Westworld: Season 2 (soundtrack)

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Westworld: Season 2
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Soundtrack album by
Ramin Djawadi
ReleasedJune 25, 2018
Genre Soundtrack
Length99:16
Label WaterTower Music
Producer Ramin Djawadi
Westworld music chronology
Westworld: Season 1
(2016)		Westworld: Season 2
(2018)		 Westworld: Season 3
(2020)
Ramin Djawadi soundtracks chronology
A Wrinkle in Time
(2018)		Westworld: Season 2
(2018)		 Game of Thrones: Season 8
(2019)
No.TitleKey scenes/NotesLength
1."Main Title Theme - Westworld"Used for the opening credits sequence.1:41
2."Journey into Night""Journey into Night"5:29
3."Runaway""Reunion": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name by Kanye West.2:48
4."Myself""Journey into Night"4:02
5."The Entertainer""Journey into Night": This track is an orchestral rearrangement of the classic rag of the same name by Scott Joplin.1:06
6."Is This Now?""Journey into Night"4:23
7."Seven Nation Army""Virtù e Fortuna": The track is a sitar arrangement of the song of the same name by The White Stripes.2:12
8."The Raj""Virtù e Fortuna": The track features an Indian-influenced rendition of "Sweetwater".2:47
9."Les Écorchés""Virtù e Fortuna"4:12
10."Heart-Shaped Box" (orchestral)It was used in the second trailer for this season. The track is an orchestral arrangement of the song of the same name by Nirvana.3:24
11."Akane no Mai""Akane no Mai"3:33
12."Paint It, Black""Akane no Mai": The track is a Japanese-influenced rendition of the song of the same name by The Rolling Stones.5:42
13."C.R.E.A.M.""Akane no Mai": The track is a Japanese-influenced rendition of the song of the same name by Wu-Tang Clan.1:46
14."Virtù e Fortuna""Les Écorchés"2:18
15."A New Voice""Phase Space"3:30
16."Kiksuya""Kiksuya"3:23
17."I Remember You""Kiksuya"5:22
18."Heart-Shaped Box" (piano)"Kiksuya": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name by Nirvana.1:24
19."Take My Heart When You Go""Kiksuya"4:10
20."Virus""The Passenger"2:52
21."My Favorite""Vanishing Point"3:35
22."Vanishing Point""Vanishing Point"3:01
23."My Speech""The Passenger"1:17
24."A Passage to Another World""The Passenger"4:14
25."I Promise""Kiksuya"4:34
26."Core Drive""Les Écorchés"3:53
27."Westworld""The Passenger"5:21
28."Codex""The Passenger": The track is an orchestral arrangement of the song of the same name by Radiohead.3:34
29."We'll Meet Again""The Passenger"3:10
Total length:99:16

Reception and accolades

The soundtrack received favorable reviews and peaked at number 23 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. [12] Writing for SoundtrackDreams.com, Mihnea Manduteanu described "A New Voice" as being a "pivotal cue ... played with soft, Asian strings, the searing way in which those strings are played, it's another piece that shows how much care the composer had for Maeve and her arc in this season". [13] The score for the episode "Akane no Mai" was nominated for the Outstanding Music Composition for a Series Emmy, but was beaten by Djawadi's own score for the Game of Thrones episode "The Dragon and the Wolf". [14] [15]

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16] 199
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC) [17] 22
US Billboard 200 [18] 23

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2018 70th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) "Akane no Mai"Nominated [14] [15]

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