Top 88 Quotes & Sayings by Ramin Djawadi - Page 2

What I like about the piano is that it's a beautiful hybrid instrument in the sense that it can sound very warm but also very cold.

I feel choir just has a great sense of power when used with an orchestra, or even by itself.

A lot of people have said, 'Do a Westworld tour!' I definitely have ideas, because we could do a whole concert from just the first season. The player piano plays such a huge role in that one, so it's a must-have as a centerpiece.

What I love about 'Game of Thrones' is that the positioning of the music is so well done, because it's not overdone. When the music cuts in, it really has something to say.

I'm usually pretty good at remembering the melodies that I wrote.

I always have a hard time describing myself.

The computer is limited in expression. It can't do what the human player can do. What's dangerous is that you fall for writing for the computer and what sounds good on it instead of writing something that actually sounds good when a player performs it. It's dangerous when you go down that road.

What I love with 'Game of Thrones' is, every season, I get to continue to develop the existing themes; every season, I also get to write new themes.

It's always daunting to start from scratch, but it's exactly what I love about my job.

When I grew up in the '80s, all of my favorite TV shows always had these great openings, and it always got me excited.

What's amazing about 'Game of Thrones' is that it's set in a fantasy world; it's a fantasy story. So I always say that with the score, we're open to do whatever we want.

Most of the time, I'll be conducting the orchestra, but there will be some pieces that I'll be playing an instrument as well, just because I love playing. There's pieces where I want to grab an instrument and play with the rest of the group, like 'The Light of the Seven,' for example; I would love to play the piano for that.

I've worked with Jonah Nolan on several projects. I really love collaborating with him.

With 'Game of Thrones,' the most dominant instrument would definitely be the cello. That's something I just felt really captured the mood of the show very well.

When I work on my music, I always kind of just try to do my best work.

I love performing on my own scores. I do it quite a lot.

What I love is that 'Game of Thrones' is always up for surprises.

My task is to tell a story with the music. I always like to have themes in terms of characters or plots, and things that can tell a story always interest me the most.

The piano has a huge dynamic range that almost no other instruments have. It can play very low, and it can play very high.

I wanted to play in bands and get signed by a record label and tour the world and stuff, but that never really worked out.

I love getting time to write a piece of music that can settle in and set the tone of the show.

I always really wanted to do film scoring, largely because I hate writing lyrics. I just won't do it. I need help with the words.

You could argue that 'Game of Thrones' has been around longer than 'Westworld,' but honestly, either one - I don't have a side or anything - I love them both equally.

When I work on a movie, I look at the script or watch the film, and I talk to my director or producers and make a plan: this is our main character; we need a theme for this plot. We need a love theme.

My dream that I followed and that I'm living now is that I actually always wanted to go to music college, play in a band, do a world tour, and then eventually get into film music.

The piano is such a timeless instrument.

In 'Westworld,' I really got to explore new areas, stylistically. We had the Indian world, we had Shogun world, so I got to play with new instrumentation - and also, a lot of new themes.

There is an emotional aspect to live players that, no matter how good the samples are, you cannot replicate.