SERIES CREDITS
Music by Ramin Djawadi
Music Supervisor: Evyen J Klean
Music Editor: David Klotz
Technical Score Advisors: Brandon Campbell & William Marriott
"Throne For The Game"
Featuring Bradley Hanan Carter
Music by Ramin Djawadi
Music Produced by Ramin Djawadi
Music Supervisor: Evyen J. Klean
Music Editor: David Klotz
Orchestrator: Stephen Coleman
Performed by The Czech Film Orchestra & Choir
Music Contractor: Zdena Pelikánová
Copyist: Pavel Ciboch
Recorded at CNSO Studios, Prague
Technical Score Advisors: Brandon Campbell & William Marriott
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen at Lurssen Mastering
Executive in Charge of WaterTower Music: Jason Linn
Ramin would like to thank:
David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Greg Spence, George R.R. Martin, David Nutter, Mark Mylod, Jeremy Podeswa, Miguel Sapochnik, Michael Slovis, Holly Schiffer, Janet Graham-Borba, Onnalee Blank, Matt Waters, Spike Allison Hooper, Melissa Demino, Chris Zampas, Alan Frier, Maria Machado, Sam Schwartz, Michael Gorfaine, Cheryl Tiano, Everybody at Remote Control, Sandrine Pecher, Uli Kurtinat, The Djawadi Family, Hans Zimmer & Jennifer Hawks
Thanks to:
Stacey Abiraj, Peter Axelrad, Tara Bonner, Paul Broucek, Rocco Carrozza, Janis Fein, Joshua Goodstadt, Lauren Houston, Joe Kara, Kevin Kertes, Genevieve Morris, Jaimie Roberts, Rebel Roy Steiner, Jr. & Robert Zick
02 – Blood Of The Dragon (1:33)
03 – House Of Black And White (5:08)
04 – Jaws Of The Viper (2:31)
05 – Hardhome, Pt. 1 (5:06)
06 – Hardhome, Pt. 2 (4:31)
07 – Mother’s Mercy (2:14)
08 – Kill The Boy (2:07)
09 – Dance Of Dragons (3:08)
10 – Kneel For No Man (4:45)
11 – High Sparrow (3:23)
12 – Before The Old Gods (2:37)
13 – Atonement (2:54)
14 – I Dreamt I Was Old (2:16)
15 – The Wars To Come (4:48)
16 – Forgive Me (3:17)
17 – Son Of The Harpy (5:17)
18 – Throne For The Game (1:20)
Episode 1
Atonement
Kneel For No Man
Episode 2
Blood Of The Dragon
Episode 3
Kill The Boy
Episode 4
High Sparrow
Episode 5
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Episode 6
House Of Black And White
Before The Old Gods
Episode 7
I Dreamt I Was Old
Episode 8
Hardhome, Pt. 1
Hardhome, Pt. 2
Episode 9
Forgive Me
Son Of The Harpy
Dance Of Dragons
Blood Of The Dragon
Episode 10
The Wars To Come
Jaws Of The Viper
Mother's Mercy
Not in Episode
Throne For The Game
That's not such a surprise considering Djawadi plays the cello and thus eliminates the expense and effort of hiring a soloist. :p
soo many Cello-Solo parts :) very nice
IMHO, all those nuances mean pretty much nothing when they are so buried in the soundscape that you have to be extra attentive to even notice them, or listen to the soundtrack a thousand times to discover them. From my point of view, the basic layout is this: in LoTR, the melody encapsulates the change, however in GoT, it's the change that encapsulates the melody. What this means is that while in LoTR you seek for a emotional differences in theme-variations that sound really similar to one another, in GoT you search for a theme in cues that couldn't be more emotionaly distinct from one another. I consider this to be a huge difference, and also one of those that separates the "old school" (Shore, Williams…) from "new school" (Hans, Ramin…), if you will. I think you rely a little too much on musical theory and missing a bigger picture. The way the things are done nowadays is not bad simply because it differs from the past methods, and you shouldn't say that something "is entirely lost" on Ramin. He and many others from RCP studied music and they are certainly well aware of the "old school" methods the critics are blaming them for not using. They might have simply CHOSEN to not use them.
In The Hobbit ? Let me think… YES… lol
The thing about Djawadi's themes for Game of Thrones is that (with some exceptions) they're so basic, so unmelodic, that hearing references to them in ambient/underscore cues doesn't do a whole lot to raise the interest level of that cue. Yeah, it's nice that there's recurring motifs and such, but when the motifs themselves are so dull that doesn't do much for me. People say the same about Howard Shore's Hobbit scores but Shore's themes are much more interesting and cleverly manipulated than Djawadi's.
There's a lot more than just ambience in Game of Thrones, Ds! There are actual themes! Like Daenerys' theme (Mhysa) and Jaqen H'ghar's theme (Valar Morghulis)! They're great stuff. So good!
woo samples
woo Kill the Boy
Wow, great news. I think 'July 17' will be for the CD release. So the digital version will come out earlier on June, like the year past.
It's only half of the season and we've already been introduced to three new themes. I can only imagine what awaits us down the road, and I can't wait for the score to come out :)