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In early 2013, Reznor had announced that Nine Inch Nails would be touring again, despite having done a [[Wave Goodbye Tour|farewell tour]] in 2009. Several months later, he revealed that a new album entitled ''[[Hesitation Marks]]'' had been secretly recorded over the course of a year and that he had signed to [[Columbia Records]]. He cited his work with film scores and How To Destroy Angels as the source of his revitalized interest in a new direction for NIN. The album was released on September 3, 2013 and was acclaimed by both fans and critics, many of them coming to view it as Reznor's best work since ''The Fragile''. It incorporated more atmospheric and layered sound than had been customary in recent works. Reznor stated that the album was a thematic sequel to ''The Downward Spiral'', being something of a belated epilogue to that album's story and showing the life arc of its protagonist.
The [[NIN 2013-2014|world tour]] that supported the album was the most ambitious one yet, picking up where 2008's Lights In The Sky tour had left off. Each leg had a different look and feel, and the band lineup was at one point the largest one Reznor had ever assembled. As always, cutting edge technology and dazzling displays of light and motion made for a memorable concert experience. On January 21, 2014, the [[Beats Music ]] streaming service went live, with Reznor serving as Chief Creative Officer. On the same day, it was also announced that Reznor and Ross were doing the score for David Fincher's ''[[Gone Girl Soundtrack|Gone Girl]]''. The album was released digitally on September 30, 2014 and the film opened on October 2. Beats Music was eventually acquired by Apple and absorbed into the Apple Music streaming service.
In 2016, Ross became a full-fledged member of Nine Inch Nails and a host of other score music from Reznor and Ross was announced. In June, the pair released a [[Juno|standalone track]] for a short film about NASA's Juno Mission. This was followed by the ''[[Before The Flood Soundtrack]]'' (a collaboration with Mogwai and Gustavo Santaolalla) and the ''[[Patriots Day Soundtrack]]''. Delivering on a promise made in 2015 for new music from NIN the following year, the ''[[Not The Actual Events]]'' EP was officially released on December 23, 2016. In 2017, it was revealed that ''Not The Actual Events'' was the first in a [[The Trilogy|trilogy]] of related releases and the second installment, ''[[Add Violence]]'', was released on July 21. Reznor and Ross scores for ''[[The Vietnam War Original Score|The Vietnam War]]'' as well as the short film ''[[The Black Ghiandola]]'' followed.