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Tie-in soundtracks are strange beasts.
Sometimes, you get earnest, heartbreaking Randy Newmansongsabout friendships between anthropomorphic childrens toys.
Sometimes you get Tyler, the Creator having a blastdivinginto the mind of Dr. Seusss Grinch.
Game of Throneshas trouble embracing pop culture because the world of Westeros is so different from our own.
2s use of Cat Stevenss Father and Son.
)Thronessneaks celebrities into the margins.
It gives cameos to Ed Sheeran,Chris Stapleton, and members of the band Mastodon.
It slips a Florence and the Machineperformanceinto an episodes closing credits.
Maren Morris and Lennon Stella handle the mission with grace on Kingdom of One and Love Can Kill.
But too many downers in a row makes the album a tough listen.
(The Battle of Winterfellis won through a complex web of windfalls and losses.
Its a show about the warmth it takes to keep them both at bay.)
The only song that drives this sentiment home is the sunny James Arthur tune From the Grave.
Its hope!For the Thronemisses the mark.
