Ludwig Göransson's Oscars Acceptance Speech Lands In Poor Taste

The 96th Academy Awards ceremony took place on 10th March 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. It was a sweep for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer as it picked up several awards including Best Picture and Best Director. Inn the 'Best Original Score' category, too, Oppenheimer bagged the Academy Award as 39-year-old composer Ludwig Göransson beat his fierce competitors to pick up his second Oscars.

In his heartfelt Oscars acceptance speech, Göransson thanked director Christopher Nolan and producer Emma Thomas for inviting him to collaborate on one of the biggest hits of 2023. However, his speech did not land well with gamers as he thanked his parents for giving him guitars and drums instead of video games.

Many people in the community rightfully pointed out how music is also a core part of video games, just like any other art form and also pointed out how many could balance video games and other hobbies and interests.

Ludwig Göransson's Oscars Speech Upsets Gamers

In his Academy Award acceptance speech, Göransson said, "It was your idea to use the violin in the score, and it allowed me to work and collaborate with my wonderful wife and acclaimed violinist, Serena Göransson."

He also thanked the other collaborated and also mentioned his parents. He added, "To my parents up there, thank you for giving me guitars and drum machines, instead of video games!"

Following this, one Twitter user said, "Dude s****g on video games when the medium is home to some of the greatest music of the last 40 years." Likewise, another user said, "Raise your hand if you played video games as a kid and somehow managed to find time for other stuff."

Some Twitteratis pointed out how video games have featured or have some of the most recognizable music in pop culture today. From the Mario theme to the deafening sadness of the 'plin plin plon,' video games have some of the most touching music and score.

Jerry Lawson Lifetime Achievement Award winner Tony Barnes tweeted, "Funny, I had videogames AND keyboards AND drum machines. When I accepted my lifetime achievement award for making videogames, I didn't realize I was supposed to take a cheap shot at something I clearly didn't understand."