Connecting Stories and Sounds

“I remember that feeling of being a 10-year-old kid, hearing that music for the first time, and how the music transitioned me to a different planet —it felt like it took me to a different universe.”

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 and the spin-off , or attribute it to a creative, European upbringing by a florist mother and a guitar-teacher father in Linköping, Sweden. Speaking to recently by phone, Göransson said it was a house