List of works by Ramin Djawadi

Ramin Djawadi

This is the list of works by Ramin Djawadi , an Iranian-German composer and music producer.

Djawadi has composed and produced over one hundred soundtracks and film scores for both film and TV. He is best known for the score of HBO's series, Game of Thrones , along with other shows like Prison Break , Person of Interest, Westworld, Fallout .

He is also known for movie scores like Pacific Rim , Iron Man , and Warcraft, Eternals. ^[1]

Djawadi won two Emmy Awards in the category Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his work on the soundtracks of season 7 and season 8 of Game of Thrones in 2018 and 2019. He was also nominated for Grammy Awards in 2009, 2018, and 2020.

Songs Written for Visual Media

Djawadi wrote "The Rains of Castamere" which was performed by The National, Sigor Ros and Serj Tankian over the course of eight seasons of Game of Thrones. ^[2] For the third season of Game of Thrones, Djawadi wrote the song "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" sung by The Hold Steady in the episode of the same name. ^[3]

He worked alongside Ellie Goulding for her song "Hollow Crown" in the album For the Throne: Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones . ^[4]

For the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, Djawadi co-wrote the song "Jenny of Oldstones" sung by Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine . A version of the song was sung by actor Daniel Portman on the show in the second episode of season 8 "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms". ^[5]

Djawadi wrote the score for Pixar's Win or Lose, with the duo, CAMPFIRE writing original songs based on Djawadi's themes for the show. ^[6]

Discography

Year	Title	Notes
2007	Prison Break
2008	Iron Man
2009	Prison Break: Season 3 & 4
2010	Clash of the Titans
	Medal of Honor
2011	Game of Thrones: Season 1
2012	Game of Thrones: Season 2
	Medal of Honor: Warfighter
	Person of Interest
2013	Game of Thrones: Season 3
	Pacific Rim
2014	Person of Interest: Season 2
	Game of Thrones: Season 4
2015	Game of Thrones: Season 5
2016	Person of Interest: Season 3 & 4
	Warcraft
	Game of Thrones: Season 6
	Westworld: Season 1
	The Great Wall
2017	Game of Thrones: Season 7
2018	A Wrinkle in Time
	Westworld: Season 2
2019	Game of Thrones: Season 8
2020	Westworld: Season 3
2021	Eternals
	Surreal
2022	Uncharted
	Westworld: Season 4
	House of the Dragon: Season 1
2024	3 Body Problem : Season 1
	Fallout: Season 1
	House of the Dragon: Season 2

Films

2000s

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Notes
2001	Shoo Fly	Sajit Warrier	—	Short film
	Exit Wounds	Andrzej Bartkowiak	Village Roadshow Pictures Silver Pictures	Uncredited, additional music Score composed by Dame Grease and Jeff Rona
2002	Teknolust	Lynn Hershman Leeson	ThinkFilm	With Klaus Badelt
	The Time Machine	Simon Wells	Parkes/MacDonald Productions	Additional music arrangement Score composed by Klaus Badelt
	K-19: The Widowmaker	Kathryn Bigelow	Intermedia Films National Geographic Society New Regency Pictures
	Equilibrium	Kurt Wimmer	Dimension Films Blue Tulip Productions
2003	Beat the Drum	David Hickson	Z Productions	With Klaus Badelt
	The Recruit	Roger Donaldson	Touchstone Pictures Spyglass Entertainment	Additional music Score composed by Klaus Badelt
	Ned Kelly	Gregor Jordan	StudioCanal Working Title Films Australian Film Commission Film Finance Corporation Australia The Woss Group Endymion Films
	Basic	John McTiernan	Phoenix Pictures Intermedia Films
	Manfast	Tara Judelle	—
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Gore Verbinski	Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films	Additional music Score composed by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer
	Something's Gotta Give	Nancy Meyers	Columbia Pictures Warner Bros.	Additional music Score composed by Hans Zimmer
	National Security	Dennis Dugan	Columbia Pictures DreamWorks Pictures Castle Rock Entertainment	Additional music Score composed by Randy Edelman
2004	Thunderbirds	Jonathan Frakes	Universal Pictures	Additional music Score composed by Hans Zimmer
	Blade: Trinity	David S. Goyer	New Line Cinema	With The RZA
2005	Son of the Mask	Lawrence Guterman	Radar Pictures Dark Horse Entertainment Gang of Seven Animation	Additional music Score composed by Randy Edelman
	Batman Begins	Christopher Nolan	DC Comics Syncopy Patalex III Productions Legendary Pictures	Additional music Score composed by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
	The Island	Michael Bay	DreamWorks Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures	Additional music Score composed by Steve Jablonsky
	All the Invisible Children	Jordan Scott Ridley Scott	01 Distribution	Anthology film – Jonathan (Short film)
	Tom-Yum-Goong	Prachya Pinkaew	Baa-ram-ewe	Additional music Score composed by Howard Drossin
2006	Ask the Dust	Robert Towne	Paramount Classics	With Heitor Pereira
	Open Season	Roger Allers Jill Culton	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation	—
	Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run	Jill Culton Anthony Stacchi		Short film Composed with Paul Westerberg
2007	Mr. Brooks	Bruce A. Evans	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	—
	Shortcut to Happiness	Alec Baldwin	Emmett/Furla Oasis	Additional music (song:"Lost Souls theme") Score composed by Christopher Young
	The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas	Cody Cameron	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation	Short film
2008	Fly Me to the Moon	Ben Stassen	Summit Entertainment NWave Pictures Illuminata Pictures	—
	Deception	Marcel Langenegger	20th Century Fox	—
	Iron Man	Jon Favreau	Paramount Pictures Marvel Studios	Soundtrack released by Lionsgate Score produced with Hans Zimmer
	Open Season 2	Matthew O'Callaghan Todd Wilderman	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Sony Pictures Animation	Direct-to-video film
2009	The Unborn	David S. Goyer	Universal Pictures Rogue Pictures	Soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records
	Medal of Honor	Călin Peter Netzer	HI Film Productions	Original Romanian title: Medalia de onoare

2010s

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Notes
2010	Clash of the Titans	Louis Leterrier	Warner Bros. Pictures Legendary Pictures	Soundtrack released by WaterTower Music
	A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures	Ben Stassen	StudioCanal NWave Pictures Illuminata Pictures	—
2011	Fright Night	Craig Gillespie	Touchstone Pictures DreamWorks Pictures	—
2012	Safe House	Daniel Espinosa	Universal Pictures	—
	A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise	Ben Stassen Vincent Kesteloot	StudioCanal NWave Pictures Illuminata Pictures	—
	Red Dawn	Dan Bradley	FilmDistrict Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer United Artists	—
2013	Pacific Rim	Guillermo del Toro	Warner Bros. Pictures Legendary Pictures	Soundtrack released by WaterTower Music
	African Safari	Ben Stassen	StudioCanal NWave Pictures	—
	The House of Magic	Ben Stassen Jeremy Degruson		—
2014	Dracula Untold	Gary Shore	Universal Pictures Legendary Pictures	Soundtrack released by Back Lot Music
2016	Robinson Crusoe	Vincent Kesteloot Ben Stassen	StudioCanal NWave Pictures	—
	Warcraft	Duncan Jones	Universal Pictures Legendary Pictures	Soundtrack released by Back Lot Music
2017	The Great Wall	Zhang Yimou		Soundtrack released by Milan Entertainment
	The Mountain Between Us	Hany Abu-Assad	20th Century Fox	—
2018	A Wrinkle in Time	Ava DuVernay	Walt Disney Pictures Whitaker Entertainment	Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records
	Slender Man	Sylvain White	Screen Gems	—
2019	The Queen's Corgi	Ben Stassen	NWave Pictures

2020s

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Notes
2020	Elephant	Mark Linfield	Disney+ Disneynature	Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records
2021	Reminiscence	Lisa Joy	Michael De Luca Productions Kilter films Warner Bros. Pictures FilmNation Entertainment	Soundtrack released by WaterTower Music
	Eternals	Chloé Zhao	Marvel Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	Soundtrack released by Marvel Music & Hollywood Records
	The Ravine	Keoni Waxman	Apple TV+ Amazon Google VOD Hope Messenger Media Hollywood Media Group [7]	—
2022	Uncharted	Ruben Fleischer	Columbia Pictures PlayStation Productions Atlas Entertainment Arad Productions	Soundtrack released by Sony Classical
	Metal Lords	Peter Sollett	Netflix	—
	The Man from Toronto	Patrick Hughes	Netflix Sony Pictures Escape Artists Bron Creative Sony Pictures Releasing	Soundtrack released by Sony Classical
	Night of the Cooters	Vincent D'Onofrio	Trioscope Studios
2024	Howard Waldrop's Mary Margaret Road-Grader	Steven Paul Judd	Fevre River Packet Company Lumenscapes Production Trioscope Studios [8] [9]

Television

Television films

Year	Title	Director(s)	Channel	Notes
2003	Saving Jessica Lynch	Peter Markle	NBC	—
2005	Buffalo Dreams	David Jackson	Disney Channel	—
	Faith of My Fathers	Peter Markle	A&E	score only (theme by Velton Ray Bunch)
2009	Prison Break: The Final Break	Part 1: Nick Santora Seth Hoffman Part 2: Zack Estrin Karyn Usher	Fox	—

Television series

Year	Title	Episode(s)	Channel	Notes
2004	The Grid	6	TNT	—
2005	Threshold	"Revelations"	CBS	—
2005–09, 2017 [10]	Prison Break	90	Fox	Soundtracks released by Varèse Sarabande
2006	Blade: The Series	13	Spike	—
2009–2010	FlashForward	22	ABC	Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Nominated
2011–2012	Breakout Kings	23	A&E	—
2011–2019	Game of Thrones	73	HBO	Soundtracks released by Varèse Sarabande and WaterTower Music
2011–2016	Person of Interest	103	CBS	Soundtracks released by Varèse Sarabande
2014–2017	The Strain	46	FX	—
2016–2022	Westworld	36	HBO	Soundtrack released by WaterTower Music
2018–2023	Jack Ryan	24	Amazon Prime Video	Soundtrack released by La-La-Land Records
2020	Amazing Stories	1	Apple TV+	Episode "The Heat" Co–composed with Brandon Campbell
2022–present	House of the Dragon	18	HBO	Soundtrack released by WaterTower Music
2023–2024	Beacon 23	8	MGM+	"Main Title theme" Score by William Marriott
2024–present	3 Body Problem	8	Netflix	Based on the Chinese novel The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
	Fallout	8	Amazon Prime Video	Inspired by Inon Zur
2025	Win or Lose	8	Disney+	Score by Djawadi Original songs written by CAMPFIRE based on Djawadi's themes. Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records [11]

Video games

Year	Title	Developer(s)	Notes
1999	System Shock 2	Irrational Games Looking Glass Studios	Composed with Josh Randall and Eric Brosius Credited as Audio Technician
2000	Thief II	Looking Glass Studios	Composed with Eric Brosius Credited as Audio Technician
2010	Medal of Honor	Danger Close Games (singleplayer) EA Digital Illusions CE (multiplayer)	—
2011	Shift 2: Unleashed	Slightly Mad Studios	Composed with: Heavy Melody Music Troels Folmann Stephen Baysted Mick Gordon Mike Reagan
2012	Medal of Honor: Warfighter	Danger Close Games	—
2014–2015	Game of Thrones	Telltale Games	Additional music Score composed by Jared Emerson-Johnson
2016	Gears of War 4	The Coalition	Additional music by Brandon Campbell
2019	Gears 5
2020	Gears 5: Hivebusters
2021	New World	Amazon Games	Co-composed with Brandon Campbell
2022	The Diofield Chronicle	Square Enix Lancarse Ltd.
	New World: Blood of the Sands	Amazon Games
2023	Honor of Kings	TiMi Studio Group	Concept theme music 'Wonders of Navenia' and 'Voyage'

Concert tours

Year	Title	Duration	Shows
2017–2019,2023	Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience	20 February 2017 – 5 October 2019 (North America and Europe)	70
Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience, Djawadi's debut concert tour, taking music from the soundtrack of Game of Thrones Season 1–8.

Awards

Year	Recipient	Award	Category	Notes	Result	References
2006	Prison Break	58th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music		Nominated	[12]
	Batman Begins	ASCAP Awards	Top Box Office Films	Shared with: James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer	Won
2007	Mr. Brooks	World Soundtrack Awards	Discovery of the Year		Nominated
	Open Season	ASCAP Awards	Top Box Office Films	Shared with: Paul Westerberg	Won
2009	Iron Man	35th Saturn Awards	Best Score		Nominated
		51st Annual Grammy Awards	Best Score Soundtrack for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media		Nominated	[13]
		ASCAP Awards	Top Box Office Films		Won	[14]
2010	FlashForward	62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Music Composition for a Series	Episode: "No More Good Days"	Nominated	[15]
2011	Game of Thrones	International Film Music Critics Association	Best Original Score for a Television Series		Nominated	[16]
	Clash of the Titans	ASCAP Awards	Top Box Office Films		Won
2012	Game of Thrones	ASCAP Awards	Top Television Series		Won	[17]
2013		ASCAP Awards	Top Television Series		Won	[18]
	Person of Interest			Shared with: J. J. Abrams	Won
	Safe House		Top Box Office Films		Won
	Game of Thrones	International Film Music Critics Association	Best Original Score for a Television Series		Nominated	[19]
2014		66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Music Composition For A Series	Episode: "The Mountain and the Viper"	Nominated	[20]
		Hollywood Music in Media Awards	Best Original Score—TV Show/Digital Streaming Series		Nominated	[21] [22]
2016		World Soundtrack Awards	Television Composer of the Year	Also for: Person of Interest , The Strain and Westworld	Nominated	[23]
		International Film Music Critics Association	Best Original Score for a Television Series		Won	[24]
	Westworld				Nominated	[25]
	Game of Thrones		Film Music Composition of the Year	Ramin Djawadi for "Light of the Seven"	Nominated	[25]
2017	Westworld	69th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music		Nominated	[26]
2018	Game of Thrones	60th Annual Grammy Awards	Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media		Nominated	[27]
		World Soundtrack Awards	Best Television Composer of the Year	Also for: The Strain (season 4) and Westworld (season 2)	Won	[28]
		70th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Music Composition For A Series	Episode: "The Dragon and the Wolf"	Won	[29]
	Westworld			Episode: "Akane no Mai"	Nominated
2019	Game of Thrones	71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Music Composition For A Series	Episode: "The Long Night"	Won	[30] [31]
		World Soundtrack Awards	Best Television Composer of the Year	Also for: Jack Ryan (season 1)	Nominated	[32]
2020		62nd Annual Grammy Awards	Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media		Nominated	[33]

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External links

• List of works by Ramin Djawadi at IMDb