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[Ice Wine]

My faves are:

- 'Valar Morghulis' - so creepy and odd, and yet so spot on for Arya's and Jacquen's scenes

- 'Mother of Dragons' - epic and truimphant, very appropriate for Dany's arc in season two

- 'Pay the Iron Price' - chilling and tragic and so fitting for Theon's arc, for indeed, Theon is going to pay a severe price for his actions

- 'I will Keep you Safe' - heartbreaking and such a good fit for the scene as Cersei prepares to poison Tommen

[mi recuerdo en tus ojos]

The Winterfell and Greyjoy themes are spectacular - if they manage to combine them for Theon's arc later on I am going to be a sobbing wreck.

[Franz95]

My favorite is Jaqen's theme. There's something magical in it.

[Khal Pono]

The Greyjoy theme, as heard in the pieces "What Is Dead May Never Die" and "Pay the Iron Price," is an amazing piece of music.

To me the repetitive four-note arppegio figure suggest waves lapping endlessly against the rocks and recalls the work of minimalist composers.  Also notice how the notes from the "Winterfell" theme are played at the beginning of "What is Dead May Never Die" since Theon is for all purposes a Stark when he first arrives on Pyke.  However the Winterfell theme is "drowned" out by the 4-note Greyjoy theme, which swells louder when he is baptized later in episode 3.  So good!

This video, posted on WIC, gives a great overview of how the different themes are handled and combined:
http://winteriscomin...sic-in-thrones/

I do have, however, a minor pet peeve in how the phrase "pay the iron price" is used correctly in episode 3 and incorrectly in episode 6.  Before executing Ser Roderik, Theon tells him he must "pay the iron price." WTF? That phrase means to loot a dead foe's corpse, it's not a fancy way of saying *be killed*

Edited by Khal Pono, 27 July 2012 - 05:07 PM.

[TheEvilKing]

Khal Pono, on 27 July 2012 - 05:04 PM, said:

I do have, however, a minor pet peeve in how the phrase "pay the iron price" is used correctly in episode 3 and incorrectly in episode 6.  Before executing Ser Roderik, Theon tells him he must "pay the iron price." WTF? That phrase means to loot a dead foe's corpse, it's not a fancy way of saying *be killed*

Yeah that irritated me as well. Probably just whoever wrote that scene didn't understand what it meant, just thought it sounded cool.

[DornishKnight]

Jaqen H'ghar: Valar Morghulis.

[TheKitttenGuard]

TheEvilKing, on 29 July 2012 - 12:26 AM, said:

Yeah that irritated me as well. Probably just whoever wrote that scene didn't understand what it meant, just thought it sounded cool.

It was more to set up the conflict of Theon being between two worlds to me, with Rodrick stated the Lord of Winterfell swings the sword of his judgement, rough paraphrase. Theon trying to serve two masters and failing miserably.

[Khal-a-bunga]

None. The characters didn't have soundtrack themes in the book series, so I just can't for the life of me understand why they would have them in the television show. Fucking ridiculous.

...but seriously, the Greyjoy theme is awesome. So is the Stark theme. And the theme for Stannis.

[Khal Pono]

Khal-a-bunga, on 04 August 2012 - 01:49 PM, said:

None. The characters didn't have soundtrack themes in the book series, so I just can't for the life of me understand why they would have them in the television show. Fucking ridiculous.

Well, Tywin kind of has a theme song in the books, "The Rains of Castamere"

And I think Mance's theme song is "The Dornishman's Wife" and Yrgritte's is "I Am the Last of the Giants" and Tyrion's, of course, is that "Hands of gold are always cold" song.