Award-winning British musician Atticus Ross began his career behind the scenes as a programmer and producer before forming the alternative rock band 12 Rounds in the 1990s. After meeting Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, who signed 12 Rounds to his Nothing label in 1998, Ross' creative scope expanded as he balanced his own personal projects with a busy schedule alongside Reznor. Their creative partnership brought a flood of critical acclaim, garnering Ross and Reznor an Oscar and Golden Globe for their first major project together, the textural score for 2010's The Social Network. In addition to scoring dozens of films and television series, Ross also became an official member of Nine Inch Nails in 2016. He and Reznor won their second Academy Award -- and a Grammy, Golden Globe, and BAFTA -- for 2020's Soul, in collaboration with Jon Batiste. Ross and Reznor reteamed in 2022 for projects including a Nine Inch Nails tour and the score for the film Bones and All.

Born in London, Atticus Matthew Cowper Ross has worked steadily since the mid-'90s, collaborating with Tim Simenon's Bomb the Bass and Barry Adamson as a programmer, and performing with his own band with wife Claudia Sarne, 12 Rounds. The duo's first album, 1996's Jitterjuice, was released by Polydor in the U.K., but they were dropped by the label the following year; however, Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor signed them to his label Nothing Records, which released My Big Hero in 1998. This began a long collaboration between Ross and Reznor, which intensified when Ross moved to the U.S. in 2000; he earned production and programming credits on each of NIN's albums following 2005's With Teeth, eventually joining Reznor as an official member of the band. Over the decades, their creative partnership yielded work for the likes of Zack de la Rocha, Jane's Addiction, the ill-fated Tapeworm collective, and How to Destroy Angels, which also included Reznor's wife, former West Indian Girl member Mariqueen Maandig. Starting in 2010, Ross and Reznor took their first steps away from the world of rock and composed the score for The Social Network, which went on to win a Golden Globe and Oscar for best score. Juggling duties for NIN and Hollywood, the duo went on to contribute to over a dozen films and television shows into the 2020s.

Outside of his work with Reznor, Ross collaborated with Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz in the band Error, which released a self-titled EP in 2004, and did production and remixing work with artists including Joe Barresi, Coheed and Cambria, Korn, Grace Jones, and Telepathe over the years. Ross' first film music work was the 2004 score to the Hughes Brothers' television show Touching Evil, a collaboration with his brother Leopold Ross and Sarne, but his big break was scoring the Hughes' 2010 movie The Book of Eli, which earned him a Discovery of the Year nomination at the World Soundtrack Awards. Later that year, Ross and Reznor collaborated on the score to David Fincher's The Social Network, which was released in late 2010 and ultimately won that year's Golden Globe and Academy Awards for best original score. Ross and Reznor reteamed for Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, released in late 2011, and for the director's 2014 thriller Gone Girl. They and additional composer Alan Moulder won a Grammy for best score soundtrack for Dragon Tattoo; the pair were nominated for Gone Girl. Ross continued to garner high-profile scoring gigs on his own as well, including 2014's Love & Mercy, a biopic about the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. The following years saw more work from the composer, namely a credit on the composition team for Michael Mann's thriller Blackhat, and his score for the movie Triple 9, which he created alongside his brother Leopold Ross, Claudia Sarne, and U.K. electronic artist Bobby Krlic. The Ross brothers and Krlic collaborated again in 2016 for their soundtrack to Steve Hoover's documentary film Almost Holy. He returned later that year with a number of compositions on the collaborative soundtrack for Fisher Stevens and Leonardo DiCaprio's documentary about the impact of climate change, Before the Flood. The effort marked Ross' fourth soundtrack collaboration with Reznor, as well as his first with revered composer Gustavo Santaolalla. Later that year, Reznor officially made Ross a member of Nine Inch Nails, while their scores for Peter Berg's Patriot's Day and Ken Burns/Lynn Novick's documentary series The Vietnam War carried them into 2017.

Outside of his work with Reznor on a trio of NIN EPs and scores for Mid90s, Bird Box, and Waves, Ross continued to work with Leopold and Sarne on compositions for A Million Little Pieces and Earthquake Bird. He closed out the decade with Reznor, delivering the Emmy-winning soundtrack to the HBO series Watchmen.

Their most acclaimed work to date came with their music for the 2020 Disney-Pixar film Soul -- about an aspiring jazz musician -- a collaboration with Jon Batiste in which Ross and Reznor composed ambient score segments and Batiste provided jazz music including original songs. The three of them won an Academy Award, Grammy, Golden Globe, and BAFTA, among many other awards, for the movie's score. One of the scores they beat out for the Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA was Ross and Reznor's own Mank, Fincher's biopic of Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz. Next up for the scoring duo was the 2022 horror film Bones and All. That year, Nine Inch Nails toured for the first time in four years, and Ross and Reznor were nominated for a Best Alternative Music Album Grammy for their work as producers on Halsey's If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power. ~ Heather Phares

Leopold Ross is an English musician, producer, engineer, and composer known for his work with several rock bands, and for scoring films and television productions, sometimes in collaboration with his brother, Oscar-winning composer Atticus Ross. Leopold Ross is known for the atmospheric use of electronics in his music for 2016's Almost Holy and Triple 9, while he would later add organic elements to complement the digital surfaces in 2022's The Girl from Plainsville and 2023's Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.

Hailing from London, England, Leopold Ross' career began early at the age of 15 when he joined the rock band No Jahoda, who signed with Sony imprint S2 Records in the late '90s. The group put out a self-titled EP in 1998 and one album, Jahoda Witness, in 1999. Eventually Nojahoda disbanded, and Ross continued to further pursue musical outlets with a number of projects. He went on to join his brother Atticus, Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz, and Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato in the erstwhile electronic hardcore project Error. Error put out a self-titled EP via Epitaph Records in 2004 that received widespread critical acclaim. The project came to an end in 2006, and Leopold went on to compose one of his first scores for the U.S. crime drama Touching Evil. Ross added studio work to his resume, producing and engineering sessions for artists such as the Transplants, Grace Jones, Bad Religion, Korn, and the Dillinger Escape Plan. In 2009, he contributed writing and production to the score for the Hughes Brothers’ movie The Book of Eli, alongside Atticus and Claudia Sarne. Later that year, he returned to the stage as touring bass guitarist for English electronic band the Big Pink for an international concert tour.

In the following years, he formed the indie rock ensemble IO Echo with Ioanna Gika. The band put out their debut single, "While You Were Sleeping," on California-based independent label Iamsound Records in 2010, and followed it up with a self-titled EP in 2012. In 2011, Ross and the band contributed a score to the short video installation piece Rebel by Harmony Korine and James Franco. IO Echo put out their first full-length, Ministry of Love, in 2013, followed by their second EP, I’ve Been Vaping Your Tears, in 2014. During his downtime from IO Echo, Ross continued to accept scoring assignments, most notably with his brother and Claudia Sarne on such films as Broken City (2013), Blackhat (2015), and Triple 9 (2016). In 2016, Ross and Atticus collaborated with U.K. electronic artist Bobby Krlic (also known as the Haxan Cloak) on Steve Hoover's documentary film Almost Holy. Ross returned with IO Echo the same year with the single “Crossing Over,” a collaboration with L.A.-based composer and producer Lawless. The Ross Brothers and Claudia Sarne continued to stay busy, working together on music for the Ridley Scott-produced drama Earthquake Bird (2019), Jason Segel's television project Dispatches from Elsewhere, and the documentary series Dear Mama (2022), about the life of Tupac Shakur. Ross landed a major project of his own when he was commissioned to write the music for the fantasy series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023), an extension of the Godzilla universe. ~ Rob Wacey & Mark Deming

Alongside his work as the Haxan Cloak, award-winning producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Bobby Krlic remains a master of textured, detailed, and, above all, intense sounds. His productions for the Body, Björk, Father John Misty, and Khalid proved Krlic could translate his aesthetic to the music of very different artists. At the same time, he established himself as an in-demand composer for film, television, and games. Spanning the electro-folk-horror of his breakthrough score to 2019's Midsommar, the alien world conjured by 2021's Returnal, and the underlying, everyday -- but far from ordinary -- tensions telegraphed in his music for 2023's Beau Is Afraid and Beef, Krlic's projects reflected his range as well as his skill at conveying and evoking powerful moods.

Born and raised in Yorkshire, England, Krlic inherited his love of music from his guitarist father and his mother, who was a Northern soul DJ when she was a teenager. After discovering hip-hop and electronic music at age 16, he started writing and recording his own folktronica-inspired music. Following a university course in sound and visual art, he expanded his approach by purchasing a cheap violin and cello and quickly picked up the basics by playing along to the Dirty Three's albums.

While in his last year at university, Krlic began working under the name the Haxan Cloak, recording in his parents' shed with a handful of microphones and his violin, cello and laptop. In 2009, he self-released the Haxan Cloak's self-titled debut EP. The EP caught the attention of the London-based experimental metal label Aurora Borealis, who picked it up for distribution and signed Krlic. His first proper release for the label, the cassette-only Observatory EP, arrived in 2010. During this time, Krlic worked on the first Haxan Cloak full-length. He collaborated with his former university tutor and Sub Rosa recording artist Mikhail Karikis, whose experimental work with choirs added more depth to Krlic's already foreboding style. Arriving in April 2011, The Haxan Cloak earned praise for its unique style and ominous atmosphere.

In 2012, Krlic signed to Tri Angle, also home to experimental electronic artists including oOooO and Holy Other. That July, The Men Parted the Sea to Devour the Water, a nearly 30-minute live composition, was released by Southern Records as a part of their Latitudes series. The Haxan Cloak's Tri Angle debut, Excavation, appeared in April 2013 and explored the soul's journey after death. Like its predecessor, the album was acclaimed for its blend of electronic and acoustic instrumentation.

After Excavation's release, Krlic took a hiatus from the Haxan Cloak to pursue a variety of other projects. Under his own name, he worked as a producer, lending his signature style to albums including the Body's I Shall Die Here (2014), Björk's Vulnicura (2015), and Goldfrapp's Silver Eye (2017). Later, he worked with Father John Misty on a 2018 cover of Link Wray's "Fallin' Rain" that appeared on the Hulu anthology series Castle Rock, with Troye Sivan on the track "Animal," and with Khalid on the title track of his 2019 album Free Spirit.

Around this time, Krlic also made a name for himself as a composer for film and television projects. With Atticus Ross, he worked on the scores for the 2015 movie Blackhat, 2016's Triple 9, and Steve Hoover's 2016 documentary film Almost Holy. As a solo composer, Krlic's projects included the music for the USA Network television series Shooter, which premiered in 2016, the 2018 Netflix series Seven Seconds, and director Ari Aster's 2019 film Midsommar. Fascinated by the Haxan Cloak's body of work, Aster wrote the screenplay for the film -- in which a troubled American couple attend a Swedish pagan ritual that delivers much more than they bargained for -- to Krlic's music. In addition to composing the score, Krlic also worked with Aster on the music performed during Midsommar's rituals, which incorporated traditional instruments like the hurdy gurdy and key harp along with choral vocals. Midsommar's authentically eerie moods were widely acclaimed, and Krlic won the 2020 Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Score and was nominated for Breakthrough Composer of the Year at the 2019 International Film Music Critics Association Awards. Also in 2019, the TV series Reprisal and The Alienist: Angel of Darkness featured scores by Krlic.

The growing acclaim for Krlic's compositions led to a flurry of projects in the early 2020s. His 2020 work included co-producing Father John Misty's "To S." and music for the video game Red Dead Redemption 2. The following year, he scored the second season of the TNT series Snowpiercer, the Apple TV series Calls, and the video game Returnal, a gritty, futuristic, third-person shooter; his work on the latter won the 2022 BAFTA Games Award for Best Music and the 2022 DICE Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition. Krlic returned in 2023 with several high-profile projects. He reunited with Aster to compose the score to the subversive family drama Beau Is Afraid, then provided the almost subliminally tense music for Lee Sung Jin's Netflix show Beef. Later in the year, Krlic scored the DC Extended Universe film Blue Beetle, which was directed by Angel Manuel Soto. ~ Heather Phares & Rich Wilson