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I'm very aware of what you're talking about as I was involved with the radio in Africa in the same period as I was doing Concrete - I was doing both at the same time. Pierre Schaeffer

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In contrast, traditional classical music starts from an abstract musical schema. This is then notated and only expressed in concrete sound as a last stage, when it is performed. Pierre Schaeffer

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The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of music is explained right there. Pierre Schaeffer

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No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right. Ralph Vaughan Williams

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We knew we wanted to have our own tone for the show. And then the big instrument that actually we came up with was the cello. It has a big range. It can play really low. It can play high. And it has a dark sound, and 'Game Of Thrones' is obviously - it's a dark show, and the cello became the featured instrument. Ramin Djawadi

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What I love about film music is the variety. On one movie, you might be asked to do a completely electronic score, and then another might ask you to do orchestral only. Ramin Djawadi

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I used to just scribble things on a piece of paper whenever an idea would - came to mind. Now with cell phones. It definitely has gotten a lot easier because I can just take it out and just - I'll just sing into my phone. Ramin Djawadi

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Absolutely, I'm living my dream. Yeah. My wife always jokes, says I'm a big kid, you know, playing in the studio and coming up with melodies and sounds. And, you know, I wouldn't know any other way because I just have music in my head all the time, and I just love it. Ramin Djawadi

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I used to love American Westerns, growing up in Germany. Ramin Djawadi

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Deep down, classical Romantic music is what I love: Brahms, Tchaikovsky, the Romantics. Ramin Djawadi

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At the beginning of each project, I like to create a palette of sound for that particular project. Ramin Djawadi

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I don't listen to film music at all. I don't want to be influenced. Ramin Djawadi

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I love to do animation movies, and those might be some scores that are lesser known, unless you really kind of dig through my work and see. Ramin Djawadi

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I myself am a huge Radiohead fan. Ramin Djawadi

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What's so great with 'Game of Thrones' is that there are so many characters and they're so many locations and that it's just very inspiring. Ramin Djawadi

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I'm one of those artists who, if you'd let me tweak, would probably keep going and going, so it comes to the point where sometimes you just have to let go and make the decision, 'Okay, that's it.' Ramin Djawadi

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When you know you have great support from the studio, that's a great feeling, and when it's the creative support, that's great. Ramin Djawadi

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I always like to tweak things and push things forward. Ramin Djawadi

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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. Ramin Djawadi

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First, I started to play the organ. I did that until I was 11. From the age of 11 to 13, I gave up music entirely. And then at 13, I picked up the guitar, and after one and a half years, I started practicing intensively. I began playing in rock bands, and it was there that I discovered that the music I liked to write was always instrumental. Ramin Djawadi

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I collect many ethnic instruments, and as a guitarist, I'm usually able to play any sort of instrument - as long as it has strings. That's why I like to experiment with different sounds. Ramin Djawadi

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