The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack

Album artwork by a collaboration with Neil Kellerhouse and Rob Sheridan

The soundtrack for the 2011 US adaptation of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, by David Fincher, composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

This is the second soundtrack that Reznor and Ross have worked on together, the previous being The Social Network Soundtrack, also for David Fincher.

The soundtrack details were announced December 2nd 2011, along with a free sampler. Earlier that day, Immigrant Song premiered on KROQ radio, and was made available as a download to anyone who purchased the iTunes preorder of the album. In addition, the iTunes preorder was accompanied with an extended, 8 minute trailer for the film, scored specially by Reznor and Ross. The digital album was made available on the December 7th, and the CD on December 27th.

Limited Edition Release

A Limited Edition, deluxe package is to be released on 27th February, similar to the one released for Ghosts I-IV, and contains:

High definition audio download
The full album on six pieces of 180 gram vinyl
Deluxe book package with metal cover in a hard plastic "ice" slip cover
Exclusive custom 8gb metal razor blade USB pendant, inspired by Lisbeth's razor blade necklace
USB drive contains the full album in high-fidelity 96k audio
Fold-out poster by Neil Kellerhouse
Numbered limited edition of 3000
Personally signed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Tracklisting

CD

CD1

Immigrant Song - by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Karen O
She Reminds Me Of You
People Lie All The Time
Pinned And Mounted
Perihelion
What If We Could?
With The Flies
Hidden In Snow
A Thousand Details
One Particular Moment
I Can't Take It Anymore
How Brittle The Bones
Please Take Your Hand Away

CD2

CD3

Sampler

Hidden In Snow
People Lie All The Time
What If We Could?
Oraculum
Please Take Your Hand Away
Under The Midnight Sun

Promotion

The soundtrack was originally confirmed on January 7, 2011, on a New York Times panel interview with Reznor. A teaser trailer for the film was later released online on June 2nd (previously being attached to certain domestic and international films), featuring a cover of Led Zeppelins "Immigrant Song", by Reznor, Ross and Karen O (from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs). On August 10th, [DragonTattoo.com] (the film's official website), was updated to feature background music, with the filename "Dotcom.mp3". As was the case with Hand Covers Bruise from The Social Network's official site, this backing music was the first piece from the score to be available for listening. A full-length trailer for the film was released on September 22nd, featuring music from the score again, the first time the score had been set to footage.

Mouth Taped Shut

Atticus Ross working on the score, from Mouth Taped Shut.

A Tumblr blog entitled "Mouth Taped Shut" was started on 20th August, releasing behind-the-scenes photographs of the shooting and production of the film. On October 3rd, the blog posted a video of posters for the film being printed, with backing music by Reznor and Ross.[1] The blog was also used extensively to promote a public preview of the film, and had snapshots of the score in progress.

Comes Forth In The Thaw

Trent Reznor working on the score, from Mouth Taped Shut.

An image posted on Mouth Taped Shut showed Reznor in the studio, working on the score. On the monitor of his computer, however, there was a url posted, www.comesforthinthethaw.com, which when typed in linked to a site featuring an array of further background music.

What Is Hidden In Snow

Following a clue on ComesForthInTheThaw, the website WhatIsHiddenInSnow.com was found, which led to a series of treasure trails around the world, finding pieces from the film as part of an Alternate Reality Game promotion.