--- title: Game of Thrones: Coldplay's Musical Interpretation of the Red Wedding description: The band joined forces with the cast for NBC's "Red Nose Day" canonical: https://time.com/3893801/coldplay-game-of-thrones/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-22T12:56:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:33:44.981Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Coldplay Writes a "Red Wedding" Song for the Cast of GoT og:description: The band joined forces with the cast for NBC's "Red Nose Day" og:url: https://time.com/3893801/coldplay-game-of-thrones/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Coldplay Writes a "Red Wedding" Song for the Cast of GoT twitter:description: The band joined forces with the cast for NBC's "Red Nose Day" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Hear What _Game of Thrones'_ Red Wedding Sounds Like as Interpreted by Coldplay by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley May 22, 2015 12:56 PM UTC by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley May 22, 2015 12:56 PM UTC Coldplay and _Game of Thrones_ both have devoted fan bases. Bring them together and what do you get? A goofy yet adorable musical interpretation of the HBO series that’s sure to be enjoyed by both of their constituencies. The band teased a musical version of the show’s infamous “red wedding” that, so far, looks a lot less tragic, violent and bloody than the George R.R. Martin version. Still, those “Bum, bum, bum, buppa duppa bums” must be building up to something sinister. The musical interlude was a part of NBC’s Red Nose Day, a telethon to raise funds for children’s charities that has been a huge success in the U.K. for some 30 years. Coldplay penned several other songs for the event, including a [Peter Dinklage piece](http://time.com/3889619/peter-dinklage-coldplay-game-thrones-musical/) about his character’s survival on _Game of Thrones_ and a [reggae number by Emilia Clarke](http://time.com/3893774/emilia-clarke-reggae/) about being a “Rastafarian Targaryen.” _Variety_ [reports](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/red-nose-day-nbc-seth-meyers-saturday-night-live-u2-1201503154/) that NBC raised more than $10 million in the Thursday broadcast. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3893801/coldplay-game-of-thrones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3893801/coldplay-game-of-thrones/"},"headline":"Hear What Game of Thrones' Red Wedding Sounds Like as Interpreted by Coldplay","datePublished":"2015-05-22T12:56:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:33:44.981Z","description":"The band joined forces with the cast for NBC's \"Red Nose Day\"","url":"https://time.com/3893801/coldplay-game-of-thrones/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","NBC","Coldplay"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3893801/coldplay-game-of-thrones/","name":"Hear What Game of Thrones' Red Wedding Sounds Like as Interpreted by Coldplay"}}]}] ```