Trent Reznor is an artist.
A film score ( also sometimes called background score , background music , movie soundtrack , film music or incidental music ) is original music written specifically to accompany a film . Option 30 . For a time , the band also featured a young Trent Reznor on keyboards and lead vocals . Michael Trent Reznor ( born May 17 , 1965 ) , known professionally as Trent Reznor , is an American singer , songwriter , musician , record producer , and film score composer . His first release under this pseudonym , the 1989 album Pretty Hate Machine , was a commercial and critical success .