After reading the script, composer Ludwig Göransson decided to go to Africa to do research for the film.[155] He spent a month in Senegal, first traveling around with musician Baaba Maal on his tour,[155][156] and then spending several weeks working with local musicians to form the "base" of his score.[157][158] Göransson was particularly drawn to the talking drum and the tambin, or Fula flute, to use in his character themes,[155][159] along with horns.[158] Nate Moore compared the work Göransson did in defining the sound of the film to the use of music by James Gunn in the Guardians of the Galaxy films,[160] with the composer pushing Marvel out of their comfort zone.[161]