“The House of the Dragon” premiered on August 22 and instantly became the best premiere in HBO history. The first episode was destroyed this week by fans and specialist publications, and one of the things that attracted the most attention was the chilling inclusion of the iconic “Game of Thrones” in the last scene.
As is often the case on HBO, the prequel pilot was missing a sequence of opening credits, but with the second installment, titled “The Rogue Prince,” the series has already included them. And it turns out that the final scene of the previous one was actually a preview of what we would see and hear in it.
‘The House of the Dragon’ has chosen to get as close as possible to its successful predecessor in all respects and, instead of creating a different header, has reinvented that of ‘Game of Thrones’, repeating its structure and visual style. , And also reusing the song composed by Ramin Djawadi, composer of the original series who also returns to deal with the music of the prequel.
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The instantly recognizable cello melody of “Game of Thrones” remains practically the same as the parent series, but what changes is the animated sequence, which takes us back to the 3D animated map of the Seven Kingdoms showing us the changes and clues about the events of the saga, adding new locations and details. The opening of “La casa del drago” is also distinguished by the union of the map with a (literal) river of blood that comes from a symbol and crosses all of Ponientewhich still reminds us, after the very explicit and bloody first episode, that violence is an essential part of this saga.
“Preserve the DNA of ‘Game of Thrones’
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Ramin Djawadi explained why they decided to repeat the “Game of Thrones” style instead of going in another visual direction. “We wanted to preserve the DNA of the original series in ‘The House of the Dragon'”notes the composer, who also writes the music for another HBO blockbuster, “Westworld”. “We will listen to the melodies we remember from [‘Juego de Tronos’]But because it’s new characters and it’s set 200 years earlier, I’ve written a lot of new material and we’re going to hear a lot of new songs. “.
The second episode of “The House of the Dragon” is now available on HBO Max. Every Sunday at 3am a new episode airs. The first season consists of 10 and the series is already renewed for a second.
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