When House of the Dragon season one premiered, its built-in viewers of Sport of Thrones followers observed instantly a similarity between the 2 exhibits: Ramin Djawadi’s iconic theme tune. And Dragon’s opening-credits graphics—whereas not an identical—have been actually evocative of Thrones’. When Dragon returns for its second season, nonetheless, viewers will discover a giant change.
The music is identical, however the graphics are fairly completely different. As a substitute of blood operating by means of stone and metallic, the solid and crew names unfurl whereas a tapestry is being stitched as blood seeps into the fabric. “We did determine to go together with the brand new essential title sequence this yr,” showrunner Ryan Condal defined to io9 as a part of a Home of the Dragon season two press roundtable. “Once we have been trying on the sequence we did in season one, which I believe works very effectively, it was visually dynamic and fascinating, nevertheless it was actually about—it was primarily a household tree. It was in regards to the bloodlines of this generational household that begins with Viserys after which goes down by means of Rhaenyra and Alicent after which on to the era of their youngsters.”
This season, nonetheless, that second era—King Aegon II, Aemond Targaryen, Jacaerys Velaryon, and so forth—are actually absolutely a part of the story. “The household is form of set at [this] level,” Condal mentioned. “Sport of Thrones loves an evolving title sequence, and we simply didn’t actually know the place to go together with it from there. So the thought was, if the primary season was about ancestry and bloodlines, season two is now about [being part of] this dwelling historical past, this era that turns into very seismic, each on this time after which for all of the many years to return. That is such a well-known time in historical past that even characters within the A Tune of Ice and Hearth books are considering again to the Dance of the Dragons, which is probably the most brutal and bloody civil battle fought on this time.”
Condal continued. “So we wish to do one thing that was that was dynamic and that was speaking in regards to the themes within the story that we have been telling in season two and past. And it felt in my thoughts, the best way to try this was to discover a approach of rendering the historical past in a visible approach. We went to a tapestry and there’s this excellent title firm known as yU+co that designed that for us. And the thought is that we live by means of historical past, and we’re seeing it stitched into the material of this tapestry as we transfer, the time begins in Previous Valyria and takes us during to, as you see on the finish of it, Vhagar taking out Arrax over Storm’s Finish [as seen in the season one finale]. And I believe you’ll proceed to see it evolve from right here.”
Home of the Dragon season two arrives June 16 on HBO and Max.
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