Game Of Thrones Season 8: 10 Things That Were ACTUALLY GOOD
3. The Music
Composer Ramin Djawadi brought an army of diverse instruments to Westeros. Everything from the piano to the duduk made an appearance in the epic scores he backdropped the show's grandest scenes with. For The Long Night, Djawadi composed a suitably apocalyptic melody to reflect the show's long running tagline (and House Stark motto): Winter is Coming.
Djawadi created themes for each major character, an exhausting triumph. His attention to detail was exceptional throughout, capturing every scene, personality and mood perfectly. His suitably creepy theme for the Night King, 8 minutes of eery piano with an orchestral backing, was the perfect accompaniment to the villain's death scene.
To close out the series, Djawadi provided an updated version of the show's classic theme, aptly titled 'A Song of Ice and Fire'. A children's choir were added, singing unintelligible (or "Valyrian-inspired" as Djawadi puts it) words.
Unlike J.R.R. Tolkien inventing an entire language, George R.R. Martin never went into great detail on any of the fictional languages from his world. This left the composer plenty of space to improvise, explaining, "They’re just little gibberish words that I’ve kind of made up over the seasons. They really don’t mean anything, even though they’re actually saying words, but they’re there because I liked the way it sounds.”
Needless to say, they worked like a charm. The perfect musical send-off.