I think a melody is a melody. And the way I usually start is I start writing my themes without even writing to picture to just try to find the tone for the movie or the TV show. Ramin Djawadi More Quotes by Ramin Djawadi More Quotes From Ramin Djawadi It will be an immersive experience, we're going to be building our own stage and it's going to be 360 degrees so you can see from anywhere in the arena and it should be really great visually. The sets we've designed are going to be reminiscent of some of the special moments in the show so it should be a great musical experience but also a great visual experience. Ramin Djawadi entertainment Really, I get inspired by just switching projects and instrumentation and things like that - that creative part of just being different every time is really what inspires me. Ramin Djawadi me being-different creative time I actually enjoy the fantasy world quite a bit. You have no boundaries. Ramin Djawadi you fantasy enjoy world The tonality of the flute almost has a mystic element to me. Ramin Djawadi flute almost me mystic For me, always, the big inspiration really comes from talking with my creators, my showrunners and my producers, and seeing what is their vision for their project. Ramin Djawadi me always vision talking We knew we wanted to have our own tone for the show. And then the big instrument that actually we came up with was the cello. It has a big range. It can play really low. It can play high. And it has a dark sound, and 'Game Of Thrones' is obviously - it's a dark show, and the cello became the featured instrument. Ramin Djawadi own game sound dark Find your own style, whatever it is. Whatever is inside you, bring that out. I think that's when you have something unique. Ramin Djawadi think you style unique What I love about film music is the variety. On one movie, you might be asked to do a completely electronic score, and then another might ask you to do orchestral only. Ramin Djawadi only you music love I used to just scribble things on a piece of paper whenever an idea would - came to mind. Now with cell phones. It definitely has gotten a lot easier because I can just take it out and just - I'll just sing into my phone. Ramin Djawadi phone things i-can mind Absolutely, I'm living my dream. Yeah. My wife always jokes, says I'm a big kid, you know, playing in the studio and coming up with melodies and sounds. And, you know, I wouldn't know any other way because I just have music in my head all the time, and I just love it. Ramin Djawadi wife music time love I used to love American Westerns, growing up in Germany. Ramin Djawadi to-love american growing-up love Deep down, classical Romantic music is what I love: Brahms, Tchaikovsky, the Romantics. Ramin Djawadi deep music love romantic At the beginning of each project, I like to create a palette of sound for that particular project. Ramin Djawadi project create beginning sound I don't listen to film music at all. I don't want to be influenced. Ramin Djawadi listen film music want I always try to pick projects by: Is this something that excites me? What are the people like to work with? Obviously you spend a lot of time in a room together with them, so I always try to find projects that hopefully have great people attached. Ramin Djawadi me you work time Performing was always something that I actually used to do before I settled in the studio as a composer. Ramin Djawadi something before always used I love to do animation movies, and those might be some scores that are lesser known, unless you really kind of dig through my work and see. Ramin Djawadi movies you work love I guess with any type of music or any art, there's always an evolution. Ramin Djawadi always music evolution art I like to have recognizable themes and sounds that really connect to the project and that you can identify with that particular project. My goal is always, 'When that theme comes on - even if you're not in the room - you hear it and say, 'Oh my show is starting, I gotta watch.' Ramin Djawadi project say you always I myself am a huge Radiohead fan. Ramin Djawadi am fan myself huge
