Series: 'The Last of Us' (HBO) Written by: Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin Series Music: Gustavo Santaolalla Video Music: • Joël's Rampage - The L... --- No copyright infringement intended
The first two times Joel held a child in his hands they died. The last time Joel carried Ellie to safety. Ellie is like the unconventional bratty princess who captured the heart of a bitter old man who was dead inside. She’s the light of Joel’s life as well as light of hope for humanity.
I just love that you used the "Vengeance" version of The Last of Us theme for the background music for this. It is literally my favorite piece of music from the whole show, and it really perfectly encapsulates Joel and his feelings and his actions during the whole scene of when he's killing the Fireflies in the hospital. The opening theme being in the piece is kind of representative of Joel and Ellie's relationship, but the darkness that's added to the piece is Joel's emotions, he's so filled with rage, the music is just so sad but is also filled with anger. Also, it really shows how sad the scene really is. Joel is a broken man, and everything leading up to this moment has reminded Joel of his failure, and has sparked his fear. Sarah, Tess, failure to protect the people he loves. Henry and Sam, the reminder that failure would probably end up killing him and/or Ellie. And in that scene, Joel is just so filled with rage and sadness, and love. And because he has failed to save the people that he loves, he will do ANYTHING to save Ellie NOW; even if that means that he absolutely massacres the Fireflies.
