You're listening to Song Exploder,
where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.
I'm Rishikesh Hirway.
Marvel's Black Panther was released in theaters on February 16th, 2018,
and in just a few weeks, it made over a billion dollars worldwide.
It's already broken some box office records, and it looks like it's going to break some more.
The score for the film was created by Swedish composer Ludwig Gorenson.
His film and TV credits include Creed and New Girl.
He's also a Grammy-nominated producer who's worked most often with rapper Childish Gambino.
In this episode, Ludwig takes apart one of his pieces from Black Panther.
The track is called Killmonger.
It's the theme for Erik Killmonger, a character played by Michael B. Jordan.
Black Panther is set in the fictional African nation of Wakanda, and coming up,
Ludwig tells the story of doing research and making recordings in Africa,
and how he incorporated those into the score for the film.
And just a heads up, there are some spoilers coming up.
Nothing major,
but if you're someone like me who avoids trailers and wants to go into a movie with a clean slate before you see it,
this is your spoiler alert.
For everyone else, here's Ludwig Gorenson on Song Exploder.