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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Rains of Castamere canonical	13
Red Wedding	1
television episode The Rains of Castamere	1

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Game of Thrones (TV series) score → notableWork → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ

Game of Thrones → notableEpisode → 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 season 3 → notableEpisode → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ

Game of Thrones: Season 3 (Music from the HBO Series) → includesTrack → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ

Game of Thrones: Season 3 (Music from the HBO Series) → performerOfTrack → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ

Game of Thrones: Season 4 (Music from the HBO Series) → hasTrack → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ

Game of Thrones soundtrack series → notableTrack → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ

Game of Thrones television episodes → notableEpisode → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ

Talisa Maegyr → appearsInEpisode → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ

House Reyne of Castamere → associatedSong → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ

Red Wedding massacre → setInEpisode → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ

Red Wedding massacre → adaptedAs → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ

this entity surface form: television episode The Rains of Castamere

Red Wedding massacre → associatedWithSong → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ

Game of Thrones (Music from the HBO Series) → notableTrack → The Rains of Castamere ⓘ