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Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross Scoring Jazz-Themed Pixar Movie Soul

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 24: (L-R) Writer Mike Jones, Co-Director Kemp Powers, Producer Dana Leigh Murray and Director Pete Docter of ‘Soul’ took part today in the Walt Disney Studios presentation at Disney’s D23 EXPO 2019 in Anaheim, Calif. ‘Soul’ will be released in U.S. theaters on June 19, 2020. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

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Earlier this year, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross scored the Netflix smash hit Bird Box. The Nine Inch Nails members previously worked together on David Fincher’s Gone Girl and Jonah Hill’s Mid90s, among other films. They won the Best Original Score Oscar for The Social Network in 2011. Now, Reznor and Ross are teaming up to score a new Pixar animated feature called Soul.

The Pete Docter-directed flick follows a middle-school band teacher, played by Jamie Foxx, who dreams of playing jazz at New York's famous "Half Note" club, a play on the Greenwich Village staple Blue Note. The rest of the cast includes Tina Fey, Questlove, Phylicia Rashad, and Hamilton's Daveed Diggs. Jon Batiste will be contributing original jazz music to the film.

Soul hits theaters 6/19/2020.

Just Announced: @iamjamiefoxx and Tina Fey will lead the cast of #PixarSoul, coming to theaters June 19, 2020. Here’s a first look at their characters, Joe Gardner and 22, and a new piece of concept art. #D23Expo pic.twitter.com/4LTHAzalmE

— Disney (@Disney) August 24, 2019

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