Hbo Game Of Thrones Season 8
This spring, winter will finally arrive.
Game of Thrones' eighth and final season premieres on HBO on Sunday, April 14, and although the epic drama's last chapter is still shrouded in mystery, details about what's ahead for the final watch have been trickling out little by little.
Season 8 will consist of six new episodes that will range from 54 minutes to 1 hour, 22 minutes in length. The show is expected to pick up where the last season left off, when Jon Snow (Kit Harington) bent the knee — and, um, other body parts — to Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) just as his brother warged around through time enough to confirm Jon's true identity as her nephew.
Last we saw, Cersei (Lena Headey) is still as sabotage-happy as ever, but this time, she might not have Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) as firmly in her corner. As the final trailer for the new season showed, he's 'promised to fight for the living' and 'intend[s] to keep that promise.' Oh, and the Night King's army has breached the Wall at East Watch and now has a zombie ice dragon on hand.
Hbo Game Of Thrones Season 8 Schedule
Game Of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1 Review 'Winterfell' - Duration: 2:04:13. Nerdrotic 26,126 views. Game of Thrones (Music from the HBO® Series) Season 8, the soundtrack from the final season of the award-winning HBO series, features 32 tracks by Emmy® Award winning and Grammy® Award nominated composer Ramin Djawadi.
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There are a lot of theories and rumors floating around about what will happen to our heroes, frenemies, and foes in Season 8. To borrow a phrase from the late, great Ygritte, we really know nothing, but HBO's premiere date announcement for Game of Thrones Season 8 did inspire some theorizing. The short preview featured Jon alongside Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) and Arya (Maisie Williams) in the Stark family crypt as they encountered creepy statues of themselves and braced for the arrival of the freeze — and it may or may not have been a wink to that fan theory about Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) becoming the Night King.
Related:6 Totally Plausible Theories About How Game of Thrones Could End
Each of the six episodes of Game of Thrones' final season will air consecutively, with the following air dates and run times expected for each:
Episode 1 (April 14): 54 minutes
Episode 2 (April 21): 58 minutes
Episode 3 (April 28): 1 hour, 22 minutes
Episode 4 (May 5): 1 hour, 18 minutes
Episode 5 (May 12): 1 hour, 20 minutes
Episode 6 (May 19): 1 hour, 20 minutes
Gather your dragonglass and prepare for the big fight ahead.
Game of Thrones Season 8 premieres April 14 at 9/8c on HBO.
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| Released | May 19, 2019 | ||
| Genre | Soundtrack | ||
| Length | 119:33 | ||
| Label | WaterTower Music | ||
| Producer | Ramin Djawadi | ||
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The soundtrack album of the eighth season of HBO series Game of Thrones, titled Game of Thrones: Season 8, was released digitally on May 19, 2019, A double CD release was released July 19, 2019 and a vinyl release is set later in the year.[2][3][4]
Ramin Djawadi received his seventh Primetime Emmy Award nomination, for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score), for the season's third episode, 'The Long Night'.
Background[edit]
'It's been such an honor to be a part of this incredible show for the past eight years', said Ramin Djawadi.[5]
Djawadi says of his track 'The Night King': 'When I talked to Miguel [Sapochnik], the director, and when David [Benioff] and [D. B. Weiss] came to my studio and we started working on this episode, we all agreed that it had to be a piano piece again, just like 'Light of the Seven'.[...] It definitely misled the audience because of what they knew from 'Light of the Seven', back in season six. We always treated the music as another character in the show.'[6]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Key scenes/Notes | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'Main Title' | Used for the opening sequence. New version introduced in season 6. | 1:51 |
| 2. | 'The Rains of Castamere' (with Serj Tankian) | Unused in the series. A new version of the song. | 3:44 |
| 3. | 'Arrival at Winterfell' | 'Winterfell': Opening scene. Jon and Daenerys arrive in Winterfell with Daenerys's armies. Contains the House Baratheon theme ('The King's Arrival'). Contains Targaryen and Stark melodies. | 3:43 |
| 4. | 'Flight of Dragons' | 'Winterfell': Daenerys rides Drogon and Jon rides Rhaegal. Contains 'Truth' melody. | 2:51 |
| 5. | 'Heir to the Throne' | 'Winterfell': Samwell tells Jon that he is the heir to the Iron Throne. | 2:26 |
| 6. | 'Jenny of Oldstones' | Unused in the series. Instrumental version of Podrick's singing in 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms'. | 2:30 |
| 7. | 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' | 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms': Jaime knights Brienne. | 1:59 |
| 8. | 'The Battle of Winterfell' | 'The Long Night': The beginning of the battle when Melisandre lights the swords and the Dothraki charge. | 4:03 |
| 9. | 'The Dead Are Already Here' | 'The Long Night': Ser Davos realizes Daenerys can't see the signal to set the trench on fire; Melisandre lights the trench. Contains Melisandre's theme ('The Red Woman'). | 4:55 |
| 10. | 'Battle for the Skies' | 'The Long Night': The dragons fight. Contains white walker ('Against All Odds', 'White Walkers', 'The Army of the Dead') and Targaryen melodies ('Love in the Eyes', 'Dracarys', 'Breaker of Chains', and 'Dance of Dragons'). | 4:13 |
| 11. | 'The Long Night Pt. 1' | 'The Long Night': Arya is fighting the army of the dead; Lord Beric Dondarrion urges the Hound to fight; Lyanna Mormont dies killing a wight giant. Contains white walker melody ('Against All Odds', 'White Walkers', 'The Army of the Dead') and Arya melody ('Valar Morghulis', 'Needle'). | 3:42 |
| 12. | 'The Long Night Pt. 2' | 'The Long Night': The Night King raises the dead of Winterfell; Ser Jorah and Daenerys fight against the wights. | 3:47 |
| 13. | 'The Night King' | The Night King's theme. 'The Long Night': Climax of the Battle of Winterfell. Sansa and Tyrion share a tender moment; Jon is attacked by Viserion; the Night King kills Theon and approaches Bran. Briefly includes the main theme. | 8:50 |
| 14. | 'Dead Before the Dawn' | 'The Long Night': The dead are defeated. Ser Jorah dies in Daenerys's arms; Melisandre walks into the snow and dies. Contains Melisandre's theme ('The Red Woman') and hints of the main theme. | 4:14 |
| 15. | 'Not Today' | 'The Long Night': End credits. A rendition of 'The Night King' with choirs. | 2:21 |
| 16. | 'Farewell' | 'The Last of the Starks': The dead are mourned and the funeral pyres are lit. Contains the melody of 'The Night King'. | 5:31 |
| 17. | 'Outside the Gates' | 'The Last of the Starks': Tyrion approaches the walls of King's Landing and asks Cersei to surrender; Missandei is executed by Ser Gregor; Daenerys leaves in anger. | 4:09 |
| 18. | 'The Bells' | 'The Bells': Cersei's armies prepare to defend King's Landing; the residents of the city seek shelter in the Red Keep; Arya and the Hound approach the Red Keep. Also used when Daenerys begins burning the city indiscriminately after the bells are rung. Contains hints of the main theme. | 3:44 |
| 19. | 'The Last War' | 'The Bells': Daenerys and her armies attack King's Landing. Contains hints of the Daenerys Targaryen theme ('Love in the Eyes', 'Dracarys', 'Breaker of Chains', and 'Dance of Dragons'). Contains Cersei's melody ('Light of the Seven'). | 7:37 |
| 20. | 'Into the Fire' | 'The Bells': The Hound tackles the Mountain and they fall from the Red Keep into the fire. | 1:43 |
| 21. | 'For Cersei' | 'The Bells': Cersei and Jaime die. Also used in the end credits. Contains the Lannisters' ('A Lannister Always Pays His Debts') and Cersei's melody ('Light of the Seven'). | 4:24 |
| 22. | 'Believe' | 'The Bells': Arya wakes up and leaves the city. Contains the Starks' melody ('Goodbye Brother') and the main title theme. | 4:24 |
| 23. | 'Stay a Thousand Years' | Unused in the series. A rendition of 'Truth' with choirs. | 2:29 |
| 24. | 'Nothing Else Matters' | 'The Iron Throne': Tyrion finds Jaime and Cersei's dead bodies under the rubble of the Red Keep. Contains the Lannisters' theme ('A Lannister Always Pays His Debts'). | 2:06 |
| 25. | 'Master of War' | 'The Iron Throne': Daenerys gives a speech to her forces in King's Landing. She names Grey Worm her Master of War. Daenerys approaches the Iron Throne. Contains a choral version of the title theme. | 4:49 |
| 26. | 'Be with Me' | 'The Iron Throne': Daenerys convinces Jon to build the new 'good world' together alongside her. They kiss. Then Jon stabs Daenerys. Contains 'Truth' melody. | 1:45 |
| 27. | 'The Iron Throne' | 'The Iron Throne': Drogon destroys the Iron Throne and carries Daenerys's dead body away. Contains the main theme, 'Truth' melody, Daenerys's theme ('Love in the Eyes') and the dragons' melody ('Blood of the Dragon'). | 5:39 |
| 28. | 'Break the Wheel' | 'The Iron Throne': Bran is named King of Westeros. Contains the Starks' melody ('Goodbye Brother'). | 4:29 |
| 29. | 'You Have a Choice' | 'The Iron Throne': Jon Snow is released from imprisonment. He says goodbye to Sansa, Arya and Bran and sets sail for the North. | 2:22 |
| 30. | 'The White Book' | 'The Iron Throne': Brienne fills out Jaime Lannister's pages in the White Book. Contains the melody of 'The Old Gods and the New'. | 2:09 |
| 31. | 'The Last of the Starks' | 'The Iron Throne': Jon arrives at Castle Black and is reunited with Ghost. Sansa is crowned Queen in the North. Arya sets sail for the West. Contains the melody of the House Stark theme ('Goodbye Brother'). | 4:52 |
| 32. | 'A Song of Ice and Fire' | 'The Iron Throne': Jon rides beyond the Wall with Tormund and the Wildlings. Continues into the end credits. Final scene and song of Game of Thrones. An uplifting rendition of the main theme with choirs. | 2:11 |
| Total length: | 119:33 | ||
Charts[edit]
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 75 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] | 57 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] | 58 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] | 67 |
| Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[11] | 71 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[12] | 88 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] | 58 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[14] | 51 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] | 25 |
| UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)[16] | 6 |
| US Billboard 200[17] | 95 |
| US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[18] | 6 |
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- ^'Czech Albums – Top 100'. ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 201921 on the field besides the word 'Zobrazit', and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^'Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 21, 2019)' (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
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