For the Throne: Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones

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For the Throne:
Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones
For the Throne.jpg
Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedApril 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)
Genre
Length46:42
Label Columbia
Producer
Game of Thrones music chronology
Game of Thrones: Season 7
(2017)
For the Throne:
Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones

(2019)
Game of Thrones: Season 8
(2019)
Singles from For the Throne: Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones
  1. "Power Is Power"
    Released: April 18, 2019

For the Throne: Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones is a soundtrack inspired by the television series Game of Thrones , released by Columbia Records on April 26, 2019. [1] [2] The album features two promotional singles, "Kingdom of One" by Maren Morris and "Nightshade" by The Lumineers, which were released simultaneously on April 12, 2019, [3] [4] as well as the SZA, The Weeknd and Travis Scott collaborative single, "Power Is Power", which was released on April 18, 2019. Many artists were featured on it, including X Ambassadors, Ty Dolla Sign, Chloe x Halle, Ellie Goulding, ASAP Rocky, Joey Badass, Rosalia, James Arthur, and Maren Morris. [5]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Highsnobiety 2/5 [7]
Pitchfork 3.7/10 [8]

AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album 2.5 out of 5 stars. [6]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal. [9]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Kingdom of One" (Maren Morris)
Ricky Reed 3:35
2."Power Is Power" (SZA, The Weeknd and Travis Scott)
3:31
3."Nightshade" (The Lumineers)
  • Schultz
  • Fraites
3:00
4."Hollow Crown" (Ellie Goulding)
  • Reed
  • King Garbage [a]
2:51
5."Baptize Me" (X Ambassadors featuring Jacob Banks)
  • Reed
  • X Ambassadors
3:37
6."Too Many Gods" (ASAP Rocky and Joey Badass)
  • Mercureau
  • Reed
2:29
7."Turn on Me" (The National)
  • Dessner
  • Berninger
4:15
8."From the Grave" (James Arthur)
  • S. Harris
  • Frederic
  • Tobias Wincorn
  • Hector
  • Reed
  • Wincorn [a]
3:19
9."Me Traicionaste" (Rosalía featuring A. Chal)
2:46
10."When I Lie" (Remix) (Lil Peep featuring Ty Dolla Sign)
3:13
11."Love Can Kill" (Lennon Stella)
  • S. Harris
  • Mercureau
  • Frederic
  • Hector
  • Mercureau
  • Reed
  • Cody Tarpley [b]
2:30
12."Wolf at Your Door" (Chloe x Halle)
  • Reed
  • DJ Stanfill [b]
3:57
13."Devil in Your Eye" (Mumford & Sons)Dessner3:45
14."Pray (High Valyrian)" (Matt Bellamy)
  • Sebastien Najand
  • Bellamy
3:54
Total length:46:42

Notes

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [10] 23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] 165
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] 173
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [13] 21
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [14] 65
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [15] 39
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 53
US Billboard 200 [17] 37

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