Connecting Stories and Sounds
FOR SOMEONE WHO’S MADE SOME of the hardest-hitting music of recent years, Ludwig Göransson exhibits a decidedly laid-back demeanor. From the light beard, easy smile and frequently sandaled feet to his soft-spoken yet friendly style of conversation, the 36-year-old can easily cause one to forget he’s already won Grammys, an Oscar, and an Emmy in his relatively short career.
Chalk that up to the comfortable confidence that comes from the seeming ease with which he’s composed complex scores for huge Hollywood projects, most recently for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet and the Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian, or attribute it to a creative, European upbringing by a florist mother and a guitar-teacher father in Linköping, Sweden. Speaking to Newsweek recently by phone, Göransson said it was a house filled with an eclectic mix of music that helped shape him as an artist.
“My sister was playing violin in the orchestra,” he said. At first he was
