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Game of Thrones and composer Ramin Djawadi do not usually enlist the services of the piano. Djawadi instead prefers sweeping pieces performed by an orchestra to match the epic scale of the HBO fantasy series. Take its iconic theme music: Only the rich strings, pounding drums, and blaring brass of a full orchestra can do that justice.

At the end of last week’s big battle episode, however, Djawadi knew that the moment called for something different. “Having gone through all this battle... See More

Game of Thrones and composer Ramin Djawadi do not usually enlist the services of the piano. Djawadi instead prefers sweeping pieces performed by an orchestra to match the epic scale of the HBO fantasy series. Take its iconic theme music: Only the rich strings, pounding drums, and blaring brass of a full orchestra can do that justice.

At the end of last week’s big battle episode, however, Djawadi knew that the moment called for something different. “Having gone through all this battle music, you get to that point with the piano and it’s just really sad, once you hear the piano you think, ‘This is it, it’s over for our beloved characters,'”

Reference: Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3 (2019) The Long Night
Scene: Arya Stark Kills The Night King (Battle of Winterfell Ending)

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Ramin Djawadi wrote the score for all seven prior seasons of the medieval Westeros fantasy – and he's still traumatised by the loss of Hodor.

Using cellos to anchor the score, Djawadi, 44, wrote musical themes for dozens of different characters as well as the rival households.

"I liked the tone of the cello, the range of the cello. It can play really low, and this show being primarily a dark show, I just felt it was a great melody instrument for that," he said.

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Ramin Djawadi wrote the score for all seven prior seasons of the medieval Westeros fantasy – and he's still traumatised by the loss of Hodor.

Using cellos to anchor the score, Djawadi, 44, wrote musical themes for dozens of different characters as well as the rival households.

"I liked the tone of the cello, the range of the cello. It can play really low, and this show being primarily a dark show, I just felt it was a great melody instrument for that," he said.

Flutes were banned and the piano only made its entrance in the Season 6 finale with the haunting Light Of The Seven theme when Queen Cersei is silently plotting mass revenge.

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