Well done Lara it is a disgrace that the makers of massive money making hit ‘Game Of Thrones’ are too mean to employ live musicians for their theme and soundtrack. Rubbish!
Dear HBO:
I am a violinist and the owner of the Ancalagon record label. I excitedly looked forward to your Game of Thrones series in 2011 as I was awaiting the fifth book. I could hardly wait for either. As the season went on, I found it increasingly difficult to watch the opening, which features a pale, pallid, pathetic computer-generated imitation of a solo cello.
I did some research on this rather unbelievable oversight. Your choice of composer, Ramin Djawadi, certainly has many interesting scores to his credit. Though I am aware that Mr. Djawadi had a relatively short time to create the score and theme, I find it well nigh impossible to imagine that he could have simply forgotten to add the cellist to the theme song.
The only explanation I can muster is that he must have been constrained by budgetary concerns. Well, let’s look at the facts.
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