Catch the Throne
{{Short description|2014 mixtape}}
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| name = Catch the Throne: Volume I
| type = Mixtape
| artist = Various artists
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| alt = Volume I album cover
| released = {{Start date|2014|03|7}}
| recorded = 2013–2014
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| name = Catch the Throne: Volume II
| type = Mixtape
| artist = Various artists
| cover = Catchthethrone2.jpg
| alt = Volume II album cover
| released = {{Start date|2015|03|7}}
| recorded = 2014–2015
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| genre = Hip hop, rap, heavy metal
| length = 53:10
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Catch the Throne is a two-volume mixtape. The first volume was released digitally on March 7, 2014, and on CD on March 28, 2014, as a free mix tape that features various rap artists to help promote the HBO series Game of Thrones.{{cite news|last=Beauchemin|first=Molly|title=Listen to the "Game Of Thrones" Mixtape, Catch the Throne|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/54260-listen-to-the-game-of-thrones-mixtape-catch-the-throne/|accessdate=March 7, 2014|newspaper=Pitchfork|date=March 7, 2014}}{{cite news|last=Blistein|first=Jon|title=Hear the Second 'Game of Thrones' Mixtape Now|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-the-second-game-of-thrones-mixtape-now-20150317|accessdate=March 17, 2015|newspaper=Rolling Stone|date=March 17, 2015|archive-date=November 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122202054/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-the-second-game-of-thrones-mixtape-now-20150317|url-status=dead}} The albums feature hip hop artists including Snoop Dogg, Ty Dolla $ign, Common, Wale, Daddy Yankee, as well as music by Ramin Djawadi from the show and some voices from the show.
Reception
The album received mostly mixed reviews from critics and fans alike.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
Track listing
= ''Volume I'' =
To help promote the series to a broader audience including multicultural urban youth, HBO commissioned an album of rap songs dedicated to Game of Thrones.{{cite news|last=Whelan|first=Robbie|title=Unlikely Mix: Rappers, Dragons and Fantasy: HBO Hires Hip-Hop, Latin-Music Artists to Promote 'Game of Thrones'|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304585004579417603138479142?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304585004579417603138479142.html|accessdate=March 7, 2014|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=March 4, 2014}} Entitled Catch the Throne, it was published for free on SoundCloud on March 7, 2014.{{cite web|title=Catch the Throne|url=https://soundcloud.com/catchthethrone|publisher=SoundCloud|accessdate=March 7, 2014}}
{{Track listing
| title1 = Mother of Dragons
| music1 = Big Boi
| length1 = 2:09
| title2 = Iron Throne
| music2 = Magazeen
| length2 = 2:26
| title3 = Win or Die
| music3 = Bodega Bamz
| length3 = 2:21
| title4 = Magical Reality
| music4 = Kilo Kish
| length4 = 2:32
| title5 = Born to Rule
| music5 = Daddy Yankee
| length5 = 2:34
| title6 = Arya's Prayer
| music6 = Dominik Omega
| length6 = 3:20
| title7 = The Parallel
| music7 = Dee Goodz
| length7 = 3:12
| title8 = Fire
| music8 = Snow tha Product
| length8 = 1:54
| title9 = The Ladder
| music9 = Common
| length9 = 2:41
| title10 = King Slayer
| music10 = Wale
| length10 = 2:24
}}
= ''Volume II'' =
A second volume of songs was released in March 2015, prior to the beginning of the fifth season of Game of Thrones. This volume again consisted of songs from hip-hop artists, but this time also included contributions from several heavy metal bands.{{cite web|last1=Childers|first1=Chad|title='Catch the Throne, Volume Two' Mixtape released on iTunes|url=http://loudwire.com/catch-the-throne-volume-2-mixtape-featuring-anthrax-more-available-for-free-on-itunes/|website=Loudwire|date=13 March 2015 |accessdate=20 April 2015}} It was released as a free download on iTunes and SoundCloud.{{cite web|last1=Camp|first1=Zoe|title=Stream Catch the Throne Vol. 2, Official "Game of Thrones" Mixtape|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/58584-stream-catch-the-throne-vol-2-official-game-of-thrones-mixtape/|website=Pitchfork|date=17 March 2015 |accessdate=20 April 2015}}
{{Track listing
| title1 = The Oath
| music1 = Method Man
| length1 = 2:33
| title2 = Run for Cover
| music2 = MNDR
| length2 = 2:56
| title3 = Never Back Down
| music3 = Ty Dolla $ign
| length3 = 3:52
| title4 = Loyalty
| music4 = Killswitch Engage
| length4 = 4:07
| title5 = Surrender Now
| music5 = Kap G
| length5 = 2:52
| title6 = Fight Through It
| music6 = Melanie Fiona
| length6 = 3:07
| title7 = Lannister's Anthem
| music7 = Snoop Dogg
| length7 = 2:31
| title8 = Marcando Territorio
| music8 = Yandel
| length8 = 3:44
| title9 = Soror Irrumator
| music9 = Anthrax
| length9 = 5:30
| title10 = Let Me Go
| music10 = Estelle
| length10 = 2:24
| title11 = Lord of the Light
| music11 = Talib Kweli
| length11 = 2:55
| title12 = White Walker
| music12 = Mastodon
| length12 = 4:30
| title13 = Legends
| music13 = Raquel Sofia
| length13 = 3:23
| title14 = All Mine
| music14 = Stalley
| length14 = 3:58
| title15 = Among the Crows
| music15 = Mushroomhead
| length15 = 4:48
}}