Tron: Ares (soundtrack)

Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Cover of the digital version
Soundtrack album by
Nine Inch Nails
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2025 (2025-09-19)
Genre
Label
Producer
Tron music chronology
Tron: Uprising
(2013) 		Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2025)
Nine Inch Nails chronology
Ghosts VI: Locusts
(2020) 		Tron: Ares
(2025)
Halo numbers chronology
Halo 35
(2025) 		Halo 36
(2025)
Singles from Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  1. "As Alive as You Need Me to Be"
    Released: July 17, 2025

Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the upcoming soundtrack album to the 2025 film of the same name, to be released on September 19, 2025. The score was composed by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. Unlike numerous earlier scores the band's members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed and credited with their names, Tron: Ares had taken their band's name for a film score.

Background

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross were chosen to score the third entry in the Tron film series following electronic musician Wendy Carlos's score to Tron (1982) and French house duo Daft Punk's score to Tron: Legacy (2010).[1] Daft Punk had broken up since scoring Legacy, and at the behest of Ares producer Sean Bailey, Reznor and Ross were approached by Tom MacDougall, president of Walt Disney Music, to work on Tron: Ares shortly after completing work on the soundtrack to the film Soul (2020).[1] The duo had not before taken their band's name for a film score in their repertoire spanning over a dozen films,[2] and Disney's request about them being credited as their band was unexpected to them.[1]

Reznor said that he was pressured not only by the expectation of succeeding Carlos and Daft Punk, but also the implications of taking the band name—he quipped that "I wake up at four in the morning slightly more often than I used to, sometimes, getting this film done".[1] While Daft Punk used an orchestra for their score to Legacy, Reznor and Ross did not utilize "one second". They described the sound as "precise and unpleasant at times", though not feeling it was "an atonal, punishing" score.[1] With the inclusion of original songs besides the composed score, Reznor said that a listener could listen to the soundtrack just as they would a conventional Nine Inch Nails album.[1]

Release

Nine Inch Nails' soundtrack for Tron: Ares will be released by Interscope Records, Walt Disney Records on September 19, 2025, consisting of 24 tracks.[3][4] The single "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" was released on July 17, 2025, after the title was teased on T-shirts sold at the band's Peel It Back Tour. It was produced with the band's collaborator Boys Noize.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Init" 
2."Forked Reality" 
3."As Alive as You Need Me to Be"3:53
4."Echoes" 
5."This Changes Everything" 
6."In the Image Of" 
7."I Know You Can Feel It" 
8."Permanence" 
9."Infiltrator" 
10."100% Expendable" 
11."Still Remains" 
12."Who Wants to Live Forever?" 
13."Building Better Worlds" 
14."Target Identified" 
15."Daemonize" 
16."Empathetic Response" 
17."What Have You Done?" 
18."A Question of Trust" 
19."Ghost in the Machine" 
20."No Going Back" 
21."Nemesis" 
22."New Directive" 
23."Out in the World" 
24."Shadow Over Me" 

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Godfrey, Alex (August 2025). "They Revolutionised the Film-Score Landscape. Now, as Nine Inch Nails Take On Tron: Ares, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Tell us How They're Shaping The Future". Empire. No. 443. Bauer Media Group. pp. 54–59.
  2. ^ Larson, Jeremy D. (August 10, 2024). "Nine Inch Nails to Score New Tron Movie". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 30, 2025. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
  3. ^ Strauss, Matthew (July 17, 2025). "Nine Inch Nails Detail Tron: Ares Soundtrack Album, Share New Song". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on July 17, 2025. Retrieved July 17, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Chan, Anna (July 17, 2025). "Nine Inch Nails Drops Surprise New Song, Reveals Release Date & Tracklist for 'Tron: Ares' Soundtrack". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 17, 2025. Retrieved July 17, 2025.
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