Future Ruins, the ambitious film-music festival/concert overseen by Nine Inch Nails’ Oscar-winning duo of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, was suddenly canceled on Friday. The event had been scheduled for Nov. 8.
The event, scheduled to take place at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center, was to feature such film-music luminaries as John Carpenter, Questlove (performing the soundtrack work of Curtis Mayfield), Danny Elfman, Mark Mothersbaugh and Hildur Guðnadóttir amid a robust schedule (see it here).
“Unfortunately Future Ruins will not move forward this year,” the event’s organizers wrote in a statement. “The reality is, due to a number of logistical challenges and complications, we feel we cannot provide the experience that’s defined what this event was always intended to be. Rather than compromise, we’re choosing to re-think and re-evaluate. Meanwhile, we are sorry for any inconvenience and appreciate all the interest and support.”
Presented by Live Nation, the event was billed as “a first-of-its-kind of music festival: a day-long event where the world’s most influential film and television composers step out from behind the screen and onto the stage,” according to the announcement.
“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 said in the initial announcement.
Set across three stages, “Every artist is a headliner, each with their own specially curated moment,” the initial announcement read. “Each artist is encouraged to take big swings and reimagine their work for a live audience.”
