The Winds of Winter (Game of Thrones Season 6 finale music)

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instrumental piece orchestral composition television score

"The Winds of Winter" is a dramatic orchestral and piano-driven piece composed by Ramin Djawadi for the climactic finale of Game of Thrones Season 6, renowned for underscoring the explosive events at the Great Sept of Baelor.

Aliases (1)

The Winds of Winter (Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 10) ×1

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	instrumental piece → orchestral composition → television score →
associatedCharacter	Cersei Lannister →
associatedFranchise	A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones franchise →
associatedLocation	Great Sept of Baelor →
basedOn	themes from the Game of Thrones score by Ramin Djawadi →
composer	Ramin Djawadi →
countryOfOriginContext	United States →
featuredInEpisode	The Winds of Winter (Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 10) →
featuredInTelevisionSeries	Game of Thrones →
genre	orchestral music → score music → television soundtrack →
hasStyleElement	choral textures → layered orchestration → minimalist piano writing →
includedOn	Game of Thrones: Season 6 (Music from the HBO Series) →
languageOfTitle	English →
medium	television →
notableFor	association with Cersei Lannister’s wildfire plot → dramatic tension and slow thematic build → underscoring the destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor → use of minimalist piano motif building to orchestral climax →
partOfSoundtrack	Game of Thrones Season 6 soundtrack →
primaryInstruments	choir → piano → string orchestra →
productionCompanyContext	HBO →
releaseContext	first broadcast with Game of Thrones Season 6 finale in 2016 →
titleSharesNameWith	The Winds of Winter (unpublished novel by George R. R. Martin) →
usedFor	Game of Thrones Season 6 finale →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Winds of Winter (Game of Thrones Season 6 finale music) ("The Winds of Winter (Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 10)") →	featuredInEpisode
Ramin Djawadi →	notableWork