From Screen To Stage: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Announce Inaugural Future Ruins Festival

“This is a stacked lineup of visionaries doing something you might not see again.”

By Nate Todd May 14, 2025 3:09 pm PDT

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross announced the inaugural Future Ruins Festival. The unique happening taking place at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on November 8 is “a day-long event world’s most influential film and television composers step out from behind the screen and onto the stage,” as per a press release.

Award-winning film composers and Nine Inch Nails bandmates Reznor and Ross curated the event and will also perform. Danny Elfman (Batman, Edward Scissorhands), John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape From New York), Questlove (presents the score works of Curtis Mayfield) and more are set to perform as well.

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“It’s about giving people who are, literally, the best in the world at taking audiences on an emotional ride via music the opportunity to tell new stories in an interesting live setting,” Reznor stated.

“There’s no headliner. There’s no hierarchy. This is a stacked lineup of visionaries doing something you might not see again,” Reznor and Ross added.

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, May 21 at 12 p.m. PT.

Click below for more lineup and festival info.

Festival At-a-Glance

  • Future Ruins

    Danny ElfmanJohn CarpenterMark MothersbaughMore…
    • Burbank, CA
      • 1 day
      • Nov 8, 2025
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