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Ramin Djawadi
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| Born | 19 July 1974 Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
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Ramin Djawadi (born 19 July 1974) is a talented composer from Germany. He creates music for movies, TV shows, and video games. You might know his amazing music from the popular HBO series Game of Thrones. He was even nominated for Grammy Awards for his work on that show in 2018 and 2020.
Ramin Djawadi also composed the music for House of the Dragon, which is a show that takes place before Game of Thrones. His music has been featured in many big films like Clash of the Titans, Pacific Rim, Warcraft, A Wrinkle in Time, Iron Man, and Eternals.
On TV, he has composed for series such as 3 Body Problem, Prison Break, Person of Interest, Jack Ryan, Westworld, and Fallout. He also created music for video games like Medal of Honor, Gears of War 4, Gears 5, and System Shock 2.
Ramin Djawadi won two Emmy Awards for his music in Game of Thrones. He won in 2018 for the episode "The Dragon and the Wolf" and again in 2019 for "The Long Night".
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Early Life and Education
Ramin Djawadi was born in Duisburg, Germany. His father was from Iran, and his mother was German. He attended Krupp Gymnasium in Duisburg. After high school, he studied music at the Berklee College of Music in the United States. He graduated from Berklee in 1998.
Starting His Music Career
After college, Ramin Djawadi caught the attention of famous composer Hans Zimmer. Zimmer invited him to work at his company, Remote Control Productions, in Los Angeles. There, Djawadi worked as an assistant to another composer, Klaus Badelt.
He helped create extra music and arrangements for movies that Badelt and Zimmer worked on. These included films like Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and The Time Machine. He also helped compose music for the video game System Shock 2 in 1999.
In 2004, Djawadi started working on his own projects. He composed the music for the movie Blade: Trinity. This film began his working relationship with director David S. Goyer.
Big Projects and Awards
In 2005, Djawadi continued to help Zimmer with music for films like Batman Begins. This was the last time he worked as a background composer for someone else. That same year, he created the main theme music for the TV show Prison Break. This theme was even nominated for an Emmy Award.
He composed music for the animated movie Open Season in 2006, and its sequel Open Season 2. In 2007, his music for the film Mr. Brooks earned him a nomination for the World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year. He also composed for Iron Man, which earned him a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media nomination.
In 2010, Djawadi composed the score for Clash of the Titans. He also created the soundtrack for the video game Medal of Honor.
A major turning point came in 2011 when he was chosen to score HBO's fantasy drama Game of Thrones. His work on this show brought him many awards. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series in September 2018 for the score "The Dragon and the Wolf". He also received a Grammy nomination for his work on Game of Thrones season 7.
He continued to compose for other popular shows and movies. In 2011, he worked on the crime drama Person of Interest. In 2013, he composed for the science fiction film Pacific Rim.
In 2016, Djawadi composed for the fantasy film Warcraft and the HBO science fiction show Westworld. He also scored The Great Wall.
His work continued with films like A Wrinkle in Time in 2018. He also wrote music for the Amazon Prime Video series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan.
In 2019, he won his second Emmy Award in a row for the Game of Thrones episode "The Long Night". He also returned to the Gears of War series to compose music for Gears 5. He received his third Grammy Award nomination for his work on Game of Thrones season 8.
Ramin Djawadi composed the score for the 2021 Marvel Studios film Eternals. This marked his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after working on Iron Man in 2008. He also composed music for the trailer of the card game Magic: The Gathering: Theros Beyond Death.
More recently, he scored the music for the film Uncharted, based on the video game series. He also worked on the Netflix film Metal Lords. In 2022, he composed for The Man from Toronto and the Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon.
In 2023, he composed music for the first season of the American series 3 Body Problem, which premiered on Netflix in March 2024. He also teamed up again with the creators of Person of Interest and Westworld for Fallout, an Amazon Prime show based on the famous video game.
Looking ahead, Djawadi scored Pixar's Win or Lose, which is set to be released in 2025.
Personal Life
Ramin Djawadi is married to Jennifer Hawks, who works as a music executive in the film industry. They have twin children. Djawadi has a special ability called synesthesia. This means he can "see" colors when he hears music, or "hear" music when he sees colors. This unique way of experiencing the world helps him visualize the music he creates.
Tours
- Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience (2017–2019)
See also
In Spanish: Ramin Djawadi para niños
- Music of Game of Thrones
- Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- List of people with synesthesia
