This piece of music is about 10 minutes, which is the longest section of Game of Thrones so far (the longest in the previous seasons was only more than 5 minutes), which shows that the composer Lamin attaches great importance to this plot.
The whole piece also uses three phrases (short motives), based on which the development and variation correspond to three musical themes. The reason why it is wonderful is that in addition to its simplicity, it adopts a "reverse foil" method in the performance of the music. The content of the music performance is exactly the opposite of the plot screen (the scenes of murder often appear in foreign film and television dramas, but it is matched with a beautiful opera. ). From the perspective of mood and orchestration changes, the whole piece can be divided into four sections.
The first paragraph: the first theme, use the piano to play a rhythm with a strong sense of flow, each sentence suddenly stops and stops, a feeling of "stuck", in the fourth sentence, the cello enters and brings the second theme ( 4 sentences). Then repeat the second theme, the piano plays the second theme and the first theme at the same time (I thought it was a double piano at first, listen carefully, it seems that there is only one piano, the strict counterpoint just borrows the common tone in the two themes), The cello follows slowly on the same motive. A very thrilling scene begins, and the music is extraordinarily quiet and simple.
The second paragraph: a few simple notes on the piano are used as transition sentences (it should be taken into account that the picture is to be handed over to the plot), the second paragraph begins, repeating the first paragraph, also the first and second themes, but the orchestration is slightly changed, the two The two themes are no longer played simultaneously in a polyphonic manner, but the first and second themes are played sequentially by the piano. The simplicity here obviously foreshadows the complexity behind.
The third paragraph: It is also a simple passing sentence. Sure enough, the third paragraph began to change, and the female voice started to hum the motive of the second theme, but only the first tone was used (the motive is: 65436, and the humming only used the 6 tone, and kept repeating), The piano steps on the accompaniment melody. The purer the vocals here, the more evil the picture is! After a short pause, the string band inserted the third theme in the bass area. Different from the stretching of the second theme, the melody was fast and powerful. The second theme (65436) was added to the background, and the religious color began to stand out. Thus, the intense third theme is in sharp contrast to the organ's interwoven female humming. In the reverb of the pipe organ, enter the fourth section.
The fourth paragraph: the climax of the whole song. The organ played the classic melody of the opening song (63 4563 4563). The string orchestra played the third theme hard without giving up. The religious sanctity of the pipe organ contrasts the conspiracy and darkness of the picture. Suddenly, the music stops for a while, the piano plays 6, like a church bell, the music returns to the second theme of the piano solo (6, which is the attack of the second theme), the musician thumps 6 many times, the effect of the bell increasingly obvious. The cello played the third theme alone, aside from the band. After a while, the band quietly followed, and the piano played the second theme (65436) again looming. But the rhythm is widened, the tempo is much slower, and it feels almost overwhelmed by the third theme of the cello. At the end, the organ began to climb higher, and after a simple comparison with the cello, the string orchestra played the third theme in full force. The organ, piano, and string orchestra alternately play the first, second, and third themes and the opening song, and the whole piece reaches its climax. All of a sudden, the music came to an abrupt end...
Are you going to stop talking? Unfulfilled? Still not finished yet? It's left to the viewer/listener to think about.
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