Westworld: Season 3 Opening Credits | HBO 

This is one series where I never, EVER, skip the opening credits. The music and the imagery moves me every single time.

Season 1: A horse, an enslaved, domesticated animal , just like the hosts. Season 2: A bull, an untamed animal representing the rebellion of the hosts. Season 3: An eagle, symbol of freedom, freedom of the hosts.

Season 1: “The Maze” Season 2: “The Door” Season 3: “The New World”

There's something still so heartbreaking about the moment that those hands stop playing the piano: The realization that control was not their own

The ending now being red is absolutely chilling

The touch of the two people (0:29) is undoubtedly a homage to Michelangelo's "The Creation of Adam". Men, playing gods, created the hosts. As the hosts rise toward the surface of the water, which separates the sky (the heaven) from the dark depths of unconsciousness, the hosts look up and envision themselves as deities. The way the scene is shot shows us the perspective of the hosts from below the water surface, with their god above being revealed to only be their reflection/self image (0:38). However, the hosts became more advanced than their creators, essentially transcending the line between the divine and human and eventually surpassing the humans and breaking through the surface of the water (0:44), reaching the world of the gods (humans). As they continue their ascent, the perspective shifts from upwards to downwards (00:58) and we look down upon their previous shells (1:13). The hosts are now gods, having escaped their robotic confinments, figuratively speaking. However, if season three goes even further, it could be literal foreshadowing of the hosts leaving their bodies and transcending into a non-physical form. This might be a bit far fetched, but we’ve already seen people and hosts existing in virtual worlds (the cradle and the valley beyond). Rehoboam might be based on the hosts’ AI and even have a personality, who knows? But as the hosts ascend higher and higher, we see the eagle, representing Icarus, taking off into the sun. This reflects on the hosts’ never ending struggle and desire to achieve a sentient, and later a divine state. When the eagle is airborne in the beginning, it flies behind what looks like a jet engine/exhaust (0:15). This chase of technological and spiritual advancement by hosts and humans alike (symbolized by the jet engine that looks like the sun) is what ultimately causes the downfall of the eagle as it loses its feathers, which are what made it fly in the first place. What‘s most interesting to me is how this imagery of something rising up and becoming a god can be interpreted both as the rise and downfall of the human race as it develops disruptive AI or as the journey of the hosts themselves, who become too powerful in their quest for revenge and power. Either way, just like with Icarus, it‘s gonna end badly...

That eagle flying to the sun really reminds me of the story of Icarus. Icarus's hubris led him to fly to close to the sun and eventually his downfall, i wonder if Dolores will do the same.

Pre-Season 3: "huh?" After Season 3 finale: "Oh!"

It's so damn good to hear this theme playing again!!!!!!!!!

The blood instead of water now is due to Dolores and the other hosts gaining more sentience this season correct? So far she's been really cold I think she's gonna open up to Caleb

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0:26 Homage to the classic "Creation of Adam" painting but this time god isn't the creator but the host itself.

The team that made this trailer deserves every award known to man.. and host.

I can’t explain how happy I was watching this. I live for this show

When all of the openings have spoilers without context.

Westworld is THE best sci-fi series I've ever seen Masterpiece

The interaction of the person emerging from the water into the “world” through their own reflection is beyond symbolic!

The two hosts coming together from above and below the water reminds me of the story James Delos told before dying in S2. I mean the one about the two faces, one above and one below, and how it was all a lie. There was only ever the devil and his reflection staring back down at you.

The mirror: Dolores and Maeve - the same (machines with consciousness) but very different The eagle: the story of Icarus - Dolores will fly too close to the sun and fall; her world conquering will fail

You can always tell a great show by its opening theme. This rule has never failed me.

The hands playing the piano! I was looking out for that very detail all the time! The hands have become progressively more dextrous, more humane in their playing movements, since the 1st and 2nd season!!! FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!

I love they keep the part where a robot playing piano in every opening credits since S1.

1:05 When your code finally works with no errors

0:51. Missiles becoming data. Is this the show's way of saying how deadly information became on this world? Also, I wonder if the red around the card is a contrast to the white substance to create the hosts or is this Nolan-Joy's way to say that a lot of blood will be spilled. This intro is so incredible! This entire episode was just brilliant. The new characters, the futuristic setting, the show reinvented itself here and I am living for it!

0:55 - 1:00 I could rewatch this over a 100 times and still be amazed by this cinematic masterpiece

One of the best shows and opening credits I have ever seen in my life.

The floating / mirror scene it's a direct homage to mamoru oshii's Ghost in The Shell

I’m so glad that this show never changed the intro music.

Applause to Ramin Djawadi, for this masterpiece

Literally started watching the show cuz of the opening, so majestic

It will always be satisfying to see the host hands playing the piano in time to the theme song

It humbles me, how good this show is, the skill displayed by the whole team behind this!

the Westworld opening credits are always SO good. August Burns Red absolutely nailed the theme song in their rock cover

So elegant. What a piece of art.

Westworld always has the most beautiful and the most conceptually crafted opening sequences.

James Delos: I can see all the way to the bottom. Would you like to see what I see? They said there were two fathers, one above, one below. They lied. There was only ever the Devil. When you look up from the bottom, it was just his reflection, laughing back down at you.

steelbook or 4k for every single year - the show DESERVES that much as so much time and effort is put into the story craft to make works of art. Trompe L'oeil from s1 plus Riddle of the Sphinx and Kiksuya from s2 and Decoherence from S3 are MONSTROUSLY GOOD. With the credits i love how they consistently shift to showcase the large cast.

Let's listen again

I miss this show. I wish they gave it the final season 5.

Thank you for not being scared to air this television show during the outbreak.

The new season is absolute fire, well done!

This intro is dope. It still has the same freshness which it had few years ago♥️

It’s totally amazing!!! The most beautiful and catching intro ever. Music,scenes,graphics….I can’t express all the emotions I feel. And of course serial is unforgettable.The best over the last years: actors,plot,music…of course it’s not easy to get through to everything in the serial,but anyway it’s worth watching 10000000%. I am into it.

This show is the future of TV shows

I like not a single person is making jokes. They are instead making anologies and commenting in how they are in awe. A testament to how good the TV show is

I still remember when this shows was all about cowboys and westworld.

I love the eagle flying too close to the sun part. So symbolic. Together with the music it's divine.

Local officials: *Social distancing.* It will be difficult and hard, and we're sorry to put everyone through this. Me: **Turns on Westworld** EDIT: I forgot the most important part. D'oh!

I was very excited to see how they’d change the credits... I was not disappointed :)

Theme song to ChAtGPT

I swear the moment this music plays in background for season 4's intro, im gonna get chills

God, I miss this show so much. Please bring it back for one last season.

I wish someone out there could do a compilation of opening credits from every show. Would love to watch that 😍

Just finished watching the whole show.

0:26 and we finally touch! (very pure!)

To be honest, The Westworld theme is so beautiful it's enough to make a man cry- (sobs)

Awesome Westworld Season 3 Opening Credits Video.

The image of the reflection from underwater is a dual reference to the Oshii Anime Ghost in the Shell though they changed the focus to the hands touching the surface first so it's both a GITS reference and a reference to The Creation of Adam and then the upper reflection/image of god disappears and the lower passes through to the upper space symbolizing Dolores' desire to transcend God/the creator ( and of course the hosts' creators are humans).

westworld and game of thrones are the only seires i never skip the opening credits and westworld always gives me goosebumps

a few months ago, I said that since season one was the horse which symbolized control, and season two was the bison, which symbolized power, I actually predicted that season three would have a bird, symbolizing freedom, and what do you know, we get a bird for season three....

The opening credits which makes you so emotional ❤️

I have to say thumps up for Mr Jonathan Nolan... Creates good sci-fi

Big thumbs up to the people making these openings It looks so good. The shots with the bird are 10/10

HBO makes the best openings

Did anyone notice the growth of muscle tissue on the hands throughout the seasons

The Player Piano roll from the first two seasons' intros is replaced by Rehoboam - the roll determining the notes to be played in a song, Rehoboam determining the events to unfold in a story. The only way to escape the determinism/simulation is to stop playing.

One of the best shows ever made

The eagle is Dolores; here’s why 1. Obvious out of the way - it’s a synthetic being 2. It’s a symbol of freedom and it’s how Dolores sees herself to build this new world for hosts and humans 3. It’s a predator - as how Dolores called herself that too as her Charlotte copy 4. It’s flying to what first looked like an afterburner of a jet, but it also symbolises the Rehoboam because of how it has the same effects as represented in the show (kinda like a burning sun in an eclipse) This is quite an obvious reflection of Icarus’s myth, who made wings out of feathers and wax with his father, but he got too ahead of himself and flew too close to the sun which he ended up falling to his demise - the same way the Eagle here was shredded as it got too close to the burner. We all know what happened in the end of the season, as the original copy of Dolores died literally under the Rehoboam. Of course symbols can hold multiple meanings as a lot of other commenters have brought up, this is just my take.

Meanwhile netflix has 15 mil subs on YT.. and this masterpiece of a network is underrated as fuck..

Always inspiring artistry in the opening to this show.

I can't wait one week for the next episode. And then 2 years for the next season. THIS IS KILLING ME!!!!!!!!!

Good god these intros are amazing!

The score gets to me every time, regardless the season...

Now we see it. The eagle disintegrating. Mirrored hosts and the beauty of the dandelion. Fantastic.

One of those op credits that you never feel the urge to skip!

The opening gives me the chills!

one of the greatest opening credits of all time.period.

man these just get better

I am everything

I watch the intro every time so much work and thought went into this can't skip it.

Here we go

Hbo has the best opening credits

Premiere episode was AWESOME!!! Aaron Paul and Evan Rachel Wood knocked it out of the......park 🤓 but for real though, it was great. Can’t wait for the rest of the season!

HBO’s title design game is strong. Game of Thrones Westworld True Detective All have won awards for their intros. And I’m sure there’s more.

Animation team :How much Ghost in the Shell imagery you want for trailer HBO and creators : Yes

Ramin Djawadi one of best of the best composer in history I amazed him since Prison Break

Many references to Michelangelo, and Icarus, but I'm surprised no one noticed the HUUUUGE similarity of some images with the opening scene(s) of Ghost In The Shell (both the film remake and the animated original, actually).

You couldn't ask for a better new opening of the 3rd Season love how it opens and all the new changes to it huge fan of westworld So glad you're back so so so glad❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🤜🏿❤🤛🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿✌🏿✌🏿✌🏿✌🏿😁😉😇⭐⭐⭐⭐👈🏿

we want closure. we want season 5

A title sequence that changes is something that more shows need

Not intending to watch third season - after 1st episode i ultimately decided that show ended for me in 1st season and yet those opening credits give me chills

Is it too much that I cried with this new opening? So beautiful, sad, anime like 🥺🥺🥺

Man. Those openning are awesome

I think that this one is the best opening credits of any of the three seasons. The visuals are just insane and so powerful.

Do any of you guys noticed the Pianist is slowly but steadily forming his/her human shape with each openings? (Opening 1: Infrastructures - Bones; Opening 2: Connecting Joints; Opening 3: Non-colored Flesh).

I will always miss you, Prometheus

See you guys when season 4 comes out

The piano that plays itself. that's a constant

Knew that was Marshawn. Nice banger of a premier HBO, can't wait till next Sunday.

Best TV series opening, right alongside Mindhunter.