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If you’re feeling confused by the song selection in the Game of Thrones documentary, The Last Watch, you’re not alone. Fans aren’t sure what to think about the music and lyrics in the documentary. Some fans absolutely love it, some only enjoyed some of the song selections, and some left thoroughly confused.
During the Night King scene, for example, the music that played was called “You Want It Darker” by Leonard Cohen. Some fans think they played the music just to troll with the viewers, since the scene was so dark that some fans couldn’t see everything that was happening.
You know they played the song “You Want It Darker” by Leonard Cohen while showing footage of the Battle of Winterfell just to troll. #TheLastWatch
Here’s the full song:
Here are the first few lyrics: “If you are the dealer, I’m out of the game, If you are the healer, it means I’m broken and lame, If thine is the glory then mine must be the shame, You want it darker, We kill the flame.”
The song is probably used as a reflection of the Night King’s purpose in the story overall, to create a long and darker night. Here are fan reactions to the song:
Playing “You Want It Darker” during The Long Night portion of Game of Thrones: The Last Watch is an incredible flex
During the funeral scene, the music really didn’t seem to match the scene at all. They were filming a heartbreaking mass burial, but the song was about falling in love with lyrics like “Baby I want you come, come, come into my arms, Let me feel the wonder of all of you…”
This was an even more devastating Sansa-Theon scene than in the episode itself. And this song. I’m done for. 💔
#TheLastWatch
The song they played was called “Could It Be Magic” by Barry Manilow. And some fans really liked the use of the song. Here’s the full song:
And here are fans’ mixed reactions to its use in the documentary:
Best use of a Barry Manilow song ever ;-) #TheLastWatch
That song was not relevant there. Lol that was a crying moment but it didn’t happen cause of the song choice! #GameOfThrones #TheLastWatch
This #GameofThrones doc is awesome. If I had made a list of one million things I thought would be in it, a Barry Manilow song would not have been included, but here we are. #TheLastWatch
Take Three: The burning of the dead after the Battle of Winterfell, set to Barry Manilow’s ‘Could it Be Magic’ is truly inspired 😂
At the end of the documentary, they played “This Corrosion” by Lambchop. The lyrics include:
Gimme the ring, kissed and told
Gimme something that I missed (gimme the ring)
A hand to hold, wild and what it seems (gimme the ring)
Kill the king with love is the law
And then we’ll turn round (gimme the ring)
Here’s the full song:
My favorite part of The Last Watch is this insane remake of a ballad from my misspent youth.
Lambchop – This Corrosion
You might enjoy seeing this original version:
Here are some fans’ thoughts about the music overall.
The music used for this @GameOfThrones #TheLastWatch is as out of place as 2 plastic water bottles and a Starbucks cup.
#TheLastWatch was great, Andrew McClay will be a star now, but good hell whoever chose the music for that documentary needs to reevaluate their career choice. Every song with lyrics was so incongruent with what was happening on screen and just bad.
Okay but the music #TheLastWatch
Other fans, however, loved the soundtrack.
I really need the opening music from #TheLastWatch of @GameOfThrones so beautiful
What did you think of the documentary’s music?