Ramin Djawadi

Ramin Djawadi (born 19 July 1974) is a German film score composer, conductor, and record producer based in the United States. He is known for his scores for Iron Man, Pacific Rim, and the HBO series Game of Thrones and Westworld.

After graduating from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Djawadi apprenticed at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions before becoming an independent composer. He has scored films such as Clash of the Titans, Warcraft, A Wrinkle in Time and Eternals; as well as television series including HBO Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon, 3 Body Problem, Prison Break, Person of Interest, Jack Ryan and Fallout. He has also composed music for the video games of Medal of Honor franchise, Gears of War franchise and System Shock 2.

He has won two Emmy Awards (both for Game of Thrones), one Annie Award (for Win or Lose), three Grammy nominations and seven Emmy nominations. He was awarded the BMI Icon Award at Broadcast Music Inc.'s 40th annual Film, TV and Visual Media Awards in 2024.

Djawadi was born in Duisburg, Germany to an Iranian father and a German mother. He went to Krupp-Gymnasium in Duisburg, West Germany and studied at Berklee College of Music.

After graduating from Berklee College of Music in 1998, Djawadi received a job at Hans Zimmer's music company Remote Control Productions. Djawadi moved to Los Angeles and worked as an assistant to Klaus Badelt. From there on he made additional music and arrangements for Badelt and Zimmer movies, such as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Time Machine, and the Academy Award-nominated film Something's Gotta Give. He co-composed the music for System Shock 2 (1999). In 2003, he and Badelt composed the score of Beat the Drum.

In 2004, Djawadi went out on his own with Blade: Trinity, collaborating with RZA for director David S. Goyer. This was the beginning of his relationship with Goyer for both film and television. The following year, Djawadi continued making additional music for Zimmer in films such as Batman Begins and The Island, which was his last time working in the background of another composer. The same year, he composed the Emmy-nominated main title themes and scores for Prison Break and the related show Breakout Kings.

In 2006, Djawadi scored the first Sony Pictures Animation project, Open Season, followed by the sequel Open Season 2 In 2007 Djawadi scored "Fly Me To The Moon", the first full-length animation film to be released solely in 3D (2008) by the Belgian nWave Studios. He subsequently scored 6 more films with Belgian director Ben Stassen: Sammy's Adventure, Samy II, African Safari 3D and House of Magic, Robinson Crusoe, and Queen's Corgi. Djawadi's ethereal score for the film Mr. Brooks (2007) earned him a World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year nomination. His other scores include Deception, Robert Towne's Ask the Dust, and Iron Man. Djawadi was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for his work on Iron Man.

Djawadi wrote the score for Goyer's horror thriller The Unborn (2009), produced by Michael Bay. Djawadi collaborated with Goyer on the television show FlashForward than year, earning him his second Emmy nomination.

In 2010, Djawadi completed Warner Brothers' Clash of the Titans. The same year, he scored the soundtrack for the video game Medal of Honor.

Djawadi is married to Jennifer Hawks, a music executive and music supervisor in the film industry. They live with their twin children in Los Angeles. According to Djawadi, he experiences the perceptual phenomenon known as synesthesia whereby he may "associate colours with music, or music with colours", and it allows him to visualize music.

Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience (2017–2019)