A multi-talented producer of music for films, television, and video games, Iranian-German composer Ramin Djawadi honed his considerable talents alongside contemporaries like Klaus Badelt, John Debney, Harry Gregson-Williams, and Steve Jablonsky while working for veteran composer Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions film score company. He worked as an assistant to Badelt before venturing out on his own with the RZA-assisted score for director David Goyer's Blade: Trinity (2004). He continued to work with Goyer, providing music for both film (The Unborn) and television (FlashForward), earning an Emmy nomination for the latter. In 2008 Djawadi, a longtime fan of the Marvel characters, provided the guitar-heavy score for director Jon Favreau's big-screen rendering of Iron Man, and in 2011, he provided the memorable (and oft-covered) theme and incidental music for HBO's massively popular fantasy series Game of Thrones. Subsequent film scores have included Clash of the Titans, Red Dawn, Pacific Rim, Warcraft, and The Great Wall, while his work in television expanded to vampire horror show The Strain, sci-fi techno thriller Person of Interest, and HBO's sci-fi/western hybrid Westworld. ~ James Christopher Monger
Gorillaz started the year with Episode 1 - ‘Momentary Bliss ft. slowthai and Slaves’ - of Song Machine, a whole new concept from one of the most innovative bands around. Now, six episodes in, Noodle, 2D, Murdoc and Russel have visited Morocco and Paris, London and Lake Como, as well as travelling all the way to the moon, and Gorillaz is ready to bring you the full collection titled Song Machine: Season One - Strange Timez, out on 23rd October 2020.
As if singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles wasn’t busy enough co-creating her first-ever TV series, Little Voice, exclusive to Apple TV+, she also found time to create the soundtrack. Here, she performs 10 original songs that she composed for the inspiring, semi-autobiographical story, which follows an up-and-coming young singer named Bess as she tries to make a name for herself in New York. (The show is titled after Bareilles’ 2007 sophomore album, which contained “Love Song,” the breakthrough hit that put her on the map.) Years and several Grammys later—along with a litany of Broadway credits for writing, scoring, and performing on shows like Waitress and NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar—Bareilles sounds triumphant recounting the meandering path of her adolescence. And songs like “I Don’t Know Anything” and “Dear Hope” make it clear that an unwavering determination and optimism have guided her all the way.