Engaging in a relaxing activity such as reading, meditation, yoga, or listening to music, before going to bed, can help you to get a good night sleep. Perform this activity in a dimly lit, stress-free environment. Try to schedule your activity to take place at the same time every day. A regular routine helps to promote quality sleep.

5 minutes of breathing exercises before bedtime will help reduce stress. Take slow, deep breaths, through your nose and deep into your abdomen (rather than your chest). If you are doing this correctly your belly will expand and contract with each breath.

Spicy foods and large meals before bedtime should be avoided, as the resulting stomach activity may reduce sleep quality.

Keep objects that can be associated with stress out of the bedroom, and never use your bed as a place to do work.

Regular exercise can reduce stress, aid relaxation, and improve your sleep, BUT exercise produces stimulants, so avoid strenuos activity just before bedtime.

Listening to relaxing classical music can improve sleep. One of the most relaxing pieces of classical music is Adagio for Strings.

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As the release of the highly anticipated movie version of Gone Girl draws closer, those eagerly awaiting the film have a new way to feed their addiction for all things Nick and Amy.

You can now stream the entire Gone Girl soundtrack, composed by director David Fincher's frequent collaborators Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, on NPR's website.

Fincher previously told the Wall Street Journal that the inspiration for the ominous score was the relaxing music he heard while getting his back adjusted at a spa.

"I was listening to that calming, placating music and thought, 'We need to tap into this.' The movie is about the facade of the good neighbor, the good Christian, the good wife," he says. "So the notion was to start with music that's attempting to give you a hug."

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Reznor remembers the initial conversation consisting of some creepier motifs: "He said, 'Think about the really terrible music you hear in massage parlors'The way that it artificially tries to make you feel like everything's OK. And then imagine that sound starting to curdle and unravel."

Still, the score features lilting, piano-driven melodies that often evolve into more haunting sounds, featuring more electronic elements.

Reznor and Ross previously created the scores for The Social Network, which won them an Oscar, and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, which won them a Grammy.

Gone Girl makes its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on Friday and hits theaters one week later, on Oct. 3.

This article originally appeared in The Hollywood Reporter.

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Stream Trent Reznor's Full 'Gone Girl' Soundtrack