While watching the Oscars last night, I noticed that Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame, won the Oscar for best Original Score, for the movie "The Social Network." It should come as no surprise as Trent has been interlacing ambient tracks in all of his albums and has a real knack for capturing a feeling or environment. This particular score is dark and captures the mood of the movie really well. What I find very interesting, is that a modern ambient score, made mainly with synthesizers, beat out several lyrical or orchestral based score offerings. This only goes to show the power of modern Ambient music and it's ability to capture not only our ears but a total encompassing sense of the mood and feel of a particular piece of music or film.
