Two-time Emmy Award-winning and three-time Grammy nominated composer Ramin Djawadi has composed perhaps some of the most memorable themes in media. With celebrated scores for Game of Thrones, Westworld, House of the Dragon, Fallout, 3 Body Problem, Uncharted, Eternals, Iron Man, Jack Ryan, A Wrinkle in Time, Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans and Prison Break, versatility has defined his career. Ramin has also composed scores for blockbuster video games including New World, Gears 5, Gears of War 4, and Medal of Honor.
Pixar Animation Studios’ first-ever original long-form animated series, Win or Lose, directed by Carrie Hobson and Michael Yates will release February 19, 2025 with music by Ramin.
Ramin’s music returned to Westeros after collaborating with show runner Ryan Condal for the second season of House of the Dragon which premiered in June, 2024.
Ramin has joined forces again with creative powerhouse duo Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy to create a new musical landscape to the new hit series Fallout. The show was quickly renewed for a second season after rising to the top of Amazon’s viewership charts April, 2024.
Continuing his long-time collaboration with writers and producers, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Ramin has reunited with them and writer-producer Alexander Woo to create the score to Netflix’ new hit series, 3 Body Problem, which premiered in March, 2024.
Ramin has been nominated for 7 Emmy Awards and won the award twice in the category “Outstanding Music Composition for A Series Original Dramatic Score” for his work on Game of Thrones. In collaboration with HBO and Live Nation, he transported the music from Game of Thrones into sold-out arenas and venues around the world for the Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience. The concert stirred up accolades from Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, The New Yorker, Mashable, and more. The Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience also received rave reviews in Europe during the spring of 2018 and returned to North America for a second tour in the fall of 2018 and a third tour in the fall of 2019. Ramin has conducted and performed at over 75 arena concerts to date, culminating in multiple sold-out performances at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and Madison Square Garden in New York.
Ramin grew up in Duisburg, Germany and moved to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music. After graduating summa cum laude, Ramin moved to Los Angeles where he was introduced to Hans Zimmer. Shortly thereafter. he collaborated with Zimmer on projects such as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Batman Begins. He continued to score his first feature film Blade: Trinity in 2004; a project that allowed him to team up with legendary Wu-Tang Clan mastermind RZA and begin a string of dynamic and genre-bending collaborations. He would go on to write the music for Sony’s first animation feature Open Season alongside The Replacements’ Paul Westerberg and tap the talents of guitar-god Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Prophets of Rage) for key cues in Iron Man and Pacific Rim. Moreover, he became a frequent collaborator for notable directors and producers such as David Benioff and D.B.Weiss (Game of Thrones; 3 Body Problem); Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy (Fallout; Westworld; Person of Interest); and JJ Abrams (Person of Interest). Most notably, Game of Thrones illuminates the breadth of his talent: Ramin’s “Main Title Theme” has become just as iconic and essential to the show as the Iron Throne.