“Paint it Black,” Westworld
Another odd choice because this isn’t so much of a needle drop as it is a rescore of another song—in this case, Rolling Stones’ “Paint it Black.” But look, there’s something about this Spaghetti Western-inspired orchestral movement from Ramin Djawadi that adds so much drama and tension to this robbery scene that I can’t imagine the original emulating this find of supercharged, unhinged energy. Like, this version of this song is what you get when a 35-year-old man imagines himself a desperado. It’s wild, beautiful, and horrible all at once.
