Nine Inch Nails will score the soundtrack to the upcoming Disney film, TRON: Ares, the third film in the ‘Tron’ franchise set for release on Oct. 10, 2025.
The news was first revealed during Disney’s annual D23 fan event in Anaheim, Ca., which also offered the first clips of footage from Tron: Ares. The band also teased the new on X, writing: “You’re going to get what you deserve. 10.10.25”
TRON: Ares will be directed by Joachim Ronning, and will also feature Jeff Bridges reprising his role of tech giant Kevin Flynn from the original 1982 movie TRON and its 2010 sequel TRON: Legacy. Jared Leto will embody the computer program, Ares, in the sci-fi movie, which will also star Greta Lee, Gillian Anderson, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan and Evan Peters.
Daft Punk’s score for Tron: Legacy was a massive hit, reaching No. 4 on The Billboard 200 and selling more than a million copies in the United States.
NIN members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross previously wrote music for the films The Social Network, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Challengers. The duo won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2011 for The Social Network and again 2021 for Soul in Tandem with Jon Batiste.
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