But actual lyrics? There’s only “The Rains of Castamere” and “Jenny of Oldstones” There are a bunch of choir pieces in there that have these Valyrian-inspired lyrics. But we had no idea if this was going to work at all. A lot of people showed up in costumes, Jon Snows and Daeneryses and all kinds of different characters. Q: How have people responded to these concerts? Do they show up in costumes from the show?Ī: They sure do. But there’s something very exciting about the connection with the audience that makes this so special. ![]() ![]() After I finished college, I stopped performing completely because of my job in the studio here. As a teenager, I was very active playing in bands and performing live. I thought, OK, let’s not make it just a local concert and see if we can take this out on the road. You’ve just got to put it out there.’Īnd I ran with that idea. They just said, ‘Ramin, we would love to see you perform this music live. What inspired you to do them in the first place?Ī: The idea came together in the studio with my showrunners, David Benioff and Dan Weiss, when we finished the last episode of Season 3. Q: It’s been six years since these concerts debuted. But then … if there are still a few people in the world that haven’t seen the show, they can come see the concert and get a quick crash course now of the entire seasons 1-8,” he said.In an interview edited for length and clarity, Djawadi talked about the concert on Saturday and his life as part of the greater world of Westeros and the Seven Kingdoms. “It’s the super-fans that want to come and just relive the show and re-enjoy all their favorite highlights from the show. “It’s really for two kinds of people,” said the scorer. With the show finally done, Djawadi can add songs from the final season and new rearrangements for the upcoming tour. The “Game of Thrones” Live Concert Experience first toured in 2017, playing some of the greatest hits of the series for audiences in the U.S. ![]() In a similar sequence there, piano was used to overlay Cersei’s evil plot to blow up the Great Sept in King’s Landing and everyone inside. The other time was for the piece “The Light of the Seven” in “The Winds of Winter,” the season 6 finale. It’s all over now, this is it,” he said.ĭjawadi also revealed it was only the second time in the history of “Game of Thrones” that the show used a piano. “In the episode, there is so much violence going on for so long we felt that it was a great way to kind of put the brakes on, reset, and start soft and just play it. ![]() One of his favorite pieces debuted in the final minutes of the Battle of Winterfell in the third episode of the final season, “The Long Night.” The tune, appropriately called “The Night King,” started with a light piano melody over the chaotic destruction of the White Walkers’ attack on Winterfell and lasted until the shocking ending. “I’ll walk around thinking about ‘How am I going to write music to this?’ and putting myself under the pressure of ‘How can I beat myself from the previous season? How can I expand the themes?'” he said. To the jealousy of millions of diehard fans, he got to know the story in advance, but accidentally spoiling the plot wasn’t a challenge for the composer, who said that foreknowledge challenged him to outdo himself year after year. The HBO gig won Djawadi an Emmy for outstanding music composition for a series in 2018, along with two other nominations and a Grammy nod through the show’s eight seasons. I’m honored to just have been part of this.” I never expected this to be such a success in that it would have such an impact on people around the world. “I have to admit I’m still in denial,” Djawadi said. With the series finished, he talked with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1 about his experience on the show and an upcoming 20-city “Game of Thrones” live concert tour. Since the first season, Ramin Djawadi has composed the music for “ Game of Thrones” and created the epic tunes, including the iconic theme song, heard over the series’ most memorable moments.
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