Here's how they make the 'Game of Thrones' music so spine-tinglingly epic

So. Damn. Epic.
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Sam Haysom
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Here's how they make the 'Game of Thrones' music so spine-tinglingly epic
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There's a reason the music in Game of Thrones is so damn good.

Obviously there are plenty of people behind the big orchestral scores, but the masterminding of the whole thing is down to one man: Ramin Djawadi.

In the clip above, Djawadi explains how he goes about planning and creating the music for some of the biggest moments in Thrones.

The only downside to the video? There doesn't appear to be any new footage of Season 7.

Still, we can't have everything.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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