Volume 3 of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross's soundtrack to the TV series "Watchmen" is a much more "ambient" and minimalistic than the first two instalments. In fact this music here is so spartan that I have read of people playing the record at the wrong speed without realising it.
This album has none of the raucous or heavily synth driven pieces found on the first two volumes, but cues like "The Waiting Sky" or "A Stronger, Loving World" are still mildly entertaining.
This album is probably intended to be given your full attention and experienced as a continuos flow of music. However, I can think of better things to do with 45 minutes than listening to a drone. In all honesty, I can't see me playing this record again anytime soon.
The real genius of this record is the artwork that credits it to "The Nine Inch Nails" with the fictional title "The Manhattan Project". The record itself is a very nice pressing and, unlike many others, mine has no issues on playback. 1/5
