{"id":40786,"date":"2024-03-19T14:46:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5546d1e2-9f03-47e1-b022-56eef431b448"},"modified":"2024-03-19T15:41:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:41:11","slug":"who-is-ludwig-goransson-a-guide-to-the-oscar-winning-film-composer","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/who-is-ludwig-goransson-a-guide-to-the-oscar-winning-film-composer\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Ludwig G\u00f6ransson? A guide to the Oscar-winning film composer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Freya Parr\n      <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 19 March 2024 at 13:46 PM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><strong>Ludwig G\u00f6ransson is probably a name you&#8217;ve been hearing more and more in recent years, as he makes his way up the film composing ranks and captures the attention of awards juries and film music fanatics. Here, we introduce you to the Swedish film composer \u2013 and explain a little about his background in music production and collaborations with major artists. <\/strong><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-is-ludwig-goransson\">Who is Ludwig G\u00f6ransson?<\/h2><p>Ludwig G\u00f6ransson is a composer and producer, who has worked across genres and with both acoustic and electronic instruments and effects. As a record producer, he is particularly known for his work with Childish Gambino on his albums <em>Camp<\/em>, <em>Because the Internet <\/em>and <em>&#8216;Awaken, My Love!&#8217;<\/em>. He is also a hugely well respected composer for film and TV, writing scores to shows including <em>The Mandalorian<\/em> and <em>New Girl<\/em>, and films including the <em>Rocky <\/em>franchise, <em>Creed and Creed II<\/em>, <em>Black Panther<\/em>, <em>Tenet <\/em>and <em>Oppenheimer. <\/em><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which films has he scored?<\/h2><p>While studying at the University of Southern California, Ludwig G\u00f6ransson met filmmaker Ryan Coogler, who went on to co-write and direct the <em>Rocky <\/em>spinoff, <em>Creed <\/em>and the Marvel film <em>Black Panther<\/em>, all of which G\u00f6ransson collaborated on. <\/p><p>He leapt to fame with his dynamic score to the 2018 Marvel film <em>Black Panther<\/em>, the success of which helped launch him into Hollywood&#8217;s inner sanctum. It was for this film he won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/all-the-oscar-winners-and-nominees-for-best-original-score\">Academy Award<\/a> and Golden Globe for Best Original Score. The score combined traditional superhero movie tropes with traditional African instrumentation and techniques. The following year he created the score for Disney +&#8217;s <em>Star Wars <\/em>series, <em>The Mandalorian. <\/em><\/p><script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/players\/JV0xiD1r-lqFafnwo.js\"\/><p>In 2020, G\u00f6ransson collaborated with Christopher Nolan on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/winners-golden-globes-best-original-score-all-winning-nominated-soundtracks-from-history\">soundtrack to <em>Tenet<\/em><\/a> to great acclaim. Nolan's most frequent composing partner is Hans Zimmer, but clearly he enjoyed the process of working with G\u00f6ransson because the pair went on to develop the score to <em>Oppenheimer <\/em>in 2023. This score won G\u00f6ransson a Golden Globe for Best Original Score in early 2024, his first Golden Globes win following nominations for <em>Black Panther <\/em>and <em>Tenet<\/em>, as well as a nomination in the same year for Best Original Song for 'Lift Me Up' from <em>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. <\/em><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/winners-golden-globes-best-original-score-all-winning-nominated-soundtracks-from-history\"><strong>Winners of Golden Globes for Best Original Score: all the winning and nominated soundtracks from history<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which composers, songwriting partners and artists has he collaborated with?<\/h2><p>As a record producer, he has worked on studio albums for Childish Gambino and has collaborated with other artists including Rihanna, Adele, Alicia Keys, Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, Haim, Justin Timberlake and Travis Scott. <\/p><p>He worked with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-is-moses-sumney\">Moses Sumney<\/a> on the soundtrack to <em>Creed<\/em>. <\/p><p>As a young composer, G\u00f6ransson assisted Theodore Shapiro, the composer behind films including <em>Along Came Polly<\/em>, <em>The Devil Wears Prada <\/em>and <em>Tropic Thunder. <\/em><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where is Ludwig G\u00f6ransson from?<\/h2><p>G\u00f6ransson was born in Link\u00f6ping in Sweden to a Polish mother and Swedish father. In 2007, he moved to Los Angeles to study at the University of Southern California. He still lives there with his wife, the American violinist Serena McKinney. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where did he study?<\/h2><p>Ludwig G\u00f6ransson studied at the Stockholm Royal College of Music, before moving to Los Angeles for further study at the University of Southern California in its Scoring for Motion Picture and Television programme. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What's his composing process?<\/h2><p>Ludwig G\u00f6ransson <a href=\"https:\/\/composer.spitfireaudio.com\/en\/articles\/ludwig-goransson-on-finding-inspiration-in-collaboration-and-composing-oscar-winning-scores\">spoke to Spitfire Audio about his approach to composing<\/a>, saying, 'I can take an instrument, and record it into my modular synth, you can tweak the buttons and create unique manipulating sounds. For <em>Oppenheimer<\/em>, one of the first ideas that I needed to build was a flurry of unique sounds. I had my sound guy record sounds from old equipment that was used from that era \u2013\u00a0the kind of radios and nuclear computers and machines that were used in the 1950s. We then recorded and manipulated those to see how we could make it into a sample library. A lot of the time, an easy way would be to say, \"Oh, I'm writing music about India, I'm gonna go online and buy the Indian sample library.\" Biut there's so much more you can do yourself.'<\/p><p>G\u00f6ransson uses a mix of electronic elements and orchestral sounds in his music, fusing analogue with digital. 'An orchestra has dynamic range and expression,' he says. 'It makes a big difference if you have 50 people playing a melody \u2013 you can hear the air in the room. There's a closeness to it. But there are some frequencies that are part of our world today that an acoustic orchestra is not gonna be able to reach.'<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What studio equipment does Ludwig G\u00f6ransson use?<\/h2><p>While we may not know what equipment he used for his more recent film scores, Ludwig G\u00f6ransson was kind enough to <a href=\"https:\/\/mixdownmag.com.au\/features\/gear-rundown-childish-gambinos-redbone\/\">share the gear he used to produce Childish Gambino's<em> <\/em>2016 album<em> Redbone<\/em> with Mixdown Magazine<\/a>. To create those sounds, he used:<\/p><ul><li>Mellotron<\/li><li>Fender Stage Rhodes Mark II Electric Piano<\/li><li>Fender Precision Bass<\/li><li>Roland Juno 106 Synth<\/li><li>Dave Smith Instruments Pro 2 <\/li><li>Vintage Fender Telecaster<\/li><li>Maestro Pedal<\/li><li>Ableton's Echoboy Triplet<\/li><li>Hohner Clavinet<\/li><li>Lyons 25-note Xylophone<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What DAW does he use?<\/h2><p>DAWs (digital audio workstations) are electronic devices or software used for recording, editing and producing tracks. While we might not be 100% sure on this one, there has been speculation online that Ludwig G\u00f6ransson uses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ableton.com\/en\/\">Ableton Live<\/a>, a DAW originally designed for use in live performance. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen to Ludwig G\u00f6ransson's <em>Black Panther <\/em>soundtrack<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Black Panther (Original Score)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7KDslrXaOYS28ferZi5UVK?si=fx29AaWxQ7ys89haDI18gg&amp;utm_source=oembed\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p>The track 'Wakanda' is probably the most famous in the <em>Black Panther <\/em>soundtrack, as its main theme appears throughout the rest of the score. Listen out for it!<\/p><p>You might also want to listen to G\u00f6ransson's score to <em>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<\/em>, the sequel to this film. Highlight tracks include 'Con La Brisa', 'We Know What You Whisper' and 'Sirens'.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen to <em>The Mandalorian <\/em>soundtrack<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: The Mandalorian: Season 2 - Vol. 2 (Chapters 13-16) [Original Score]\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4xUXCZfINYIV1DdZKomeVx?si=abssEsd-T36ZA90DX4NRaQ&amp;utm_source=oembed\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is the soundtrack to the second season of <em>The Mandalorian. <\/em>Listen out for 'Capture the Flag', as it's one of the <em>Star Wars <\/em>fans' favourites. <\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen to the <em>Creed <\/em>soundtrack<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Creed (Original Motion Picture Score)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/47ZSID2gjKissV7YKRV8MW?si=DTjmewhrQSy5RxMiCI0aCQ&amp;utm_source=oembed\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The track 'Adonis' is a particular favourite among fans, as is 'First Date' and 'If I Fight, You Fight' (Training Montage).<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen to the <em>Tenet <\/em>soundtrack<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Tenet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3XVZnD9SKNPcN3YJvho9Y7?si=V6hx8sD_Q9GTdgp6Qp22sw&amp;utm_source=oembed\"\/><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How old is Ludwig G\u00f6ransson?<\/h2><p>Ludwig G\u00f6ransson was born on 1 September 1984.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Freya Parr Published: Tuesday, 19 March 2024 at 13:46 PM Ludwig G\u00f6ransson is probably a name you&#8217;ve been hearing more and more in recent years, as he makes his way up the film composing ranks and captures the attention of awards juries and film music fanatics. 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