The Rains of Castamere

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fictional song song television series song

"The Rains of Castamere" is a haunting, recurring song from Game of Thrones that symbolizes Lannister power and foreshadows betrayal and massacre, most famously associated with the Red Wedding.

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Surface form Occurrences
Red Wedding 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional song ⓘ
song ⓘ
television series song ⓘ
appearsIn Game of Thrones ⓘ
associatedCharacter Cersei Lannister ⓘ
Jaime Lannister ⓘ
Tywin Lannister ⓘ
associatedEvent Red Wedding massacre ⓘ
associatedLocation Casterly Rock ⓘ
The Twins ⓘ
associatedWithHouse House Lannister ⓘ
basedOnWork A Song of Ice and Fire ⓘ
composer Ramin Djawadi ⓘ
culturalImpact became one of the most recognizable themes from Game of Thrones ⓘ
widely recognized as musical symbol of the Red Wedding ⓘ
fictionalUniverse A Song of Ice and Fire ⓘ
surface form: World of A Song of Ice and Fire
firstAppearanceSeries Game of Thrones season 2 ⓘ
firstPublicationMedium television ⓘ
genre dark folk ⓘ
orchestral ⓘ
hasMusicalTheme Lannister family theme ⓘ
surface form: Lannister motif
includedOnSoundtrack Game of Thrones: Season 2 (soundtrack) ⓘ
surface form: Game of Thrones: Season 2 soundtrack

Game of Thrones: Season 3 (Music from the HBO Series) ⓘ
surface form: Game of Thrones: Season 3 soundtrack

Game of Thrones: Season 4 (Music from the HBO Series) ⓘ
surface form: Game of Thrones: Season 4 soundtrack
inUniverseEventDepicted Lannister suppression of Reyne rebellion ⓘ
inUniverseSubject destruction of House Reyne of Castamere ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist George R. R. Martin ⓘ
narrativeFunction foreshadowing device ⓘ
notableUse The Rains of Castamere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Red Wedding
partOf Game of Thrones ⓘ
performedBy Ramin Djawadi ⓘ
Sigur Rós ⓘ
The National ⓘ
performedByCharacter Bronn ⓘ
Cersei Lannister ⓘ
Robb Stark’s musicians at the Red Wedding ⓘ
symbolizes Lannister power ⓘ
Lannister ruthlessness ⓘ
impending betrayal ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
titleRefersTo House Reyne of Castamere ⓘ
tone haunting ⓘ
ominous ⓘ
usedAs Lannister family theme ⓘ
surface form: Lannister intimidation theme

Lannister victory anthem ⓘ
diegetic music ⓘ
non-diegetic music ⓘ

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Game of Thrones → notableEpisode → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ
Game of Thrones season 3 → notableEpisode → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ
Game of Thrones television episodes → notableEpisode → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ
Game of Thrones soundtrack series → notableTrack → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ
The Rains of Castamere → notableUse → The Rains of Castamere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Wedding
Game of Thrones (TV series) score → notableWork → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ