content: "'''The Rains of Castamere'''" is a song appearing in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' novels and in the television series adaptation ''Game of Thrones''. The song's lyrics were written by George R. R. Martin in the original novel, and the tune was composed by Ramin Djawadi in 2011, upon request from the series creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. The song appears multiple times throughout the books and show. 