Los Angeles has long been the engine of film and score they shape our emotional world. In 2025, composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross decided to turn that engine into a festival. Enter Future Ruins, set for November at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center, spotlighting film/TV music, electronic sets, and immersive crossovers.
Unlike conventional festivals, every artist is headliner no hierarchy. Each set is curated as its own world. You might see a composer’s cinematic piece morph into ambient electronica, or a film scene reorchestrated live.
What’s fascinating is how Future Ruins bridges L.A.’s twin pulses: entertainment and experimental art. It invites audiences to listen rather than just consume visuals. Instead of walking into a stage, you enter a score.
For a city often defined by its output movies, stars, red carpets this festival asks you to listen to its heartbeat. It suggests that L.A.’s future culture might not just be more spectacle, but more resonance.
