{"id":2805,"date":"2018-03-14T10:02:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T18:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=2805"},"modified":"2025-05-15T11:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:59:46","slug":"black-panther","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/black-panther","title":{"rendered":"Episode 131: Black Panther"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">Ludwig G\u00f6ransson \u2013\u00a0&#8220;Killmonger&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SongExploder131-BlackPanther-600x420.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SongExploder131-BlackPanther.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SongExploder131-BlackPanther-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?ge=prx_93_0ebc8eab-cbeb-4292-bed8-acd7437b92da&#038;uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/5a7ef58f-ea16-47e6-bc95-b9c60222c9e9\/SongExploder131_BlackPanther_DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOWNLOAD MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"download-links\"><\/div>\n<p>Marvel\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1825683\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Black Panther<\/em><\/a> was released in theaters on February 16, 2018, and in just a few weeks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2018\/03\/black-panther-box-office-billion-dollars-china-marvel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it made over a billion dollars worldwide<\/a>. It\u2019s already broken some box office records and it looks like it\u2019s going to break some more. The score for the film was created by Swedish composer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ludwig_G%C3%B6ransson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ludwig G\u00f6ransson<\/a>. His film and tv credits include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3076658\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Creed<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1826940\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New Girl<\/em><\/a>. He\u2019s also a Grammy-nominated producer, who\u2019s worked most often with rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Glover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Childish Gambino<\/a>. In this episode, Ludwig takes apart one of his pieces from <em>Black Panther<\/em>. The track is called &#8220;Killmonger,&#8221; and it\u2019s the theme for Erik Killmonger, a character played by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0430107\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael B. Jordan<\/a>. <em>Black Panther<\/em> 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 that into the score for the film.<\/p>\n<p>(SPOILER ALERT: this episode contains a few spoilers about Black Panther, though not much more than what&#8217;s in the trailers. But if you&#8217;re someone who, like me, wants to go into a film without any prior knowledge, consider yourself alerted.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1347332666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy or stream \u201cKillmonger\u201d here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/black-panther-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3363032\/\">Director Ryan Coogler on IMDB<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baaba_Maal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baaba Maal<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/6cGC7PGVDENo8QUgI87Dmy?si=l398vHAdTPC4WrT0LIWp4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bach &#8211; Saint Matthew Passion, Pt. 1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/6kig1UFggPUyZBCvXD3Wod?si=DcGZj-A2Q9CQDjHrwZ57pQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metro Boomin &#8211; No Complaints<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ludwig G\u00f6ransson \u2013\u00a0&#8220;Killmonger&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 DOWNLOAD MP3 Marvel\u2019s Black Panther was released in theaters on February 16, 2018, and in just a few weeks, it made over a billion dollars worldwide. 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