A quick internet search of 'Game of Thrones theme covers' reveals a wide array of musics and styles — from a western version, to an 8-bit cover, to a rendition featuring goats.
One of the more interesting and evocative entries comes from central Asia, and the mountainous country of Kyrgyzstan. Recently, a group of Kyrgyz folk musicians known as Ordo Sakhna uploaded a video featuring their rendition of the Game of Thrones theme performed on authentic Kyrgyz instruments such as the sybyzgy (side-blown flute), the komuz (a three-stringed, fretless instrument, related to the lute) and the kyl kyyak (a two-stringed, bowed instrument).
See the group in action in the video below.
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