Interview: Ramin Djawadi (Medal of Honor Video Game)

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 Download the episode here Subscribe and more info here