[5] He has scored films such as Clash of the Titans, Pacific Rim, Warcraft, A Wrinkle in Time, Iron Man and Eternals, television series including 3 Body Problem, Prison Break, Person of Interest, Jack Ryan, Westworld, and Fallout and video games such as Medal of Honor, Gears of War 4, Gears 5, and System Shock 2.

[7][8] After graduating from Berklee College of Music in 1998,[9] Djawadi garnered the attention of Hans Zimmer, who recruited him to Remote Control Productions.

From there on he made additional music and arrangements for Badelt and Zimmer movies, such as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Time Machine, and the Academy Award-nominated film Something's Gotta Give.

The following year, Djawadi continued making additional music for Zimmer in films such as Batman Begins and The Island, which was his last time working in the background of another composer.

The same year, he composed the Emmy-nominated main title themes and scores for Prison Break and the related show Breakout Kings.

He subsequently scored 6 more films with Belgian director Ben Stassen: Sammy's Adventure, Samy II, African Safari 3D and House of Magic, Robinson Crusoe, and Queen's Corgi.

Djawadi's ethereal score for the film Mr. Brooks (2007) earned him a World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year nomination.

He scored FX's vampire drama The Strain, created by Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro.

He received a third Grammy Award nomination for his work in season 8 of Game of Thrones, in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category.

He reunited with Game Of Thrones creator D.B Weiss and Tom Morello, scoring the Netflix film, Metal Lords, directed by Peter Solliet.

He scored Sony's The Man from Toronto, directed by Patrick Hughes and the Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon.

Djawadi re-teamed with Person of Interest and Westworld creators, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy for Fallout , Amazon Prime's adaptation of Bethesda Studio's famous video game franchise.