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This is the beauty of popular music, that it is based on simple and memorable tunes. Ludovico Einaudi

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When I hear people who love my music and are trying to copy it, it sounds strange to me because it sounds so simple, made by other people. It took me a lot of years to find the balance, to find a way to be on the edge of being accessible but at the same time having the echo of a deep, more complex world. Ludovico Einaudi

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Often, I could not find the range of emotions in classical music which I found in the The Rolling Stones and Hendrix. Listening to Bach, I found a deep spirituality and felt elevated above the human level. Yet the feeling and emotions attached to popular music speak to us far more personally, and I couldn't leave that behind. Ludovico Einaudi

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There should be no boundaries in your relationship with sound. Often it's not about the music itself but the context in which you hear the music. For instance, listening to a piece of classical music in a film you love often changes your perception of it entirely. Ludovico Einaudi

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I never say no or yes. I just listen to how I feel and follow my emotions. Ludovico Einaudi

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Every now and then, as a composer and producer, it's important to write music for yourself. Ludwig Goransson

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I was drawn to West Africa. I did listen to a bunch of different styles of African music, and there was something about the percussion and the drums of West Africa, and the energy, that felt so cinematic to me. Ludwig Goransson

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The through line of the way I like to work, what makes me different, and what I like to do for every project - although they are completely different from each other - is I like to do a lot of research and create a unique landscape and unique soundscape for each movie. Ludwig Goransson

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Any time I get a chance to work with artists that make me inspired and learn new stuff about music - every chance I get, I'll take. Ludwig Goransson

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When I'm by myself - composing or writing film scores - it's very lonely. I'm just sitting by myself in the studio. Ludwig Goransson

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If you make modern rap music, how do you write without ripping off anyone else? It's just about having a distinct voice in your songs. Ludwig Goransson

A friend of mine put me in contact with the artist Baaba Maal. Ludwig Goransson

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I'm just constantly figuring out new ways to reinvent myself. Ludwig Goransson

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For the last 10 years, I've been working with Donald Glover and Ryan Coogler, and we've put down so much time really trying to make the best that we can, whether it's a movie, a film score, or a song. Ludwig Goransson

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Normally when you write for an orchestra, you think about melody and harmony and countermelody. Ludwig Goransson

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Obviously, the 'Rocky' theme is one of the most recognizable themes in film. Ludwig Goransson

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So much music in Africa was created for specific moments, written for rituals or for a funeral or for challenges, thousands of years ago, and these rhythms are still used. Ludwig Goransson

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It's not lost on me that I'm a Swedish guy from one of the coldest countries in the world. Ludwig Goransson

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I traveled to a library in South Africa called ILAM (International Library of African Music), which has a collection of about 500 different instruments that don't really exist anymore. Ludwig Goransson

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