If you came out of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, Mutant Mayhem, wondering why the sountrack hits so hard, it’s because it’s by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, and it’s full of sonic mayhem.
Reznor & Ross are the duo behind some of the most interesting and synth-filled soundtracks in recent years, including Gone Girl, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Social Network.
Their score for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem covers a tremendous amount of territory – from sensitive solo piano pieces to distorted synth jams.
The Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross soundtrack to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is available now via Bandcamp. You can preview it below:
It’s been an interesting ride keeping up with the evolution of NIN through the years.
which TMNT movie was this again? forgettable fair.
Always delightful commentary from you. Thanks for chiming in!
i aim to please, or else poke out an eye. your choice! :0)
Not meaning to throw any shade, but some of this sounds a lot like the generic “cinematic trailer music” everybody has been piecing together with the same Heavyocity and Spitfire libraries over the last decade. Maybe it’s because many directors demand it or because everyone else is copying these guys, but it feels as if you have heard it a thousand times before.
Trent by now should be in a position to say listen I will make a soundtrack I want to make, take it or leave it.
Isn’t TMNT meant to be light hearted.
What’s with this inappropriate score.
The original TMNT comics were actually full of angst and redundant edgyness. Then the brand changed to TMHT, cartoons released, and its all been a watered down hill ever since
Another angst edgynes as if that somehow makes something.
Things are far more nuanced that just angst edgyness.
NINja
nailed it! nice one.
Nice but pretty standard stuff, i guess time catches up with us all.
Click through to the actual bandcamp page and check out a few more tracks before assuming it all sounds like the 1st track.
some of the more accessible and lighter stuff that darker film makers and composers make is because they have kids and they actually want their kids to be able to see / hear something they do, like ‘hey kids come watch Gone Girl’ lol. they may have done it for their kids.
Rubbish. It’s because they get paid well to do it
I enjoy writing both inaccessible and accessible music, and different styles satisfy different creative itches me for me.
People often have several reasons for choosing the projects that they work on. It doesn’t have to be as myopic as “either or”, it could just as easily be “yes, and”.
geez, when will F-Troop get a movie?
im sure his children think he’s is awesome! more important than angry middle age bloggers. the animation looks pretty cool . turtles will continue to make as much money as they can . we create a society based on money and looks like we are not changing it.
This soundtrack is great! And yes, you may want to listen to the whole thing before passing judgement.
It’s wild how all it takes is a post like this and you immediately realize that a bunch of joyless and boring turds frequent this blog.
These comment sections are mostly full of crabby old dudes who are desperate to have their lame opinions heard (every day), and it sucks.
Did you just assume our gender ?
Thankfully a little balance in the comments .started off pretty critic al ,those that can DO..those that can’t criticize…Very American these days to form and voice and opinion without fully knowing what the he’ll you are talking about. I feel for T.R. he has the craziest of fans (good and bad)and is the most misunderstood and under appreciated artist if our generation. I have introduced countless people to NIN that were intimidated by the name…”you know Jesus was crucified by nine inch nailsdont you? Arghhh and just like some of the aforementioned critics above had formed an opinion while having their head up their ass. This artist creates..art..beautiful art ..varied and nuanced.The soundtrack to Soul and Mank in the same year..amazing and also head like a hole..which 98 % of people think is about sex and not capitalism….The same people who think Keep on rocking in the Free world is a good choice for a political campaign.. An anti American anthem if ever there was one… 50 % of Americans have an I Q in the double digits ! We are so fu#ked ps sorry for any typos autocorrect and ham hock fingers
Go ahead carve me up…I vented and I feel better
Ps nin vevo tension tour at staples center 2013 best tour and concert I have ever witnessed..Bonus tb Chris Cornell and Soundgarden as warm up band ? There just might be a higher power My kids first rock concert ..all downhill after that lol
I never expected this movie to have such a good soundtrack.
What track from this list is a main theme track?
We love main theme for long years..
new time, new real, but where here is a main theme?
Why do TMNT wear masks? Where do they go that they worry about being recognized? Do they think they actually blend in without the masks? I think they have more to be concerned about.
Directed by SETH ROOGAN.