BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER Soundtrack Released Today

The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Original Score, composed and produced by Oscar®, Grammy® and Emmy® award-winning composer Ludwig Göransson was released today via Hollywood Records.

Drawing inspiration from the Nigerian and Mesoamerican cultures that influenced the storyline of the film, Göransson recorded the film's score (and soundtrack, which he also produced) in six studios, across three continents and five countries, working with over 250 musicians, two orchestras, two choirs and over 40 vocalists.

Listen to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Original Score below. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, directed by Ryan Coogler and produced by Marvel's Kevin Feige and Nate Moore, opens nationwide today.

The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Original Score comes on the heels of the release of the film's soundtrack, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By, out now via Roc Nation Records/Def Jam Recordings/Hollywood Records.

Produced by Göransson and executive produced by Ryan Coogler's Proximity Media, in collaboration with Archie Davis and Dave Jordan, the soundtrack features over 40 international artists recorded in Lagos, Nigeria, Mexico City, London and Los Angeles including Rihanna, whose lead single "Lift Me Up" - which she co-wrote with Göransson, Coogler, and Tems - had a record-breaking debut as it became the most-added song in U.S. radio history, amassing the most ever single day spins and the largest ever single day audience.

Other artists featured on the soundtrack include Burna Boy, Tems, Fireboy DML, OG DAYV Ft. Future, CKay Ft. PinkPantheress, E-40, Alemán Ft. Rema, Blue Rojo and many more.

"I've never worked on both the score and the soundtrack of a film before," said Göransson. "It was my two worlds coming together, scoring and recording with artists, intertwined into one format. To create a complete unique sound experience we had to visit these environments, from Nigeria to Mexico, to make the process as real and as truthful as possible for the artists and musicians who worked on the music."

For their fourth cinematic collaboration, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Coogler and Göransson set out to create an innovative soundscape. Ryan and I have always wanted to create a truly immersive musical experience, where songs and score go hand in hand, to create one musical statement from beginning to end," said Göransson, whose extensive work producing artists (Childish Gambino, Adele, Haim, Justin Timberlake) as well as his work scoring films and TV series (Black Panther, Creed, The Mandalorian) made him uniquely qualified to helm both parts of the soundscape.

"Ryan gave his all to this story - there are themes of family, motherhood, loss, grief, legacy, rebirth and morality here and we wanted to make sure all of that was reflected in the music. It ultimately becomes a story of celebration."

Commenting on the characters' themes Göransson said, "There are a lot of different points of view in this film and an even broader range of emotions. What's driving each character is so compelling and complex, and that opened up a lot of possibilities for some wildly different sound worlds and themes to intersect and play off each other in some interesting and surprising ways.

Sometimes that translated into a big string orchestra at Abbey Road quietly playing almost painful melodies and sometimes it was certain themes evolving into others as characters transformed, using Mayan instruments or earth-shattering synths, hushed whispers or Vivir Quintana representing sirens. In addition to Vivir Quintana, I had the honor of working with singer Foudeqush whose voice epitomized the delicate and beautiful world of the Talokan."

The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Original Score Tracklist

1. Nyana Wam
2. We Know What You Whisper
3. Sirens
4. Welcome Home
5. Lift Me Up (Score Version)
6. He Wasn't There
7. Namor
8. They Want It, But No (Film Version) -Tobe Nwigwe and Fat Nwigwe
9. Árboles Bajo El Mar (Film Version) - Vivir Quintana and Mare Advertencia Lirika
10. Lost To The Depths
11. Con La Brisa (Film Version) - Foudeqush and Ludwig Göransson
12. Yucatán
13. Let Us Burn It Together
14. This Will Mean War
15. Namor's Throne
16. Imperius Rex
17. Mama
18. Who Did You See?
19. Wakanda Forever
20. Blood For Blood
21. Yibambe!
22. Sink The Ship
23. It Could Have Been Different
24. Vengeance Has Consumed Us
25. Alliance
26. T'Challa

"It's my hope that audiences will connect with the story and the characters in a way that is uniquely intimate and deeply personal," said Göransson. "I'm excited for people to go home and be able to relive this experience with the soundtrack and the score."

In Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - one of the most highly anticipated film events of the year - Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M'Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba) fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T'Challa's death.

As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda. Introducing Tenoch Huerta Mejía as Namor, king of a hidden undersea nation, the film also stars Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena and Alex Livinalli.

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