Ludwig Goransson Quotes

Ludwig Goransson

Profession : Composer

Birth : September 1, 1984

I would love to do more superhero work; as a young film composer, that is one of the things you dream of.

Ludwig Goransson

I moved to L.A. in 2007 from Sweden.

Ludwig Goransson

At USC, when I studied film scoring my first year, one of my first friends that I met was Ryan Coogler. He was in the directing program at USC. He became one of my best friends at school.

Ludwig Goransson

Chance The Rapper is a person who really knows what he wants.

Ludwig Goransson

I think to try to make new music and new ideas, you have to push the boundaries of existing music.

Ludwig Goransson

I think with everything I do, I'm trying to just come up with new ways of creating music and mixing styles together. That's just what's fun for me to do, to try to make myself inspired.

Ludwig Goransson

I've worked with Childish Gambino for so long, so I've learned that from those producing skills - how to really produce music - where, of course, it's about writing, but it's also about combining sounds and styles and genres.

Ludwig Goransson

The plan was just to make great art, and working with Donald Glover, who is such a renaissance man, we've been working together for ten years, and he is always pushing the envelope in a way - like, whenever we work together, I have no idea what it is going to turn out to be.

Ludwig Goransson

Some of my favorite scores include Bernard Herrmann's Hitchcock scores.

Ludwig Goransson

Something I grew up with is John Williams, of course, with 'Indiana Jones' and 'Star Wars.'

Ludwig Goransson

I would say that 'Creed' has a lot more music in it. It's 60 minutes of music, while 'Fruitvale' had about a fourth of that at best. There's a bigger focus in 'Creed' because I had to make music for training montages.

Ludwig Goransson

I've produced all of Childish Gambino's music.

Ludwig Goransson

It was very challenging, trying to add an orchestra on top of these traditional African rhythms, because as soon as you add any kind of melody or chords over it, it stops feeling African.

Ludwig Goransson

These days, you're always surrounded by music and sounds, whether you're in the mall or a subway car.

Ludwig Goransson

Music in Africa is perceived so differently than Western classical music - it's language and storytelling.

Ludwig Goransson

I never used to get calls from artists or labels, but once you have a top 20 hit, you start getting them.

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I love learning new things.

Ludwig Goransson

I just want to say, creating music with Childish Gambino has been one of the greatest joys of my life.

Ludwig Goransson

As a kid growing up in Sweden loving American music, I always dreamt of migrating here and working with brilliant artists like Donald Glover.

Ludwig Goransson

I wanted to be the best guitar player in the world. And then my dad got me a portable recorder, so I started writing my own music.

Ludwig Goransson