Favorite part: the contrapuntal combination of Targaryen, Greyjoy, and Unsullied musical leitmotifs during the last scene.

I don't know, the fact that it's clearly such a loving imitation of his style, down to tiny gestures like the "danger motif" and those chromatic progressions, shows me at least that this comes from a place of deep love of JH's music.

Oh I agree siding with Boltons makes no sense — I'm suggesting he'd take down the Boltons and then turn on the ostensibly victorious Starks, maybe making it seem like his late arrival wasn't soon enough to stop everyone from killing each other and leaving him to pick up the pieces.

My expectation actually was they do the standard Army Ex Machina thing but then Littlefinger betrays *everyone* and attacks and beats the Stark/Wildling army. THAT would have been ballsy TV ala Season 1.

I mean, it was incredible TV, don’t get me wrong, but this seriously had better be the last time they pull off that eleventh hour unexpected army saves the day thing. Tywin at the Blackwater, Stannis beyond the Wall, even Danerys (in less dramatic fashion) during the Siege of Mereen in the previous episode. They’ve…

I thought the rumor might be that there's wildfire planted throughout the city (like implied in Bran's vision from a few eps back). I think Cercei's going to burn it all!

Beautifully put, Brandt.

Character (and actress) deserved better.

What a waste of Gérard Depardieu.

Well that GOT dead pool article wasn't particularly on the money, was it…

There are some real highlights in Desplat's 2 Deathly Hallows scores, to be fair, but I agree — the drop in musical quality when Williams departed the series is spectacular.

Heavy-handed, overwritten, politically awkward, and tonally schizophrenic — that's the X-Files I love!

Small & pedantic correction — that's not Giacchino imitating Williams in the Super 8 teaser, it's a (slightly sped up) excerpt from James Horner's score to Coccoon.

How does this only have 5 likes??

Interesting use of John Luther Adams's "Become Ocean" for the score during the first few minutes. Looks really promising, like The New World meets Apocalypto.

Where's Rufio?

I don't know which was more disturbing, this teaser's description of the inner core reincarnated souls' sex orgy, or the fact that the whole thing was written in screenplay format.

This is an immeasurable loss. Horner was one of the last composers for film truly at home with an orchestra, and his body of work is immensely impressive. I owe no small part of my professional career as a professor of music to the inspiration and research his music has provided me. In shock.

If this were a super insightful discussion, I'd be happy, but this installment DVR club is not very thoughtful or compelling…

Um… This is confirmed John Williams scoring. Though an LA composer, Felix Erskine did contribute some "sweeteners" that we often hear in modern film trailers (the single piano note and the looped drums at various points). But this is on the whole original Williams (including the stretched out final chord, which is…