Ghosts V: Together & Ghosts VI: Locusts

[tricil]

Free download from nin.com: https://store.nin.com/collections/music/products/ghosts-digital-download

[fillow]

WAT
HOLY SHIT

https://i.gifer.com/5BM.gif

and they have track names too!

[Haysey_Draws]

This just popped up on my youtube....HOLY SHIT!?!

[spahn]

HELL YEAH!!! Some great news amidst these times!

Go get it!

[thefragile_jake]

Holy shit

[SM Rollinger]

Sweet!!

[fillow]

How are they not halos though?

edit: they are

[Haysey_Draws]

Headphones are ON! FUCK YEAH!

[nmitchell86]

Yes!

[nooneimportant]

what the fuck

[tricil]

https://de1daada60dfbf786b6e47a9-thecreativecorpo.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Ghosts_portrait_MAR25_FIN1_web.jpg

[MrLobster]

*yoink*

[tricil]

Announcement: https://www.nin.com/nine-inch-nails-ghosts-v-vi-available-now/

[otnavuskire]

Wow. I'm not sure anything better could have happened this morning, short of waking up and finding out the last few weeks were all a dream.

[Haysey_Draws]

These feel less like Ghosts songs (experimental stuff) and more like some score outakes...some very VERY BEAUTIFUL score outtakes...i ADORE this so far! THIS IS JUST WHAT I'VE WANTED!

[fillow]

So many questions...
Who's willing to bet most of these tracks are outtakes from the scores? The Woman in the Window maybe?

That interview teased on twitter in NIN Spotting thread can't come soon enough

[dtuck90]

MP3 only? Whats that about

[perterje]

MP3 only? Whats that aboutTwo and a half hours of new music from Nine Inch Nails. That's what this is.

So far so good! Loving the ambience of "Letting Go While Holding On".

[halo eighteen]

MP3 only? Whats that about

Yes, let's complain about the file format for free music some more.

[cdm]

MP3 only? Whats that about

They just gave you free music. Come on.

[Haysey_Draws]

Together is just...fucking OUTSTANDING!

[cdm]

How are they not halos though?

They're halos if you want them to be halos. There are no rules anymore.

[Tom]

Yaaaaaaasss!!!!

[sheepdean]

I just fucking came

[sheepdean]

MP3 only? Whats that about
I'm sure within a week we'll have a paid version on physical and/or higher fidelity, but considering that there's direct instruction from ISPs to not overload the internet right now, Trent and Atticus are being responsible by only offering in standard definition

[sick among the pure]

MP3 only? Whats that about

There's always that one...


Can I just say I never expected more installments of Ghosts? But god damn am I glad I was wrong.
Life's been a shitshow, for all of us I'd imagine, but god damn after my job closing down suddenly this week (which I moved across the country for) and knowing next week I'll be on the front lines at Amazon potentially risking my health and life and that of my husband just so we don't become homeless, I really needed some new NIN.
Idk if you're still lurking, but thanks.

[botley]

Downloading now. This is the first NIN I'll be playing for my newborn son. Maybe I'll put on my NIN/JA shirt and he can wear his NIN logo onesie while we listen for the first time.

[october_midnight]

One would think that they just wanted to get this out...that more formats and hell maybe even some merch, vinyl, etc. will be coming eventually. OMG THEY MAY EVEN ASSIGN A HALO NUMBER TO IT!

Hahaha such arbitrary nonsense. Halfway through Together and this is just amazing.

[Magnetic]

Ahhhhh! This is awesome. Thank you!

[Aphelion]

Letting Go While Holding On uses bits of a slowed down I Can't Give Everything Away (Farewell Mix) right?

[sheepdean]

One would think that they just wanted to get this out...that more formats and hell maybe even some merch, vinyl, etc. will be coming eventually. OMG THEY MAY EVEN ASSIGN A HALO NUMBER TO IT!

Hahaha such arbitrary nonsense. Halfway through Together and this is just amazing.
The lack of a halo number is bothering me, is this Halo 33 or 33 & 34????

[EvilGobi]

The lack of a halo number is bothering me, is this Halo 33 or 33 & 34????

halo 26 volume 2?

[sheepdean]

halo 26 volume 2?
If Deviations gets its own number, I'm assuming not?

I'm drafting the ninwiki page now, I think I'll leave it as one article and fix it later if they get separate numbers

[Camille]

Great and much needed news.
Downloading.

[cdm]

Letting Go While Holding On uses bits of...

Good catch...interesting. If not the same it's very similar.

[EvilGobi]

If Deviations gets its own number, I'm assuming not?

I'm drafting the ninwiki page now, I think I'll leave it as one article and fix it later if they get separate numbers

Agreed, I just mean theres so many options it could be. For the time being, im leaving it w/o one on on my ipod. Looks weird though

[imail724]

https://frinkiac.com/video/S07E06/g9YB3oriByMVzpLS65-oLDP3s1w=.gif

[MAD]

Hey, Trent, Atticus,

Do you guys need some photography or album art?

With respect,
-MAD



On a more realistic note, my favourite album series just got two more parts. I am absolutely ecstatic.
I've been recently listening to Ghosts I-IV on repeat, as I do each spring since release, this couldn't have had a better timing.

[xmpx_]

I find this really exciting.

I had been reflecting on how TR+frends would be experiencing the whole stay at home situation. Had a dream or two about it. these releases look like a guaranteed give you chills art creation

can't wait to digest these. new Ghosts, yes finally!!!!

my immediate feelings about the track names is, this is a spur of the moment release, and being ambiguous in times of worry is not fun. makes sense :)

[dtuck90]

Apologies for my MP3 comment. not ungrateful for them giving us free music at all. Would gladly pay for a lossless version.

Looking forward to giving this a listen and I assume a higher quality download will be available if there’s a physical release. Or a hi res stream on Amazon HD tomorrow.

[botley]

Apologies for my MP3 comment. not ungrateful for them giving us free music at all. Would gladly pay for a lossless version.

Looking forward to giving this a listen and I assume a higher quality download will be available if there’s a physical release. Or a hi res stream on Amazon HD tomorrow.

320 kbps LAME 3.99.5 at 48kHz sounds pretty fucking good for this kind of material.

[tricil]

If Deviations gets its own number, I'm assuming not?

I'm drafting the ninwiki page now, I think I'll leave it as one article and fix it later if they get separate numbers

I think more likely they’ll be 33 & 34.

Is kraw around to confirm?

[xmpx_]

Life's been a shitshow, for all of us I'd imagine, but god damn after my job closing down suddenly this week (which I moved across the country for) and knowing next week I'll be on the front lines at Amazon potentially risking my health and life and that of my husband just so we don't become homeless, I really needed some new NIN.
Idk if you're still lurking, but thanks.
thank YOU for what you are doing to help us all, and do stay safe.🙏🏻💙

[onthewall2983]

Do I have to use the checkout to download it or is there a direct link I'm missing?

[xmpx_]

Do I have to use the checkout to download it or is there a direct link I'm missing?
I did a checkout

[blitzkrieg]

"Ghosts V: Together is for when things seem like it might all be okay"
Currently listening to Ghosts V - Together... if it's supposed to be the "feel good part", I'm pretty scared for what is coming with Ghosts VI...
:)

[Krazy]

Not sure what I did wrong here. Used the Files app on the iphone and it's just continually DLing/uploing track #2 lol.

Oh well, I'll probably just go to the old YT. Would be nice to have a non-streaming version though.

[Qualis_Dolor]

yep, checkout

It's a good day.

[xmpx_]

...I dont know how to listen to this, haha. I want to alternate between the light and dark tracks. I will have to see how this appears in itunes (or should I say "music", silly-ass Apple).

[Ribbitman]

Holy fucking shit

[sweeterthan]

I know we just got new music an hour ago but....Is it too soon to ask for a streaming performance? Asking for a friend...


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[xmpx_]

I know we just got new music an hour ago but....Is it too soon to ask for a streaming performance? Asking for a friend...


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I would love that for either NIN or as a re-emergence of HTDA.

[sheepdean]

...I dont know how to listen to this, haha. I want to alternate between the light and dark tracks. I will have to see how this appears in itunes (or should I say "music", silly-ass Apple).
I'm doing Ghosts V, in order, then Ghosts VI, in order

[Camille]

I'm doing Ghosts V, in order, then Ghosts VI, in order
Yes. The only way.

[sheepdean]

Does anyone (and by anyone, I mean teitan or the other guy) have the credits for this? I'm ASSUMING it's all TRAR, but considering Ghosts was incredibly collaborative, it might have some guests.

Fuck I would love an instrument breakdown

[sick among the pure]

Does anyone (and by anyone, I mean teitan or the other guy) have the credits for this? I'm ASSUMING it's all TRAR, but considering Ghosts was incredibly collaborative, it might have some guests.

Fuck I would love an instrument breakdown


I'd imagine more info will come later, but I haven't seen any sign of credits. +1 for "if this wasn't all Trent playing the instruments, who played what"

[tricil]

Does anyone (and by anyone, I mean teitan or the other guy) have the credits for this? I'm ASSUMING it's all TRAR, but considering Ghosts was incredibly collaborative, it might have some guests.

Fuck I would love an instrument breakdown

Piano: Trent Reznor

[xmpx_]

Yes. The only way.
Well, this is Nine Inch Nails afterall. I'll go from the light to the dark with y'all.

[Wulgaren]

does the Audio Only part in the titles on youtube mean we're gonna get a music video or ghosts film festival volume 2???

[sheepdean]

Piano: Trent Reznor
Bleeps: Atticus Ross

Xylophone though? Or is it a glockenspiel? I want Fragile-level details damnit!

[xmpx_]

stick against the wood floor: Allesandro Cortini

[fillow]

I like how they reused the original Ghosts font... but I hope some proper artwork comes along if they're going to do a paid lossless release or a physical one (wouldn't hold my breath though, or at least not this year)

[botley]

The lack of a halo number is bothering me, is this Halo 33 or 33 & 34????
If it makes a difference, all the tracks in Ghosts V: Together are tagged with the barcode 859738056342 and all the tracks in Ghosts VI: Locusts are tagged with barcode 859738055437. In addition to the fact they are two different zip files, with two different album covers, I take that to mean they're two separate releases, bundled together.

In all likelihood they'll be two separate releases on streaming sites, as well... ergo, two new halos.

[arsenic]

Pretty sure they must have sampled my tinnitus for the mid-section of Hope We Can Again

[jimthiscity]

tinnitus sufferers beware of "hope we can again", holy shit guys that caused me physical pain lol

[GulDukat]

I don't know if Trent and/or Atticus read these boards ever, but if they do: Thank you for this. Thank you so much.

[perterje]

Wow, things suddenly kicked loose on "Still Right Here".

[arsenic]

tinnitus sufferers beware of "hope we can again", holy shit guys that caused me physical pain lol

glad I'm not the only one, we even posted at the same time lol

[Qualis_Dolor]

Thanks for the tinnitus-heads-up.

[dvdglss]

Echo's of 1 Ghosts I!!! Excellent....

[fillow]

https://i.imgur.com/ZMhBzTo.png
I'm relieved.
Ghosts VI not yet added though

[witte]

Great.
Spoiling question: will it be released on vinyl? Hope so!

[blitzkrieg]

Your Touch <3 <3

[tricil]

on nin.com/discography Ghosts V is Halo 33. Ghosts VI is not listed yet.

[sonic_discord]

2 hours and 33 minutes of NEW NIN FOR FREE. This is THE best thing to wake up to! Loving it so far, can't wait to see what Locusts has in store! And I'll gladly throw my money at a physical release as soon as it's available. I'm also wondering if half of this isn't the scrapped & possibly reworked Woman in the Window score like someone else mentioned. It wouldn't be a bad thing at all, in fact I was kinda hoping they'd release it somehow because it seems like a shame for anything they create to go unreleased!

[botley]

Update; the baby spat up during "With Faith".

[jimthiscity]

Great.
Spoiling question: will it be released on vinyl? Hope so!
given how long it's taken to get all the other vinyl we were promised my expectation is "yeah, probably, but not for like five years"

[xmpx_]

2 hours and 33 minutes of NEW NIN FOR FREE. This is THE best thing to wake up to! Loving it so far, can't wait to see what Locusts has in store! And I'll gladly throw my money at a physical release as soon as it's available.
23 songs in 2 hours and 33 minutes, BTW. ;)

[halo33]

https://i.imgur.com/ZMhBzTo.png
I'm relieved.
Ghosts VI not yet added though

I never thought I'd see the day.
I'm almost in tears here.

Thank you so much Trent.
(and Atticus)

[StockAvuryah]

Ooooh fuck yeah all those 10+ minutes tracks

[EvilGobi]

VI is up too. Its halo 34

[fillow]

I never thought I'd see the day.
I'm almost in tears here.

How long did you have this username?

[sheepdean]

WAS THAT SMOOTH SAMAXAMAPHONE?
IN 2020?
I LOVE


#AroundEveryCorner spoilers

[tricil]

I never thought I'd see the day.
I'm almost in tears here.

Thank you so much Trent.
(and Atticus)

what's the big deal....

oh this is ​your moment, man!

[gorast]

The Cursed Clock makes me feel awful lmao. It's so uncomfortable to listen to. If this is what all of VI is going to be like...it's gonna be some good shit.

This was such a delight to see this morning. Really helps brighten the day.

[tricil]

Ghosts V: Halo 33
Ghosts VI: Halo 34

[halo33]

How long did you have this username?

Since the dawn of the internet.

[simonn]

Pretty sure they must have sampled my tinnitus for the mid-section of Hope We Can Again

I'm a tinnitus sufferer - as in ringing, not whooshing. Nothing leapt out as 'fuck that's fucking with my ears' - I was fine with it! But then I am working so it's not on too loud....

There are surely some Waves tracks in Together too I think, lots of bits where I harked back to that..

[Wulgaren]

Oh god oh fuck run like hell

[botley]

Lots of string samples throughout, but it sounds to me like a real orchestra on "Apart".

[imail724]

tinnitus sufferers beware of "hope we can again", holy shit guys that caused me physical pain lol
Holy moley I just got to that part. Wasn't terrible on my speakers, but I'd imagine I'd have to pull my headphones off if I was listening through them.

[Leviathant]

https://i.imgur.com/ZMhBzTo.png
I'm relieved.
Ghosts VI not yet added though

Big day for @halo33

(https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=376)edit: I was too eager to post to read the rest of the thread, while also happy to double up on the celebration :b

[sheepdean]

VI is up too. Its halo 34
For fuck's sake, I JUST finished the ninwiki stuff.

Ah well, got good music to listen to as I edit

[fillow]

For fuck's sake, I JUST finished the ninwiki stuff.

Ah well, got good music to listen to as I edit
Wikipedia guys also jumped the gun and made the single page for both volumes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_V-VI

[theimage13]

Might have to hold off until tonight for this. We've got bright blue sunny skies here right now...just feels wrong for this kind of music.

[xmpx_]

Not that this really is important, but since there's more VI than V, I managed to make a mix where they alternate evenly
https://imgur.com/a/T2X51J8

But, gonna listen to this straight like a huge glass of vodka.

I miss remix.nin.com ;_;

[Wulgaren]

your new normal has what sounds like the same strings from some soundtrack album, either bird box or watchmen im not sure

[ninlive]

Music is what is getting me through this difficult time. As everyone is struggling in one way or another... isolation from others, financially, anxiety, worrying about distant loved ones... I NEEDED THIS TODAY. It's been a few rough days for me and when I found out this was released, I immediately jumped on it. My girlfriend said this was the most happy I've looked this whole time. That note on nin.com is what I needed today. ETS and talking about music/nin is what I need. I've loaded this up onto my iPod and the next 2.5 hours is just listening to this awesome music.

[thelastdisciple]

tinnitus sufferers beware of "hope we can again", holy shit guys that caused me physical pain lol
Oof i def felt that.

My cat was also not impressed.

[Qualis_Dolor]

Imagine a nin bandcamp page for off-label releases like this one...<3

[halo33]

Big day for @halo33

(https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=376)edit: I was too eager to post to read the rest of the thread, while also happy to double up on the celebration :b

Thanks Matt. Means a lot coming from you! Happy that we've gotten to share some moments over the years. When this all blows over, let's share a few more.

[Ruined]

This is the first time I've held off listening to darker material by NIN (Locusts) due to the situation. Right now, I'm just going to listen "Together" until I feel a little less raw. However, I'm glad he provided two albums with all the emotions of this time.

[patj825]

Am I the only one that gets a spinning "Authorizing Payment" screen when clicking the "CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR DIGITAL GOODS?"

[nwd1911]

I'm having the same issue!!!!

[PhoenixML]

Downloads are up!

[Erneuert]

Our daughter just woke up at 2am and this just appears on my phone at the same time. Weird.

Loving that “Locusts” subtitle.

[thefragile_jake]

Man. I needed this today.

As I'm sure with everyone, it's been a rollercoaster of a year. My Mom has been in and out of the hospital since October of last year dealing with the side effects of her terminal cancer and kidney dialysis treatments, I'm planning a wedding this fall and took on a higher work capacity at my job.

However, this COVID-19 stuff has me stressed with all of the above factors. I worry about my Mom's health (she just got back from the hospital after a two week stay and had to go back in after she fell at home and now has pneumonia), I worry about the wedding expenses and even being able to HAVE it this fall and to be as vague as possibly—my work is feeling the affects of the pandemic we're in.

New music from Trent makes me feel a part of this little community of all of you that I don't always check in with as much as I should, but reminds me of good times in my life. Shit, I can't believe I've been coming here since 2004 ... I'm sure it's been longer for most of you.

Anywho, I'm done ranting. This was a nice surprise and something to keep my mind occupied while working remote for the foreseeable future and we get through all this together.

[ninsp]

The site is down...well, at least I can't get past authorizing payment...

[Come_Reptile]

Am I the only one that gets a spinning "Authorizing Payment" screen when clicking the "CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR DIGITAL GOODS?"
I'm getting it, too. Maybe the server is overloaded?

[Qualis_Dolor]

"Please keep in mind these files are not directly available on your phone or mobile device. You will need to download to a computer first. At that point you can un-zip the files and then transfer them to your media player of choice."

[ninsp]

Damn it I don't want to listen to it off YouTube, I have a pair of Grado headphones for a reason!!

[Come_Reptile]

It took ~10 minutes but the downloads finally went through. Trent and Atticus continue to be too damn good for this world.

[ninsp]

I saw it's MP3 so I'm just listening to it off of YT.

[Zimbo]

Fuuuuuuck yes!

[Papagolash]

2.5 hours of new NIN music?!?!?! I have a Ninrection

[suprefan]

Anyone else having download issues? Stuck on the authorizing payment page after I “bought” it.

edit: nvm, not alone on this one.

[sheepdean]

Are the whispers in Turn This Off Please the same ones from Quake?

[Leviathant]

Contrary to popular marketing, Shopify (the ecommerce platform used here) doesn't handle scaling well.

However, platforms that do are notably more expensive, and given that this release is free, hang tight.

[jimthiscity]

just FYI these have gone live on streaming services in locations where it's already passed 12:00 AM friday morning, so there are FLAC files out there on private trackers for anyone who wants them.

[MAD]

1. 39 Ghosts V
2. 40 Ghosts V
3. 41 Ghosts V
4. 42 Ghosts V
5. 43 Ghosts V
6. 44 Ghosts V
7. 45 Ghosts V
8. 46 Ghosts V

1. 47 Ghosts VI
2. 48 Ghosts VI
3. 49 Ghosts VI
4. 50 Ghosts VI
5. 51 Ghosts VI
6. 52 Ghosts VI
7. 53 Ghosts VI
8. 54 Ghosts VI
9. 55 Ghosts VI
10. 56 Ghosts VI
11. 57 Ghosts VI
12. 58 Ghosts VI
13. 59 Ghosts VI
14. 60 Ghosts VI
15. 61 Ghosts VI

:rolleyes:

[Qualis_Dolor]

1. 39 Ghosts V
2. 40 Ghosts V
3. 41 Ghosts V
4. 42 Ghosts V
5. 43 Ghosts V
6. 44 Ghosts V
7. 45 Ghosts V
8. 46 Ghosts V

1. 47 Ghosts VI
2. 48 Ghosts VI
3. 49 Ghosts VI
4. 50 Ghosts VI
5. 51 Ghosts VI
6. 52 Ghosts VI
7. 53 Ghosts VI
8. 54 Ghosts VI
9. 55 Ghosts VI
10. 56 Ghosts VI
11. 57 Ghosts VI
12. 58 Ghosts VI
13. 59 Ghosts VI
14. 60 Ghosts VI
15. 61 Ghosts VI

:rolleyes:
...or starting at 1 Ghosts V again? (:

[ninsp]

Together is giving me serious Brian Eno vibes.

[brotha52]

Update; the baby spat up during "With Faith".

ah-With-ah-Faith-ah

[simonn]

This album has really blurred the lines between NIN and T&A for me. Would love to know the timeline here.

Those last 5 minutes or so of 'Turn this off please', so hypnotic.

[Shadaloo]

what's new in the nin world todusGFyibdguibiyr iuguibutbh b

[patj825]

I'm in! The download link now works! Woo-hoo!

[Jon]

I thought this was a thread about some fan project until my interest got the best of me. This has been a crazy past 7 days of releases for music and games.

[ninsp]

Just got my download. You have to leave it open for a really long time. These ARE MP3s, for what it's worth, but they are very hi-res MP3s.

[ikranax]

"Please keep in mind these files are not directly available on your phone or mobile device. You will need to download to a computer first. At that point you can un-zip the files and then transfer them to your media player of choice."

If anyone wants to listen to it on their phone (and they have Android), download from Google Play an app such as AndroZip. After downloading the albums, find your download folder in your phone via AndroZip, and extract it. Then play it with a music app such as Winamp or VLC Media Player (I had to put the files in my phone's "Music" folder for Winamp to detect it, and VLC kept crashing on me this morning for no reason strangely).

[eachpassingphase]

Echoing the "I needed this today" statements in the thread. I've been completely and totally paranoid for the last two weeks and the heightened emotional state is wearing on me. BUT: this was wonderful news to wake up to. I'm almost done with "Together" and it's beautiful. The sun came out here (finally) so I think we are gonna listen to this in the backyard for a while. Also, the track titles for "Locusts" are making me think I should wait on that section to not further my plague paranoia.

[ton]

Anyone else having download issues? Stuck on the authorizing payment page after I “bought” it.

edit: nvm, not alone on this one.

My issue as well. I'm guessing many people are downloading at the same time.

Thank you Trent and Atticus for the music. Will post my thoughts as soon as I get the albums.

[Jon]

Just got my download. You have to leave it open for a really long time. These ARE MP3s, for what it's worth, but they are very hi-res MP3s.

How long is a really long time? I'm at 21 minutes.

[Callahan]

Almost done making in through Ghosts V, this is probably my favorite instrumentals/scores that's been released in a while! Listening to Hope We Can right now, I love the analog sounds, mixed with the atmospheric noise (gives that AATCHB/Still vibe to me), it sounds more organic and I get lost in it, more so than some of the more synth/electronic heavy tracks. Still love those! But for "music to day dream to" (as he quoted the Ghosts album in the past), this is perfect!

I'm sure Ghosts VI is a different ride all together...we'll see!

[ninsp]

How long is a really long time? I'm at 21 minutes.

Mine took 10 minutes.

[xmpx_]

Ghosts VI is how I felt TR was feeling about all this, in a way. That will surely be an intense listen, I reserve my commentary for after my listen

[Bmw1185]

Looking at the detailed info of these tracks, they put in the artist info as The Nine Inch Nails. Love it!

[ninsp]

Ghosts VI is how I felt TR was feeling about all this, in a way. That will surely be an intense listen, I reserve my commentary for after my listen
I've got about 20 minutes left in Ghosts V then going to sit for a breather. Then dive in.

[ninsp]

The dynamic range and production on this is fantastic. Trent's been brickwalling shit recently but this is at a 12.

[Jon]

Damn, y'all slammed SoulSeek too?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiB9Fdj02fo&amp;list=OLAK5uy_nI0MQeL5UUZETO22R uG3oYSDqYkds7V3A&amp;index=11

[caca]

As an “essential” worker who’s in the metaphorical Petri dish every day, this was exactly what I needed to lift my spirits.

Thank you, Trent & Atticus!

[Qualis_Dolor]

Is "Run Like Hell" about buying a bunch of toilet paper?
edit: that drum part put those images in my mind

[fillow]

1. 39 Ghosts V
2. 40 Ghosts V
3. 41 Ghosts V
4. 42 Ghosts V
5. 43 Ghosts V
6. 44 Ghosts V
7. 45 Ghosts V
8. 46 Ghosts V

1. 47 Ghosts VI
2. 48 Ghosts VI
3. 49 Ghosts VI
4. 50 Ghosts VI
5. 51 Ghosts VI
6. 52 Ghosts VI
7. 53 Ghosts VI
8. 54 Ghosts VI
9. 55 Ghosts VI
10. 56 Ghosts VI
11. 57 Ghosts VI
12. 58 Ghosts VI
13. 59 Ghosts VI
14. 60 Ghosts VI
15. 61 Ghosts VI

:rolleyes:
You know, this is what they should've done. No way in hell I can learn so many instrumental track titles. I'm still struggling with Deviations tracks and most of the scores past the Fincher trilogy.

[zecho]

Been trying to download this for about an hour and a half now. Still at the "Authorizing Payment" screen of the download page. Feels like I'm going insane.

[zecho]

The dynamic range and production on this is fantastic. Trent's been brickwalling shit recently but this is at a 12.

If by "recently" you mean "since 1999". I would kill to have high dynamic versions of the remasters.

[Wretchedest]

Which one of these is going to be made into a country rap song?

[Reznor2112]

In tears...

Why is it that the music we all need the most some how reveals itself at the most important times for when we need it?

Love you all. Enjoy the new tunes. I am. :fistbump:

[shagg_187]

This is just fantastic gift. Thank you, TR/AR. Love the font/logo on the album cover, very clean and provoking.

So far, this is (dare I say) better than Ghosts I - IV. I guess chugging instrumental soundtracks as your day job makes it a habit.

It's my birthday, and I got laid off yesterday cause of COVID-19, so this is a good reminder that not all is lost.

[botley]

Looking at the detailed info of these tracks, they put in the artist info as The Nine Inch Nails. Love it!

Where are you seeing that?

[Shadaloo]

Question meant only in interests of expediency:

Would it be acceptable to pass around DL links considering it's free? I think Shopify/Sendowl's being slammed nine ways from wangday right now. Been 45 minutes this little circle's been spinning around for me.

[shagg_187]

Together is so familiar! I can't place my finger, but it's reminiscent of an existing TR/AR track. So beautiful!


Question meant only in interests of expediency:

Would it be acceptable to pass around DL links considering it's free? I think Shopify/Sendowl's being slammed nine ways from wangday right now. Been 45 minutes this little circle's been spinning around for me.

I don't mind sharing the link if needed be.

[Jon]

Where are you seeing that?

?

ALBUM
ARTIST
BARCODE
ENCODERSETTINGS
ISRC
LENGTH
TITLE
TRACK
YEAR

None of which are "The Nine Inch Nails"

[bgalbraith]

Yeah, I've also been waiting on the never-ending spinning link, though I kept getting impatient and restarting it, which I'm sure a lot of people are doing (and it's not likely helping the load). Going over to YouTube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp58R7BEhrw&list=PLVhjwEM59tQSYKweLE6CxMXtYpkJ7mI7d) while I wait for the download to go through.

[allegate]

Question meant only in interests of expediency:

Would it be acceptable to pass around DL links considering it's free? I think Shopify/Sendowl's being slammed nine ways from wangday right now. Been 45 minutes this little circle's been spinning around for me.
https://media2.giphy.com/media/1nI7D2wdhHAys/giphy.gif

[shagg_187]

EDIT: If your shopify link is spinning in loops.

Official link from nin.com - https://smarturl.it/GHOSTS2020

[OoopiDoop]

Been waiting over a hour with the shopify download link and no download yet :\. Guess Ill just have to mosey on over to YouTube instead for now and listen to the new album there.

[somethingelse]

Weird times indeed...
Thank you for generously sharing more of your valuable time with us.
Reading through this thread it's easy to say this came at a perfect time for all of us.

[botley]

Question meant only in interests of expediency:

Would it be acceptable to pass around DL links considering it's free? I think Shopify/Sendowl's being slammed nine ways from wangday right now. Been 45 minutes this little circle's been spinning around for me.
Hope so:

NIN.com's 48kHz MP3s (https://mega.nz/#F!pI9HBboC!xq8k_L2OnHmalvO0iCXeww) (320kbps, tags and filenames untouched)

Fuck YouTube in its unblinking fucking eye.

[shagg_187]

Hope so:

NIN.com's 48kHz MP3s (https://mega.nz/#F!pI9HBboC!xq8k_L2OnHmalvO0iCXeww) (320kbps, tags and filenames untouched)

Fuck YouTube in its unblinking fucking eye.

AWESOME.

Here's the original .zip files in it's original form/glory:

EDIT: from nin.com: https://smarturl.it/GHOSTS2020

[neorev]

Stuck on authorizing payment for a while now.

Please tell me there will be a paid lossless digital option

[Jon]

Nice... oh look, a 3.96 GB iOS update...

[shagg_187]

Apart is a sequel to 1 Ghosts I, right? Fits perfectly together.

[Zimbo]

Still waiting on this download to work. 3 hours later.

[pizzalovingnerd]

Free download from nin.com: https://store.nin.com/collections/music/products/ghosts-digital-downloadI've been waiting for a new release, I wanted to experience a new release as a full fan. Add violence was what got me into them, and I actually didn't like bad witch at first, although now it's my favorite album from them.

Sent from my Nokia 6.1 using Tapatalk

[shagg_187]

I've been waiting for a new release, I wanted to experience a new release as a full fan. Add violence was what got me into them, and I actually didn't like bad witch at first, although now it's my favorite album from them.

Sent from my Nokia 6.1 using Tapatalk

Welcome! This isn't your everyday NIN angsty release. However, you're just in time to experience Ghosts release!

[pizzalovingnerd]

Welcome! This isn't your everyday NIN angsty release. However, you're just in time to experience Ghosts release!I do programming and video editing, and Ghosts I-IV was the perfect music for doing that.

Sent from my Nokia 6.1 using Tapatalk

[Jon]

Are the TIDAL versions lossless?

[Reznor2112]

Apart features that low end distorted bass sound from a few of the Waves tracks

[sheepdean]

Welcome! This isn't your everyday NIN angsty release. However, you're just in time to experience Ghosts release!
Ghosts releases are the most important NIN releases

[allegate]

Imagine a nin bandcamp page for off-label releases like this one...<3
I would love for bands to do this with stuff that the labels said would never be "successful" so remain unreleased, that way the fire that took everything from so many artists wouldn't have been as much of an issue. I mean, we'll never hear a ton of music from a lot of influential artists now because of that, whether it's actual albums or what have you.

[Indefinite_Cure]

Together, on first listen, sounds to me like the closest he's come to sounding like the Still album again. It gave me vibes from that album big time and in a (very) good way.

It's really really really good.

Thank you Trent and Atticus, we all indeed need connection in these ominous times.

[poinoup]

:O, :D

Glad I just had my day off hoot.

[pizzalovingnerd]

I've been on Authorizing Payment for 15 minutes...

[pizzalovingnerd]

Still waiting on this download to work. 3 hours later.

Same issue, once it finishes downloading, I'm going to host it on pizzalovingnerd.com so people don't have to wait for these bullshit downloads.

[poinoup]

'Your Touch" is perfection.

[sheepdean]

"Turn This Off Please"


I love how Trent and Atticus wrote a song named after what my dad would shout whenever I put NIN on as a teen

[poinoup]

I know it'll be long for some, but Together is wonderful. I always said Ghosts was perfect for a rainy Sunday being by the window reading.

[pizzalovingnerd]

AWESOME.

Here's the original .zip files in it's original form/glory:

WeTransfer: https://we.tl/t-V7H2YXj53B

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1q2SNlB-IdZLxoensY1JfShWst4vsagsH?usp=sharing

Will remove links once Spotify grows a pair.

Thank you!

[Bmw1185]

Where are you seeing that?

Just by looking at the file info using a program called mp3tag. Also came up just looking at the info of each track on my phone

[Leviathant]

Not sure it's kosher to put this right here, but between us ETSers - if you're having trouble with downloads, send an email to nin.service at lnmerch.com

[Bmw1185]

?

ALBUM
ARTIST
BARCODE
ENCODERSETTINGS
ISRC
LENGTH
TITLE
TRACK
YEAR

None of which are "The Nine Inch Nails"

Don't know what to tell you but came up that way for me

[Jon]

Don't know what to tell you but came up that way for me

You've got something autotagging your artist field?

[botley]

Are the TIDAL versions lossless?
Yes. True 16/44.1 gapless.

[Jon]

Yes. True 16/44.1 gapless.

Say it slower. Speak nerd to me.

Thank you, sir.

[Zimbo]

Seconded! Several hours later and buttkiss! You rock.

[shagg_187]

Trying to social distance but two new NIN albums drop (and I can't find my headphones).

https://youtu.be/b4X9rjZJJoM

[allegate]

Seconded! Several hours later and buttkiss! You rock.
rolling here. I assume you've only heard that said out loud?

bupkis is the word I think you were looking for. unless...?

[arsenic]

Together is so familiar! I can't place my finger, but it's reminiscent of an existing TR/AR track. So beautiful!


I had the exact same feeling, so I did some research.
Even though I don't have a definitive answer, the closest I got was this intro that was played live for La Mer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLFUKBWyves

The notes are fairly similar. It also reminded me of Leaving Hope and AATCHB.

That said, Together also has lots of influences from the recent scores, in particular: The Light Shines Through from Waves; the ending from Absent Friends and Old Ghosts (Watchmen Vol.1); Close Encounters/ And It Keeps On Coming (Bird Box).

[versusreality]

I'm two tracks in on youtube and this is already some of my favorite NIN material ever. wow. ambient bliss. we ALL need this at this time. these are albums that we'll remember for the rest of our lives as music released during the virus that helped us get through it...this is audio therapy. wow. on track 3 now.

thank you trent and atticus. we are extremely grateful!

[tony_crisp]

I'm not the biggest follower by any means but always thought the title of GHOSTS was implying that the tracks were unused/rescued, scraps/bits, of unfinished/rejected works. A lot of the cues several posters have brought up about this new set leads one to think this might be true. Am I out of the loop and/or this is now common knowledge? Just blue-skying.

"V: Together" is extremely up my alley.

[chuckrh]

Trent has put these up for free download in MP3. Link below.

https://store.nin.com/products/ghosts-digital-download

[Qualis_Dolor]

Locusts has a tad more of the Ghosts I-IV experimental feel compared to Together, imo.

[ninlive]

In all seriousness, my tinnitus was going so effing hard during Hope We Can Again... Just for those that don't suffer with tinnitus, do you hear anything except that painful frequency?

I had chronic ear infections as a kid and now have super sensitive ears. Even with custom plugs and listening levels at a comfortable level, still not enough. I wonder sometimes what things I may be missing.

[chuckrh]

To moderator: Sorry I put up another thread on this. Didn't see this one. Got excited & started typing!

[Substance242]

Just for those that don't suffer with tinnitus, do you hear anything except that painful frequency?

Funny thing, I was still hearing the unpleasant frequency even when the next song started, only then I realized maybe it's just me?, so I tried to walk away, drink water, and yep it thankfully stopped. Sometimes I have a little bit of these, nothing to see the doctor with, so this was strange experience. I much prefer The Background World to this, thank you. :-)

Btw, during I think "Apart" I was kinda expecting Depeche Mode - Judas do start. :-)
(btw I could listen to the finale of this song for a day, Alan come back! sorry offtopic heh)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PEPjZ1KCzM

Also, there is no "THE Nine..." in the tags anywhere.

[Wretchedest]

These are both great.

[tcrudolph]

Wow, first of all - new NIN!!! YESSSSSSSSSSS.

Second, I'm two songs into Together and this is already stunning.

[Reaps]

Tinnitus is a part of my every waking moment (high pitched acoustic trauma) so thanks for the heads up..

[notsoprettynow]

any thoughts about similarities between the piano at

EXHIBIT A
nine inch nails - around every corner (2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93uaW2gJBxA&fbclid=IwAR1bRL9O0E-6DkrU109TalArfW4DzgGFON8IJQ8E8C51hnsrcRk0UuY7apo

and at
EXHIBIT B
thom yorke - belongings thrown in a river (2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqKqsfcF774

i like both tracks a lot <3
(my favorite new nin-track so far is "your touch" though)

[blassster]

Some of the best instrumental stuff since TGWDTD for me. Other than TF deviations, obviously, but that's a bit different.

Only about 70% through, but I already like it more than most of the work released since HM. Admittedly, I've only given some of that soundtrack work a shallow listen - I plan to dive deeper, but haven't had the enthusiasm from what I've heard from each release. I only listen to a few select tracks from the EP trilogy, small releases are quick to burn out, and there were a few tracks that I just didn't like.

This is (and sounds) excellent. Maybe it'll reignite the NIN spark I've kinda lost. I've been listening to a lot of other new stuff for a while (I'm obsessed with Babymetal). I used to spin TF a few times daily for over a decade, along with the other classic NIN stuff, maybe my brain also forced me to phase it out for a while without me realizing too. Some of the tracks give me a classic Doom feel, or (even though I can't make this make sense) at least something related to demons/hell.

Gorgeous.

"Please keep in mind these files are not directly available on your phone or mobile device. You will need to download to a computer first. At that point you can un-zip the files and then transfer them to your media player of choice."Laughs in Android.

[Bmw1185]

You've got something autotagging your artist field?

After further investigation you are correct. Program autotagged after i had set it from Watchmen Vol 3. My bad!

[Andallthatcouldhavebeen]

I was so shocked about this release. I sat down this morning and listened to a couple of songs and started crying. For them to release something right now (and it was Ghosts! holy shit!), release it for FREE and put out a statement like that..... I didn't realized how much it moved me and how much the music was going to move me. Thank you so much Trent and Atticus.

[shagg_187]

Say it slower. Speak nerd to me.

Thank you, sir.

Hey Jon, you used to have fonts for Ghosts I - IV, correct?

NINGhosts font (NINGhostsLight and NINGhostsLightCaps).

Still have it?

[tricil]

In all seriousness, my tinnitus was going so effing hard during Hope We Can Again... Just for those that don't suffer with tinnitus, do you hear anything except that painful frequency?

I had chronic ear infections as a kid and now have super sensitive ears. Even with custom plugs and listening levels at a comfortable level, still not enough. I wonder sometimes what things I may be missing.

Same.

[FernandoDante]

Trent has put these up for free download in MP3. Link below.

https://store.nin.com/products/ghosts-digital-download
For whatever reason, I can't seem to download these. I get a 404 error.

[chuckrh]

I think the system is overloaded. My "purchase" is still spinning.

[Mr. Blaileen]

I’m on ‘V’ and I’m absolutely loving it so far. It’s much more thorough and complete sounding than the original ‘Ghosts’ releases. I’m having the same problem with ‘Hope We Can Again’. The middle is more or less unlistenable, which is a shame since the beginning and end are beautiful.

[Hyperpower]

I went through the checkout and well...the link provided does not work.
any help?

[Magnetic]

I agree, I only got halfway through Ghosts V (damn conference calls), but this is much more enjoyable to me than Ghosts I-IV (sorry if this offends the die-hard Ghosts fans). This may be due to an emotional association, so there's some bias there sure. Right now it's just....comforting with all this bullshit going on. I think this may end up being the soundtrack of my life in this current era. Hopefully 10 years down the road this music will remind me of this bizarre time.

[BRoswell]

Really digging this new album Spinning Wheel. It's my new favorite!

[Microwave Jellyfish]

This couldn't have possibly happened at a better time in my life. I needed it, and I know I'm not alone.

[dionysus74]

Really digging this new album Spinning Wheel. It's my new favorite!

Agreed! But seriously, what the fuck, I already "paid" for this free music. When will I actually be able to download it?

[allegate]

This couldn't have possibly happened at a better time in my life. I needed it, and I know I'm not alone.
I like the idea and duality of "I know I'm not alone" in times like these.

[Wolfkiller]

I went through the checkout and well...the link provided does not work.
any help?

Stuck on "Authorizing Payment" page too? NIN.com hates me. Been trying to get an answer about my Vietnam soundtrack download for months now.

[Jon]

Hey Jon, you used to have fonts for Ghosts I - IV, correct?

NINGhosts font (NINGhostsLight and NINGhostsLightCaps).

Still have it?

I no longer have that big Ghosts archive that I did. The fonts were grabbed from someone else on the board at the time.

I can generate partial families using FontForge, but there are characters missing and the re-encode options don't look similar at all.

[Hyperpower]

Stuck on "Authorizing Payment" page too? NIN.com hates me. Been trying to get an answer about my Vietnam soundtrack download for months now.

yep.
I did not want youtube to be the way to experience new NIN...but here we are... :(

[arsenic]

Here in Europe both albums are now up on Spotify.
Interesting to note that two songs titles are all in caps. What if these two are Watchmen outtakes? Those tracks were all in caps, too.

https://i.imgur.com/D0pAKzI.jpg

[henryeatscereal]

Not in Spotify here, got stuck on the "Authorizing Payment" page, used the We transfer links instead.

About to listen to this, seems is a perfect "Home Office" soundtrack...

[butter_hole]

I wonder if the all-caps tracks are Watchmen outtakes

[alfonso99]

The download link is not working for me. it keeps on checking payment confirmation from shopify. probably the site just collapsed...

[hellospaceboy]

Listened to both albums on and off all day, especially Together on heavier rotation...

It's really beautiful work, but I'll be honest, it got me really sad. I've been really careful not to let my emotions get away from me, and I kinda let my guard down, and this soundscape got me in a little bit of a depressed mood. I had to put on some Pet Shop Boys and shit like that to drag me back :rolleyes:
It's too perfect of a soundtrack to the end of the world.

[Steven]

Listened to V and on first listen I'm already really enjoying it. It hits a lot harder emotionally than Ghosts I-IV and is uplifting and calming/comforting in a strange way. I feel like TR/AR almost made this for their kids to play as calming going to sleep music. Super excited for the next part!

[cdm]

I haven't yet had a chance to dig into this yet but what I've heard on Together has been amazing. Thank you, teitan and Atticus, if you're lurking. I had a suspicion, at some point, you guys were going to drop some new stuff out of the blue but I had no idea it would be two-and-a-half-plus hours and certainly not for free. Many thanks!

[M1ke]

I feel calmer now.

This is good.

[redwingsrock]

Well, Your Touch is amazing.

[henryeatscereal]

"Ghosts V" is so calm but also unsettling.

Now let's check "Ghosts VI"...

[brotha52]

My speculation is that Together was the big reveal from SXSW that was cancelled. I don't doubt that Locusts was recorded more recently.

[Deacon Blackfire]

Listened to both and just finished listening to Together again. I'm in a weird, somewhat discomfited position right now because I'm not sure exactly how I feel about these! They occupy a very different place from typical Nine Inch Nails material, or Trent and Atticus's scores. Hell, they represent something entirely different than even the previous Ghosts release, despite the titles implying some sort of continuity. Beyond being instrumental releases, they are nothing alike. Ghosts I-IV had only numbers for track titles, but even still, each track had such a specific identity that I can remember each just from its number. But V and VI are so much more loose and long-form, with the style and tone way more consistent throughout even between the two specifically differentiated albums. Almost every track becomes a hazy landscape of sound that is explored obsessively before seamlessly bleeding into the next. It's background music, far more so than any of their soundtracks have ever been (though perhaps Waves, which I'm waiting to see before listening to the music, fits that bill). Every time new NIN is released I give it a dedicated listen (it's practically a religious ritual) and I felt so weird and deflated after listening to these in that context because they were basically designed for the exact opposite purpose. I'd go as far as saying Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts are the first truly ambient Nine Inch Nails albums.

It represents terrific work from the two, but its presence for me is felt much more tonally and emotionally than musically. Ninety percent of Ghosts V-VI is slow, depressive music (usually based around a trudging piano melody) with minute variations and little-to-no percussion over double-digit track lengths. Track to track, it conjures powerful feelings but musically has not lit up my brain and does not instill in me the kind of obsessive desire to listen again and again that their work always has in the past, whether it's Nine Inch Nails or score material. In that sense, I can't help but feel kind of disappointed, because I'm so used to their music imprinting itself on me in a way I feel may not happen with these albums. But in these awful, terrifying times, I am grateful that my favorite artists are sharing so much material with us for free, and the sentiment of their message and intent is remarkably moving.

[Elrickooo]

Listened to both and just finished listening to Together again. I'm in a weird, somewhat discomfited position right now because I'm not sure exactly how I feel about these! They occupy a very different place from typical Nine Inch Nails material, or Trent and Atticus's scores. Hell, they represent something entirely different than even the previous Ghosts release, despite the titles implying some sort of continuity. Beyond being instrumental releases, they are nothing alike. Ghosts I-IV had only numbers for track titles, but even still, each track had such a specific identity that I can remember each just from its number. But V and VI are so much more loose and long-form, with the style and tone way more consistent throughout even between the two specifically differentiated albums. Almost every track becomes a hazy landscape of sound that is explored obsessively before seamlessly bleeding into the next. It's background music, far more so than any of their soundtracks have ever been (though perhaps Waves, which I'm waiting to see before listening to the music, fits that bill). Every time new NIN is released I give it a dedicated listen (it's practically a religious ritual) and I felt so weird and deflated after listening to these in that context because they were basically designed for the exact opposite purpose. I'd go as far as saying Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts are the first truly ambient Nine Inch Nails albums.

It represents terrific work from the two, but its presence for me is felt much more tonally and emotionally than musically. Ninety percent of Ghosts V-VI is slow, depressive music (usually based around a trudging piano melody) with minute variations and little-to-no percussion over double-digit track lengths. Track to track, it conjures powerful feelings but musically has not lit up my brain and does not instill in me the kind of obsessive desire to listen again and again that their work always has in the past, whether it's Nine Inch Nails or score material. In that sense, I can't help but feel kind of disappointed, because I'm so used to their music imprinting itself on me in a way I feel may not happen with these albums. But in these awful, terrifying times, I am grateful that my favorite artists are sharing so much material with us for free, and the sentiment of their message and intent is remarkably moving.

I completely agree, I'm a bit disappointed and actually found myself skipping a few tracks

[Swykk]

Your Touch and Still Right Here are early favorites.

[dirtyscarab]

As an artistic piece of work, this far surpasses the first volumes of Ghosts. Those are a collection of off-cuts, samples, leavings and left over ideas that didn't make the cut. Brilliant though it was, it was never an album for me.

V & VI are more complete pieces of work. Worthy of listening to in order (Old school style. Headphones on. Crossed legged. Analyzing the album art).

[Space Suicide]

Never was a gigantic fan of Ghosts I-IV but enjoyed them as the freebies they were. I will download this and listen properly whenever the website decides it wants to respond to my download request. Servers must still be flooded.

[botley]

Good to know perfectly working links in this thread won't stop people from bitching about nin.com!

[bgalbraith]

If you go to your order link, rather than the download, you see this message now:

DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR GHOSTS V: TOGETHER AND GHOSTS VI: LOCUSTS, PLEASE BE PATIENT WHILE THE SYSTEM PROCESSES YOUR ORDER AND SENDS YOUR DOWNLOAD LINK – PLEASE DO NOT PLACE ADDITIONAL ORDERS. REST ASSURED WE HAVE YOUR ORDER AND YOUR DOWNLOAD WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON. IN THE MEANTIME, FEEL FREE TO LISTEN TO THE FREE STREAM ON YOUTUBE: https://nin.lnk.to/GhostsYT

[mi470]

i know these were just released and we don't have anything in the way of stems, but i wonder if these 2 volumes are under a CC license like I-IV.

[elevenism]

Deacon Blackfire , I feel like most of it is straight up ambient music, you know?

[nooneimportant]

I saved an image I found funny to my desktop and realized it was situated right by the Ghosts folders and it works too well.

https://i.imgur.com/rPTr8C8.png

[blassster]

The drums in Run Like Hell are very similar to some of the percussion in Taken from TF Deviations (go to 1m46s)


https://youtu.be/eV-EcFg0ceo

[ltrandazzo]

May have missed this, but what is the betting line that Locusts is secretly the soundtrack to "The Woman in the Window?"

[cdm]

May have missed this, but what is the betting line that Locusts is secretly the soundtrack to "The Woman in the Window?"

Didn’t they turn that music in and therefore be caught up in rights ownership issues?

[Wretchedest]

May have missed this, but what is the betting line that Locusts is secretly the soundtrack to "The Woman in the Window?"

It was one of the only comments on the ninhotline facebook, when i saw the album announcement

I don't know anything about "The Woman in the Window" at all I don't usually venture into those threads any more, but having listened to these with the idea that they may be a soundtrack in mind... It didn't *feel* like their soundtracks exactly. It felt like Ghosts with direction.

[ltrandazzo]

Trent described it as avant-garde and Locusts could fit that bill. Could. I don't speak with any knowledge or authority, just noticed the similarity with how it lined up with how I would imagine that score could sound.

https://collider.com/trent-reznor-atticus-ross-woman-in-the-window-score-cancelled/

[richardp]

Well, I think I did it right today.

My first listen to Together was while driving around through deserted Kansas City soaking up the weirdness of an empty city at rush hour.

I waited until late to listen to Locusts. I've got all the windows open, lights off, couple of candles burning, thunder storm poppin' off outside, and I can't help but both albums were introduced to me in extremely fitting ways today.

What a time to be alive.

[Winter Is Coming]

It’s been added to Apple Music. Time for a listen before bed

[Endlessly]

EXTREMELY into this. Thank you so much, TR&AR.

(I do kind of miss some of the conceits of I-IV -- numbered tracks & individual track art -- but on the other hand, I'm just thrilled to have a second installment 12 years later!)

[pizzalovingnerd]

I'm not the biggest fan of Ghost V, but Ghost VI is amazing and is definitely the best out of the Ghosts I-VI series.

[richardp]

Sheesh, TURN THIS OFF PLEASE is ridiculously good.

[Lerxto]

I prefer Locusts too, by far.
As of now I think comparing TR/AR's score work and NIN instrumentals are pointless, maybe aside from Watchmen.
I for one sure can't notice any differences, probably because movies are usually not my thing.
If one of the Bad Witch instrumentals were included in Locusts I sure couldn't tell. Bird Box could've been Ghosts V/VI.

[elevenism]

I prefer Locusts too, by far.
As of now I think comparing TR/AR's score work and NIN instrumentals are pointless, maybe aside from Watchmen.
I for one sure can't notice any differences, probably because movies are usually not my thing.
If one of the Bad Witch instrumentals were included in Locusts I sure couldn't tell. Bird Box could've been Ghosts V/VI.
See, I have this thing where I can't REALLY get into the score work, because it's made to fit someone else's vision.
And that's funny, because it doesn't change the sound of the music.
It's all in the presentation and perception, I guess, for me.

[nmitchell86]

Some dude at Reddit is sharing FLACs from Deezer. I would post the link but I'm not sure about the rules on that.

** Edit ** Fuck it...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nin/comments/fppa2k/ghosts_v_vi_flac_option/

[nmitchell86]

One more thought after listening to this... remember the Ghosts Film Fest that never was? With all the empty city streets thers's lots of oppertunity to capture some great footage for a Ghosts V-VI Film Fest.