'What's so great about using these pieces instead of the score is that they are known melodies, which enhances the idea that this is all scripted,' Djawadi said. Even if a guest tries to become immersed in this world, the music will undermine it. 'You get the great shot of the player spinning up, and then the shot of Teddy in the train starting up again, and you get the theme each time he walks into the saloon.'īut at other times in the loop, the player piano starts to play a reduction of 'Black Hole Sun,' or lead into an orchestral version of 'Paint It Black,' which underscores the unsettling truth about the saloon and the park - it's not the Wild West, but a re-creation of it. (Although, in actuality, by Westworld's showrunner, Jonathan Nolan.) Sometimes, as in the show's premiere episode, the player piano will repeat the show's theme, just as the other robotic hosts repeat scripted dialogue on their narrative loops. The player piano itself is a kind of robot, playing songs on demand at preprogrammed moments, presumably controlled by the humans at command central. 'It's a Western theme park, and yet it has robots in it, so why not have modern songs? And that's a metaphor in itself, wrapped up in the overall theme of the show.' 'The show has an anachronistic feel to it,' he explained to Vulture. It might seem both thrilling and a bit disconcerting when you first hear modern music in the Wild West setting, and that's the point, according to show composer Ramin Djawadi, who also scores the music on Game of Thrones. When you're watching Westworld, pay special attention to the player piano in the saloon - at key moments, it could kick in a little Soundgarden, Rolling Stones, or even Radiohead for the paranoid androids and human guests inhabiting its world. HBO's 'Westworld' player piano's music choice says a lot about the scene.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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