Westworld: Season 1 (soundtrack)

Westworld: Season 1
Westworld: Season 1
Soundtrack album by Ramin Djawadi
Released	December 5, 2016
Recorded	2014–2016
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	103:57
Label	WaterTower Music
Producer	Ramin Djawadi
Westworld music chronology
Ramin Djawadi soundtrack chronology

Last updated October 18, 2024

Westworld: Season 1 is the first soundtrack of the American television series Westworld , composed by Ramin Djawadi. Released on December 5, 2016, the album includes thirty-four pieces composed or arranged for the show.^[1]^[2] The album contains mostly original compositions by Djawadi, it also includes some covers by him of Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, Soundgarden, The Animals, and The Cure.^[3] The soundtrack has received favorable reviews and peaked at #190 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. It was nominated for International Film Music Critics Association for "Best Original Score for a Television Series".

Track listing

All music by Ramin Djawadi, except where noted.^[1]^[5]

No.	Title	Key scenes/Notes	Length
1.	"Main Title Theme - Westworld"	Used for the opening credits sequence.	1:41
2.	"Sweetwater" (Theme for the Park)	"The Original": Variations with different instrumentation are heard for other parks in Season 2.	2:53
3.	"Black Hole Sun"	"The Original": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name by Soundgarden.^[6]	2:29
4.	"Paint It Black"	"The Original": The track is an orchestral arrangement of the song of the same name by The Rolling Stones.^[6]	5:44
5.	"This World" (Theme for Dolores)	"The Original"	2:29
6.	"Online"	"The Original": A soft electronic variation of "Sweetwater".	4:19
7.	"No Surprises"	"Chestnut" The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name by Radiohead.^[6]^[7]^[8]	4:02
8.	"Dr. Ford"	"Chestnut": Phrase A is Dr. Ford's personal theme. Phrase B is a theme for coding and the new narrative.	5:30
9.	"A Forest"	"Dissonance Theory": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name by The Cure.^[6]	2:48
10.	"Reveries"	"Chestnut" A soft electronic variation of "Dr. Ford".	3:00
11.	"Nitro Heist"	"The Stray": An upbeat, action-like variation of "Sweetwater".	3:31
12.	"Motion Picture Soundtrack"	"The Adversary": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name composed by Vitamin String Quartet ^[9] of a song by Radiohead ^[7]	2:42
13.	"Freeze All Motor Functions"	"The Adversary": Maeve's rebellion theme.	3:03
14.	"Pariah"	"Contrapasso": A decadent variation of "Sweetwater".	3:08
15.	"Fake Plastic Trees"	"The Adversary": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name by Radiohead.^[6]^[7]	2:14
16.	"MIB" (Man in Black's theme)	"The Original"	3:06
17.	"The Maze"	"Chestnut": The second half develops a melody associated with the search for The Maze.	4:05
18.	"House of the Rising Sun"	"Trace Decay": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name by The Animals.^[7]	1:24
19.	"Trompe L'Oeil"	"The Bicameral Mind"	5:04
20.	"What Does This Mean" (Maeve's theme)	"Contrapasso"	3:04
21.	"Something I Can Never Have"	"Contrapasso": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name composed by Vitamin String Quartet ^[9] of a song by Nine Inch Nails.^[7]
22.	"White Hats"	"Chestnut"	2:27
23.	"Back to Black"	"Trace Decay": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name by Amy Winehouse.^[7]^[8]	1:58
24.	"No One's Controlling Me"	"Contrapasso": Contains an electronic variation of "This World".	1:59
25.	"Memories"	"The Well-Tempered Clavier": A motif heavily associated with Maeve's previous build, but also to reminiscence in general.	3:44
26.	"No Surprises" (stride piano)	"Chestnut": Cover of a song by Radiohead^[6]^[8]	2:37
27.	"Violent Delights"	"The Bicameral Mind": An electronic variation of "Sweetwater".	4:58
28.	"Someday"	"The Bicameral Mind": A variation of "This World".	3:40
29.	"Sweetwater Stride"	"The Original"	0:41
30.	"Do They Dream"	"Chestnut": A variation of "Memories".	1:48
31.	"The Stray"	"The Stray": Contains a motif associated with the intrigue that develops inside the Mesa.	2:18
32.	"Bicameral Mind"	"The Bicameral Mind"	4:25
33.	"Exit Music (For a Film)"	"The Bicameral Mind": The track is an orchestral arrangement of the song of the same name by Radiohead.^[7]	4:26
34.	"Rêverie"	"The Stray": Orchestral arrangement of Debussy's piano piece of the same name, L¹. 68.^[8]	1:42
Total length:			103:57

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 ^[10]	190

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2016	International Film Music Critics Association	Best Original Score for a Television Series		Nominated	^[11]
2017	69th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music		Nominated	^[12]

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