Ramin Djawadi

After high school, I moved to the U.S. and studied music in Boston, at the Berklee College of Music.

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I've worked with Jonah Nolan on several projects. I really love collaborating with him.

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I just always hear music in my head. I thought that was normal. My wife said, 'Ramin, that's not normal.'

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I guess with any type of music or any art, there's always an evolution.

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When you know you have great support from the studio, that's a great feeling, and when it's the creative support, that's great.

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There's so many great themes from the '80s: 'Magnum,' 'Miami Vice.'

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At the beginning of each project, I like to create a palette of sound for that particular project.

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The piano has a huge dynamic range that almost no other instruments have. It can play very low, and it can play…

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Many times, the way I write my themes or melodies is that I hear it, and then I sing into my phone…

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I'm a very visual person when it comes to writing music. I like to see something besides just a script, even if…

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I began making music at the age of four. According to my mother, once I just sat down at the piano and…

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One of the most fun parts about my job is that when the music gets recorded live at the end of the…

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I used to just scribble things on a piece of paper whenever an idea would - came to mind. Now with cell…

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When I work on a movie, I look at the script or watch the film, and I talk to my director or…

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'Game of Thrones' is one of the most groundbreaking series on TV. The fact that I get to make music every day…

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You could argue that 'Game of Thrones' has been around longer than 'Westworld,' but honestly, either one - I don't have a…

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Most of the time, I'll be conducting the orchestra, but there will be some pieces that I'll be playing an instrument as…

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First, I started to play the organ. I did that until I was 11. From the age of 11 to 13, I…

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I feel choir just has a great sense of power when used with an orchestra, or even by itself.

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There is an emotional aspect to live players that, no matter how good the samples are, you cannot replicate.

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I actually enjoy the fantasy world quite a bit. You have no boundaries.

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That's what I like: to kind of get up and start working right away in the morning.

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What's so cool about 'Light of the Seven' - and what I love about 'Game of Thrones' - is you never know…

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I love getting time to write a piece of music that can settle in and set the tone of the show.

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When I work on multiple projects, I'm really good at dividing my days, so I start in the morning with a clean…

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What I like about the piano is that it's a beautiful hybrid instrument in the sense that it can sound very warm…

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Deep down, classical Romantic music is what I love: Brahms, Tchaikovsky, the Romantics.

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Silence can be a very powerful tool. Sometimes it's more powerful to leave you with nothing.

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I'm one of those artists who, if you'd let me tweak, would probably keep going and going, so it comes to the…

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What I love about 'Game of Thrones' is that the positioning of the music is so well done, because it's not overdone.…

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In 'Westworld,' I really got to explore new areas, stylistically. We had the Indian world, we had Shogun world, so I got…

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What's so great with 'Game of Thrones' is that there are so many characters and they're so many locations and that it's…

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I collect many ethnic instruments, and as a guitarist, I'm usually able to play any sort of instrument - as long as…

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My task is to tell a story with the music. I always like to have themes in terms of characters or plots,…

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I think it's great to see that there is such a connection to film music and the way people react or connect…

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I was born and raised in Germany, so I was classically trained. Classical has been deep in me from a totally early…

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What I like about 'Game of Thrones' is that there's such a wide range. We have everything from very small, just solo…

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I love to do animation movies, and those might be some scores that are lesser known, unless you really kind of dig…

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I think a melody is a melody. And the way I usually start is I start writing my themes without even writing…

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A lot of people have said, 'Do a Westworld tour!' I definitely have ideas, because we could do a whole concert from…

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