edit - the response to this video has been overwhelming. i loved making this and reading your comments is icing on the cake. DUM DUM DIGGA DUM DUM i hope you enjoyed :) ty Displate: displate.com/glidus
You know, as much as i like some of the other parts, they are flawed and it''s incredible that Djawadi hasn't... not once. And this is coming from a "light of the seven" not-lover Acting: not going to point fingers but ... "mah queen" Casting: arguably the other "not let us down" part. Still, Jorah, Dario, etc are more about the actors making the role theirs and early scripts accomodating incredibly well than being accurate representations of the character. Technical: there's the long night Sound editing: Someone else might chip in because all i can think of is fart noises where they should be none. Any help?
@@VICTORZITOSSCostuming: lost a lot of individuality per region and color in later seasons. Everyone is just always wearing black and harsh lines. I don't know whose job, but fucking Starbucks cup. I will say the wigs always slayed.
Ramin Djawadi is such a genius. One of the most memorable moments throughout the entire series for me was when I heard those first few notes of the piano. I was like "What? this never happens? There has never been piano in GoT before, oh god what's going to happen?" He is so severely underrated. I absolutely loved this video.
Yes this! That piano started playing and I was like "Hold up, this has never happened. What are we building to?! What's going on!!?" After so long with strings, brass, and drums, it was surreal and honestly a little frightening to introduce the piano.
It felt like sitting, smiling, and nodding along as your friend explains something they're passionate about which you don't understand AT ALL lol. I have no idea what any of that meant but Glombus seemed to be enjoying himself and therefore I was too.
This video makes me feel like how it must feel to non-artists when I start going on about composition and contrast and the importance of silhouette and whatnot. Just nodding along and being like 'I know some of those words'
Hopefully Glimbo will do more of these, but in the meantime, the channel Sideways has some awesome film score explainer videos that are accessible to laypeople (and very funny)
I made it my ringtone recently and I still love every time I hear it! I’ve almost accidentally missed so many calls because I just wanted the song to keep playing and wouldn’t answer until the last second😂😌
I remember watching that episode for the first time and my stomach absolutely dropping when light of the seven started because “wait, I’ve never heard a piano in got before…”
I remember watching that episode for the first time and my stomach absolutely dropping when light of the seven started because “wait, I’ve never heard a piano in got before…”
@@TheRandomPhangirlsame! i didn't realise, it was the presence of the piano. the music just gave me the gut feeling of "oooohhh noooo something is entirely wrong here!"
This love letter from a passionate and talented creator to another is so incredibly sweet. I hope Djawadi sees this and feels the deep admiration you have for him and his craft. It's truly so touching. I will engage with this content, for sure!
Thank you for this comment. I was thinking something just along these lines but couldn’t seem to find the way to articulate it. It was an incredibly heartfelt and touching analysis, that laid bare human creativity expression and excellence in an artful and loving manner. It actually made me tear up a few times. Music has a syntax that when understood opens a door to the mind and imagination of its creator. To have a clear view into it is quite thrilling imo and emotional. Especially when it is done as well as it was in this video.
As an engineer with a fondness for music with little to no technical or artistic understanding of it, all I heard in this video was the narrator naming off music jargon (notes, scales, chords, other terminology) and peppering these with the musical equivalent of wine adjectives like "fruity, dry, with a hint of pretentiousness." I figure it's because I had a seizure when I was four and it damaged the section of my brain which understands music, cooking, and other arts, or that artists are just a tribe perpetuating the appearance of understanding deep mysteries in the same way the main character of Velvet Buzzsaw does.
Seconded! Nothing is more fun than passion. I will watch a video about something I know nothing about simply because the person making the video is passionate about it.
this exactly. i dont know anything about music beyond that i like it, but i would watch a thousand of these videos just to see glidus having fun in his element. i dont know anything about wood working or being a pastry chef or fine art conservation, but some of my favorite channels that i watch each upload for are about those things, because the passion of the people making the videos makes me like the video, even if i cant relate to knowledge of the topic. plus, what better way to learn a new thing than from a teacher who clearly loves what theyre talking about?
“The melody is distilled down to its core, crying out for resolution, and the harmony is pressing on, unrelentingly” Lovely writing to describe a wonderful part of the song. Well done, sir.
Please god more high quality music analysis videos. Clearly lots of work gone into this and it pays, love the background music selection as well - deserves to go very viral
This was so wonderful; absolutely brilliant job. My husband and I watched it and then the next day watched it again with our 13-year-old. Back when he was a wee toddler, he would come RUNNING into the living room Sunday nights as soon as the first notes of the GOT theme started- we would let him watch the opening credits only (because we were not totally terrible parents). I don't think he missed a week; he loved the theme so, so much. Now that he is 13 and has seen the whole show (because I guess now we are totally terrible parents, though we always watched with him and I made sure to give him a warning when the nekkid or extremely problematic parts were coming), he's really hoping you'll do one of these pieces on "Light of the Seven," which is his favorite GOT music (I think he may have written a comment below already requesting that). (And the spousal unit would love one on the theme to :Westworld." Me, I'm just patiently waiting for the final HOTD Blisstake and enjoying rewatching the earlier ones. We adore your channel; thank you for your funny and always insightful thoughts on the GRRM world. The channel has brought much joy and laughter into our home.)
I might’ve spent 8 years at a school with 800 years of musical history yet I have never enjoyed musical analysis as much as even the first couple minutes of this video. Love your work Glimbo, hope you find the time to work more music videos in your upload schedule ❤
One thing thing I will never regret was going to the "Game of Thrones in concert" show. The music is so brilliant that it takes you back emotionally to ten years ago when the show started. Whatever happened in the later seasons, the music still lives on as it's own masterpiece 👍
I think a cool idea might be to analyze the individual House themes like the Rains of Castamere or What is Dead May Never Die for the Lannisters and Greyjoys respectively. Like what instruments are highlighted, and what the specific musical choices say about the Houses/Kingdoms.
@@HaywireZombie84 Seconded! Especially for characters like Dany who go through multiple motifs, or for leitmotifs that remain the same piece of music but are melded and shaped around certain tones. Season 1 had both Kill them All and King in the North, both with the same melancholy Stark theme but one for the devastation of Ned's death and one with the grim-but-hopeful uncertainty of Robb being named King
Yeah, he became my favorite composer years ago. His Westworld theme is one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve ever heard. I also appreciate his use of an almost tribal drumbeat in many of his pieces.
As a fellow ASOIAF nerd with a music degree, this is literally heaven for me. Please do more of these. I would love to hear you dig into Light of the Seven.
God I loved this video. It’s been five years since I sat down to learn about music, and I hadn’t realized how much I miss it. Specifically the section on how fantasy SOUNDS is genius, especially in your analysis on how GoT fits into that. I played the flute for a long time, and you’ve inspired me to pick it up today for the first time in QUITE a while. I can’t think of any GoT songs that utilize the flute (though maybe there are? I’m a fake fan who can’t remember), but I definitely now want to take a run at some Hobbit-y LOTR stuff. Fantastic work as always man.
Returning to your instrument is... powerful. Most of us who poured our time and tears into learning an instrument - especially at formational ages (ie, when we were kids) - even if you *think* you've left it behind, you haven't. You might find that picking it up again - just for your own entertainment and emotional well-being - will be immensely grounding and create inspiration and satisfaction that you can carry with you beyond those moments you're playing. Happened to me with piano. I didn't realize that I'd clipped my wings when I turned my back on it (didn't *mean* to, it just... is how my young adulthood worked out). Returning to it was healing in a way I hadn't realized it could be, because I thought I didn't miss it at all. I did. I was just... idk, hiding from that loss/sadness, or something? Anyway, I hope you'll get a lot out of playing again.
For future music theory explorations, I'd love an analysis of Omori's "Duet", Hollow Knight's "Sealed Vessel" or, of course, GoT's "Light of the Seven"
Glidus I could listen to you talk about music for hours. This was great and I would listen to you talk about just about ANY piece of music you're compelled to
Gilbus thank you for this blessing, this is literally what I needed so badly. I, and everyone else on this channel love to poke you about your upload schedules but honestly your piss/blisstakes, your understanding and elongated tangents on music theory, and your actual mastery of literary concepts have been frankly, actually keeping me alive during a really difficult time in my life. Thank you for making content for us whiny babies ❤
I love how Glidus made the video he wanted to make. I got lost along the way but he kept me in as he poured passion throughout and ended it so profoundly with "buy a metal poster"
I would love a video like this showing how the "King's Arraivel" theme transforms throughout the series. Its one of the most iconic pices of music in GOT, and even in HOT D. Thanks glaidus for the vid! Its been a long wait and worth it!
Yes! It's my favourite theme from all the GoT soundtrack. Funnily enough, for several seasons I was never quite sure whether this was to be considered "the Baratheon theme" or "the King / Iron Throne theme" - but if there was any doubt left, House of the Dragon made it clear that it's the latter. Still love hearing it in its very first iteration when King Robert's entourage rides into Winterfell.
It’s also because of the visual changes they did in every intro during the course of the show with respect to who was ruling which kingdom or which house had fell that made the it more un-skippable.
I loved the moments when you talked about music in your blisstakes and now a whole video dedicated to one of the most iconic songs from the series is freaking amazing!
It absolutely sounded like a journey! Every time I heard it I imagined myself galloping on a horse or cresting rhythmic waves on a boat, on my way to some epic destination. It felt bouncy and wind-blown and adventure-y and I love it. Great examination and explanation of something I couldn't quite put into words.
Gliwadi, the different pieces you used throughout this video are such a testament to your attention to detail. It’s my favorite thing on RU-vid when you talk about things that you’re so passionate about. This video is a triumph.
I'd love to see you do this for "The Bridge of Khazad Dum" by Howard Shore, "Duel of the Fates" by John Williams or "Halo" by Martin O'Donnell. "Light of the Seven" would also be amazing
These! All of those, but OmG ESPECIALLY BRIDGE of Khazad Dum! Or the leitmotif of The Balrog... how do you convey a demon made of Smoke and Fire instrumentally??? My God that music still gives me goosebumps!
Loved, loved, LOVED the soundtrack for the GoT and especially the opening credits, but let's also give credit to the amazing art design of the opening sequence - all of it was such a perfect mix. After the first scene with the White Walkers I was like - okay, let's see what they've got, but when those credits hit: boy, was I hooked from the first second. I had never seen anything of this quality on TV! Ah, those were good days.
As a huge ASOIAF nerd who’s also a 4th year music student in composition and clarinet performance, I see this as an absolute win. Would love to see more!
I have genuinely never been more interested in music theory as I have watching this video. This video was honestly amazing Glidus, and I hope you make more videos like these in the future
I have never heard anybody describe music and a song the way you have in this video. it's brilliant. I am a musician so I understand many of the things you've said in here that maybe some/most wouldn't, couldn't, don't or won't. The way you've described this, you've like told a story. people love to hear stories. The way you have put these notes and descriptive words and sounds to those notes, you're literally telling people to how to read "sentences" in music.... and it's working! Good job!... Ps what you said about learning the black notes later... that is SOOOO TRUE.When I first started learning how to play the k piano, all of my first lesson songs are ALL in majors. We aren't introduced to the "black keys" aka minors for quite some time. I was so proud of myself when I finally got to play songs using the black keys!!🎹 you are such a fun teacher. You really know your music!!
"I hoped to kinda avoid the expected and I knew that after ep 9 blisstake and 4 months of nothing people were expecting ep 10 blisstake but... it just didn't seem right for me at that moment" -Glidus probably
Thank you Glimbus, I was just looking for a 25 minute compilation of goosebump-invoking sonic waves with some smart commentary I do not quite understand.
I love that king's arrival tune, I don't know if we heard it again after that very first episode but it's such a banger and evokes all the right emotions.
Light of the Seven never fails to give me goosebumps. It is both powerful and delicate at first, but as it develops and gets more and more intense with the choir, it just inspires awe.
It’s always been my belief that the piano in this score has been used to represent the idea of “out with the old, in with the new”. The first time we hear it is when Cercei blows up the Sept, and Qyburn quotes this idea near verbatim as Pycelle is killed. The piano is also connotated with the White Walkers who wish to replace the old - humans - with the new - themselves. It is also heard in Hot D after Viserys is killed and is literally replaced with a new King. Love u Glimbus
The reason the piano was chosen was likely to do being a comparatively newer instrument compared to the rest of the orchestral sound. It literally replaces the old with the new.
I've always loved how the song seems to suggest how even through all the emotion of the song, the world keeps marching on, gives it a very real feeling.
I clearly remember when the first episode came out, I was so in awe of the theme song... this definitely peaked my interest and lead me to read the books. Thanks so much Glim-boy for this amazing analysis! We do want the last blisstake but this is very interesting and in my opinion has an amazing replay value
This was so well put together, and very clearly presented to a layman like myself. It truly shows that how real the magic of music is. That I don’t even need to study it to feel its effects and automatically understand what the scholars of the art mean when yall engage in technical speech 💕 Love ur work Glidus!!!
The dulcimer is a strangely nostalgic instrument to me, so its inclusion at the end of the theme to me felt like being transported to a comfortable/homely atmosphere where I was about to be actually told the epic story that the rest of the theme was challenging us to imagine.
As a lover of classical music who is currently writing his own fantasy and thinking of the soundtrack in his head (I'm ahead of myself, I know) I'm loving this video! Glad I found your channel
I played the flute for eight years in school (5th-12th grade)...I was surprised at how much I remembered. I LOVE music and you make it extra fun and interesting. The opening song IS a masterpiece and I don't think I ever skipped the into either, Glidus.
It’s awesome hearing you talk about music because not only is it really interesting but it’s clear you are so passionate about it. Great video as always, maybe now HBO will make a different opening theme for HOT D! Also, I’d love to hear you talk about some of the diegetic music in the series like The Rains (Reynes) of Castamere! At least Rob and Cat got to listen to a banger before getting murdered 🥲
after the amazing little snippets of theory in the Blisstakes, I was really hoping you’d make a full video diving into compositions from either series, and this absolutely did not disappoint! would love to hear more videos like this
Yes, please do more. Do all the Game of Thrones themes. Like every character theme and house theme and how danaerys' theme changed through her arc from Pentos to the Dothraki Sea to Qarth to Slaver's Bay and then back to Westeros. And then do all the new themes from House of the Dragon. This video was so eloquent and educational and in-depth and just fabulously written. I hope you're teaching music theory because I've learned more about it from your channel than I did from years of lessons. Bravo.
More of this please. Your briefer moments in other videos have always been awesome and I appreciated them. Maybe a few of the House of the Dragon songs, or elaborating on songs that are shared between the two shows.
Nice to see a fellow musician break down this piece, a piece so beautiful they confidently reused it for House of the Dragon. While it is good, I still wish Dragon Show got its own opening theme. Djawadi likely would've topped himself, if given the chance. Oh well. Crazy for me to think Djawadi originally wasn't going to compose for Game of Thrones. But I'm glad he eventually agreed to come onboard after turning the job down several times. I can't imagine anyone else in his position. A true genius. One of my absolute favourite Game of Thrones pieces is "The Night is Dark," which first plays when Davos finds himself stranded on a Blackwater island. Simple but beautiful, like most of Djawadi's Game of Thrones pieces. Even as the show's script writing took a major dip in quality, Djawadi's music writing maintained its quality and continued to impress.
Thankyou Glimbus 2000, great to see a music academic share their knowledge in how things tick. I think something you could of highlighted was visuals in why the piece was used in each section, starting with kingslanding as the status quo the steady rhythm, a more hopeful look to the wall and the north with phase 2 , with a vocal when going to Essos, with your analysis of Westeros asking the question to then pan to Essos with the "answer". It's almost like pieces on a game board, cogs in a machine, ticking of a clock with a steady pace with a rhythmic trot of a heart beat or horses galloping. Also notice how some structures, pike comes to mind when they sync up perfectly to the beat, things like that are truly awesome. Great vid that made me think.
When I find myself an hour deep into the 1st of several multihour livestreams of food description analysis, it's easy to forget that this guy is actually incredibly talented and knowledgeable, with a lot of thought provoking and insightful commentary to contribute to this community. Cheers, Glonko; you've done it again.
This is probably one of my favourite videos maybe ever? I'd love to hear you touch on some other character motifs. What makes Rains Of Castamere so menacing, and how does Djawadi iterate on it throughout the show to draw out different emotions? Same with Starks, Greyjoys, Baratheons etc. if you're so inclined. But honestly, any musical analysis I'll be here for
The entire video was excellent, and as a music theory dullard very well explained. Your background music choices are all excellent, though I did get flash-banged by the sudden Spyro track. I love the music for all three original games, I grew up with and had my taste shaped by them, and I always feel like the soundtracks kinda get slept on. It slaps and I love seeing it in the wild. So big props music dragon man.
The GOT theme is absolute genius. My mom used to be a piano teacher ( the GOT theme is her favorite, we never skipped it even if later on in the series we'd end up switching off the show in frustration) and we've discussed some of the things you mention here -- emotional chords, inversions, how it gets you roped in and ready for an hour of this world. You've it examined here beautifully. Dude music majors are so badass wtf.
At multiple times during this video I teared up. This is one of my favorite pieces of music, and you did a fantastic job at explaining it to a music illiterate slug like me. It feels amazing being able to understand the notes played and why it makes me so emotional EVERY time I hear it. Thank you!!!
I don't have much experience in music theory, but I have a major passion for semiotics and linguistics. Music is essentially a language, and a fascinating one at that, and I loved this analysis. I think it was very clear and accessible; the references were really helpful and the visual representation of what you are talking about was really well handled
I was just talking about how music is a language in the comments section of a reaction channel; I'm an English-speaker with French as a second fluent language, and when I'm immersed in playing piano or recorder or choral singing, it's *exactly* the same brain-state "feel" for me as when I slip into French. ie - I just... *exist* inside the context of what I'm communicating.
@@rebeccaburnell9319 Yes, I think I relate to this. I play the banjo, and mostly improvise calm and slow melodies. Whenever I'm improvising, it feels like constructing a monologue or a soliloquy; if I get something wrong, I'll try to correct myself as if I had mispronounced a word
I just finished binge watching the whole series and was happy to see it’s still being talked about despite the last two seasons. I would absolutely love to see you do a video on”The light of the seven” easily my favorite instrumental in the soundtrack. Loved the video and you got a subscription from me!
As a bad band nerd and music lover, yes. I’ve missed Sideways and it’s always nice to have someone else talk about music and stories I like and do it in a fun and not being way.
This video made me yearn for the reality in which I stuck with my music education long enough to understand music with this complexity. Thank you for sharing
The best kind of music is the kind of music that gives you shivers and goosebumps every time you hear it and makes your heart ache. It's definitely the reason why I despair imagining that I might one day for unforeseen reasons loose hearing. I can't fathom loosing the beauty of music and how rich it makes life.
As an out of practice grade five piano player, I would like to posit that Djiwadi's orchestral restraint compared to other fantasy pieces might help signal the Dragon and Dragoner shows as more "low fantasy", that even when magic and Rhaegar and spicy noodle bois turn up the focus is on mundane human connection and conflict. Anyway, for future recommendations, I assume at least 40% of requests will be for "Light of the Seven", so I will take a curveball and suggest a back to back look at "Heartache" and "ASGORE" from Undertale, how motifs can be used and recontextualised
You are funny, entertaining, and an excellent communicator. I am not musical and I feel like you welcomed me to participate in this amazing art. Thank you
Amazing video! Would love to hear your thoughts on the evolution of Dany’s theme throughout the show (and maybe even the eventual handoff to HotD as a more general Targaryen theme??). It’s so interesting how Dany’s songs evolve (from season 1’s more focused “Fire and Blood” to “The Winds of Winter/Reign/Blood of my Blood” in s6) in complexity and scale, kind of mirroring the whole story.
When I saw the ping in legit announcements I almost thought it was the blisstake but im even happier to see a musical analysis thank you gloobers for taking pity on us viewers. do you have any more planned compositional analysis videos? enjoy your Sunday
Absolutely brilliant video, I'll need to watch it at least five times to understand all the explanations besides "sound nice" and "oh sound clever AND nice". I'd absolutely love more videos like this.
How much of this did i totally understand? Maaaayybe 40%, tops. But the the total passionate nerding out, oozing with admiration. I needed this in my life. This is wholesome af.
I am extremely and happy and ecstatic to see Armenia representation 4:00, I genuinely didn't know that Dothraki music had duduk, but thanks for enlightening me, much appreciated Glidus! Much love from the Armenian community!
