“I said, ‘I wrote that song in 10 minutes!’ He replied, ‘Imagine how good it would have been if you took 15!’” How Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor snuck an obscure metal track into a Hollywood blockbuster
Trent Reznor helped bring an obscure track by Swedish metal band Khoma to a much wider audience by including it in the soundtrack to David Fincher’s 2011 film *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*. The song, “One of the Tides”, appears during a key scene, giving the band’s music an unexpected place in a major Hollywood production.
Khoma guitarist Johannes Persson said Reznor discovered the band while researching music for the film and chose the track. Persson recalled that Reznor praised the song but joked it might have been even better if he had spent longer writing it. Khoma formed from members of Cult of Luna and other Swedish bands, and “One of the Tides” was released on their 2006 album *The Second Wave*.
In short
- Reznor placed Khoma’s “One of the Tides” in Fincher’s 2011 film.
- The track came from Khoma’s 2006 album *The Second Wave*.
- The band’s guitarist recalled Reznor’s teasing comment about its quick writing.
Explained simply
Trent Reznor is an American musician best known as the founder of Nine Inch Nails, while David Fincher is a film director. In 2011, they worked together on the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, an adaptation of a Swedish crime novel.
Khoma is a Swedish metal band formed by musicians who had played in other groups, including Cult of Luna. “One of the Tides” was released on Khoma’s 2006 album The Second Wave. Its use in a major film introduced the band’s music to a much wider audience.