Ramin Djawadi on composing for Game of Thrones and the upcoming Concert Series
By Ani Bundel
(Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
One of the first things about Game of Thrones that took the world by storm was the opening credit sequence and memorable theme song. Even before people were talking about the Lannisters, the Starks, or that Sean Bean was beheaded before the first season ended (yeah, spoiler alert, that happens), they were talking about the music. Overnight, composer Ramin Djawadi raised his profile sky-high. By the time he composed the opening theme for Westworld, many people knew his name, particularly if they weren’t listening to “Light of The Seven” on repeat from the Game of Thrones Season 6 soundtrack.
Now Djawadi is set to raise his profile again as he headlines the upcoming Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience, which is coming to cities around the US in 2017, starting in February. In a new interview with Nerdist, Djawadi talks composing for Game of Thrones, working on Westworld, and the upcoming Live Concert Series next year.
Personally, I think the Live Concert Series is the most ingenious idea Game of Thrones has come up with so far in the marketing department. The Harry Potter Concert series, for example, is a huge hit and a way for parents to take kids to an old school classic concert without them getting bored. The thing is, most 20 and 30-somethings don’t go to those kinds of concerts anymore either, but showing sixty hours of the TV series while an orchestra plays is not practical on a touring schedule.
The other two videos are not embeddable (And that’s probably for the best because if all three started autoplaying at once in the same post I think I would run screaming), but you can head over to Nerdist to see Djawadi talk about composing for Westworld vs Game of Thrones.
And now, the Game of Thrones theme played on kazoos.
You’re welcome, America.