In Game of Thrones, Sansa sings a beautiful song in season two. I have found an awesome version made by Letomi :
” It’s a hymn from the sept that she first sings before a great battle is fought and she sings it again later to the Hound […] before he vanishes. I wanted to put melody to the song and also capture both occurances within the same song. “
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Nobody’s Mogget Now – Benjamin Newman
Abhorsen filk is a thing that exists and I am so happy my editorializing has escaped from that tags
Available for download here
Lyrics here
(Based on Nobody’s Moggy Now, by Eric Bogle)
Wintersmith Overture – Steeleye Span
If people didn’t know, Steeleye Span and Terry Pratchett collaborated on an album a couple years ago of what essentially amounts to Discworld filk with a really amazing pseudo-medieval/folk/rock vibe.
And it’s all on YouTube.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
The Rocky Road to Erebor – Ingrid Windsland
Ingrid Windsland’s fantastic parody of “The Rocky Road to Dublin”
Faerie Queen – Heather Alexander
Heather Alexander’s “Fairy Queen”
I’ve never had actual confirmation that this is based on “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” but…it seems kind of obvious. Anyway, every good supernatural ballad deserves a Celtic version and an American version.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Nimrodel – Ingrid Windsland
My recording of Nimrodel is now up on YouTube! 🙂
You can download this song for free on my Soundcloud account:
https://soundcloud.com/ingrid-windsland
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
The Rains of Castamere – Game of Thrones
The Rains of Castamere (A Song Of Ice And Fire/Game of Thrones)
Posting this is much easier than trying to explain what “Filk” is to people
I mean, as soon as I hear they were making a show of ASOIAF I was like, “OMG There going to be so much filk they’ll have to write”
It’s impossible to explain what Filk is to people who don’t read fantasy.
The Rains of Castamere was (in the books) a song commissioned by Tywin Lannister to commemorate the utter annihilation of some family that rose up against house Lannister a few decades before the events in ASOIAF. So basically, in order for it to be in the show they have to hire musicians to make it a real song.
BONUS: Bronn singing The Rains of Castmere Before The Battle of Blackwater
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
I Had a Shoggoth – Tom Smith
Tom Smith – I Had A Shoggoth
The ASL interpreter absolutely MAKES this video.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)