The Night King (part three)

My third (and final) installment of Ramin Djawadi’s The Night King is the crescendo of the whole 9 minute piece. It’s also the most memorable motif.

My lasting impression of this music is that of total brilliance. When I first watched The Long Night (Game of Thrones S8, Ep 3) I thought the music was a strangely deliberate. However, over time, the music and episode have become inextricably linked.

The creativity of Ramin Djawadi is stunning. I often wonder how Robert Plant came up with the unintuitive vocal melody on Kashmir. Same goes for The…