WARNING: Possible spoilers for the Game Of Thrones season 7 finale ahead
As we head into the final episode of Game Of Thrones season 7 on Sunday, we’re poised for a major meeting in King’s Landing and the shuffle of pieces heading into the final season and the eventual showdown with the Night King. Details on what will happen in the finale are scarce, but there are plenty of theories floating around concerning somebody dying in Winterfell, a showdown between the Clegane brothers that we’ve been waiting for, and the revelation that Jon is a Targaryen to the characters in the series.
Given the speed at which this abbreviated season has flown by, we’re sure to be cheated out of some of the things fans desperately want to see. It would be odd to see so many things stuffed into this finale, but it is also the longest episode of the series. Seeing how it is close to motion picture length and we don’t have to go about introducing characters or explaining the world, we could see some of those dominoes start to fall.
A good indication at what we could see might be hidden in the official soundtrack/score for season 7. As Joanna Robinson points out over at Vanity Fair, the titles and style of music chosen for the finale seem to point to some major things happening both in King’s Landing and the lands to the north.
The full tracklist lists out the major moments from the season, with the finale seeming to carry the largest number — bolded below. As SyFy Wire notes, “See You For What You Are” is the final track of episode six, so it would make sense for “Casterly Rock” to be the opening tune:
1. Main Titles
2. Dragonstone
3. Shall We Begin?
4. The Queen’s Justice
5. A Game I Like to Play
6. I Am the Storm
7. The Gift
8. Dragonglass
9. Spoils of War (Pt. 1)
10. Spoils of War (Pt. 2)
11. The Dagger
12. Home
13. Gorgeous Beasts
14. The Long Farewell
15. Against All Odds
16. See You for What You Are
17. Casterly Rock
18. A Lion’s Legacy
19. Message for Cersei
20. Ironborn
21. No One Walks Away from Me
22. Truth
23. The Army of the Dead
24. Winter Is Here
For Robinson, the songs that matter in terms of the major developments in the finale start with “No One Walks Away From Me,” a line that definitely points to something you’d hear from Cersei Lannister. This could always be a theme for something between Sansa and Arya in Winterfell given the former’s mean streak this season, but as the Vanity Fair article points out, the track features elements from the music that followed the destruction of The Grwat Sept in the season 6 finale. Most are expecting some sort of showdown, so it makes sense that dragging a zombie to King’s Landing isn’t enough to seal the deal for peace.
“Truth” is a track that seems to indicate we could be getting a revelation connected to Daenerys and Jon Snow, mostly due to how the song references themes used for both from earlier in the season. In particular, this one calls back to “Dragonglass” from earlier in season 7, the tune that is apparently the unofficial love tune between the two monarchs and pending relatives according to Vanity Fair. How this happens is up in the air, but there is definitely going to be some sort of development here that buffers between whatever chaos pops up from Cersei and the chaos that seems to be closing the episode.
We say chaos because the final track, “The Army Of The Dead,” indicates that we’ll be getting another look at the Night King and his army. That probably includes an appearance by the newly zombiefied Viserion, hopefully with the Night King riding on top to either destroy The Wall or just wreck things enough that the Wight army can just move along. No idea for sure, but the music has the kind of chaotic feel we got from “Hardhome” and that didn’t go well for anybody on the living side.
You can listen to the full soundtrack online now or buy it on CD September 29th and vinyl later in the year. If the series has done one thing great this season, it’s certainly the music.
(Via Vanity Fair / SyFy Wire)
