Talk:Ramin Djawadi

German or Persian?
For the last few days people have been changing his wiki from Persian, to German, to German-Persian. So what is he, really? And is it that relevant for people to keep changing and reverting it?Wikiabitbetter (talk) 20:12, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Composition Date of “The Night King”
The wikipedia article says:

"In 2019, Djawadi composed "The Night King", which was played in the last act from Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3."

Episode 3 aired in April 2019, but I bet that the music was *composed* way earlier. A source for the actual date needs to be found, but this sentence is most certainly wrong, isn't it?

He is not German-Iranian - he is German
Ramin Djawadi is NOT German-Iranian, he is German because he was born in Germany ! Just because his father is Iranian does not mean he is Iranian too ! Obama's father is from Kenya, do we say Barak Obama is American-Kenyan ? no we dont !

Also Ramin never say anything about being Iranian in his personal website : http://www.ramindjawadi.com/bio/Bio.html

then why are people calling him German-Iranian ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.12.243.98 (talk) 16:54, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Calm down spaz, his nationality is German. But his ethnicity is still Iranian-German. Also Iranian citizenship is given by birthright, so if his father is Iranian then he is also an Iranian citizen if he so chooses to claim it. In his case, he would be classified as Iranian-German, not German-Iranian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.116.28.199 (talk) 09:54, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Reply: simply because both his first and second names are IRANIAN. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.250.75.97 (talk) 06:31, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Reply: so because Barack Obama's official name is "Barack Hussein Obama II" it means he is Arab? you cannot tell people's nationality by their name! This is Wikipedia, you need sources to verify your content, you can't just say he is Iranian because his name is Iranian! Go to Ramin's website, do you see any where which he mentions he is Iranian ? he sates on his website that "German-born film composer". So STOP editing this article for no reason. 78.130.187.170 (talk) 22:47, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Found the phrasing "German composer of Iranian origin" and used it. Regards, CapnZapp (talk) 13:31, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Update to "best known for"
Coming here to learn more about the Game of Thrones intro composer, it appears this page is somehow out of date.

It only mentions Game of Thrones in passing, despite how a web search for Mr Djawadi only turns up Game of Thrones related pages on the first few pages (obviously apart from general pages, such as this article, IMDB and so on).

Looking further, I notice how the lead in sentence, "Djawadi is best known for his Grammy-nominated, guitar-driven scores..." is lifted straight out of ramindjawadi dot com (listed as the official web site). (With no attribution, but that's another matter)

However, neither this web page nor the "About" section of his Facebook account even mentions Game of Thrones!

This leads me to believe this page is either out of date, or too heavily based on a primary source, or both.

Therefore let me make a pass at rewriting the lead, including contemporary sources. Thanks, CapnZapp (talk) 08:49, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Nationality
Can we clear his nationality up once and for all? I'm getting tired of reversing edits that identify him as "German-Iranian" or "Iranian-German." Now, I've pointed out many times that just because he has a former-Iranian for a father, doesn't mean he has any ties to Iran.

A) He was born in Germany. B) He was raised in Germany. C) He has never visited Iran once.

This makes him a German. We can still mention that he has a father of Iranian origin in other sections, but we are looking for nationality following his birth date, not origins.

PS: I'm an Iranian, so my comment is completely unbiased. Pro translator (talk) 10:43, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Firstly one can be an Iranian and still hold resentment towards Iranians, as many do. Calling his father "former-Iranian" is somewhat amusing and reveals your bias. Did his father suddenly become German because he moved to Germany? Or by any chance did he proclaim that he no longer "identifies" as Iranian?

Secondly just as African-Americans, and numerous other nationalities are referred to as such so shall Iranian-Germans be. This is what he said about his nationality: "And I’m half German and half Middle Eastern, so there is the influence of the Iranian music my dad listened to, as well". In any case this is the source and proof that he indeed is Iranian-German, pretty much end of discussion. 81.170.233.133 (talk) 20:59, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

He's talking about his origins and roots, not his actual nationality. We are looking for nationality, the place he was born and raised which is Germany, this makes him a German, regardless of having an Iranian father. African-American mostly refers to the color of a person's skin, not their nationality. Pro translator (talk) 01:04, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for speedy deletion
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page has been nominated for speedy deletion: You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. —Community Tech bot (talk) 11:06, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Ramin Djawadi at A Wrinkle in Time premeire.jpg

New photo
Someone please add a recent picture of Djawadi Shince Steve Thomas (talk) 14:33, 26 September 2021 (UTC)