<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Game of Throne's main title theme" <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Game of Thrones Theme", also referred to as "Game of Thrones Main Title Theme", is the theme music of the television series Game of Thrones . It plays during the title sequence and was composed by Ramin Djawadi in 2011, after series creator David Benioff and D.B. Weiss approached him requesting a theme . Asked to avoid flutes and violins, which the producers felt were overused in fantasy themes, Djawadi used the cello as the lead instrument . The piece begins in a minor key, then switches between corresponding major and minor keys repeatedly . Djawadi was shown a preliminary rendering of the title sequence before composing this music to accompany it . Several artists have covered or parodied the music, sometimes adding lyrics to the originally instrumental work . </P> <P> Ramin Djawadi began composing the music for the show after he had watched the first two episodes of the series that the showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss sent him, and discussed the concepts of the show with them . According to Djawadi, the show creators wanted the main title theme to be about a journey as there are many locations, characters in the show and involves much traveling . Djawadi was shown a preliminary animated Game of Thrones title sequence the visual effect artists were still working on, he was inspired to write the piece . He said that he started humming what would become the theme tune in the car after seeing the visuals for the title sequence, and conceived of the idea for the theme on the drive back to his studio . The finished theme music was presented to the producer three days later . </P>

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