Ramin Djawadi
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Ramin Djawadi is a composer of orchestral music for film and television. He was born in Duisburg, Germany to an Iranian father and German mother on July 19, 1974.
Ramin may be best known for his Grammy-nominated, guitar-driven score for Iron Man, but his repertoire covers a wide variety of film genres. After graduating summa cum laude from Berklee College of Music in 1998, he garnered the attention of Hans Zimmer, who recruited him to Remote Control Productions. After moving to Los Angeles, Djawadi worked as an assistant to Klaus Badelt and wrote additional music on The Time Machine, Basic, The Recruit and the blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. He then collaborated with Zimmer, co-composing and producing the score for Thunderbirds and collaborating on Something's Gotta Give and Batman Begins.
Djawadi then went out on his own with Blade: Trinity, collaborating with The RZA for director David Goyer. This was the beginning of his relationship with Goyer for both film and television. Djawadi wrote the score for Goyer’s horror thriller The Unborn, which was produced by Michael Bay.
Further collaboration with Goyer was the hit television show FlashForward, which showcases Djawadi’s signature sound, most recently earning him his second Emmy nomination. The composer has also had success in television with his Emmy-nominated main title theme music for Prison Break, which aired for four seasons. He also composed the title theme for the related new show Breakout Kings.
Demonstrating his diversity, Djawadi also created an ethereal score for the film Mr. Brooks, starring Kevin Costner and William Hurt. The score earned him a World Soundtrack Awards “Discovery of the Year” nomination. Other sonically diverse scores include Deception, starring Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor, and Robert Towne's Ask the Dust.
Animation has been another facet of Djawadi’s career; he scored the first Sony Animation project, Open Season, followed by the sequel, Open Season 2. Additional animation scores include The Chubbchubbs Save Xmas. Djawadi’s work in these films attracted the filmmakers of the Belgium-based NWave, who created one of the first animated movies in 3D, Fly Me to the Moon. Djawadi recently completed Warner Brothers' Clash of the Titans.
Ramin Djawadi has also recently scored the soundtrack for the latest version of the popular video game Medal of Honor.
In February 2011 it was announced Djawadi was going to compose the score for HBO fantasy drama Game of Thrones.
Discography
Films
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Shoo Fly | Short film |
| 2003 | Beat the Drum | With Klaus Badelt |
| 2003 | Saving Jessica Lynch | Television film |
| 2004 | Thunderbirds | With Hans Zimmer |
| 2004 | Blade: Trinity | |
| 2005 | Buffalo Dreams | Television film |
| 2005 | All the Invisible Children | Segment: Jonathan |
| 2006 | Ask the Dust | With Heitor Pereira |
| 2006 | Open Season | |
| 2006 | Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run | Short film With Paul Westerberg |
| 2007 | Mr. Brooks | |
| 2007 | The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas | Short film |
| 2008 | Fly Me to the Moon | |
| 2008 | Iron Man | |
| 2008 | Deception | |
| 2008 | Open Season 2 | |
| 2009 | The Unborn | |
| 2009 | Medal of Honor | |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | |
| 2010 | Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage | |
| 2011 | Red Dawn | |
| 2011 | Fright Night | Post-production |
| 2011 | The Camel Wars | In production |
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | Filming With Mark Mothersbaugh |
TV series
| Year | Title | Episode(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Grid | Miniseries | |
| 2005 | Threshold | Revelations (#1.8) | |
| 2005—2009 | Prison Break | ||
| 2006 | Blade: The Series | Season 1 (12 episodes) | |
| 2009—2010 | FlashForward | ||
| 2011 | Breakout Kings | 13 episodes | |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | 10 episodes |
Video games
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Medal of Honor | |
| 2011 | Shift 2: Unleashed |