Changes

}}'''"The Becoming"''' is made from many loops of industrial sounds, thus typical of the seventh track on the 1994 album ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' Its main body is in a 13/8 time signature before switching to a 6/8 time signature at the breakdown. It then goes back to 13/8 before ending in 6/8, crossfading into "[[I Do Not Want This]]."

This is the original album version. It begins in a 13/8 time signature with industrial noises such as a manipulated piano line, then bursts into drum machine and sample loops of screams taken from the film ''Robot Joxx''. At the 3-minute mark, it mellows into an acoustic guitar-led passagein 6/8, with swooshy sounds machine-like loops and synthesized chorus pads sampled from Reznor's voice. There is a final outburst of noise and screaming before returning to the acoustic section, which fades outcrossfades with the opening of "[[I Do Not Want This]]."

This version appears on the ''Still'' CD, which was Disc 2 of the Deluxe Edition CD of ''And All That Could Have Been'' and is currently available through nin.com. Simpler in its instrumentation and without the sample loops, it transitions immediately from the end of "[[The_Fragile_%28song%29#The_Fragile_.28Still.29|The Fragile]]" and ends suddenly after the final "noisy" section.