Mank

Mank (Original Music Score) is the score album for David Fincher's 2020 film of the same name, composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. It was released by The Null Corporation label on December 4, 2020, coinciding with the worldwide release on Netflix. The film marks Fincher's fourth collaboration with Reznor and Ross after the Academy Award-winning score for The Social Network (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and Gone Girl (2014). Both Reznor and Ross used period-authentic instrumentation from the 1930s and 40s, instead of their synth-heavy style. The orchestral sections were performed by each members at their homes, due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The score album featured 52-tracks with a duration of one-and-a-half hours, upon the initial release. In addition, an extended soundtrack consisting of 87 tracks with a duration of three-hours, was released to the public on December 11 (a week after the film and soundtrack release), through Reznor and Ross' blog on the online music distributor Bandcamp. The extended play itself featured 35 tracks which consisted of unreleased music and demos, that were not featured in the film. A vinyl edition of the soundtrack is scheduled to release later, that will not contain any track from the extended play. The score received positive response from critics and listeners, appreciating Reznor and Ross, for the period setting and instrumentation saying that "it takes back to the 1930s" Following the reception, the film score received nominations from several award ceremonies, including Golden Globe, Academy and BAFTA. The duo, however, won the awards at the major ceremonies for their compositions in Soul. Development Fincher's frequent collaborators Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed the score for Mank, whom confirmed their association in December 2019. Fincher did not have any pre-conceived musical approach while writing the script, but the team decided for a period-setting score reflecting Bernard Herrmann's composition for Citizen Kane (1941). Thus, Reznor and Ross used period-authentic instrumentation from the 1930s and 1940s, instead of their synth-heavy style, to accompany the film.