Djawadi said that he wanted to reflect the "backstabbing and conspiracy" and the unpredictability of the show: " I thought it would be cool to kinda do the same play with the music. The tune begins with the riff played on strings in C minor, then modulating to C major after 2 measures, and back to minor again. The cello is featured strongly as Benioff and Weiss wanted to avoid the flutes or solo vocals found in many other productions in the fantasy genre so as to give the show a distinctive sound, and Djawadi chose cello as the main instrument for the music as he thought it had a "darker sound" that suited the show.ĭjawadi started with a riff and he built the title theme around the riff. Djawadi said that he intended to capture the overall impression of the show with the theme. After Djawadi had seen the preliminary animated title sequence that the visual effect artists were still working on, he was inspired to write the piece. According to Djawadi, the show creators wanted the main title theme to invoke the sense of journey as there are many locations and characters in the show and involves much traveling. Weiss had sent him, and discussed the concepts of the show with them. Ramin Djawadi began composing the music for the show after he had watched the first two episodes of the series that the showrunners David Benioff and D.B.
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