Photo via YouTube/Coldplay
Photo via YouTube/Coldplay

Musicals are usually a bad idea. And when Coldplay’s Chris Martin gets the idea that he’s going to do a Game of Thrones one, well, let’s just say the results are mixed at best.

Part Office, part Spinal Tap, this humorous, made-for-laughs video supports Red Nose Day, a day to raise funds to help children living in poverty (you might have seen those Walgreens ads, as the company is a main sponsor). Martin and Co. made a video about the songwriting and recording process behind the entire Game of Thrones debacle. And it’s narrated by Liam Neeson, too.

Watch the crew of Coldplay and most of the Game of Thrones cast — including Kit Harington doing a stellar version of “Wild Thing” called “Wildling” — as they try to capture the series in song:

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