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The Last of Us season 2 faces musical timeline dilemmas with songs like “Future Days” and Crooked Still’s album Shaken by a Low Sound.
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Joel’s heartfelt moment with Ellie using “Future Days” sets the tone for their relationship and the tragedies to come.
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The showrunners may need to choose different songs for the TV show to match the timeline of a 2003 outbreak, but they should consider using the game’s songs anyway.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us Part II.
There was a lot of discussion about whether or not The last of us Season 2 may use Pearl Jam’s “Future Days” on its soundtrack, but that’s not the only musical dilemma the show faces. like The last of us Entering its second season on HBO, showrunners Neil Druckman and Craig Mazin will begin tackling the gargantuan non-linear narrative of The Last of Us Part II. Based on the trailers and set leaks, it seems like season 2 will cover Eli’s half of the story before moving on to Abby’s in season 3.
The play is famous for Joel singing a song for Eli as he promised. He plays “Future Days” by Pearl Jam, perfectly encapsulating their relationship and foreshadowing the tragedies that will befall them, before handing the guitar to Eli so he can teach her how to play. Since the TV show moved the outbreak to 2003 and the song came out in 2013, there have been many debates about whether the series can use “Future Days.” But that’s not the only musical timeline dilemma the showrunners have faced.
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Crooked Still’s album Shaken by a Low Sound was released in 2006
“Future Days” is not the only song by The Last of Us Part IIs soundtrack that came out after the TV show’s breakout date. The Crooked Still album Shaken by a low sound is key to the Jackson dance scene and the Santa Barbara epilogue, and the album was released in 2006So it could be a similar problem. “Ain’t No Grave” plays when Ellie, Dina and JJ dance in the kitchen, Ellie plays “Ecstasy” when she can’t sleep, and most importantly, “Little Sadie” plays over the flashback to the Jackson Barn dance.
After her ordeal in Santa Barbara, when Eli returns to find the farmhouse empty except for all her stuff that Dina left behind, Shaken by a low sound sat on Ali’s guitar. This album is just as critical to The Last of Us Part IIs musical narrative like “Future Days,” And it wouldn’t feel right if it wasn’t included in the TV show. But since it came out in 2006, if the showrunners keep to a strict timeline, they’ll have to choose a different album for The last of us Season 2.
Why The Last of Us Season 2 should just use the songs from the game anyway
Surely the audience can suspend their disbelief in a zombie show
Rather than changing the songs to line up with the TV series’ timeline, the showrunners should just go ahead and use the game’s songs anyway. The music choices in the game were so perfect; The last of usShowrunners won’t find a song that captures Joel and Ellie’s relationship and the themes of the story quite as beautifully as “Future Days,” and at this point, it’s practically an unofficial theme song for the franchise. In a world full of mushroom zombies, surely the audience can suspend their disbelief when a song comes out.