There are a lot of fantastic composers of television and film out there, from heavyweights like John Williams, Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer to exciting composers like Michael Giacchino, who cut his teeth on shows like Lost and Alias and is now scoring huge movies like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, War for the Planet of the Apes and Spider-Man: Homecoming. But there is one composer who has delivered some powerful scores for film and television, yet who still remains lesser known.
German-born Ramin Djawadi is the composer behind some of the most exciting shows currently on television, but he has a career going back over fifteen years. Did you know Djawadi was the man to score the soundtrack for the first Iron Man? Or the man behind numerous TV show scores like The Strain, Person Of Interest and of course Game Of Thrones?
In this article, as his score for Game of Thrones’ seventh season arrives on Friday, we look at five of his best scores, across TV and film…