Tron: Ares (soundtrack)
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Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2025 film of the same name, with twenty-four tracks featuring music by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. The music was written, arranged, produced, mixed, programmed, and performed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and is their first film score where they are credited under their band's moniker, instead of their individual names. After Tron: Legacy (2010) composers Daft Punk disbanded, film producer Sean Bailey arranged for Reznor and Ross to succeed them for the next Tron film, following the duo's work for Disney scoring the Pixar film Soul (2020). Departing from Daft Punk's use of an orchestra for Legacy, Nine Inch Nails did not use any orchestral material, aiming for a sound that was precise and unpleasant, and was composed in such a way that it could be enjoyed as a conventional album by the band. The album features contributions by Boys Noize, Judeline, and Hudson Mohawke. The album was released on September 19, 2025, by Interscope Records, Walt Disney Records, and The Null Corporation, under exclusive license to Interscope. Being met with a generally positive reception, many critics and publications considered Nine Inch Nails's soundtrack to be a standout aspect amidst a generally lackluster film. Critical commentary focused on the context of the music in the film proper, the recorded songs, and the parallels to music in Tron (1982) composer Wendy Carlos's discography.