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Light of the Seven

"Light of the Seven"
Song by Ramin Djawadi from the album Game of Thrones: Season 6 (soundtrack)
Released June 24, 2016
Recorded 2016
Genre Television soundtrack
Length 9:49
Label WaterTower Music
Writer(s) Ramin Djawadi
Producer(s) Ramin Djawadi
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"Light of the Seven", is a song in the HBO's series Game of Thrones, the television series adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. It first played on the season six finale of the show and was composed by Ramin Djawadi in 2016. The "Light of the Seven" is the first time piano is used in the music for Game of Thrones. It was nominated for International Film Music Critics Association for "Film Music Composition Of The Year".

In an interview, Djawadi spoke about "Light of the Seven", which largely consisted of piano, something unusual for the series. Djawadi stated, "The interesting thing to me was the use of the piano. When we started the season showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss, and Miguel Sapochnik, the director of the episode, reached out to me and said, "There's something coming up in episode 10." We talked about the "Light of the Seven", and how it needed to be a new piece of music. Any kind of character theme could tip it, and we didn't want to tip the audience. Miguel brought it up: "What about the piano?" We discussed it. The piano is not really in the language of the Game of Thrones score."

He continued, "It all felt like a perfect fit. What's great about the scene, too, is there's hardly any dialogue. It's nine minutes long. I knew I had to start minimal and give it space. Let notes ring, then give it space, and build up the anticipation from there, without tipping in either direction." Djawadi stated that he refrained from using the typical Lannister theme, "The Rains of Castamere", in order to create more of a mystery. The piece also featured vocals by two young boys singing in unison, with Djawadi describing how he pieced all of the separate pieces of the music together by saying "The boys I recorded completely separate. The strings I recorded all together. Even the solo instruments, I recorded them separately — the solo violins and solo cellists were recorded separately. The piano, I played. And the organ as well."


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