Who's the composer on the Creed soundtrack?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_G%C3%B6ransson
Ludwig Göransson - Wikipedia
2012-03-28
Authority control
<div><div>
	<p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p>
	</div><div>
<table><tbody><tr><th><p>Ludwig Göransson</p></th></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/File:Ludwig_G%C3%B6ransson_2018_Interview_(cropped).jpg"></a><p>Göransson in 2019</p></td></tr><tr><th>Background information</th></tr><tr><th>Birth name</th><td>Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson</td></tr><tr><th>Born</th><td>1 September 1984 (age 38)<br /><a href="/wiki/Link%C3%B6ping">Linköping</a>, Sweden</td></tr><tr><th>Genres</th><td><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Film_score">Film score</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Big_band">big band</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Classical_music">classical</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Disco">disco</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Funk">funk</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jazz">jazz</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues">R&amp;B</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Soul_music">soul</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_music">electronic</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_music">psychedelia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Swing_music">swing</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music">hip hop</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th>Occupation(s)</th><td><div><ul><li>Composer</li><li>conductor</li><li>record producer</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th>Years active</th><td>2008–present</td></tr><tr><th>Labels</th><td><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roc_Nation">Roc Nation</a><sup><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Glassnote_Records">Glassnote</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Island_Records">Island</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records">Interscope Records</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson</b> (;<sup><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> <small>Swedish: </small><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Swedish">[ˈlɵ̌dːvɪɡ ˈjœ̂ːranˌsɔn]</a>; born 1 September 1984) is a Swedish composer, conductor and record producer. He has scored films such as <i><a href="/wiki/Fruitvale_Station">Fruitvale Station</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Rocky_(franchise)">Rocky</a></i> franchise entries <a href="/wiki/Creed_(film)"><i>Creed</i></a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Creed_II">Creed II</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Venom_(2018_film)"><i>Venom</i></a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Tenet_(film)">Tenet</a></i>. He also composed the current <a href="/wiki/Fanfares">fanfares</a> for <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Pictures">Warner Bros. Pictures</a> and the new <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars">Star Wars</a></i> brand logo. For his work on the 2018 superhero film <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_(film)">Black Panther</a></i>, he won the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score">Academy Award for Best Original Score</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Score_Soundtrack_for_Visual_Media">Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media</a>. He further scored the second <i>Black Panther</i> film, 2022's <a href="/wiki/Black_Panther:_Wakanda_Forever"><i>Wakanda Forever</i></a>, earning a nomination for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song">Academy Award for Best Original Song</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Lift_Me_Up_(Rihanna_song)">Lift Me Up</a>" performed by <a href="/wiki/Rihanna">Rihanna</a>.
</p><p>Göransson is also known for his work on American TV series like <i><a href="/wiki/Community_(TV_series)">Community</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/New_Girl">New Girl</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mandalorian">The Mandalorian</a></i>, which earned him the <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Music_Composition_for_a_Series">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series</a> for both <a href="/wiki/Chapter_8:_Redemption">season 1</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chapter_16:_The_Rescue">season 2</a>'s finales. He composed the main theme for <i>The Mandalorian'</i>s spinoff series, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Boba_Fett">The Book of Boba Fett</a></i>, which debuted in 2021.
</p><p>As a record producer, he has frequently collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Donald_Glover">Childish Gambino</a>, producing his studio albums <i><a href="/wiki/Camp_(album)">Camp</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Because_the_Internet">Because the Internet</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/%22Awaken,_My_Love!%22">"Awaken, My Love!"</a></i>, among others. Göransson's producing work on Gambino's 2018 single "<a href="/wiki/This_Is_America_(song)">This Is America</a>" was met with acclaim and accolades, including two <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards">Grammy Awards</a> — for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year">Record of the Year</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year">Song of the Year</a>. He has also produced for other recording artists, such as <a href="/wiki/Adele">Adele</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys">Alicia Keys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chance_the_Rapper">Chance the Rapper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haim_(band)">Haim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Timberlake">Justin Timberlake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Travis_Scott">Travis Scott</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moses_Sumney">Moses Sumney</a>.
</p>
<h2>Early life[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_G%C3%B6ransson&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1">edit</a>]</h2>
<p>Göransson was born and raised in <a href="/wiki/Link%C3%B6ping">Linköping</a>. His mother Maria, a florist, is from <a href="/wiki/Warsaw">Warsaw</a>, Poland, and his father Tomas, a guitar teacher, is Swedish. He has an older sister named Jessika.<sup><a href="#cite_note-latimes-3">[3]</a></sup><sup><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> He is named after <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven">Ludwig van Beethoven</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-latimes-3">[3]</a></sup> He began music lessons at a young age and went on to graduate from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Music,_Stockholm">Stockholm Royal College of Music</a>. In 2007, he moved to <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles">Los Angeles</a> to study at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California">University of Southern California</a> Scoring for Motion Picture and Television program. It was at that university that Ludwig met <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Coogler">Ryan Coogler</a>, for whom Ludwig composed the score for the award-winning short film <i>Fig</i> in 2011 (written by Alex George Pickering), which Coogler directed while at USC. The pair would then work together on <i><a href="/wiki/Fruitvale_Station">Fruitvale Station</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Creed_(film)"><i>Creed</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_(film)"><i>Black Panther</i></a>. Soon after graduating USC he began work assisting <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Shapiro">Theodore Shapiro</a>, a composer known for films such as <i><a href="/wiki/Along_Came_Polly">Along Came Polly</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil_Wears_Prada_(film)">The Devil Wears Prada</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Idiocracy">Idiocracy</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Tropic_Thunder">Tropic Thunder</a></i>. Göransson's first break came in 2009 as the composer for the comedy <a href="/wiki/Community_(TV_series)"><i>Community</i></a>.
</p>
<h2>Film and TV composer[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_G%C3%B6ransson&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2">edit</a>]</h2>
<p>In 2013, Göransson's first feature film came from fellow former USC graduate <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Coogler">Ryan Coogler</a>. Göransson composed the score to Coogler's critically acclaimed drama <i><a href="/wiki/Fruitvale_Station">Fruitvale Station</a></i>, based on the fatal shooting of 22-year-old <a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Oscar_Grant">Oscar Grant</a> on 1 January 2009. The film won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience awards in the Dramatic category at the <a href="/wiki/2013_Sundance_Film_Festival">2013 Sundance Film Festival</a>, also taking home the Avenir Prize and Un Certain Regard awards at the <a href="/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival">Cannes Film Festival</a>.
</p><p>In August 2013, Göransson signed a management deal as a composer for <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z">Jay-Z</a>'s label, <a href="/wiki/Roc_Nation">Roc Nation</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><sup><a href="#cite_note-latimes-3">[3]</a></sup> That year he also composed the music for the movie <i><a href="/wiki/We%27re_the_Millers">We're the Millers</a></i>.
</p><p>In 2015, Coogler and Göransson again worked together this time on the critically acclaimed <a href="/wiki/Rocky_(film_series)">Rocky franchise</a> film <a href="/wiki/Creed_(film)"><i>Creed</i></a>. By 2016–17, he was scoring <i><a href="/wiki/True_Memoirs_of_an_International_Assassin">True Memoirs of an International Assassin</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence">Central Intelligence</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Everything,_Everything_(film)">Everything, Everything</a></i>.
</p><p>In 2018, Göransson and Coogler came together for their third collaboration, <a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_(film)"><i>Black Panther</i></a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> Göransson set out to create a score that would sit somewhere between traditional African instrumentation and a traditional superhero score. In order to do this he travelled to Senegal to research traditional African music and instruments. There he met musician <a href="/wiki/Baaba_Maal">Baaba Maal</a> whose voice is featured in the score who sings in his native Fula language. He later traveled to the <a href="/wiki/International_Library_of_African_Music">International Library of African Music</a> in South Africa, founded by <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Tracey">Hugh Tracey</a>, where he listened to recordings of traditional musicians to ensure the score had a culturally traditional sound.<sup><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> In 2019, Göransson's score for <i>Black Panther</i> won the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score">Academy Award for Best Original Score</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Score_Soundtrack_for_Visual_Media">Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup><sup><a href="#cite_note-:0-10">[10]</a></sup>
</p><p>On 22 May 2019, it was announced that Göransson was composing the film score for <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Nolan">Christopher Nolan</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Tenet_(film)">Tenet</a></i>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> He worked on original songs and music with <a href="/wiki/Justin_Timberlake">Justin Timberlake</a> for the 2020 film <i><a href="/wiki/Trolls_World_Tour">Trolls World Tour</a></i>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-latimes-3">[3]</a></sup>
</p><p>Since 2019, Göransson has composed the score for the <a href="/wiki/Disney%2B">Disney+</a> television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mandalorian">The Mandalorian</a></i>, which is set in the <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars">Star Wars</a></i> universe, as well as the fanfare for the franchise's brand logo.<sup><a href="#cite_note-latimes-3">[3]</a></sup> He won the <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Music_Composition_for_a_Series">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series</a> for both <a href="/wiki/Chapter_8:_Redemption">season 1</a><sup><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Chapter_16:_The_Rescue">season 2</a>'s<sup><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> finales. In 2021, he started scoring sessions for <i>The Mandalorian'</i>s spinoff series, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Boba_Fett">The Book of Boba Fett</a></i>,<sup><a href="#cite_note-NME-14">[14]</a></sup> which premiered on 29 December 2021.
</p><p>In 2021, he was chosen to be the composer of the new fanfare for <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Pictures">Warner Bros. Pictures</a>, which combines a new arrangement of "<a href="/wiki/As_Time_Goes_By_(song)">As Time Goes By</a>" with elements of the original <a href="/wiki/Max_Steiner">Max Steiner</a> fanfare.
</p><p>In 2022, he worked on the scores of the <a href="/wiki/Pixar">Pixar</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Turning_Red">Turning Red</a></i> and the second <i>Black Panther</i> installment, <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Panther:_Wakanda_Forever">Wakanda Forever</a></i>. For the latter, he co-wrote the song "<a href="/wiki/Lift_Me_Up_(Rihanna_song)">Lift Me Up</a>" performed by <a href="/wiki/Rihanna">Rihanna</a>, which earned him a nomination for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song">Academy Award for Best Original Song</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup>
</p><p>He will work for a second time with Christopher Nolan on his 2023 film <i><a href="/wiki/Oppenheimer_(film)">Oppenheimer</a></i>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup>
</p>
<h2>Record producer[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_G%C3%B6ransson&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3">edit</a>]</h2>
<p>In 2010, when Donald Glover first approached Göransson about his side project, Childish Gambino, the two were working on the set of <i>Community</i>. Since then they have released four albums: <i><a href="/wiki/Camp_(album)">Camp</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Because_the_Internet">Because the Internet</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/%22Awaken,_My_Love!%22">"Awaken, My Love!"</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/3.15.20">3.15.20</a></i>. Göransson served as producer and writer for every song on the album <i>"Awaken, My Love!"</i>, inspired by <a href="/wiki/Parliament-Funkadelic">Parliament-Funkadelic</a> and black power music of the '70s. In November, they earned four Grammy nominations for their work, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for "<a href="/wiki/Redbone_(song)">Redbone</a>".<sup><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> Overall, his work with Gambino earned him six Grammy Award nominations
</p><p>In 2012, Göransson produced <a href="/wiki/Haim_(band)">HAIM</a>'s debut EP and helped establish the band with a brand new sound on the song "<a href="/wiki/Forever_(Haim_song)">Forever</a>". He also produced two songs on HAIM's debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Days_Are_Gone">Days Are Gone</a></i>.
</p><p>On 5 May 2018, "<a href="/wiki/This_Is_America_(song)">This Is America</a>" was released. Produced by Gambino and Ludwig Göransson, the song features a <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music">gospel</a>-style choir and background contributions from various American rappers <a href="/wiki/Young_Thug">Young Thug</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rae_Sremmurd">Slim Jxmmi</a>, <a href="/wiki/BlocBoy_JB">BlocBoy JB</a>, <a href="/wiki/21_Savage">21 Savage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quavo">Quavo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Offset_(rapper)">Offset</a>. "This Is America" debuted at number one on the US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>, becoming the 31st song to do so in the chart's history. The song won in all four of its nominated categories at the <a href="/wiki/61st_Annual_Grammy_Awards">61st Annual Grammy Awards</a> for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year">Record of the Year</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year">Song of the Year</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rap/Sung_Performance">Best Rap/Sung Performance</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Music_Video">Best Music Video</a>.<sup><a href="#cite_note-grammy-18">[18]</a></sup>
</p>
<h2>Personal life[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_G%C3%B6ransson&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4">edit</a>]</h2>
<p>Göransson is married to American violinist Serena McKinney.<sup><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup> They were married in 2018, and their son Apollo was born in 2019.<sup><a href="#cite_note-latimes-3">[3]</a></sup>
</p>
<h2>Discography[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_G%C3%B6ransson&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5">edit</a>]</h2>
<h2>Awards and nominations[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_G%C3%B6ransson&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6">edit</a>]</h2>
<h2>References[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_G%C3%B6ransson&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7">edit</a>]</h2>
<div><ol>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b> <cite><a href="https://rocnation.com/ludwig-goransson/">"Ludwig Goransson Scores Creed Movie – ROCNATION"</a>. <i>rocnation.com</i>. 25 November 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171202052727/https://rocnation.com/ludwig-goransson/">Archived</a> from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b> <cite><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180217003253/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XtCnGT0B20&amp;gl=US&amp;hl=en"><i>The Making Of 'Wakanda' With Ludwig Göransson – Presented By Marvel Studio's Black Panther</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Genius_(website)">Genius</a>. 16 February 2018. Event occurs at 1.45. Archived from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XtCnGT0B20&amp;t=106">the original</a> (YouTube video) on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018. <q>I called him and I was like: 'Hey, my name is Ludwig Göransson and I'm a film composer ...'</q></cite>
</li>
<li>^ <a href="#cite_ref-latimes_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-latimes_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-latimes_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-latimes_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-latimes_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-latimes_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <cite>Harper, Marques (1 November 2019). <a href="https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2019-11-01/composer-ludwig-goransson-music-sounds-black-panther-disney-star-wars-mandalorian">"'Black Panther' composer Ludwig Göransson brings new sounds to 'Star Wars' series 'The Mandalorian'"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191101142811/https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2019-11-01/composer-ludwig-goransson-music-sounds-black-panther-disney-star-wars-mandalorian">Archived</a> from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b> <cite>Dove, Steve (25 February 2019). <a href="https://oscar.go.com/news/winners/black-panther-is-the-2019-oscar-winner-for-music-original-score">"LUDWIG GORANSSON WINS 2019 OSCAR FOR BLACK PANTHER SCORE"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards">Oscars</a></i>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190228210714/https://oscar.go.com/news/winners/black-panther-is-the-2019-oscar-winner-for-music-original-score">Archived</a> from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b> <cite>Greiving, Tim (11 November 2019). <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/arts/music/ludwig-goransson-mandalorian.html">"How Ludwig Goransson Became Directors' Secret Musical Weapon"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210206051027/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/arts/music/ludwig-goransson-mandalorian.html">Archived</a> from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b> <cite><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214156/https://rocnation.com/artists/ludwig_goransson/">"ROCNATION | Ludwig Goransson"</a>. <i>rocnation.com</i>. Archived from <a href="https://rocnation.com/artists/ludwig_goransson/">the original</a> on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2019.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b> <cite>Pearce, Sheldon (7 February 2018). <a href="https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/how-black-panther-composer-ludwig-goransson-found-the-sound-of-wakanda-interview/">"How Black Panther Composer Ludwig Göransson Found the Sound of Wakanda | Pitchfork"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_(website)">Pitchfork</a></i>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201120061237/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/how-black-panther-composer-ludwig-goransson-found-the-sound-of-wakanda-interview/">Archived</a> from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2018.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b> <cite>Perry, Kevin (21 March 2018). <a href="https://www.nme.com/music-interviews/baaba-maal-soundtracking-black-panthers-wakanda-2270695">"Baaba Maal on soundtracking Black Panther's Wakanda"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/NME">NME</a></i>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180707010454/https://www.nme.com/music-interviews/baaba-maal-soundtracking-black-panthers-wakanda-2270695">Archived</a> from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b> <cite>Lovett, Jamie (10 February 2019). <a href="https://comicbook.com/marvel/2019/02/10/black-panther-soundtrack-wins-grammy-award/">"'Black Panther' Wins Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Entertainment">Marvel</a></i>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191213183935/https://comicbook.com/marvel/2019/02/10/black-panther-soundtrack-wins-grammy-award/">Archived</a> from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-0">^</a></b> <cite>Ehrlich, David (24 February 2019). <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2019/02/ludwig-goransson-wins-best-original-score-oscar-black-panther-1202046770/">"Ludwig Göransson Wins Best Original Score Oscar for 'Black Panther'"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/IndieWire">IndieWire</a></i>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190407002009/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/02/ludwig-goransson-wins-best-original-score-oscar-black-panther-1202046770/">Archived</a> from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b> <cite><a href="https://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/05/22/ludwig-goransson-to-score-christopher-nolans-tenet/">"Ludwig Göransson to Score Christopher Nolan's <i>Tenet</i> | Film Music Reporter"</a>. <i>Film Music Reporter</i>. 22 May 2019. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190523085903/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/05/22/ludwig-goransson-to-score-christopher-nolans-tenet/">Archived</a> from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b> <cite><a href="https://pitchfork.com/news/emmys-2020-ludwig-goransson-wins-outstanding-music-composition-for-the-mandalorian/">"Emmys 2020: Ludwig Göransson Wins Outstanding Music Composition for The Mandalorian"</a>. <i>Pitchfork</i>. 20 September 2020. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220215220240/https://pitchfork.com/news/emmys-2020-ludwig-goransson-wins-outstanding-music-composition-for-the-mandalorian/">Archived</a> from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b> <cite><a href="https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-music-composition-for-a-series-original-dramatic-score">"Outstanding Music Composition For A Series Original Dramatic Score Nominees / Winners 2021"</a>. <i>Television Academy</i>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220210181921/https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-music-composition-for-a-series-original-dramatic-score">Archived</a> from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-NME_14-0">^</a></b> <cite>Starkey, Adam (23 September 2021). <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/tv/the-mandalorian-composer-ludwig-goransson-the-book-of-boba-fett-3053554">"'The Mandalorian' composer Ludwig Göransson will return for spin-off 'The Book Of Boba Fett'"</a>. NME. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211229113943/https://www.nme.com/news/tv/the-mandalorian-composer-ludwig-goransson-the-book-of-boba-fett-3053554">Archived</a> from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b> <cite>Tapp, Tom (24 January 2023). <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/01/2023-oscar-best-song-nominees-rihanna-lady-gaga-david-byrne-1235238564/">"Oscar Best Original Song: Rihanna Gets Her First Nomination For "Lift Me Up," Faces Stiff Competition From Lady Gaga, Diane Warren &amp; More"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Deadline_Hollywood">Deadline</a></i>. Retrieved 24 January 2023.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b> <cite>Guy, Zoe (19 December 2022). <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/oppenheimer-trailer-cast-release-date-everything-we-know.html">"Christopher Nolan Is Going Nuclear With <i>Oppenheimer</i>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Vulture_(website)">Vulture</a></i>. Retrieved 24 January 2023.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b> <cite>Dandridge-Lemco, Ben (19 January 2018). <a href="https://www.thefader.com/2018/01/19/donald-glover-childish-gambino-awaken-my-love-grammys-ludwig-goransson-interview">"Producer Ludwig Göransson on helping create Awaken, My Love! and the Black Panther score"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fader">The Fader</a></i>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180707041835/https://www.thefader.com/2018/01/19/donald-glover-childish-gambino-awaken-my-love-grammys-ludwig-goransson-interview">Archived</a> from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.</cite>
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-grammy_18-0">^</a></b> <cite><a href="https://www.grammy.com/artists/ludwig-goransson/187476">"All GRAMMY Awards and Nominations for Ludwig Göransson"</a>. <i>The Recording Academy</i>. Retrieved 10 May 2022.</cite><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: url-status (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_url-status">link</a>)
</li>
<li><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b> <cite>Greiving, Tim (21 February 2019). <a href="https://variety.com/2019/music/features/ludwig-goransson-black-panther-childish-gambino-1203144221/">"Composer Ludwig Göransson on 'Black Panther' Music, Childish Gambino and Danny Elfman"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)">Variety</a></i>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201212022216/https://variety.com/2019/music/features/ludwig-goransson-black-panther-childish-gambino-1203144221/">Archived</a> from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2019.</cite>
</li>
</ol></div>
<h2>External links[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_G%C3%B6ransson&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8">edit</a>]</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3234869/">Ludwig Göransson</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb">IMDb</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110207195522/https://www.ludwiggoransson.com/">Official website</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (archived 7 February 2011)</li></ul>
</div>||||I|||| Jump to content
 Toggle sidebar
 Search
 * Create account
 Personal tools
 * Create account
 * Log in

 Pages for logged out editors learn more

 * Talk
 * Contributions
 Navigation
 * Main page
 * Contents
 * Current events
 * Random article
 * About Wikipedia
 * Contact us
 * Donate
 Contribute
 * Help
 * Learn to edit
 * Community portal
 * Recent changes
 * Upload file
 Tools
 * What links here
 * Related changes
 * Upload file
 * Special pages
 * Permanent link
 * Page information
 * Cite this page
 * Wikidata item
 Print/export
 * Download as PDF
 * Printable version
 In other projects
 * Wikimedia Commons
 Languages
 On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Go to top.

 Contents

 move to sidebar hide
 * (Top)
 * 1 Early life
 * 2 Film and TV composer
 * 3 Record producer
 * 4 Personal life
 * 5 Discography
 * 6 Awards and nominations
 * 7 References
 * 8 External links
 Toggle the table of contents

 Ludwig Göransson

 24 languages
 * العربية
 * تۆرکجه
 * Català
 * Dansk
 * Deutsch
 * Español
 * Euskara
 * فارسی
 * Français
 * 한국어
 * Italiano
 * עברית
 * ქართული
 * Magyar
 * مصرى
 * Nederlands
 * 日本語
 * Português
 * Русский
 * Svenska
 * தமிழ்
 * ไทย
 * Türkçe
 * 中文
 Edit links
 * Article
 * Talk
 English
 * Read
 * Edit
 * View history
 More
 * Read
 * Edit
 * View history
 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 Ludwig Göransson 
 Göransson in 2019 
 Background information
 Birth name Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson
 Born 1 September 1984 (age 38) 
 Linköping, Sweden 
 * Film score 
 * big band 
 * classical 
 * disco 
 * funk 
 Genres * jazz 
 * R&B 
 * soul 
 * electronic 
 * psychedelia 
 * swing 
 * hip hop 
 * Composer 
 Occupation(s) * conductor 
 * record producer 
 Years active 2008–present 
 * Roc Nation[1] 
 Labels * Glassnote 
 * Island 
 * Interscope Records 
 

 Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson (/ ˈ ɡ ɔːr ən s ən /;[2] Swedish: [ˈlɵ̌dːvɪɡ ˈjœ̂ːranˌsɔn]; born 1 September 1984) is a Swedish composer, conductor and record producer. He has scored films such as Fruitvale Station, the Rocky franchise entries Creed and Creed II, Venom, and Tenet. He also composed the current fanfares for Warner Bros. Pictures and the new Star Wars brand logo. For his work on the 2018 superhero film Black Panther, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. He further scored the second Black Panther film, 2022's Wakanda Forever, earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lift Me Up" performed by Rihanna.

 Göransson is also known for his work on American TV series like Community, New Girl and The Mandalorian, which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for both season 1 and season 2's finales. He composed the main theme for The Mandalorian's spinoff series, The Book of Boba Fett, which debuted in 2021.

 As a record producer, he has frequently collaborated with Childish Gambino, producing his studio albums Camp, Because the Internet and "Awaken, My Love!", among others. Göransson's producing work on Gambino's 2018 single "This Is America" was met with acclaim and accolades, including two Grammy Awards — for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. He has also produced for other recording artists, such as Adele, Alicia Keys, Chance the Rapper, Haim, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott and Moses Sumney.

 Early life [ edit ]

 Göransson was born and raised in Linköping. His mother Maria, a florist, is from Warsaw, Poland, and his father Tomas, a guitar teacher, is Swedish. He has an older sister named Jessika.[3][4][5] He is named after Ludwig van Beethoven.[3] He began music lessons at a young age and went on to graduate from the Stockholm Royal College of Music. In 2007, he moved to Los Angeles to study at the University of Southern California Scoring for Motion Picture and Television program. It was at that university that Ludwig met Ryan Coogler, for whom Ludwig composed the score for the award-winning short film Fig in 2011 (written by Alex George Pickering), which Coogler directed while at USC. The pair would then work together on Fruitvale Station, Creed and Black Panther. Soon after graduating USC he began work assisting Theodore Shapiro, a composer known for films such as Along Came Polly, The Devil Wears Prada, Idiocracy, and Tropic Thunder. Göransson's first break came in 2009 as the composer for the comedy Community.

 Film and TV composer [ edit ]

 In 2013, Göransson's first feature film came from fellow former USC graduate Ryan Coogler. Göransson composed the score to Coogler's critically acclaimed drama Fruitvale Station, based on the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Oscar Grant on 1 January 2009. The film won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience awards in the Dramatic category at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, also taking home the Avenir Prize and Un Certain Regard awards at the Cannes Film Festival.

 In August 2013, Göransson signed a management deal as a composer for Jay-Z's label, Roc Nation.[6][3] That year he also composed the music for the movie We're the Millers.

 In 2015, Coogler and Göransson again worked together this time on the critically acclaimed Rocky franchise film Creed. By 2016–17, he was scoring True Memoirs of an International Assassin, Central Intelligence and Everything, Everything.

 In 2018, Göransson and Coogler came together for their third collaboration, Black Panther.[7] Göransson set out to create a score that would sit somewhere between traditional African instrumentation and a traditional superhero score. In order to do this he travelled to Senegal to research traditional African music and instruments. There he met musician Baaba Maal whose voice is featured in the score who sings in his native Fula language. He later traveled to the International Library of African Music in South Africa, founded by Hugh Tracey, where he listened to recordings of traditional musicians to ensure the score had a culturally traditional sound.[8] In 2019, Göransson's score for Black Panther won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.[9][10]

 On 22 May 2019, it was announced that Göransson was composing the film score for Christopher Nolan's Tenet.[11] He worked on original songs and music with Justin Timberlake for the 2020 film Trolls World Tour.[3]

 Since 2019, Göransson has composed the score for the Disney+ television series The Mandalorian, which is set in the Star Wars universe, as well as the fanfare for the franchise's brand logo.[3] He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for both season 1[12] and season 2's[13] finales. In 2021, he started scoring sessions for The Mandalorian's spinoff series, The Book of Boba Fett,[14] which premiered on 29 December 2021.

 In 2021, he was chosen to be the composer of the new fanfare for Warner Bros. Pictures, which combines a new arrangement of "As Time Goes By" with elements of the original Max Steiner fanfare.

 In 2022, he worked on the scores of the Pixar film Turning Red and the second Black Panther installment, Wakanda Forever. For the latter, he co-wrote the song "Lift Me Up" performed by Rihanna, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[15]

 He will work for a second time with Christopher Nolan on his 2023 film Oppenheimer.[16]

 Record producer [ edit ]

 In 2010, when Donald Glover first approached Göransson about his side project, Childish Gambino, the two were working on the set of Community. Since then they have released four albums: Camp, Because the Internet, "Awaken, My Love!", and 3.15.20. Göransson served as producer and writer for every song on the album "Awaken, My Love!", inspired by Parliament-Funkadelic and black power music of the '70s. In November, they earned four Grammy nominations for their work, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for "Redbone".[17] Overall, his work with Gambino earned him six Grammy Award nominations

 In 2012, Göransson produced HAIM's debut EP and helped establish the band with a brand new sound on the song "Forever". He also produced two songs on HAIM's debut album Days Are Gone.

 On 5 May 2018, "This Is America" was released. Produced by Gambino and Ludwig Göransson, the song features a gospel-style choir and background contributions from various American rappers Young Thug, Slim Jxmmi, BlocBoy JB, 21 Savage, Quavo and Offset. "This Is America" debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the 31st song to do so in the chart's history. The song won in all four of its nominated categories at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Performance, and Best Music Video.[18]

 Personal life [ edit ]

 Göransson is married to American violinist Serena McKinney.[19] They were married in 2018, and their son Apollo was born in 2019.[3]

 Discography [ edit ]

 Further information: Ludwig Göransson discography

 Awards and nominations [ edit ]

 Further information: List of awards and nominations received by Ludwig Göransson

 References [ edit ]

 1. ^ "Ludwig Goransson Scores Creed Movie – ROCNATION". rocnation.com. 25 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017 . Retrieved 1 December 2017 .
 2. ^ The Making Of 'Wakanda' With Ludwig Göransson – Presented By Marvel Studio's Black Panther. Genius. 16 February 2018. Event occurs at 1.45. Archived from the original (YouTube video) on 17 February 2018 . Retrieved 12 May 2018 . "I called him and I was like: 'Hey, my name is Ludwig Göransson and I'm a film composer ...'"
 3. ^ a b c d e f Harper, Marques (1 November 2019). "'Black Panther' composer Ludwig Göransson brings new sounds to 'Star Wars' series 'The Mandalorian'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019 . Retrieved 7 November 2019 .
 4. ^ Dove, Steve (25 February 2019). "LUDWIG GORANSSON WINS 2019 OSCAR FOR BLACK PANTHER SCORE". Oscars. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019 . Retrieved 25 February 2019 .
 5. ^ Greiving, Tim (11 November 2019). "How Ludwig Goransson Became Directors' Secret Musical Weapon". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021 . Retrieved 11 February 2021 .
 6. ^ "ROCNATION | Ludwig Goransson". rocnation.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013 . Retrieved 16 November 2019 .
 7. ^ Pearce, Sheldon (7 February 2018). "How Black Panther Composer Ludwig Göransson Found the Sound of Wakanda | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020 . Retrieved 6 July 2018 .
 8. ^ Perry, Kevin (21 March 2018). "Baaba Maal on soundtracking Black Panther's Wakanda". NME. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018 . Retrieved 6 July 2018 .
 9. ^ Lovett, Jamie (10 February 2019). "'Black Panther' Wins Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media". Marvel. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019 . Retrieved 11 February 2019 .
 10. ^ Ehrlich, David (24 February 2019). "Ludwig Göransson Wins Best Original Score Oscar for 'Black Panther'". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019 . Retrieved 24 February 2019 .
 11. ^ "Ludwig Göransson to Score Christopher Nolan's Tenet | Film Music Reporter". Film Music Reporter. 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019 . Retrieved 23 May 2019 .
 12. ^ "Emmys 2020: Ludwig Göransson Wins Outstanding Music Composition for The Mandalorian". Pitchfork. 20 September 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022 . Retrieved 15 February 2022 .
 13. ^ "Outstanding Music Composition For A Series Original Dramatic Score Nominees / Winners 2021". Television Academy. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022 . Retrieved 15 February 2022 .
 14. ^ Starkey, Adam (23 September 2021). "'The Mandalorian' composer Ludwig Göransson will return for spin-off 'The Book Of Boba Fett'". NME. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021 . Retrieved 29 December 2021 .
 15. ^ Tapp, Tom (24 January 2023). "Oscar Best Original Song: Rihanna Gets Her First Nomination For "Lift Me Up," Faces Stiff Competition From Lady Gaga, Diane Warren & More". Deadline . Retrieved 24 January 2023 .
 16. ^ Guy, Zoe (19 December 2022). "Christopher Nolan Is Going Nuclear With Oppenheimer". Vulture . Retrieved 24 January 2023 .
 17. ^ Dandridge-Lemco, Ben (19 January 2018). "Producer Ludwig Göransson on helping create Awaken, My Love! and the Black Panther score". The Fader. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018 . Retrieved 6 July 2018 .
 18. ^ "All GRAMMY Awards and Nominations for Ludwig Göransson". The Recording Academy . Retrieved 10 May 2022 .{{cite web}} : CS1 maint: url-status ( link )
 19. ^ Greiving, Tim (21 February 2019). "Composer Ludwig Göransson on 'Black Panther' Music, Childish Gambino and Danny Elfman". Variety. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020 . Retrieved 21 February 2019 .

 External links [ edit ]

 * Ludwig Göransson at IMDb
 * Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 February 2011)
 Awards for Ludwig Göransson     
 * v     
 * t     
 * e     
 Academy Award for Best Original Score     
  * Louis Silvers (1934)    
  * Max Steiner (1935)    
 1930s * Leo F. Forbstein (1936)    
  * Charles Previn (1937)    
  * Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Alfred Newman (1938)    
  * Herbert Stothart / Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken (1939)   
  * Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith and Ned Washington / Alfred Newman (1940)    
  * Bernard Herrmann / Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace (1941)    
  * Max Steiner / Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld (1942)    
  * Alfred Newman / Ray Heindorf (1943)    
 1940s * Max Steiner / Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon (1944)    
  * Miklos Rozsa / Georgie Stoll (1945)    
  * Hugo Friedhofer / Morris Stoloff (1946)    
  * Miklos Rozsa / Alfred Newman (1947)    
  * Brian Easdale / Johnny Green and Roger Edens (1948)    
  * Aaron Copland / Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton (1949)    
  * Franz Waxman / Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens (1950)    
  * Franz Waxman / Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin (1951)    
  * Dimitri Tiomkin / Alfred Newman (1952)    
  * Bronislau Kaper / Alfred Newman (1953)    
 1950s * Dimitri Tiomkin / Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin (1954)    
  * Alfred Newman / Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch (1955)   
  * Victor Young / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby (1956)    
  * Malcolm Arnold (1957)    
  * Dimitri Tiomkin / Andre Previn (1958)    
  * Miklos Rozsa / Andre Previn and Ken Darby (1959)    
  * Ernest Gold / Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman (1960)    
  * Henry Mancini / Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal (1961)    
  * Maurice Jarre / Ray Heindorf (1962)    
  * John Addison / Andre Previn (1963)    
 1960s * Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman / Andre Previn (1964)    
  * Maurice Jarre / Irwin Kostal (1965)    
  * John Barry / Ken Thorne (1966)    
  * Elmer Bernstein / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby (1967)    
  * John Barry / Johnny Green (1968)    
  * Burt Bacharach / Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman (1969)    
  * Francis Lai / The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) (1970)   
  * Michel Legrand / John Williams (1971)    
  * Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell / Ralph Burns (1972)    
  * Marvin Hamlisch / Marvin Hamlisch (1973)    
 1970s * Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola / Nelson Riddle (1974)    
  * John Williams / Leonard Rosenman (1975)    
  * Jerry Goldsmith / Leonard Rosenman (1976)    
  * John Williams / Jonathan Tunick (1977)    
  * Giorgio Moroder / Joe Renzetti (1978)    
  * Georges Delerue / Ralph Burns (1979)    
  * Michael Gore (1980)    
  * Vangelis (1981)    
  * John Williams / Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse (1982)    
  * Bill Conti / Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1983)    
 1980s * Maurice Jarre / Prince (1984)    
  * John Barry (1985)    
  * Herbie Hancock (1986)    
  * Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su (1987)    
  * Dave Grusin (1988)    
  * Alan Menken (1989)    
  * John Barry (1990)    
  * Alan Menken (1991)    
  * Alan Menken (1992)    
  * John Williams (1993)    
 1990s * Hans Zimmer (1994)    
  * Luis Bacalov / Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz (1995)    
  * Gabriel Yared / Rachel Portman (1996)    
  * James Horner / Anne Dudley (1997)    
  * Nicola Piovani / Stephen Warbeck (1998)    
  * John Corigliano (1999)    
  * Tan Dun (2000)    
  * Howard Shore (2001)    
  * Elliot Goldenthal (2002)    
  * Howard Shore (2003)    
 2000s * Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (2004)    
  * Gustavo Santaolalla (2005)    
  * Gustavo Santaolalla (2006)    
  * Dario Marianelli (2007)    
  * A. R. Rahman (2008)    
  * Michael Giacchino (2009)    
  * Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010)    
  * Ludovic Bource (2011)    
  * Mychael Danna (2012)    
  * Steven Price (2013)    
 2010s * Alexandre Desplat (2014)    
  * Ennio Morricone (2015)    
  * Justin Hurwitz (2016)    
  * Alexandre Desplat (2017)    
  * Ludwig Göransson (2018)    
  * Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)    
 2020s * Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020)    
  * Hans Zimmer (2021)    
      
 * v     
 * t     
 * e     
 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series    
  * Laurence Rosenthal (1966)    
  * No Award (1967)    
  * Earle Hagen (1968)    
  * John Williams (1969)    
 1966–1975  * Morton Stevens (1970)    
  * David Rose (1971)    
  * Pete Rugolo (1972)    
  * Charles Fox (1973)    
  * Morton Stevens (1974)    
  * Billy Goldenberg (1975)    
  * Alex North (1976)    
  * Quincy Jones and Gerald Fried (1977)    
  * Billy Goldenberg (1978)    
  * David Rose (1979)    
  * Patrick Williams (1980)    
  * Bruce Broughton (1981)    
  * David Rose (1982)    
  * Bruce Broughton (1983)    
  * Bruce Broughton (1984)    
  * John Addison (1985)    
  * Arthur B. Rubinstein (1986)    
  * Joel Rosenbaum (1987)    
 1976–2000  * Lee Holdridge (1988)    
  * Joel Rosenbaum (1989)    
  * Don Davis (1990)    
  * John Debney (1991)    
  * Bruce Babcock (1992)    
  * Joel McNeely (1993)    
  * Laurence Rosenthal (1994)    
  * Don Davis (1995)    
  * Hummie Mann (1996)    
  * John Debney and Louis Febre (1997)    
  * Christophe Beck (1998)    
  * Carl Johnson (1999)    
  * Joseph LoDuca (2000)    
  * Jay Chattaway (2001)    
  * George Fenton (2002)    
  * Sean Callery (2003)    
  * Velton Ray Bunch (2004)    
  * Michael Giacchino (2005)    
  * Sean Callery (2006)    
  * George Fenton (2007)    
  * James Dooley (2008)    
  * Joseph LoDuca (2009)    
  * Sean Callery (2010)    
 2001–present * Garth Neustadter (2011)    
  * John Lunn (2012)    
  * John Lunn (2013)    
  * Alan Silvestri (2014)    
  * Jeff Beal (2015)    
  * Mac Quayle (2016)    
  * Jeff Beal (2017)    
  * Ramin Djawadi (2018)    
  * Ramin Djawadi (2019)    
  * Ludwig Göransson (2020)    
  * Ludwig Göransson (2021)    
  * Theodore Shapiro (2022)    
      
 * v     
 * t     
 * e     
 Grammy Award for Song of the Year     
  * "Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno (songwriter) (1959)    
  * "The Battle of New Orleans" – Jimmy Driftwood (songwriter) (1960)    
  * "Theme of Exodus" – Ernest Gold (songwriter) (1961)    
  * "Moon River" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1962)    
  * "What Kind of Fool Am I?" – Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) (1963)   
  * "Days of Wine and Roses" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1964)    
  * "Hello, Dolly!" – Jerry Herman (songwriter) (1965)    
  * "The Shadow of Your Smile" – Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel (songwriters) (1966)   
  * "Michelle" – John Lennon & Paul McCartney (songwriters) (1967)    
  * "Up, Up, and Away" – Jimmy Webb (songwriter) (1968)    
 1959−1980 * "Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell (songwriter) (1969)    
  * "Games People Play" – Joe South (songwriter) (1970)    
  * "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Paul Simon (songwriter) (1971)    
  * "You've Got a Friend" – Carole King (songwriter) (1972)    
  * "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Ewan MacColl (songwriter) (1973)    
  * "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox (songwriters) (1974)   
  * "The Way We Were" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) (1975)   
  * "Send In the Clowns" – Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) (1976)    
  * "I Write the Songs" – Bruce Johnston (songwriter) (1977)    
  * "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams (songwriters) / "You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks (songwriter) (1978)  
  * "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (songwriter) (1979)    
  * "What a Fool Believes" – Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald (songwriters) (1980)   
  * "Sailing" – Christopher Cross (songwriter) (1981)    
  * "Bette Davis Eyes" – Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon (songwriters) (1982)    
  * "Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson (songwriters) (1983)   
  * "Every Breath You Take" – Sting (songwriter) (1984)    
  * "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle & Terry Britten (songwriters) (1985)   
  * "We Are the World" – Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie (songwriters) (1986)    
  * "That's What Friends Are For" – Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager (songwriters) (1987)   
  * "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (songwriters) (1988)   
  * "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (songwriter) (1989)    
 1981−2000 * "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar (songwriters) (1990)    
  * "From a Distance" – Julie Gold (songwriter) (1991)    
  * "Unforgettable" – Irving Gordon (songwriter) (1992)    
  * "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1993)    
  * "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) (1994)    
  * "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (songwriter) (1995)    
  * "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (songwriter) (1996)    
  * "Change the World" – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (songwriters) (1997)   
  * "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal (songwriters) (1998)    
  * "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1999)    
  * "Smooth" – Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas (songwriters) (2000)    
  * "Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2001)   
  * "Fallin'" – Alicia Keys (songwriter) (2002)    
  * "Don't Know Why" – Jesse Harris (songwriter) (2003)    
  * "Dance with My Father" – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (songwriters) (2004)    
  * "Daughters" – John Mayer (songwriter) (2005)    
  * "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2006)   
  * "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2007)   
  * "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (songwriter) (2008)    
  * "Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin (songwriters) (2009)   
 2001−2020 * "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (songwriters) (2010)   
  * "Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (songwriters) (2011)   
  * "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2012)    
  * "We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (songwriters) (2013)   
  * "Royals" – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (songwriters) (2014)    
  * "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith (songwriters) (2015)   
  * "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (songwriters) (2016)    
  * "Hello" – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (songwriters) (2017)    
  * "That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (songwriters) (2018)  
  * "This Is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (songwriters) (2019)   
  * "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2020)    
  * "I Can't Breathe" – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas (songwriters) (2021)   
 2021−present * "Leave the Door Open" – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars (songwriters) (2022)   
  * "Just Like That" – Bonnie Raitt (songwriter) (2023)    
      
 * v     
 * t     
 * e     
 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media    
  * Anatomy of a Murder – Duke Ellington (1959)    
  * No Award (1960)    
  * Exodus – Ernest Gold (1961)    
  * Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini (1962)    
  * No Award (1963)    
  * Tom Jones – John Addison (1964)    
  * Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack – Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (1965)   
  * The Sandpiper – Johnny Mandel (1966)    
  * Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre (1967)    
  * Music from Mission: Impossible – Lalo Schifrin (1968)    
 1959−1980 * The Graduate – Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (1969)    
  * Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach (1970)   
  * Let It Be – The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr) (1971)   
  * Shaft – Isaac Hayes (1972)    
  * The Godfather – Nino Rota (1973)    
  * Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1974)    
  * The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (1975)   
  * Jaws – John Williams (1976)    
  * Car Wash – Norman Whitfield (1977)    
  * Star Wars – John Williams (1978)    
  * Close Encounters of the Third Kind – John Williams (1979)   
  * Superman – John Williams (1980)    
  * The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams (1981)    
  * Raiders of the Lost Ark – John Williams (1982)    
  * E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams (1983)    
  * Flashdance – Michael Boddicker, Irene Cara, Kim Carnes, Doug Cotler, Keith Forsey, Richard Gilbert, Jerry Hey, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf, Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello & Shandi Sinnamon (1984)
  * Purple Rain – Prince and the Revolution (1985)    
  * Beverly Hills Cop – Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Micki Free, John Gilutin Hawk, Howard Hewett, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson, Danny Sembello, Sue Sheridan, Richard Theisen & Allee Willis (1986) 
  * Out of Africa – John Barry (1987)    
  * The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone (1988)    
  * The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Cong Su & Ryuichi Sakamoto (1989)   
 1981−2000 * The Fabulous Baker Boys (Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Dave Grusin (1990)   
  * Glory – James Horner (1991)    
  * Dances with Wolves – John Barry (1992)    
  * Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1993)    
  * Aladdin – Alan Menken (1994)    
  * Schindler's List – John Williams (1995)    
  * Crimson Tide – Hans Zimmer (1996)    
  * Independence Day – David Arnold (1997)    
  * The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1998)    
  * Saving Private Ryan – John Williams (1999)    
  * A Bug's Life – Randy Newman (2000)    
  * American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score – Thomas Newman (2001)   
  * Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tan Dun (2002)    
  * The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore & John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) (2003)   
  * The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2004)  
  * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2005)  
  * Ray – Craig Armstrong (2006)    
  * Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams (2007)    
  * Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino (2008)    
  * The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard (2009)   
 2001−2020 * Up – Michael Giacchino (2010)    
  * Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman (2011)    
  * The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat (2012)    
  * The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2013)   
  * Skyfall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Thomas Newman (2014)   
  * The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat (2015)    
  * Birdman – Antonio Sánchez (2016)    
  * Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams (2017)    
  * La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (2018)    
  * Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson (2019)    
  * Chernobyl – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2020)    
  * Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2021)    
 2021−present * The Queen's Gambit – Carlos Rafael Rivera / Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2022)   
  * Encanto – Germaine Franco (2023)    
      
 * v     
 * t     
 * e     
 Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film    
 * Howard Shore (2014)     
 * Junkie XL (2015)     
 * John Debney (2016)     
 * Alexandre Desplat (2017)     
 * Ludwig Göransson (2018)     
 * Alan Silvestri (2019)     
 * Ludwig Göransson (2020)     
 * Hans Zimmer (2021)     
 * Danny Elfman (2022)     
      
 * v     
 * t     
 * e     
 Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in a Feature Film    
  * "Lost Stars" – Written by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois (2014)   
  * "See You Again" – Written by Andrew Cedar, Cameron Thomaz, Charlie Puth, and Justin Franks (2015)   
 2010s  * "City of Stars" – Written by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul (2016)   
  * "Stand Up for Something" – Written by Diane Warren and Lonnie R. Lynn (2017)   
  * "Shallow" – Written by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt (2018)   
  * "Stand Up" – Written by Cynthia Erivo and Joshuah Brian Campbell (2019)   
  * "Io sì (Seen)" – Written by Laura Pausini, Diane Warren, and Niccolò Agliardi (2020)   
 2020s  * "No Time to Die" – Written by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (2021)   
  * "Lift Me Up" – Written by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Göransson (2022)   
      
 * v     
 * t     
 * e     
 Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in an Animated Film    
  * "Everything Is Awesome" – Written by Shawn Patterson, Joshua Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone (2014)  
  * "Dancing in the Dark" – Written by Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Ester Dean, Maureen Anne McDonald, and Rihanna (2015)  
 2010s  * "Can't Stop the Feeling!" – Written by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, and Shellback (2016)   
  * "Confident" – Written by Demi Lovato, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Savan Kotecha, and Max Martin (2017)   
  * "Stronger Than I Ever Was" – Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin (2018)   
  * "Beautiful Life" – Written by Bebe Rexha, David Saint Fleur, Samuel James Zammarelli, Nicholas Black, and Christopher Tempest (2019)  
  * "Just Sing" – Written by Max Martin, Justin Timberlake, Ludwig Göransson, and Sarah Aarons (2020)  
 2020s  * "Good Mood" – Written by Karl Johan Schuster, Savan Kotecha, Oscar Görres, and Adam Levine (2021)  
  * "Ciao Papa" – Written by Alexandre Desplat, Roeben Katz, and Guillermo del Toro (2022)   
      
 
 * v 
 * t 
 * e 
 Childish Gambino 
 * Discography 
 * Awards and nominations
 * Camp 
 Studio albums * Because the Internet 
 * "Awaken, My Love!" 
 * 3.15.20 
 * EP 
 EPs * Kauai 
 * Summer Pack 
 * Culdesac 
 Mixtapes * Royalty 
 * STN MTN 
 * "Bonfire" 
 * "Heartbeat" 
 * "3005" 
 * "Crawl" 
 * "Sweatpants" 
 Singles * "Sober" 
 * "Me and Your Mama" 
 * "Redbone" 
 * "This Is America" 
 * "Summertime Magic" 
 * "Time" 
 * "12.38" 
 * "Trouble" 
 Featured singles * "Bed Peace" 
 * "Monster" 
 * "Sunshine" 
 * "Favorite Song" 
 Other songs * "Feels Like Summer" 
 * "Hakuna Matata" 
 * "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
 * Clapping for the Wrong Reasons 
 * Derrick Comedy 
 Related articles * Guava Island 
 * Ludwig Göransson 
 * This Is America Tour 
 
 Authority control
 * ISNI 
 + 1 
 General * VIAF 
 + 1 
 * WorldCat 
 * Spain 
 * France (data) 
 National libraries * Germany 
 * United States 
 * Czech Republic
 * Netherlands 
 * MusicBrainz 
 Other + artist 
 * SUDOC (France)
 + 1 
 
 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_Göransson&oldid=1136457189"
 Categories:
 * 1984 births
 * Animated film score composers
 * Best Original Music Score Academy Award winners
 * Grammy Award winners
 * Hollywood Records artists
 * Interscope Records artists
 * Living people
 * Male film score composers
 * Male television composers
 * People from Linköping
 * Primetime Emmy Award winners
 * Royal College of Music, Stockholm alumni
 * Swedish expatriates in the United States
 * Swedish film score composers
 * Swedish television composers
 * Swedish people of Polish descent
 * University of Southern California alumni
 * Musikförläggarnas pris winners
 * Ableton Live users
 Hidden categories:
 * CS1 maint: url-status
 * Use dmy dates from May 2022
 * Articles with short description
 * Short description is different from Wikidata
 * Articles with hCards
 * Pages using infobox musical artist with associated acts
 * Webarchive template wayback links
 * Articles with ISNI identifiers
 * Articles with VIAF identifiers
 * Articles with WorldCat identifiers
 * Articles with BNE identifiers
 * Articles with BNF identifiers
 * Articles with GND identifiers
 * Articles with LCCN identifiers
 * Articles with NKC identifiers
 * Articles with NTA identifiers
 * Articles with MusicBrainz identifiers
 * Articles with SUDOC identifiers
 * This page was last edited on 30 January 2023, at 11:48 (UTC) .
 * Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
 * Privacy policy
 * About Wikipedia
 * Disclaimers
 * Contact Wikipedia
 * Mobile view
 * Developers
 * Statistics
 * Cookie statement
 * 
 * 
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
	 
    Ludwig Göransson       Göransson in 2019    Background information   Birth name Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson   Born 1 September 1984 (age 38) Linköping, Sweden   Genres     Film score   big band   classical   disco   funk   jazz   R&amp;B   soul   electronic   psychedelia   swing   hip hop       Occupation(s)    Composer conductor record producer      Years active 2008–present   Labels     Roc Nation  [1]    Glassnote   Island   Interscope Records       
 Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson (; [2]  Swedish:  [ˈlɵ̌dːvɪɡ ˈjœ̂ːranˌsɔn]; born 1 September 1984) is a Swedish composer, conductor and record producer. He has scored films such as  Fruitvale Station , the  Rocky  franchise entries  Creed  and  Creed II ,  Venom , and  Tenet . He also composed the current fanfares for Warner Bros. Pictures and the new  Star Wars  brand logo. For his work on the 2018 superhero film  Black Panther , he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. He further scored the second Black Panther film, 2022's  Wakanda Forever , earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lift Me Up" performed by Rihanna.
 Göransson is also known for his work on American TV series like  Community ,  New Girl  and  The Mandalorian , which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for both season 1 and season 2's finales. He composed the main theme for The Mandalorian's spinoff series,  The Book of Boba Fett , which debuted in 2021.
 As a record producer, he has frequently collaborated with Childish Gambino, producing his studio albums  Camp ,  Because the Internet  and  "Awaken, My Love!" , among others. Göransson's producing work on Gambino's 2018 single "This Is America" was met with acclaim and accolades, including two Grammy Awards — for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. He has also produced for other recording artists, such as Adele, Alicia Keys, Chance the Rapper, Haim, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott and Moses Sumney.
Early life[edit]
Göransson was born and raised in Linköping. His mother Maria, a florist, is from Warsaw, Poland, and his father Tomas, a guitar teacher, is Swedish. He has an older sister named Jessika. [3]   [4]   [5]  He is named after Ludwig van Beethoven. [3]  He began music lessons at a young age and went on to graduate from the Stockholm Royal College of Music. In 2007, he moved to Los Angeles to study at the University of Southern California Scoring for Motion Picture and Television program. It was at that university that Ludwig met Ryan Coogler, for whom Ludwig composed the score for the award-winning short film Fig in 2011 (written by Alex George Pickering), which Coogler directed while at USC. The pair would then work together on  Fruitvale Station ,  Creed  and  Black Panther . Soon after graduating USC he began work assisting Theodore Shapiro, a composer known for films such as  Along Came Polly ,  The Devil Wears Prada ,  Idiocracy , and  Tropic Thunder . Göransson's first break came in 2009 as the composer for the comedy  Community .
Film and TV composer[edit]
In 2013, Göransson's first feature film came from fellow former USC graduate Ryan Coogler. Göransson composed the score to Coogler's critically acclaimed drama  Fruitvale Station , based on the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Oscar Grant on 1 January 2009. The film won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience awards in the Dramatic category at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, also taking home the Avenir Prize and Un Certain Regard awards at the Cannes Film Festival.
 In August 2013, Göransson signed a management deal as a composer for Jay-Z's label, Roc Nation. [6]   [3]  That year he also composed the music for the movie  We're the Millers .
 In 2015, Coogler and Göransson again worked together this time on the critically acclaimed Rocky franchise film  Creed . By 2016–17, he was scoring  True Memoirs of an International Assassin ,  Central Intelligence  and  Everything, Everything .
 In 2018, Göransson and Coogler came together for their third collaboration,  Black Panther . [7]  Göransson set out to create a score that would sit somewhere between traditional African instrumentation and a traditional superhero score. In order to do this he travelled to Senegal to research traditional African music and instruments. There he met musician Baaba Maal whose voice is featured in the score who sings in his native Fula language. He later traveled to the International Library of African Music in South Africa, founded by Hugh Tracey, where he listened to recordings of traditional musicians to ensure the score had a culturally traditional sound. [8]  In 2019, Göransson's score for Black Panther won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. [9]   [10] 
 On 22 May 2019, it was announced that Göransson was composing the film score for Christopher Nolan's  Tenet . [11]  He worked on original songs and music with Justin Timberlake for the 2020 film  Trolls World Tour . [3] 
 Since 2019, Göransson has composed the score for the Disney+ television series  The Mandalorian , which is set in the  Star Wars  universe, as well as the fanfare for the franchise's brand logo. [3]  He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for both season 1  [12]  and season 2's [13]  finales. In 2021, he started scoring sessions for The Mandalorian's spinoff series,  The Book of Boba Fett , [14]  which premiered on 29 December 2021.
 In 2021, he was chosen to be the composer of the new fanfare for Warner Bros. Pictures, which combines a new arrangement of "As Time Goes By" with elements of the original Max Steiner fanfare.
 In 2022, he worked on the scores of the Pixar film  Turning Red  and the second Black Panther installment,  Wakanda Forever . For the latter, he co-wrote the song "Lift Me Up" performed by Rihanna, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. [15] 
 He will work for a second time with Christopher Nolan on his 2023 film  Oppenheimer . [16] 
Record producer[edit]
In 2010, when Donald Glover first approached Göransson about his side project, Childish Gambino, the two were working on the set of Community. Since then they have released four albums:  Camp ,  Because the Internet ,  "Awaken, My Love!" , and  3.15.20 . Göransson served as producer and writer for every song on the album "Awaken, My Love!", inspired by Parliament-Funkadelic and black power music of the '70s. In November, they earned four Grammy nominations for their work, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for "Redbone". [17]  Overall, his work with Gambino earned him six Grammy Award nominations
 In 2012, Göransson produced HAIM's debut EP and helped establish the band with a brand new sound on the song "Forever". He also produced two songs on HAIM's debut album  Days Are Gone .
 On 5 May 2018, "This Is America" was released. Produced by Gambino and Ludwig Göransson, the song features a gospel-style choir and background contributions from various American rappers Young Thug, Slim Jxmmi, BlocBoy JB, 21 Savage, Quavo and Offset. "This Is America" debuted at number one on the US  Billboard Hot 100, becoming the 31st song to do so in the chart's history. The song won in all four of its nominated categories at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Performance, and Best Music Video. [18] 
Personal life[edit]
Göransson is married to American violinist Serena McKinney. [19]  They were married in 2018, and their son Apollo was born in 2019. [3] 
Discography[edit]
Awards and nominations[edit]
References[edit]
 
  ^   "Ludwig Goransson Scores Creed Movie – ROCNATION". rocnation.com. 25 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  ^    The Making Of 'Wakanda' With Ludwig Göransson – Presented By Marvel Studio's Black Panther . Genius. 16 February 2018. Event occurs at 1.45. Archived from the original (YouTube video) on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018. I called him and I was like: 'Hey, my name is Ludwig Göransson and I'm a film composer ...' 
^    a       b       c       d       e       f    Harper, Marques (1 November 2019). "'Black Panther' composer Ludwig Göransson brings new sounds to 'Star Wars' series 'The Mandalorian'".  Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  ^  Dove, Steve (25 February 2019). "LUDWIG GORANSSON WINS 2019 OSCAR FOR BLACK PANTHER SCORE".  Oscars . Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  ^  Greiving, Tim (11 November 2019). "How Ludwig Goransson Became Directors' Secret Musical Weapon". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  ^   "ROCNATION | Ludwig Goransson". rocnation.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  ^  Pearce, Sheldon (7 February 2018). "How Black Panther Composer Ludwig Göransson Found the Sound of Wakanda | Pitchfork".  Pitchfork . Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  ^  Perry, Kevin (21 March 2018). "Baaba Maal on soundtracking Black Panther's Wakanda".  NME . Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  ^  Lovett, Jamie (10 February 2019). "'Black Panther' Wins Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media".  Marvel . Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  ^  Ehrlich, David (24 February 2019). "Ludwig Göransson Wins Best Original Score Oscar for 'Black Panther'".  IndieWire . Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  ^   "Ludwig Göransson to Score Christopher Nolan's Tenet | Film Music Reporter". Film Music Reporter. 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  ^   "Emmys 2020: Ludwig Göransson Wins Outstanding Music Composition for The Mandalorian". Pitchfork. 20 September 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  ^   "Outstanding Music Composition For A Series Original Dramatic Score Nominees / Winners 2021". Television Academy. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  ^  Starkey, Adam (23 September 2021). "'The Mandalorian' composer Ludwig Göransson will return for spin-off 'The Book Of Boba Fett'". NME. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  ^  Tapp, Tom (24 January 2023). "Oscar Best Original Song: Rihanna Gets Her First Nomination For "Lift Me Up," Faces Stiff Competition From Lady Gaga, Diane Warren &amp; More".  Deadline . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  ^  Guy, Zoe (19 December 2022). "Christopher Nolan Is Going Nuclear With Oppenheimer".  Vulture . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  ^  Dandridge-Lemco, Ben (19 January 2018). "Producer Ludwig Göransson on helping create Awaken, My Love! and the Black Panther score".  The Fader . Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  ^   "All GRAMMY Awards and Nominations for Ludwig Göransson". The Recording Academy. Retrieved 10 May 2022. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  ^  Greiving, Tim (21 February 2019). "Composer Ludwig Göransson on 'Black Panther' Music, Childish Gambino and Danny Elfman".  Variety . Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
 
External links[edit]
  Ludwig Göransson at IMDb 
 Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 February 2011)
Ludwig Göransson - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_G%C3%B6ransson