| Game of Thrones: Season 8 | |
| Type: | soundtrack |
| Artist: | Ramin Djawadi |
| Cover: | Game of Thrones (season 8 soundtrack) cover.jpg |
| Genre: | Soundtrack |
| Label: | WaterTower Music |
| Producer: | Ramin Djawadi |
| Prev Year: | 2019 |
| Chronology: | Game of Thrones music |
The soundtrack album of the eighth season of HBO series Game of Thrones, titled Game of Thrones: Season 8, was released digitally on May 19, 2019, a double CD was released July 19, 2019, and was released on vinyl later in the year.[1] [2] [3]
Ramin Djawadi received his seventh Primetime Emmy Award nomination, for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score), for the season's third episode, "The Long Night" and then won the award, making two consecutive wins for Djawadi.
"It's been such an honor to be a part of this incredible show for the past eight years", said Ramin Djawadi.[4]
Djawadi says of his track "The Night King": "When I talked to Miguel [Sapochnik], the director, and when David [Benioff] and [D. B. Weiss] came to my studio and we started working on this episode, we all agreed that it had to be a piano piece again, just like 'Light of the Seven'.[...] It definitely misled the audience because of what they knew from 'Light of the Seven', back in season six. We always treated the music as another character in the show."[5]
| Chart (2019) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] | 75 | |
| French Albums (SNEP)[7] | 88 | |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[8] | 51 | |
| UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)[9] | 6 | |
| US Billboard 200[10] | 95 | |
| US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[11] | 6 |