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("Game of Thrones Main Title Theme")

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- So, the initial idea
about this concert tour

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came in the studio, actually, right here

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with the showrunners, David
Benioff and Dan Weiss.

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It was, I believe, in the third season

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during one of our listening
music review sessions

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for the series.

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They just kind of threw the
idea in the room and said,

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"You know what?

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"I mean, it would be really cool

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"to see this music performed live.

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"You should do a concert."

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And then, I took that idea, and I thought,

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"All right, let's do a concert,

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"but how about let's do, let's do a tour.

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"Let's do a concert that
is Game of Thrones only,

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"something that's never been done before.

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"Let's design our own stage.

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"Let's have things on there
that really make you feel

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"like you are in Westeros."

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The best example I always like to say is,

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"When you see dragons on the screen,

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"how about we have some pyro?"

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And, "When we're north of the wall,

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"how about we simulate some snow?"

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The ideas just kept coming and coming,

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and then, so, yeah, with that,
it took us about three years

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to put the show together,

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and so, last year, we did our
first North American tour,

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and it was absolutely incredible.

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It was so much fun.

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The audience had so much fun.

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We just came back from a European tour

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with our new show,
which this new show now,

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the big difference is really
that we redesigned the stage.

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We took a lot of the elements

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that we really liked from last year

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and even expanded on
them, and then, of course,

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the other big thing is that we added music

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from season seven.

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I think the audience
responded really well.

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I mean, that was really the big thing.

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I had no idea about how
the outcome would be

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and how would the audience react.

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On the one hand, it's an
orchestral instrumental show,

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and on the other hand,

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we have all these contemporary elements,

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but to me, that was the
thing of what I said.

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I wanted to do something
that hadn't been done before,

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really kind of create this
hybrid, contemporary show

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that has this crossover, and therefore,

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it makes it interesting for
people that maybe might not go

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to a classical concert,

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but here they are watching
their favorite show,

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and seeing their favorite
characters on screen,

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and really reliving the story

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from all the different seasons,

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and then really getting a great summary,

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and then, of course, getting
excited for the upcoming,

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now, for the upcoming,
actually final season eight.

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- The music is a character in itself.

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Having that in a live setting

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with real musicians playing that music,

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I think, it brings that
to a whole nother level.

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("Game of Thrones Main Title Theme")