The story behind those surprising needle drops.
Similarly, episode 2 closes with Sir Jude’s “Hurdy Gurdy Man,” a folk-song-meets-rock track.
There are plenty more needle drops to come.
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But why did showrunnerJonathan Kasdanwant to dot his fantasy series with these decidedly more modern tracks?
Well, for starters, he was inspired byGame of Thrones.
“It’s one of the most shocking ends ever.
But you see his hand get cut off, and then it cuts to black.
It’s some band that they lovedcovering this ‘Bear and the Maiden Fair’ song.
It just rocked, and it jolted you.
I never shook that idea that we could do something like that here.”
“Which is that you’ve taken their beloved thing and somehow changed it.”
Willow’s first two episodes are now streaming onDisney+, with new episodes on Wednesdays.
