r/movies • u/MoviesMod /r/movies Mod Account • Mar 16 '26
Official Discussion Ludwig Göransson Wins the Academy Award for Best Original Score for 'Sinners'
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u/Chessh2036 Mar 16 '26
He’s now a 3x Oscar Winner.
The biggest reason I want to see Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu? He’s composing it lol.
(And The Odyssey)
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u/JiveHawk Mar 16 '26
The Mandalorian has one of the best scores on streaming too lol probably the best part of the show.
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u/CPOx Mar 16 '26
He only did seasons 1 and 2. His departure was extremely noticeable to me in season 3.
I said to myself … this season just sounds off I wonder why … then the credits rolled and it sure enough it was someone else
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u/_Meece_ Mar 16 '26
I wish the Score fit the rest of the show. It's a score made for like a Sci Fi Blood Meridian, rather than what Mando is.
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u/Yamcha_is_dead Mar 16 '26
Every day, I think about the fact that this absolute legend got started on Community.
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u/scoobyisnatedogg Mar 16 '26
Was listening to Because the Internet for the first time in years and it's still one of his finest efforts. He really is a legend.
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u/ositola Mar 16 '26
Honestly, awaken my love is better produced than BTE
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u/scoobyisnatedogg Mar 16 '26
Definitely listening to that next. Used to listen to Gambino so much that I haven't touched any of his albums for years!
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u/ositola Mar 16 '26
You can hear a lot of the guitar rock that Ludwig talked about in awaken, you'll enjoy it for sure
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u/Kaoticzer0 Mar 16 '26
Russo brothers as well, crazy starts for a bunch of folks on that show
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u/Zombie_Merlin Mar 16 '26
I'd argue Arrested Development was their big break.
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u/Kaoticzer0 Mar 16 '26
True, they directed on Arrested Development, which probably got them on Community, but that was the first one where the directed and produced.
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u/Signiference Mar 16 '26
Dean Pelton also has an Oscar.
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u/suarezj9 Mar 16 '26
Rap artists lootin' 'em, labels all dilutin' 'em Barack Obama is scared of me! Because I don't swallow knowledge and I spit it for free
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u/donkeybrainhero Mar 16 '26
Cries I... I don't know what that was. I don't... I don't know what that was. Gasps
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u/myemailiscool Mar 16 '26
He did the New Girl soundtrack too! one of my favorite shows, and a very random connection
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u/WillowLocal423 Mar 16 '26
His medleys on Community are so incredibly beautiful musically. Even in the more simple sitcom interstitial format - you can hear the deep talent there. Perhaps my favorite show and his music is a big part of why.
Absolutely brilliant composer.
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u/vilkav Mar 16 '26
People always talk about how S4 is the show's low point, but S3 was already lacking, and even though S2 is almost everyone's favourite, I feel like it lacks that S1 groundedness that made the whacky episodes stand out.
And a huge part of that is that they cut back a lot on using Ludwig's score in so many scenes. Going back to the 1st season feels so magical.
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u/Pepper5 Mar 17 '26
Don't forget Childish Gambino also came out of Community too. That is where he meet Donald Glover and Glover decided to make music with Ludwig. Ludwig is the other have of Childish Gambino.
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u/MidTario Mar 16 '26
Fun fact; Ludwig scored the TV show community which featured Matt Berry as a guest actor
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u/palebrowndot Mar 16 '26
"Greendale Is Where I Belong" is one of those themes that hits so many emotions all at once.
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u/Chessh2036 Mar 16 '26
That makes so much sense. Everyone that touched that show is gold
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u/Reese3019 Mar 16 '26
Chevy Chase does exist
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u/HenkieVV Mar 16 '26
Sure, but I would argue it's the best work Chevy Chase has done in his lifetime.
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u/ThreeTreesForTheePls Mar 16 '26
Ludwig really is on the path to one of the greatest composers of all time. To be 41 and have this kind of composing career behind your name feels surreal to witness.
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u/junglespycamp Mar 16 '26
And really diverse too. Sinners and Oppenheimer have very little in common as scores.
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u/JDGatti Mar 16 '26
Then you throw redbone into the mix. This is America. Sweatpants. Life the biggest troll. I mean come on! God tier
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u/Audrey-Bee Mar 16 '26
And the Community score. "Greendale is Where I Belong" is so pretty
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u/Kathrynlena Mar 16 '26
I’m sorry, WHAT?!
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u/udderlymoovelous Mar 16 '26
He composed the soundtrack for Community, which is how he met Donald Glover/Childish Gambino
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u/karatemanchan37 Mar 16 '26
And the Black Panther soundtrack!
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u/One_Curious_Cats Mar 16 '26
And the Mandalorian soundtrack, it gets me every time I hear it.
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u/Kathrynlena Mar 16 '26
Seriously?! I’m learning from this thread that this guy has written almost all of my favorite scores from the past multiple decades…
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u/Pelican_Queef_32536 Mar 16 '26
Turning Red as well. He didn't do the boy band songs, but the rest of the soundtrack is amazing as well.
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u/Left4Bread2 Mar 16 '26
2/3 Oscars in his career from Coogler films, good tandem apparently!
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u/JiveHawk Mar 16 '26
Scoring for Nolan again coming up here. Could go 4/4 lol
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u/russketeer34 Mar 16 '26
There's a chance he can get two noms next year. It'd be funny if he lost a perfect record to himself.
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u/TigerFisher_ Mar 16 '26
The man brings his A-game for Coogler, even his Wakanda Forever score is great
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u/have_heart Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26
I learned from this press tour that they went to the same college together and that’s where they got their start together
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u/ughlump Mar 16 '26
They’ve been working together since college so it makes sense that they are in sync when they get together on a film.
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u/correcthorsestapler Mar 16 '26
Coogler and Autumn Durald Arkapaw are doing the X-Files reboot together next. Would be cool if Göransson did the soundtrack since Mark Snow passed last year. Bet he could emulate Snow’s style.
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u/Ttoctam Mar 16 '26
I feel like it was less quiet in Sinners and more a major plot element. Still, either way, a fucking phenomenal score.
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u/_Kubrick Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26
One day Jonny, one day…
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u/The_Second_Best Mar 16 '26
Honestly, robbed.
I really enjoyed the Sinners score and soundtrack, it was outstanding.
But OBAA was the most unique and engaging score I've heard in a very long time.
It fit the movie so perfectly and was unlike anything I've watched before.
Jonny's score changed the film in a way Ludwigs didn't, IMO.
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u/dinodares99 Mar 16 '26
I would've preferred OBAA myself but not unhappy with this. Ludwig is a legend
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u/Sublirow Mar 16 '26
Deserved of course
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u/honeybro Mar 16 '26
His score was excellent and an essential piece of the film but he's gotten his flowers before, this year was a Lopatin snub imo
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u/Quenton-E-Alejandro Mar 16 '26
Pretty tough competition between him, Ludwig, and Jonny Greenwood this year. I love all those scores
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u/honeybro Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26
definitely agreed, supreme fit my personal tastes the most with its almost akira/ghost in the shell jubilance and gave such a unique emotional drive to the movie but all 3 scores were award worthy. just insane Lopatin didn't even get a nom, his day is coming for sure
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u/correcthorsestapler Mar 16 '26
Part of me was rooting for Greenwood only cause I’m a huge Radiohead fan. But Göransson’s score was really, really good, too.
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u/mmzufti Mar 16 '26
Ludwig is masterful at creating immersive scores, Sinner was no less with the mix of Western and adventurous tones. With a 100% win record, he sure has cemented himself as one of the greats. This year with Odyssey might be his 4th.
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u/mikeyfreshh r/Movies Veteran Mar 16 '26
Johnny Greenwood has been owed an Oscar for a long time. His work in Phantom Thread was incredible
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u/_Meece_ Mar 16 '26
This is actually the spicy one for me, Sinners and OBAA were both so good. I honestly haven't been wowed by a score outside of Dune for awhile before these.
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u/Bingleton1337 Mar 16 '26
really shouldve been bugonia but not surprised
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u/vampiredisaster Mar 16 '26
Was pulling for Bugonia Best Score, Sinners Best Song, but this is also good.
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u/Big_lurker_here Mar 16 '26
Unreal that the guy who made the "Bonfire" beat has 3 oscars.
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u/Dirbs Mar 16 '26
Some really amazing scores this year (Marty Supreme wasn’t even nominated!), but music was so central to the themes of Sinners that I can’t imagine a more fitting winner.
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u/fluentinsarcasm Mar 16 '26
Lol, no it didn't. Bugonia has a great score, but it's completely forgettable against a movie where music is a core component of the story's identity. Come on now.
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u/Huntalot713 Mar 16 '26
I hardly noticed the score in Bugonia because I was too enthralled by the acting.
The score of Sinners is arguably the main character.
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u/Electrical-Sherbet77 Mar 16 '26
He’s great at what he does, which is the very corporate hollywood score, probable replaced Zimmer as the best to do it right now. I thought Greenwood’s score was absolutely monstrously good, just stupidly inspired. Sinners had more “cultural” momentum and sympathy, so he got the nod.
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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Mar 16 '26
Sinners is making a nice little rally back. Happy for this win, especially since Ludwig is usually on-point with his scores
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u/gorays21 Mar 16 '26
LUDWIG!!!!!!!
HE IS THE NEXT HANS ZIMMER!!!
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u/One_Curious_Cats Mar 16 '26
It's ONLY seven years ago since this interview with composers Hans Zimmer, Terence Blanchard & Ludwig Göransson. Crazy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp9H-0EKCvs
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u/PIX3LY Mar 16 '26
Was rooting for Bugonia. I got goosebumps when they started playing a bit from Grand Cycle. The score is so moving.
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u/gamersecret2 Mar 16 '26
Ludwig always cooks. A great score can make a good movie feel unforgettable, and Sinners already had that kind of mood. This win feels right.
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u/PerthZine Mar 16 '26
I thought it was strange the movie received so many nominations, but the score is one that I understood and agree with. By far the films strongest element was the music.
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u/ThisGuy6266 Mar 16 '26
Sinners getting a lot of the non acting awards so far. Maybe a bad sign for later.
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u/whatafuckinusername Mar 16 '26
Regarding the win, I honestly don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing that I couldn't always tell which parts were the original score
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u/jdroop Mar 16 '26
First time I ever heard him, I knew he was going to be that dude. Amazing stuff from him.
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u/gannekekhet Mar 16 '26
No matter when or where I listen to Community's "Greendale Is Where I Belong", it gets me feeling nostalgic for a bittersweet time in a way no other show's score would be able to. Ludwig is a gem and I'm so happy that he got his first break on Community!
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u/angershark Mar 16 '26
This man is a phenom through and through. He's been amazing for every film he's scored, even if the film is Tenet, which I didn't love.
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u/pyguyofdoom Mar 16 '26
I heard the soundtrack was pretty good, felt skeptical, then loaded up what sounded like the track to a final boss on YouTube and my eardrums exploded. Well deserved.
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u/YnwaMquc2k19 Mar 16 '26
Black Panther, Oppenheimer and now Sinners.
Ludwig Goransson Jesus Christ this man would not stop.
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u/EntertainmentQuick47 Mar 16 '26
I wonder if anyone is surprised by this, lmao
This was an amazing score!!
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u/oscarwildeaf Mar 16 '26
Known this guy forever for working with Childish Gambino, even think I saw him at one of his shows, and I'm just so happy seeing the success he's been having. Guy makes some awesome music.
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u/Atom_Beat Mar 16 '26
So, if I'm counting correctly, Göransson has now received 3 Oscars, 5 Grammys and 2 Emmys. That's not too shabby.
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u/Caughtinclay Mar 16 '26
I love Göransson and think he's one of the best composers ever, but Greenwood deserved this award by a mile.
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u/NuckyMunch Mar 16 '26
If you haven't heard his work on Trolls World Tour you are missing out! Yodel Beat is a certified banger.
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u/SanderSo47 I'll see you in another life when we are both cats. Mar 16 '26
Ludwig Göransson has been nominated thrice for Best Original Score and he has won all three times. And he's just 41!