88 Quotes by Ramin Djawadi

I was born and raised in Germany, so I was classically trained. Classical has been deep in me from a totally early age. Then, as a teenager, I picked up the guitar and was really into rock music.

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.

I always like to think of music as if you were to turn the picture off, actually. Just by listening to the piece of music, there's a story there and a connection to the characters and the plots and all of that.

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.

The piano is not really in the language of the 'Game of Thrones' score.

I think it's great to see that there is such a connection to film music and the way people react or connect to a character or scene.

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

One of the most fun parts about my job is that when the music gets recorded live at the end of the project and real musicians play it, I still get goosebumps every single time.