Theme For Tetsuo The Bullet Man
Theme For Tetsuo: The Bullet Man is an instrumental track by Nine Inch Nails for the film Tetsuo: The Bullet Man, the third in the Tetsuo trilogy of films by acclaimed Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto. The track runs 5:34 at 104 BPM.
It is notable as not only to be the first new Nine Inch Nails track since The Slip's release 2 years earlier, but also the first NIN release to have no involvement from Alan Moulder since Burn came out in 1994.
Song Credits
"THEME FOR TETSUO THE BULLET MAN"
Performed by Nine Inch Nails
Written by Trent Reznor
Produced by Atticus Ross
Mixed by Blumpy
Appearances
Versions
Theme For Tetsuo: The Bullet Man
This is the only known version. Opening with approximately a minute and a half of buzzing and sawing machine loops interrupted by quiet piano, an A/B structure begins. The A section is characterized by a four-on-the-floor bass drum pulse layered with distorted guitar loops, while the B section consists of the piano theme played on brass synthesizers. Brief noise loops bridge the return to the A section, this time extended with variations. The piano returns to cut off this section and reintroduce the chord progression of the B section, which also repeats with variations until suddenly cutting off at the end of the phrase.
Live
"Theme For Tetsuo: The Bullet Man" has never been played live.