--- title: Game of Thrones Season 4 Premiere: Smooth Jazz Theme Song Cover description: Eat your heart out, Kenny G. This jazz quartet adds a bit of class to the HBO hit show's opening credits theme, just in time for the season 4 premiere canonical: https://time.com/51102/game-of-thrones-jazz-theme-song/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-06T19:18:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:32.756Z og:title: Game of Thrones Season 4 Premiere: Smooth Jazz Theme Song Cover og:description: Eat your heart out, Kenny G. This jazz quartet adds a bit of class to the HBO hit show's opening credits theme, just in time for the season 4 premiere og:url: https://time.com/51102/game-of-thrones-jazz-theme-song/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1091faf878b67c9d/69868920810bbb1892c90e14/screen-shot-2014-04-06-at-2-56-07-pm.png?branch=production&width=1148&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1148 og:image:height: 646 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-04-06 at 2.56.07 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Game of Thrones Season 4 Premiere: Smooth Jazz Theme Song Cover twitter:description: Eat your heart out, Kenny G. This jazz quartet adds a bit of class to the HBO hit show's opening credits theme, just in time for the season 4 premiere twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1091faf878b67c9d/69868920810bbb1892c90e14/screen-shot-2014-04-06-at-2-56-07-pm.png?branch=production&width=1148&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Game of Thrones_ Would Be Classier With a Smooth Jazz Theme Tune by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 6, 2014 7:18 PM UTC  by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 6, 2014 7:18 PM UTC We know, we know. Everything about about _Game of Thrones_ is perfect as is. But just imagine, for a moment, how classy the HBO drama would be if a smooth jazz rendition of composer Ramin Djawadi’s opening credits theme set the tone for each episode. So, to get yourself psyched for tonight’s season premiere, listen to this oddly mesmerizing five-minute jazz version of the iconic _GoT_ theme. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/51102/game-of-thrones-jazz-theme-song/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/51102/game-of-thrones-jazz-theme-song/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Would Be Classier With a Smooth Jazz Theme Tune","datePublished":"2014-04-06T19:18:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:32.756Z","description":"Eat your heart out, Kenny G. This jazz quartet adds a bit of class to the HBO hit show's opening credits theme, just in time for the season 4 premiere","url":"https://time.com/51102/game-of-thrones-jazz-theme-song/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","HBO","game of thrones","Arts","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1091faf878b67c9d/69868920810bbb1892c90e14/screen-shot-2014-04-06-at-2-56-07-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1091faf878b67c9d/69868920810bbb1892c90e14/screen-shot-2014-04-06-at-2-56-07-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-04-06 at 2.56.07 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/51102/game-of-thrones-jazz-theme-song/","name":"Game of Thrones Would Be Classier With a Smooth Jazz Theme Tune"}}]}] ```