'Virtù e Fortuna': The track features an Indian-influenced rendition of 'Sweetwater'. ' Virtù e Fortuna': The track is a sitar arrangement of the song of the same name by The White Stripes. 'Journey into Night': This track is an orchestral rearrangement of the classic rag of the same name by Scott Joplin. ' Reunion': The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name by Kanye West. Several pieces share titles with episode names: episodes 1 ' Journey into Night', 3 ' Virtù e Fortuna' ('Virtue and Fortune' in Italian-a reference to Niccolò Machiavelli), 5 ' Akane no Mai' ( Japanese for 'Akane's Dance', Akane being a character in Shōgunworld), 7 ' Les Écorchés' ('The Flayed ' in French-a reference to écorché, a style of artwork depicting the human body without skin), 8 ' Kiksuya' ( Lakota for 'Remember') and 9 ' Vanishing Point'.Īll music by Ramin Djawadi, except where noted. Djawadi has spoken of his respect for Kurt Cobain as a composer and songwriter: 'Even without lyrics and just the melody and how recognizable the piece is, it's actually quite incredible how holds up in an orchestral setting like this'. While starting each adaptation with a 'piano reduction', much as he did when arranging songs as a teen, Djawadi created both a 'big orchestral arrangement' of Nirvana's ' Heart-Shaped Box' for the series' second trailer, before adapting that back down to a slower piano version for a more emotional scene in the episode ' Kiksuya'. The adaptation of Kanye West's ' Runaway' was used in the first trailer for season 2, with cacophonous, discordant sounds overwhelming the piano and strings 'represent how quickly things can fall apart now that the park has gone wrong'. The Rolling Stones' ' Paint It Black' had been used for a heist scene in season 1 and was adapted again, using taiko drums and shakuhachi flutes for a shot-for-shot remake of the heist scene, to show the parallels between Westworld and early-modern Japan-themed Shōgunworld. Using The White Stripes's ' Seven Nation Army' to introduce The Raj, a British Raj-themed park, and show that it is a Westernized fantasy, Djawadi found it difficult 'to master the intonation', playing the melody on a sitar. With season 2 showing viewers other parks run by Delos, Djawadi was given the opportunity to experiment with South- and East- Asian sounds, for 'The Raj' and 'Shōgunworld'. Having originally come up with the idea of using a player piano to play modern songs, as an allusion to the hosts being machines 'created to evoke human emotion', showrunner Jonathan Nolan chooses songs that relate to the narrative, for Djawadi to adapt, without the composer necessarily knowing the details.

Djawadi has explained that the use of seemingly- anachronistic cover versions is intended as 'a subconscious reminder of the fact that this world is not real'.

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