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'The Social Network' Soundtrack Gets Oscar Nod... Could It Be The 'Swarmatron?'
Resume"The Social Network," about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, is up for a handful of Oscars this weekend. The movie's Nine Inch Nails soundtrack also got an Oscar nod for the soundtrack, in part thanks to an unusual handmade synthesizer called the Swarmatron.
The instrument produces eight tones tuned approximately to one note, each tone slightly different.
We speak with the two cousins who invented the Swarmatron, Leon and Brian Dewan.
- The New Yorker: Swarm
- Vimeo: Trailer for a the movie 110%, scored by Leon and Brian Dewan
This segment aired on February 25, 2011.