Ramin Djawadi (born 1974 in Duisburg, Germany) is an Iranian-German composer of orchestral music for film and television. His father is an immigrant from Iran who studied medicine in Munich and worked as a surgeon until retirement.

Djawadi has been widely credited as a composer for additional music, orchestrator and as an assistant composer to Hans Zimmer on movies such as Batman Begins and Pirates of the Caribbean. His work as a music composer for films include Blade: Trinity (with RZA), Ask the Dust, Beat the Drum, Open Season, Mr. Brooks, Deception and Iron Man.

Along with Paul Westerberg, Djawadi won an award for his contribution to the score of Open Season at the 22nd Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards.^[1] Djawadi has also composed theme music and incidental music for television series. These include Threshold, Blade: The Series, FlashForward (2009 TV series) and Prison Break for which he received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Main Title Theme Music" in 2006. The theme music of Prison Break was remixed by Ferry Corsten and released as "Prison Break Theme (Ferry Corsten's Breakout Mix)". On September 3, 2007, he released an album containing incidental music from the show Prison Break. This was followed up by a Second Album with music from Seasons 3 & 4 which was released on June 2, 2009.

He has also composed the music for Iron Man, which was released on May 2, 2008.

The composer received nomination for the Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for composing the Iron Man score. This is an Award to Composers for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series or other visual media.

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• Ramin Djawadi at the Internet Movie Database