Trent Reznor, the mastermind behind Nine Inch Nails, will be scoring David Fincher’s remake of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”

The musician confirmed the news during a live interview with Jon Pareles at Times Talk, the livestream site of The New York Times.

Reznor, who earned wide acclaim for his scoring of Fincher’s “The Social Network,” which adapted a controversial book on the rise of Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg, will answer the director’s call once more.

“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” is the first book in Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, and follows Lisbeth Salander, a rape victim and social outsider, on a thrilling journey across continents and into the worlds of corporate greed, criminal violence and investigative journalism.

“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” starring Rooney Mara, Robin Wright, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer and Stellan Skarsgårdand is scheduled for release December 21, 2011.