Length 66:00 Game of Thrones Season 1
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(2011) Release date 14 June 2011 TV show Game of Thrones | Producer Ramin Djawadi Artist Ramin Djawadi Label Varèse Sarabande Genre Soundtrack | |
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Game of Thrones: Season 1 is the soundtrack album for the first season of HBO series Game of Thrones. It was released on June 14, 2011 for digital download and on CD and was composed by Ramin Djawadi. Djawadi accepted the task 10 weeks before the show premiered, after Stephen Warbeck left the project. The soundtrack has received neutral to favorable reviews, and peaked at #17 on the U.S. Soundtrack Albums chart. It was nominated for three awards, winning Online Film & Television Association Awards for both "Best Music in a Series" and "Best New Theme Song in a Series".
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Production and release
The soundtrack to Game of Thrones was originally to be composed by Stephen Warbeck. On February 2, 2011, only ten weeks prior to the show's premiere, it was reported that Warbeck had left the project and Ramin Djawadi had been commissioned to write the music instead. The music supervisor of Game Of Thrones Evyen Klean first suggested Djawadi to showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss as the replacement for Warbeck, and although Djawadi was reluctant as he had other commitments at that time, they managed to persuade Djawadi to accept the project.
To give the series its own distinctive musical identity, according to Djawadi, the producers asked him not to use musical elements such as flutes or solo vocals that had already been successfully used by other major fantasy productions. He mentioned that a challenge in scoring the series was its reliance on dialogue and its sprawling cast: on several occasions already-scored music had to be omitted so as not to get in the way of dialogue.
Djawadi said that he was inspired to write the main title music by an early version of the series's computer-animated title sequence. The theme would be repeated all through the series, particularly at important scenes. Many of the recordings were done by solo musicians, while the larger pieces are recorded with a full orchestra and a choir in Prague. The recordings were done with Djawadi communicating with the musicians in Prague over the internet.
The album was made available for download on iTunes on June 14, 2011, together with a "digital booklet". It was released on CD on June 28, 2011, 41 days after the show's premiere.
Reception
Richard Buxton of Tracksounds wrote an ambivalent review, calling the album a "valiant effort" and Djawadi's "most consistently satisfying work to date". The soundtrack also received a score of 4.5/5 from Heather Phares of AllMusic.
Credits and personnel
Personnel adapted from the album liner notes.