Westeros

And the beat of the marketing drums continues to grow. As we anticipated, HBO Max is starting to push more and more information out there ahead of tomorrow’s NYCC panel (which George R.R. Martin has also posted about), and now we get a preview of the trailer featuring Dunk and Egg overlooking the sprawl of pavilions and tents at Ashford Meadow:

In other news, that musical sting there is likely from composer Dan Romer, who revealed on his Instagram that he is the composer for the show. Romer’s work includes Pixar’s Luca, the video game Far Cry 5, and the live action Lilo & Stitch, but I personally first came across his work in the feted indie film Beasts of the Southern Wild, where he was co-composer of the score with Benh Zeitlin. Here’s a 2012 live performance featuring Romer (on the accordion) and Zeitlin (on the banjo) with an orchestra: