Ramin Djawadi

I'm usually pretty good at remembering the melodies that I wrote.

— Ramin Djawadi

I always have a hard time describing myself.

— Ramin Djawadi

I literally work every day and weekends.

— Ramin Djawadi

I myself am a huge Radiohead fan.

— Ramin Djawadi

I love performing on my own scores. I do it quite a lot.

— Ramin Djawadi

With 'Westworld,' the player piano plays a very important role.

— Ramin Djawadi

As a film composer, you have to be a good collaborator.

— Ramin Djawadi

I'm actually really good at keeping secrets.

— Ramin Djawadi

I wanted to play in bands and get signed by a record label and tour the world and stuff, but that never…

— Ramin Djawadi

The music I wrote as a kid already was always instrumental. It was never based on lyrics.

— Ramin Djawadi

The piano is not really in the language of the 'Game of Thrones' score.

— Ramin Djawadi

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

— Ramin Djawadi

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

— Ramin Djawadi

When I work on my music, I always kind of just try to do my best work.

— Ramin Djawadi

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

— Ramin Djawadi

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

— Ramin Djawadi

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

— Ramin Djawadi

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

— Ramin Djawadi

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

— Ramin Djawadi

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

— Ramin Djawadi

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

— Ramin Djawadi

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

— Ramin Djawadi

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

— Ramin Djawadi

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

— Ramin Djawadi

I can almost see the music. It comes in the form of colors - colors jump out at me, and that translates…

— Ramin Djawadi

I like to have recognizable themes and sounds that really connect to the project and that you can identify with that particular…

— Ramin Djawadi

I might even go for walks, just kind of come up with ideas in my head and then even sleep over it.…

— Ramin Djawadi

Absolutely, I'm living my dream. Yeah. My wife always jokes, says I'm a big kid, you know, playing in the studio and…

— Ramin Djawadi

I'll say, 'I really like Daenerys,' and then I go, 'Wait, but I like the Stark theme, too, and I like the…

— Ramin Djawadi

We knew we wanted to have our own tone for the show. And then the big instrument that actually we came up…

— Ramin Djawadi

There's been a great development with scale on TV, but my approach is always the same across projects, whether it's a video…

— Ramin Djawadi

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

— Ramin Djawadi

I used to love American Westerns, growing up in Germany.

— Ramin Djawadi

I always like to tweak things and push things forward.

— Ramin Djawadi

The tonality of the flute almost has a mystic element to me.

— Ramin Djawadi

What I love is that 'Game of Thrones' is always up for surprises.

— Ramin Djawadi

I associate colors with music, or music with colors.

— Ramin Djawadi

The piano is such a timeless instrument.

— Ramin Djawadi

Find your own style, whatever it is. Whatever is inside you, bring that out. I think that's when you have something unique.

— Ramin Djawadi

Performing was always something that I actually used to do before I settled in the studio as a composer.

— Ramin Djawadi