After some ambient string writing the motif then comes back before the music dims down to a piano solo, followed by a quiet, very uneasy string chord to end.
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It opens with a mellow cor anglais solo that expands into a full tune played by the strings, which is also the main musical motif of the soundtrack.
The soundtrack opens with the main theme of Ethan Mars, a theme that has a very uneasy feel to it. Overall this makes for a very enjoyable and moving soundtrack, which is a nice change of pace from your typical Western score. The soundtrack consists of main themes for the five main characters, seven action tracks which correspond to the action sequences in the game, and four other tracks which make good use of the character's themes. Rather than an energetic rousing action score, composer Normand Corbeil instead provides a score that mostly consists of slow, tension building, emotionally driven music. The music of Heavy Rain reflects the atmospheric approach that the game takes. There are only two other games I can think of that use a similar approach, Funcom's Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, and Fahrenheit, made by Quantum Dream, who also happen to be the developers behind Heavy Rain. It's a Game Noir (a video game that's like a Film Noir). Rather than relying on action or getting from point A to point B, Heavy Rain instead decides to focuses the gameplay on the characters and their interactions and emotions, which can take the story in several directions. Some may scoff at describing it as an interactive drama but that is essentially what the game is. Heavy Rain Original Videogame Score :: Review by Joe Hammond