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“In the Hall of the Mountain King” | Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

DAVID FINCHER:  The whole idea of the Henley Royal Regatta was based on an Edwardian-period garden party. I didn’t know anything about Edwardian-period garden parties, so I called [sound designer] Ren [Klyce] and asked him for an example of an Edwardian composer. Ironically, we ended up with [Edvard Grieg’s] ”In the Hall of the Mountain King”. First, I was too embarrassed to call Trent about it. [laughs] But then I asked him, “What do you think about doing like a Wendy Carlos version of ‘Hall of the Mountain King’?” And it was off my plate. [laughs]
TRENT REZNOR: [dryly] And then the fun began. I was almost divorced over that one. It was like: “If I hear that fuckin’ song one more time…” [Fincher laughs] That one took us a good four weeks. The Wendy Carlos thing threw me for a loop, so I came up with probably the most unsexy-sounding version of the song.  (via)

THIS SOUNDTRACK IS WHAT MY SOUL WOULD SOUND LIKE IF A) I HAD ONE AND B) IF YOU POURED PETROLEUM ON IT THEN SET IT ON FIRE