He has also produced for other recording artists, such as Adele, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Chance the Rapper, Haim, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott and Moses Sumney.

He further scored the second Black Panther film, 2022's Wakanda Forever, achieving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lift Me Up" performed by Rihanna.

In 2007, he moved to Los Angeles to study at the University of Southern California Scoring for Motion Picture and Television program.

Soon after graduating from USC, he began work assisting Theodore Shapiro, a composer known for films such as Along Came Polly, The Devil Wears Prada, Idiocracy, and Tropic Thunder.

Göransson composed the score to Coogler's critically acclaimed drama Fruitvale Station, based on the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Oscar Grant on 1 January 2009.

There he met musician Baaba Maal whose voice is featured in the score, singing in his native Fula language.

[14] Göransson was chosen after Nolan's frequent collaborator and first choice, Hans Zimmer, turned down the offer in favor of the 2021 film Dune.

[5] Since 2019, Göransson has composed the score for the Disney+ television series The Mandalorian, which is set in the Star Wars universe, as well as the fanfare for the franchise's brand logo.

In 2021, he started scoring sessions for The Mandalorian's spinoff series, The Book of Boba Fett,[20] which premiered on 29 December 2021.

In 2022, he worked on the scores of the Pixar film Turning Red and the second Black Panther installment, Wakanda Forever.

[23] In 2010, when Donald Glover first approached Göransson about his side project, Childish Gambino, the two were working on the set of Community.

In 2012, Göransson produced Haim's debut EP and helped establish the band with a new sound on the song "Forever".

Produced by Gambino and Ludwig Göransson, the song features a gospel-style choir and background contributions from various American rappers Young Thug, Slim Jxmmi, BlocBoy JB, 21 Savage, Quavo and Offset.