The Rains of Castamere

This is my version of a song that appears in book 3 of George R. R. Martin's fantasy series a Song of Ice and Fire. It concerns an event in the backstory when Lord Tywin Lannister quashed the rebellion of one of his subserviant lords, while he was a yet a teenager. I was given permission to record and upload it by GRRM in person at a book-signing in London, England, November 2009.

One warning to fans of the books: this was not an attempt to produce an authentically "medieval-sounding" piece. It's folkrock with electric guitars and synthesisers coming in for a crescendo at the end. I hope this doesn't jar your expectations too much.

I am in no way associated with the HBO series based on the books. If the show makes it to a third series (yes please), there'll likely be another version of the song written for it by someone hired by HBO. I'm a big fan of both the novels and the series, so that's fine by me. Whatever happens, it's been a positive learning experience in what it takes to write and record a fully-developed piece of music. This included coming up additional lyrics; GRRM's orginal verse and chorus can be read in full at:

http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/The_Rains_of_Castamere

Comments and discussion are welcome. For the benefit of people whose first experience of the story is the show, please keep it SPOILER FREE. If you want to have a spoiler-centric dicussion the most popular ASoIaF board for fans of the novels is at Westeros.org, here:

http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/forum/20-general-asoiaf/

Lastly, people who enjoy it feel free to like the vid and subscribe to my channel! Booya! XD

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[Industrievertreter1]

Justice will find Lord Walder Frey, too.

Bloody bastard.

[kingofattendance]

Jaime Lannister sends his regards.

[iagorincon]

@RolTickler Yes i'm with you. The fact that it's song that way makes it even more . . . creepy. It's almost like an inappropriate jape.

[iagorincon]

@chungeezy1 SPOILER MUCH!!!

[iagorincon]

Chills

[chungeezy1]

RIP Robb and Catelynn

[wainblatrobert]

@RolTickler I imagine it to be a forewarning song to remind everyone what happens to those who betray their liege so something written in a minor key with more ominous orchestration

[RolTickler]

@wainblatrobert it IS supposed to be happy, because it's the a minstrel's song about a monumental victory. Do you think someone would risk the anger of Tywin making it sound sinester?

[Helio5436]

I am a Reyne and i find this offensive.

[wainblatrobert]

definitely not what I had imagined in my mind...this is almost happy sounding

[marcusrp9]

Great song man, but could you try to do a medieval version of that, it would sound awesome.

[TheBalkanFury]

so did you write the second part of the song yourself? awesome job dude!!!