Tron: Ares Will Feature Music by Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails will provide the music for Tron: Ares.

Following the fan-favorite Tron: Legacy score provided by Daft Punk, it has now been announced that Nine Inch Nails, which is headlined by Trent Reznor, will provide the music for Tron: Ares.

Reznor created Nine Inch Nails in 1987. Atticus Ross, Reznor’s frequent collaborator then became an official member of the band in 2016.

Reznor and Ross have previously provided the scores for movies such as 2010’s The Social Network, 2014’s Gone Girl, 2023’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, 2024’s Challengers, and more.

What do we know about Tron: Ares?

Tron: Ares will be the third official feature film in Disney’s Tron franchise following 1982’s Tron and 2010’s Tron: Legacy. The film is directed by Joachim Rønning, who previously made 2019’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and 2024’s Young Woman and the Sea. He also co-directed 2017’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales with Espen Sandberg.

The film stars Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, Gillian Anderson, and Sarah Desjardins. Jeff Bridges will also reprise his role as Kevin Flynn.

Production on the new Tron movie officially wrapped in May 2024. Rønning wrote in an Instagram post at the time, “Thanks to an incredible and tireless crew, I really believe we pushed the filmmaking limits on this movie. Even through six weeks of night shoots you never slowed down. Also, a big thank you to our wonderful cast for leaving everything on screen. I can’t wait to show the world what we’ve done.”

Tron: Ares will be released in United States theaters and IMAX on October 10, 2025, from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

Tron and Tron: Legacy, meanwhile, are both currently available to stream on Disney+.

Source: Disney

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