Westworld: Season 1 (soundtrack)

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Westworld: Season 1
File:Westworld (season 1 soundtrack) cover.jpg
Soundtrack album by Ramin Djawadi
Released December 5, 2016
Recorded 2014–2016
Genre Soundtrack
Length 103:57
Label WaterTower Music
Producer Ramin Djawadi
Westworld music chronology
Westworld: Season 1
(2016)		 Westworld: Season 2
(2018)
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Westworld: Season 1 is the first soundtrack of the American television series Westworld, composed by Ramin Djawadi. Released on December 5, 2016, the album includes thirty-four pieces composed or arranged for the show.[1][2] The album contains mostly original compositions by Djawadi, it also includes some covers by him of Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, Soundgarden, The Animals, and The Cure.[3] The soundtrack has received favorable reviews and peaked at #190 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. It was nominated for International Film Music Critics Association for "Best Original Score for a Television Series".

An EP titled Westworld: Season 1 (Selections from the HBO Series), containing the tracks "Main Title Theme – Westworld", "Black Hole Sun", "Paint It, Black", "No Surprises", and "A Forest", was released in advance on October 31, 2016.[4]

Track listing

All music by Ramin Djawadi, except where noted.[1][5]

No. Title Key scenes/Notes Length
1. "Main Title Theme - Westworld"   Used for the opening credits sequence. 1:41
2. "Sweetwater" (Theme for the Park) "The Original": Variations with different instrumentation are heard for other parks in Season 2. 2:53
3. "Black Hole Sun"   "The Original": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name by Soundgarden.[6] 2:29
4. "Paint It Black"   "The Original": The track is an orchestral arrangement of the song of the same name by The Rolling Stones.[6] 5:44
5. "This World" (Theme for Dolores) "The Original" 2:29
6. "Online"   "The Original": A soft electronic variation of "Sweetwater". 4:19
7. "No Surprises"   "Chestnut" The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name by Radiohead.[6][7][8] 4:02
8. "Dr. Ford"   "Chestnut": Phrase A is Dr. Ford's personal theme. Phrase B is a theme for coding and the new narrative. 5:30
9. "A Forest"   "Dissonance Theory": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name by The Cure.[6] 2:48
10. "Reveries"   "Chestnut" A soft electronic variation of "Dr. Ford". 3:00
11. "Nitro Heist"   "The Stray": An upbeat, action-like variation of "Sweetwater". 3:31
12. "Motion Picture Soundtrack"   "The Adversary": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name composed by Vitamin String Quartet[9] of a song by Radiohead[7] 2:42
13. "Freeze All Motor Functions"   "The Adversary": Maeve's rebellion theme. 3:03
14. "Pariah"   "Contrapasso": A decadent variation of "Sweetwater". 3:08
15. "Fake Plastic Trees"   "The Adversary": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name by Radiohead.[6][7] 2:14
16. "MIB" (Man in Black's theme) "The Original" 3:06
17. "The Maze"   "Chestnut": The second half develops a melody associated with the search for The Maze. 4:05
18. "House of the Rising Sun"   "Trace Decay": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name by The Animals.[7] 1:24
19. "Trompe L'Oeil"   "The Bicameral Mind" 5:04
20. "What Does This Mean" (Maeve's theme) "Contrapasso" 3:04
21. "Something I Can Never Have"   "Contrapasso": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name composed by Vitamin String Quartet[9] of a song by Nine Inch Nails.[7]  
22. "White Hats"   "Chestnut" 2:27
23. "Back to Black"   "Trace Decay": The track is a piano arrangement of the song of the same name by Amy Winehouse.[7][8] 1:58
24. "No One's Controlling Me"   "Contrapasso": Contains an electronic variation of "This World". 1:59
25. "Memories"   "The Well-Tempered Clavier": A motif heavily associated with Maeve's previous build, but also to reminiscence in general. 3:44
26. "No Surprises" (stride piano) "Chestnut": Cover of a song by Radiohead[6][8] 2:37
27. "Violent Delights"   "The Bicameral Mind": An electronic variation of "Sweetwater". 4:58
28. "Someday"   "The Bicameral Mind": A variation of "This World". 3:40
29. "Sweetwater Stride"   "The Original" 0:41
30. "Do They Dream"   "Chestnut": A variation of "Memories". 1:48
31. "The Stray"   "The Stray": Contains a motif associated with the intrigue that develops inside the Mesa. 2:18
32. "Bicameral Mind"   "The Bicameral Mind" 4:25
33. "Exit Music (For a Film)"   "The Bicameral Mind": The track is an orchestral arrangement of the song of the same name by Radiohead.[7] 4:26
34. "Rêverie"   "The Stray": Orchestral arrangement of Debussy's piano piece of the same name, L¹. 68.[8] 1:42
Total length:
 103:57

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[10] 190

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2016 International Film Music Critics Association Best Original Score for a Television Series Nominated [11]
2017 69th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Nominated [12]

References

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  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Westworld (Music From The HBO® Series - Season 1) at Discogs. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Soundtrack – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Soundtrack.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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