Talk:Game of Thrones: Season 1 (soundtrack)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Aoba47 (talk · contribs) 14:00, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

• Grabbing this for a review. The soundtrack on this show is really fantastic. I will try to have my comments up by the end of the week (Friday or Saturday) at the latest. Aoba47 (talk) 14:00, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Comments

• While not required at the GA stage, I would recommend adding an ALT description for the infobox image.
  •  Done
• This is just a suggestion, but I would advise to reword the second sentence to the following to make it flow a little bit better: Released on June 14, 2011 as a digital download and CD, it was composed by Ramin Djawadi. Again, it is fine as it currently stands, but I thought it could just be improved slightly.
  •  Done With a slightly different wording.
• The phrase (, according to Djawadi,) is a little too awkwardly shoe-horned into the sentence. I would suggest revising it.
  •  Done Reworded it.
• The final two sentence in the "Production and release" section lack citation/references.
  •  Done Sort of--I can't find a source for the time lag between online and physical issue. I DID find and add LP release info.
• Do you have any more reviews of the soundtrack other than the two already included/listed? Game of Thrones is a rather large show that gets a lot of critical attention so I am surprised that the "Reception" section is so short here.
  • I've added a bit, but it's actually harder than I expected to find reviews of the S1 soundtrack--I keep getting more recent hits for later season soundtrack albums.
    • That is interesting. It could be due to the show getting more and more attention as it progressed so it is possible that the first season soundtrack was simply overlooked. Aoba47 (talk) 01:34, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
• I have never worked on an article like this before so the following are more of clarification questions. Is the "Key scenes/Notes" section entirely necessary? Do you need citation for these parts? Just want to clarify this.
  • Nor have I. Note from the history that I pretty aggressively trimmed these down already. I don't think citations are needed, as the appearances are self-sourcing: the scenes in which the various pieces appear are clearly articulated, and can be checked against the streaming or DVD versions by any interested editor, much like episode plots are self-sourcing. One argument for keeping SOMETHING here is that the significance or association of the various pieces is, in many cases, not clear at all from the title of the pieces themselves.
    • I agree with your revisions to this section as you have done a wonderful job with trimming down the excess. I can understand the value of such information as it does provide context for the soundtrack within the series so it appears okay to me. Aoba47 (talk) 01:32, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
• I am not sure about the placement of the audio sample. I have never seen an audio sample placed in the "Credits and personnel" section. I would imagine it would be more useful to the reader if it was placed in the "Production and release" section.
  •  Done Now lives immediately under the infobox. I agree, this seems better.
• Please complete the "Media data and Non-free use rationale" for the audio sample.
  •  Done and I added non-free rationales for the three other usages of this sample as well. I don't think the sample usage is excessive, as the four articles are for the piece, this soundtrack, the composer, and the broader parent article.

Final comments

• Great job with this article! Once my comments are addressed, I will pass this. Aoba47 (talk) 15:43, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Response

Thanks! I will get to these over the next 2-3 days. Jclemens (talk) 04:07, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

• Sounds good to me; take as long as you need. Aoba47 (talk) 04:11, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Additional comments

• In the "Awards and nominations", there is an empty "Nominee" section. I would suggest removing that section/column as it is not entirely necessary.
• The references need improvement. The citations for references 13 and 14 need to be full completed as it is just a title right now. Reference 5 lacks an access date. Reference 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10 need work/publisher information. Reference 2 lacks an access date and work/publisher information. TV Squad in Reference 1 should not be in italics. I do not think Filmmusicmedia.com in Reference 3 should be in italics either.

• @Jclemens: These are my final comments. Once my comments are addressed, I will pass this. Aoba47 (talk) 01:43, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
  • @Aoba47: Ok, I think I got that all cleaned up. If I missed anything, I'll check back on it tomorrow. Thanks for your awesome turnaround time. Jclemens (talk) 05:00, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

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Looks good to me. I will ✓ Pass this. Aoba47 (talk) 14:13, 18 March 2017 (UTC)