Why Is The Music In The Teleplay Sounds From Middle Ages

Game of Thrones and Medieval Music
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Introduction
For quite some time now, persons that enjoy epic movies have been treated to one of the best TV shows of all time. Adopted from the bestselling book series A Song of Ice and Fire, By George R.R. Martin, The Game of Thrones has been a winning TV show for many across the globe. This is a TV series that has been adopted by the HBO and gives the audience a taste of medieval fantasy epic. The story revolves around two most powerful families and a host of kings, queens, renegades, knights, men and women all playing the deadly game of gaining the ultimate control of the seven kingdoms. As such, there are a number of noble families in the series all of whom have a stake in the power struggle to rule the entire kingdom. Set in the lands of Westeros, this is an epic that takes the audience by surprise from time to time with the turn of events that take place. Of key importance in this paper is the fact that music plays a crucial role in getting the audience to understand and appreciate the medieval fantasy created in the series. Music played in the background of any movie has subtle significance to the storyline the directors are trying to bring to the audience. This is not different from the directors of the game of thrones. Each of the kingdoms is associated with a medieval musical note that depicts the medievalism element in the series. From the way, they dress in their costumes to the music that plays in the background when the kingdom is on screen, there is some level of significance and one that relates to the historical significance of the kingdom.
Thesis Statement: The background music used in the game of thrones depicts European medievalism especially where considered against the specific noble families.
The Game of Thrones TV Series
The TV series, The Game of Thrones is one of the highest rated programs across the globe relative to the drama. The series brings out the politics and drama in the seven kingdoms of Westeros, which are divided among many noble families which have varying sizes and might. All of the noble families in the series are geared towards winning the ultimate position of ruling the seven kingdoms. This is referred to as the iron throne, where all the power of the kingdom is based. It is from the Iron throne that the rest of the kingdoms decent from forming the great houses which have rule over specific parts of the entire kingdom. A closer evaluation of the TV series reveals that there is are an estimated nine great houses all of which have a number of vassal houses below them. This is to mean that there are number of other smaller houses that are below the nine main ones. The most powerful great houses control large areas of the kingdom and have large armies protecting these areas with banners laid out across the countryside.
All of these areas pay tribute to the great house that control the area with reference to taxes and honor to the king with all they have. Persons that are born into the noble families are referred to as the highborns while those that are born of the lesser vassals are referred to as the lowborns. The latter are simply the commoners and they little on claim to the throne relative to thei...