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On August 28, 2020, actor Chadwick Boseman died. He was only 43 years old. Unbeknownst to many, even some of his closest collaborators, he\u2019d been battling colon cancer since 2016. His family released a statement, and in it, they said, "It was the honor of his career to bring King T\u2019Challa to life in Black Panther." After hearing the news, I went back and re-watched the movie, and I don\u2019t know, it was a completely different experience this time. I went and listened to the score again, and that had changed for me, too. So, I wanted to back and share this episode from 2018, about a piece of the film\u2019s score by composer Ludwig G\xf6ransson. It\u2019s one of my favorites, and since it first aired, Ludwig went on to win the Grammy and Oscar for the Black Panther score.

I hope you enjoy this re-visiting this episode, and I hope it makes you remember how great Black Panther is, and how great Chadwick Boseman is in it, in a role that defined a career that was way too short.

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\nMarvel\u2019s Black Panther was released in theaters on February 16, 2018, and in just a few weeks, it made over a billion dollars worldwide. 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 Ludwig G\xf6ransson. His film and tv credits include Creed and New Girl. He\u2019s also Grammy-nominated producer, who\u2019s 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," and it\u2019s 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 that into the score for the film.

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