Interview: Ramin Djawadi

Recorded September 27, 2010

Published September 28, 2010

RAMIN DJAWADI shares about his first foray into the genre of video game music. He talks about the unique challenges of penning the score for the modern-era-reboot of the famed MEDAL OF HONOR video game franchise.

Episode Highlights

00:30 - Introduction

01:59 - How did you come on to this project?

03:30 - Living up to the Medal of Honor lineage

05:00 - Modern Warfare 2 and Hans Zimmer

06:10 - How is working in video game music different?

08:30 - Twitter Question #1 - Music related to Clash/ Titans?

09:55 - Using vocals in Medal of Honor

14:49 - Twitter Question #2 - Samples VS Live Orchestra?

16:08 - Twitter Question #3 - Adapting to Game scoring

17:17 - Biggest creative challenge?

18:10 - Dealing with franchise pressures

19:09 - Looking forward to more game projects?

Music Clips (Select music clips contained in this podcast)

00:00 - "WFO" (Medal of Honor) by Ramin Djawadi

07:30 - "Hunter Killer" (Medal of Honor) by Ramin Djawadi

08:32 - "There is a God in You" (Clash of the Titans) by R. Djawadi

10:05 - "Falling Away" (Medal of Honor) by Ramin Djawadi

13:22 - "Heroes Aboard" (Medal of Honor) by Ramin Djawadi

21:27 - "Thirty Seconds Out" (Medal of Honor) by Ramin Djawadi

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