Composer and Producer Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther, Childish Gambino)

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 14 February 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Every now and then we like bring you a segment we call to the Song That Changed My Life. It's a chance to find out what makes some of our favorite musicians the person they are today. Stepping up this time: Ludwig Göransson. Maybe you don't know him by name. But you've heard almost certainly heard his work. He was in Sweden and moved to the States in 2007. And before long, he started working in TV shows and movies as a composer. One of his first was Community. It was actually on the set of Community where he met Donald Glover. The two became friends, then, when he found out Glover could sing and rap, collaborators. Göransson's been the principal producer on all of Glover's Childish Gambino records. He actually just scored several Grammy awards for the song "This is America" by Glover. He's scored some pretty big films, too: Fruitvale Station, Creed, Venom... and Black Panther. The music he wrote for Black Panther is up for the Academy Award for Best Original Score at this year's Oscars. So we asked Ludwig, this brilliant composer and hip-hop producer, to tell us about the song that changed his life. His pick? Enter Sandman by Metallica.

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0:00.0	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:03.1	Every now and then we like to bring you a segment we call the song that changed my
0:06.2	life.
0:07.2	It's a chance to find out what makes some of our favorite musicians the person they are
0:11.0	today.
0:12.0	Stepping up this time, Ludwig Gorenzen.
0:15.2	His name might not immediately be familiar, but you probably know some of his work.
0:19.5	He's a composer and producer.
0:21.4	He was born in Sweden and he moved to the United States in 2007.
0:25.4	And before long he started working in TV and movies as a composer.
0:29.5	One of his first was community.
0:31.4	It was actually on the set of community where he met Donald Glover.
0:35.1	The two became friends and then when he found out that Glover could sing and rap, collaborators.
0:40.5	Gorenzen has been the principal producer on all of Glover's Childish Gambino Records.
0:46.1	Gorenzen has also scored some pretty big films.
0:57.7	Grootville Station, Creed, Venom and Black Panther.
1:11.2	The music he wrote for Black Panther is up for the Academy Award for Best Original Score
1:15.6	at this year's Oscars.
1:17.0	So we asked Ludwig, the brilliant composer and hip-hop producer, to tell us about the song
1:21.9	that changed his life.
1:23.5	His pick?
1:25.1	Enter Sandman by Metallica.
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