Ludwig Göransson

Swedish composer (born 1984)

Ludwig Göransson

Göransson in 2018

Background information
Birth name| Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson
Born|  (1984-09-01) 1 September 1984 (age 40)
Linköping, Sweden
Genres|

* Film score
* big band
* classical rock
* disco
* funk rock
* jazz rock
* R&B
* soul
* electronic rock
* psychedelic rock
* swing
* hip hop

Occupations|

* Musician
* composer
* conductor
* songwriter
* record producer

Years active| 2008–present
Labels|

* Roc Nation[1]
* Glassnote
* Island
* Interscope Records

Spouse|

Serena McKinney

(m. 2018)​

Musical artist

Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson (/ˈɡɔːrənsən/;[2] Swedish: [ˈlɵ̌dːvɪɡ ˈjœ̂ːranˌsɔn]; born 1 September 1984) is a Swedish musician, composer, conductor, songwriter, and record producer. His accolades include two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, four Grammy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards.

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, Rihanna, Chance the Rapper, Haim, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott and Moses Sumney.

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.

He has scored for the films Fruitvale Station, the Rocky franchise, Creed and Creed II, Venom, Tenet and Turning Red. He also composed the 2021–23 fanfare for Warner Bros. Pictures and the new and current fanfare for the 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, achieving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lift Me Up" performed by Rihanna. His work on Christopher Nolan's epic biopic Oppenheimer (2023) earned his first wins at the BAFTA Awards and Golden Globe Awards, and a second win at the Academy Awards.

## Early life

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Göransson was born and raised in Linköping. His mother Maria, a florist, is from Warsaw, Poland, and his father Tomas, a guitar teacher,[3][4] is Swedish. He has an older sister named Jessika.[5][6][7] He is named after Ludwig van Beethoven.[5] 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.[8] 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.[3] The pair would then work together on Fruitvale Station, Creed and Black Panther. Soon after graduating from 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 sitcom Community.[4]

## Film and TV composer

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In 2013, Göransson's first feature film came from fellow 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.[9][5] 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.[10] 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, singing 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.[11] 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.[12][13]

On 22 May 2019, it was announced that Göransson was composing the film score for Christopher Nolan's Tenet.[14] Göransson was chosen after Nolan's frequent collaborator and first choice, Hans Zimmer, turned down the offer in favor of the 2021 film Dune.[15][16] Göransson experimented with retrograde composition and sampling to match the themes and tone of the film. The first scoring session was held in November 2019, and sessions continued into early 2020.[17]

He worked on original songs and music with Justin Timberlake for the 2020 film Trolls World Tour.[5]

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.[5] He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for both season 1[18] and season 2's[19] finales. In 2021, he started scoring sessions for The Mandalorian's spinoff series, The Book of Boba Fett,[20] 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.[21]

He worked for a second time with Christopher Nolan on his 2023 film Oppenheimer.[22] Its accompanying soundtrack received critical acclaim and earned Göransson the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and the Academy Award for Best Original Score.[23]

## Record producer

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In 2010, when Donald Glover first approached Göransson about his side project, Childish Gambino, the two were working on the set of Community.[4] 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".[24] 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 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.[25]

## Personal life

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Göransson married American violinist Serena McKinney in 2018.[26] Their first child was born in 2019.[5] He has two sons.[27]

## Discography

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Further information: Ludwig Göransson discography

## Awards and nominations

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

## See also

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* Music of Star Wars
* Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

## References

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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 Betancourt, David (21 July 2023). "Ludwig Göransson on what inspired his music for 'Oppenheimer' and more". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
4. ^ a b c "Composer Ludwig Göransson On 'Oppenheimer'". NPR. 20 July 2023. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ 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.
8. ^ "Ludwig Göransson composes score for Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer"". USC Thornton School of Music. 21 July 2023. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
9. ^ "ROCNATION | Ludwig Goransson". rocnation.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
10. ^ 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.
11. ^ 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.
12. ^ 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.
13. ^ 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.
14. ^ "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.
15. ^ Stolworthy, Jacob (23 May 2019). "Tenet: Title, cast and more details of new Christopher Nolan film revealed". The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
16. ^ Barfield, Charles (16 July 2019). "Hans Zimmer Explains Why He Chose "Dune" Over Christopher Nolan's Latest & Says He Never Saw The David Lynch 1984 Film". The Playlist. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
17. ^ "Ludwig Göransson on TENET and the musical genius of Christopher Nolan". 6 August 2020. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020 - via YouTube.
18. ^ "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.
19. ^ "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.
20. ^ 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.
21. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
22. ^ Guy, Zoe (19 December 2022). "Christopher Nolan Is Going Nuclear With Oppenheimer". Vulture. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
23. ^ McPherson, Chris (18 February 2024). "'Oppenheimer' Scores Most Wins at 2024 BAFTAs". Collider. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
24. ^ 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.
25. ^ "All GRAMMY Awards and Nominations for Ludwig Göransson". The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
26. ^ 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.
27. ^ Ludwig Göransson's Oscars Red Carpet Interview with @AmeliaDimoldenberg | 96th Oscars Red Carpet, retrieved 15 March 2024

## External links

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* Ludwig Göransson at IMDb
* Official website at the Wayback Machine, archived from the original[dead link‍] on Feb 7, 2011

* v
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Ludwig Göransson

* Discography
* Awards and nominations

Film soundtracks|

* Creed (2015)
* Black Panther (2018)
* Venom (2018)
* Creed II (2018)
* Tenet (2020)
* Turning Red (2022)
* Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
* Oppenheimer (2023)

See also|

* Childish Gambino
* Music of Star Wars
* Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Awards for Ludwig Göransson

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Academy Award for Best Original Score

1930s|

* Louis Silvers (1934)
* Max Steiner (1935)
* 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)

1940s|

* 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)
* 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)

1950s|

* 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)
* 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)

1960s|

* 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)
* 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)

1970s|

* 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)
* 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)

1980s|

* Michael Gore (1980)
* Vangelis (1981)
* John Williams / Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse (1982)
* Bill Conti / Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1983)
* Maurice Jarre / Prince (1984)
* John Barry (1985)
* Herbie Hancock (1986)
* Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su (1987)
* Dave Grusin (1988)
* Alan Menken (1989)

1990s|

* John Barry (1990)
* Alan Menken (1991)
* Alan Menken (1992)
* John Williams (1993)
* 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)

2000s|

* Tan Dun (2000)
* Howard Shore (2001)
* Elliot Goldenthal (2002)
* Howard Shore (2003)
* Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (2004)
* Gustavo Santaolalla (2005)
* Gustavo Santaolalla (2006)
* Dario Marianelli (2007)
* A. R. Rahman (2008)
* Michael Giacchino (2009)

2010s|

* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010)
* Ludovic Bource (2011)
* Mychael Danna (2012)
* Steven Price (2013)
* 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)
* Volker Bertelmann (2022)
* Ludwig Göransson (2023)
* Daniel Blumberg (2024)

* v
* t
* e

BAFTA Award for Best Original Music

1968–2000|

* John Barry (1968)
* Mikis Theodorakis (1969)
* Burt Bacharach (1970)
* Michel Legrand (1971)
* Nino Rota (1972)
* Alan Price (1973)
* Richard Rodney Bennett (1974)
* John Williams (1975)
* Bernard Herrmann (1976)
* John Addison (1977)
* John Williams (1978)
* Ennio Morricone (1979)
* John Williams (1980)
* Carl Davis (1981)
* John Williams (1982)
* Ryuichi Sakamoto (1983)
* Ennio Morricone (1984)
* Maurice Jarre (1985)
* Ennio Morricone (1986)
* Ennio Morricone (1987)
* John Williams (1988)
* Maurice Jarre (1989)
* Andrea and Ennio Morricone (1990)
* Jean-Claude Petit (1991)
* David Hirschfelder (1992)
* John Williams (1993)
* Don Was (1994)
* Luis Bacalov (1995)
* Gabriel Yared (1996)
* Nellee Hooper, Craig Armstrong, and Marius de Vries (1997)
* David Hirschfelder (1998)
* Thomas Newman (1999)
* Tan Dun (2000)

2001–present|

* Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries (2001)
* Philip Glass (2002)
* T Bone Burnett and Gabriel Yared (2003)
* Gustavo Santaolalla (2004)
* John Williams (2005)
* Gustavo Santaolalla (2006)
* Christopher Gunning (2007)
* A. R. Rahman (2008)
* Michael Giacchino (2009)
* Alexandre Desplat (2010)
* Ludovic Bource (2011)
* Thomas Newman (2012)
* Steven Price (2013)
* Alexandre Desplat (2014)
* Ennio Morricone (2015)
* Justin Hurwitz (2016)
* Alexandre Desplat (2017)
* Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, and Lukas Nelson (2018)
* Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
* Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross (2020)
* Hans Zimmer (2021)
* Volker Bertelmann (2022)
* Ludwig Göransson (2023)
* Daniel Blumberg (2024)

* v
* t
* e

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score

* John Williams (1998)
* Gabriel Yared (1999)
* Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer (2000)
* Howard Shore (2001)
* John Williams (2002)
* Howard Shore (2003)
* Howard Shore (2004)
* John Williams (2005)
* Philip Glass (2006)
* Jonny Greenwood (2007)
* A. R. Rahman (2008)
* Michael Giacchino (2009)
* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010)
* Ludovic Bource (2011)
* John Williams (2012)
* Steven Price (2013)
* Antonio Sánchez (2014)
* Ennio Morricone (2015)
* Justin Hurwitz (2016)
* Alexandre Desplat (2017)
* Justin Hurwitz (2018)
* Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
* Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020)
* Hans Zimmer (2021)
* Hildur Guðnadóttir (2022)
* Ludwig Göransson (2023)
* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2024)

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)

1960s|

* Laurence Rosenthal (1966)
* No Award (1967)
* Earle Hagen (1968)
* John Williams (1969)

1970s|

* 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)

1980s|

* 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)
* Lee Holdridge (1988)
* Joel Rosenbaum (1989)

1990s|

* 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)

2000s|

* 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)

2010s|

* Sean Callery (2010)
* 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)

2020s|

* Ludwig Göransson (2020)
* Ludwig Göransson (2021)
* Theodore Shapiro (2022)
* Cristobal Tapia de Veer (2023)
* Siddhartha Khosla (2024)

* v
* t
* e

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

1940s|

* Life with Father – Max Steiner (1947)
* The Red Shoes – Brian Easdale (1948)
* The Inspector General – Johnny Green (1949)

1950s|

* Sunset Boulevard – Franz Waxman (1950)
* September Affair – Victor Young (1951)
* High Noon – Dimitri Tiomkin (1952)
* On the Beach – Ernest Gold (1959)

1960s|

* The Alamo – Dimitri Tiomkin (1960)
* The Guns of Navarone – Dimitri Tiomkin (1961)
* To Kill a Mockingbird – Elmer Bernstein (1962)
* (1963)
* The Fall of the Roman Empire – Dimitri Tiomkin (1964)
* Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre (1965)
* Hawaii – Elmer Bernstein (1966)
* Camelot – Frederick Loewe (1967)
* The Shoes of the Fisherman – Alex North (1968)
* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach (1969)

1970s|

* Love Story – Francis Lai (1970)
* Shaft – Isaac Hayes (1971)
* The Godfather – Nino Rota (1972)
* Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1973)
* The Little Prince – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (1974)
* Jaws – John Williams (1975)
* A Star is Born – Kenneth Ascher and Paul Williams (1976)
* Star Wars – John Williams (1977)
* Midnight Express – Giorgio Moroder (1978)
* Apocalypse Now – Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola (1979)

1980s|

* The Stunt Man – Dominic Frontiere (1980)
* No Award (1981)
* E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams (1982)
* Flashdance – Giorgio Moroder (1983)
* A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre (1984)
* Out of Africa – John Barry (1985)
* The Mission – Ennio Morricone (1986)
* The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su (1987)
* Gorillas in the Mist – Maurice Jarre (1988)
* The Little Mermaid – Alan Menken (1989)

1990s|

* The Sheltering Sky – Richard Horowitz and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1990)
* Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1991)
* Aladdin – Alan Menken (1992)
* Heaven & Earth – Kitarō (1993)
* The Lion King – Hans Zimmer (1994)
* A Walk in the Clouds – Maurice Jarre (1995)
* The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1996)
* Titanic – James Horner (1997)
* The Truman Show – Burkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass (1998)
* The Legend of 1900 – Ennio Morricone (1999)

2000s|

* Gladiator – Lisa Gerrard, Hans Zimmer (2000)
* Moulin Rouge! – Craig Armstrong (2001)
* Frida – Elliot Goldenthal (2002)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore (2003)
* The Aviator – Howard Shore (2004)
* Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams (2005)
* The Painted Veil – Alexandre Desplat (2006)
* Atonement – Dario Marianelli (2007)
* Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (2008)
* Up – Michael Giacchino (2009)

2010s|

* The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010)
* The Artist – Ludovic Bource (2011)
* Life of Pi – Mychael Danna (2012)
* All Is Lost – Alex Ebert (2013)
* The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson (2014)
* The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone (2015)
* La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (2016)
* The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat (2017)
* First Man – Justin Hurwitz (2018)
* Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)

2020s|

* Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste (2020)
* Dune – Hans Zimmer (2021)
* Babylon – Justin Hurwitz (2022)
* Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson (2023)
* Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2024)

* v
* t
* e

Grammy Award for Song of the Year

1950s|

* "Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno (songwriter) (1958)
* "The Battle of New Orleans" – Jimmy Driftwood (songwriter) (1959)

1960s|

* "Theme of Exodus" – Ernest Gold (songwriter) (1960)
* "Moon River" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1961)
* "What Kind of Fool Am I?" – Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) (1962)
* "Days of Wine and Roses" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1963)
* "Hello, Dolly!" – Jerry Herman (songwriter) (1964)
* "The Shadow of Your Smile" – Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel (songwriters) (1965)
* "Michelle" – John Lennon & Paul McCartney (songwriters) (1966)
* "Up, Up, and Away" – Jimmy Webb (songwriter) (1967)
* "Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell (songwriter) (1968)
* "Games People Play" – Joe South (songwriter) (1969)

1970s|

* "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Paul Simon (songwriter) (1970)
* "You've Got a Friend" – Carole King (songwriter) (1971)
* "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Ewan MacColl (songwriter) (1972)
* "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox (songwriters) (1973)
* "The Way We Were" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) (1974)
* "Send In the Clowns" – Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) (1975)
* "I Write the Songs" – Bruce Johnston (songwriter) (1976)
* "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams (songwriters) / "You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks (songwriter) (1977)
* "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (songwriter) (1978)
* "What a Fool Believes" – Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald (songwriters) (1979)

1980s|

* "Sailing" – Christopher Cross (songwriter) (1980)
* "Bette Davis Eyes" – Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon (songwriters) (1981)
* "Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson (songwriters) (1982)
* "Every Breath You Take" – Sting (songwriter) (1983)
* "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle & Terry Britten (songwriters) (1984)
* "We Are the World" – Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie (songwriters) (1985)
* "That's What Friends Are For" – Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager (songwriters) (1986)
* "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (songwriters) (1987)
* "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (songwriter) (1988)
* "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar (songwriters) (1989)

1990s|

* "From a Distance" – Julie Gold (songwriter) (1990)
* "Unforgettable" – Irving Gordon (songwriter) (1991)
* "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1992)
* "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) (1993)
* "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (songwriter) (1994)
* "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (songwriter) (1995)
* "Change the World" – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (songwriters) (1996)
* "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal (songwriters) (1997)
* "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1998)
* "Smooth" – Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas (songwriters) (1999)

2000s|

* "Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2000)
* "Fallin'" – Alicia Keys (songwriter) (2001)
* "Don't Know Why" – Jesse Harris (songwriter) (2002)
* "Dance with My Father" – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (songwriters) (2003)
* "Daughters" – John Mayer (songwriter) (2004)
* "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2005)
* "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2006)
* "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (songwriter) (2007)
* "Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin (songwriters) (2008)
* "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (songwriters) (2009)

2010s|

* "Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (songwriters) (2010)
* "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2011)
* "We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (songwriters) (2012)
* "Royals" – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (songwriters) (2013)
* "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith (songwriters) (2014)
* "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (songwriters) (2015)
* "Hello" – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (songwriters) (2016)
* "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) (2017)
* "This Is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (songwriters) (2018)
* "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2019)

2020s|

* "I Can't Breathe" – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas (songwriters) (2020)
* "Leave the Door Open" – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars (songwriters) (2021)
* "Just Like That" – Bonnie Raitt (songwriter) (2022)
* "What Was I Made For?" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2023)
* "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar (songwriter) (2024)

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Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

1950s|

* No Award (1958)
* Anatomy of a Murder – Duke Ellington (1959)

1960s|

* Exodus – Ernest Gold (1960)
* Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini (1961)
* No Award (1962)
* Tom Jones – John Addison (1963)
* Mary Poppins – Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (1964)
* The Sandpiper – Johnny Mandel (1965)
* Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre (1966)
* Music from Mission: Impossible – Lalo Schifrin (1967)
* The Graduate – Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (1968)
* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach (1969)

1970s|

* Let It Be – The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr) (1970)
* Shaft – Isaac Hayes (1971)
* The Godfather – Nino Rota (1972)
* Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1973)
* The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (1974)
* Jaws – John Williams (1975)
* Car Wash – Norman Whitfield (1976)
* Star Wars – John Williams (1977)
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind – John Williams (1978)
* Superman – John Williams (1979)

1980s|

* The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams (1980)
* Raiders of the Lost Ark – John Williams (1981)
* E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams (1982)
* 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 (1983)
* Purple Rain – Prince and the Revolution (1984)
* 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 (1985)
* Out of Africa – John Barry (1986)
* The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone (1987)
* The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Cong Su & Ryuichi Sakamoto (1988)
* The Fabulous Baker Boys – Dave Grusin (1989)

1990s|

* Glory – James Horner (1990)
* Dances with Wolves – John Barry (1991)
* Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1992)
* Aladdin – Alan Menken (1993)
* Schindler's List – John Williams (1994)
* Crimson Tide – Hans Zimmer (1995)
* Independence Day – David Arnold (1996)
* The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1997)
* Saving Private Ryan – John Williams (1998)
* A Bug's Life – Randy Newman (1999)

2000s|

* American Beauty – Thomas Newman (2000)
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tan Dun (2001)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore & John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) (2002)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2003)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2004)
* Ray – Craig Armstrong (2005)
* Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams (2006)
* Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino (2007)
* The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard (2008)
* Up – Michael Giacchino (2009)

2010s|

* Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman (2010)
* The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat (2011)
* The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2012)
* Skyfall – Thomas Newman (2013)
* The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat (2014)
* Birdman – Antonio Sánchez (2015)
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams (2016)
* La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (2017)
* Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson (2018)
* Chernobyl – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)

2020s|

* Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2020)
* The Queen's Gambit – Carlos Rafael Rivera / Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2021)
* Encanto – Germaine Franco (2022)
* Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson (2023)
* Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer (2024)

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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)
* Laura Karpman (2023)
* Hans Zimmer (2024)

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Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in a Feature Film

2010s|

* "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)
* "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)

2020s|

* "Io sì (Seen)" – Written by Laura Pausini, Diane Warren, and Niccolò Agliardi (2020)
* "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)
* "What Was I Made For?" – Written by Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell (2023)
* "The Journey" – Written by Diane Warren (2024)

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Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in an Animated Film

2010s|

* "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)
* "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)

2020s|

* "Just Sing" – Written by Max Martin, Justin Timberlake, Ludwig Göransson, and Sarah Aarons (2020)
* "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)
* "This Moment" - Written by Amelia Anne Webb, Amanda “Kiddo AI” Ibanez, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Ari Staprans Leff and Dallas James Koehlke (2023)
* "Better Place" – Written by Shellback, Justin Timberlake, and Amy Allen (2023)
* "Kiss the Sky" – Written by Maren Morris, Ali Tamposi, Michael Pollack, Delacey, Jordan Johnson, and Stefan Johnson (2024)

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Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score

* Randy Newman (1998)
* Marc Shaiman (1999)
* Clint Mansell (2000)
* Angelo Badalamenti (2001)
* Elmer Bernstein (2002)
* Howard Shore (2003)
* Michael Giacchino (2004)
* Gustavo Santaolalla (2005)
* Clint Mansell (2006)
* Jonny Greenwood (2007)
* James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer (2008)
* Michael Giacchino (2009)
* Nicholas Britell (2018)
* Michael Abels (2019)
* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2020)
* Jonny Greenwood (2021)
* Carter Burwell (2022)
* Ludwig Göransson (2023)
* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2024)

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Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score

* Hans Zimmer (2010)
* Ludovic Bource (2011)
* Jonny Greenwood (2012)
* Hans Zimmer (2013)
* Mica Levi (2014)
* Jóhann Jóhannsson (2015)
* Justin Hurwitz (2016)
* Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch (2017)
* Nicholas Britell (2018)
* Michael Abels (2019)
* Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste (2020)
* Hans Zimmer (2021)
* Michael Giacchino (2022)
* Ludwig Göransson (2023)
* Daniel Blumberg / Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2024)

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Childish Gambino

* Discography
* Awards and nominations

Studio albums|

* Camp
* Because the Internet
* "Awaken, My Love!"
* 3.15.20
* Atavista
* Bando Stone & the New World

EPs|

* EP
* Kauai
* Summer Pack

Mixtapes|

* Culdesac
* Royalty
* STN MTN

Singles|

* "Bonfire"
* "Heartbeat"
* "3005"
* "Crawl"
* "Sweatpants"
* "Sober"
* "Me and Your Mama"
* "Redbone"
* "This Is America"
* "Summertime Magic"
* "Time"
* "Psilocybae (Millennial Love)"
* "Lithonia"

Featured singles|

* "Trouble"
* "Bed Peace"
* "Monster"
* "Sunshine"

Other songs|

* "Favorite Song"
* "Feels Like Summer"
* "Hakuna Matata"
* "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"

TV series created|

* Atlanta (2016–22)
* Swarm (2023)
* Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024–present)

Related articles|

* Clapping for the Wrong Reasons
* Derrick Comedy
* Guava Island
* Ludwig Göransson
* This Is America Tour
* The New World Tour

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Artists|

* MusicBrainz
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