It's closer to that, but it will be sung. The tour version is a longer, more arranged version of the song on the Season 8 soundtrack, although that version is an instrumental. The version we're going to do is more of an in-between version combining Podrick's take and her take, because Pod's was very toned-down, almost a capella. I would absolutely love to have Florence be on the tour, because I love what she did with that song - it's just incredible. Yeah, people loved it! I can definitely say that "Jenny of Oldstones" will be part of the lineup in the new sets! But it's too early to tell. Maybe you could get Florence + the Machine, since they've been performing "Jenny of Oldstones" live… Martin at the Santa Fe show, which is a special show for charity. I don't know if I can tease yet who'll be coming up for guest appearances for the upcoming tour, other than George R.R. On the first tour, we also had Matt Berninger from The National, who did "The Rains of Castamere" for the show's end credits in Season 3. Then when we finished Season 8, I just couldn't let go of the show, and I thought, "What else can I do? One more thing?" And that's when this idea came up, as a bonus track, just for closure on this version. They kept wanting us to release a recording, but you know, he's busy, I was busy, and we never got around to it. show on the first tour in 2017, and the response was so positive. The thing with Serj was just that he made a surprise guest appearance at the L.A. I thought maybe that was why you redid "Rains of Castamere" with Serj Tankian as a more majestic theme for the soundtrack, as a nod to that. By the time I started working with them, the discussion was about how the main title was supposed to capture the overall mood of the show, to stand for everybody. It's interesting, because if they had gone that way, the main title would have related more to the Lannisters. ![]() They told me where the story was going with the Red Wedding, and I had to write a melody based on the lyrics in the books. ![]() Maybe by the time I was working with them, it had already been worked out, because I wasn't asked to write "The Rains of Castamere" until after the first season was over. It's interesting that after all this time, that there are still things that pop up that I didn't know about! I don't remember there being an active discussion. And now I can't even imagine not doing it.ĭidn't David Benioff and Dan Weiss want some version of "The Rains of Castamere" to be the main title theme at first? Or at least David did, while Dan disagreed? But yeah, I was just slammed, and I originally thought, "You know, I don't know if there will be enough hours in the day to do this." But somehow I pulled through. ![]() Oh, ever since the first episode aired and the way it took off! Oh, boy. He has reworked the show to incorporate more from the final season, including the Emmy-nominated episode, "The Long Night." ("Season 8 could have been an entire concert itself," he says.)ĭjawadi chatted with SYFY WIRE about his final musical contributions to Game of Thrones, some of the famous musicians who have visited Westeros over the years, and The Night King's chilling theme.ĭo you ever think back to the fact that you almost turned down scoring Game of Thrones, because there was a movie you wanted to do instead? Now, with Game of Thrones a part of TV history, Djawadi is gearing up for a farewell run - a 17-city fall concert tour (although he'll only be taking personal part in four of the dates). He wrote all the music for the series and has taken it out on the road over the years packaged into a stage show called the Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience, in which he has appeared as both conductor and multi-instrumentalist performer. Today we speak with Ramin Djawadi, the Emmy-nominated composer for HBO's Game of Thrones.Ĭomposer Ramin Djawadi is the rock star of Game of Thrones. This month, SYFY WIRE is speaking to a long list of actors, artists, and artisans whose work earned them Emmy nominations this year.
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