6/28/2023 0 Comments The last of us part 2 guitar tabThis is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo from Ice Cube, but you can hear this classic tune playing in the WLF hospital as Ellie listens in on Nora being questioned by other WLF soldiers looking for Abby. It Was a Good Day – Ice Cube (original recording) (A game that asks, “do you like hurting other people?” which can’t be a coincidence, given The Last of Us Part II’s themes.)īut the song that’s playing is the thing, here, and that tune is Hydrogen by M|O|O|N. But the game she’s playing? It’s hyper-violent shooter Hotline Miami. Ellie interrogates the girl at knifepoint and, ultimately, kills her when she fights back. When Ellie is looking for Nora at the hospital, she happens upon a member of the WLF who is playing on her PS Vita. Hydrogen – M|O|O|N (Hotline Miami soundtrack) That song? It’s a beautiful acoustic rendition of 80s pop anthem Take on Me, by Norwegian synth heroes a-ha.įor a game that’s split the discourse so heavily, it probably speaks volumes that this – a hands-off cut scene, of characters having a pleasant singalong – is my favourite bit of the game. She pops open the case, tunes the guitar, and sings a song for Dina. In the aforementioned guitar shop, Ellie finds an acoustic guitar that’s locked away inside a hard shell flight case. They’re pretty few and far, and they decrease as the game goes on, but one of the nicest comes just after Ellie and Dina arrive in Seattle. In a game filled with violence (spoiler warning on that article) and the bleakest parts of the human character, there are a few small moments of light. I mean, sure, it sounds a little like a retcon, but it technically works.īonus: There’s a poster for Pearl Jam’s Lighting Bolt in the music store Ellie visits with Dina in Seattle. So how does Joel know a song that was never released? Game director Neil Druckmann has the answer:īut how did Joel know Future Days if the song didn't drop until October 2013 - a month after Outbreak Day? Glad you asked! You see… it was performed live and posted on youtube months prior to the album's release. So in the fictional universe of The Last of Us, Pearl Jam never actually got to release Lightning Bolt. So far, so sensible.īut did you know that Future Days appears on Pearl Jam’s Lightning Bolt album, which was released on October 11, 2013? That’s interesting because “outbreak day” – when the Cordyceps brain infection struck – happens on September 27, 2013. It includes the lyrics “if I ever were to lose you, I’d surely lose myself” which is thematically appropriate for The Last of Us Part II. You first hear Joel playing Future Days for Ellie as he gifts her that beautiful Taylor guitar, then throughout the game, you’ll hear snippets of it, played by Ellie. Future Days – Pearl Jam (covered by Joel, Ellie) It’s super quiet and difficult to make out, but Ellie listens to this on a Walkman in a flashback scene right before Joel gifts her the guitar.īonus: This is also the song that Ellie sings while playing the guitar on the trailer for the game from the PlayStation Experience event in 2016. Through the Valley – Shawn James (original recording) Spoiler warning: This article will contain general location, character and story spoilers for The Last of Us Part II. So, here’s the full list of every licensed song and cover on The Last of Us Part II soundtrack. There’s no sneaky session musicians or dubbing going on here. What’s really neat is that the voice actors behind Ellie and Joel, Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker respectively, played guitar and sang the vocals in the motion capture studio. Others are covers, played in part or in full by characters in the game. Some of the licensed songs on The Last of Us Part II soundtrack are the original versions, played as background or incidental music. Let us know if you didn’t get any songs you pushed for, Neil.) (We only wonder what didn’t make the cut, given some of the massive names that did. And we’ve already seen how rights expiry can disappear games from sale, so when Naughty Dog told Sony’s licensing team they wanted Pearl Jam and a-ha (among others) on the soundtrack? That was probably not a popular decision.īut in addition to Gustavo Santaolalla’s original score, there are a whole bunch of licensed songs that made it onto the Last of Us Part II’s soundtrack. There’s that official Taylor 314ce guitar, for one thing, before we even get to the tunes. The Last of Us Part II must’ve been a licensing nightmare. Here’s every real-life song – original, licensed recording or cast-recorded cover – featured on The Last of Us Part II soundtrack.
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