arena on June 18. The tour then heads to mainland Europe and North America.