Foreshadowing with Music?
I don't know if this is just a coincidence, but there seems to be a lot of foreshadowing with music. I'm not necessarily talking about the mood the music tried to communicate, but rather familiar elements in the composition.
For example, after Nick shoots Matthew on the bridge, Luke and Clementine go to confront him while this music plays:
This is also the music that plays when Kenny sacrifices himself for Christa and the radio (assuming Ben died at Crawford). A few minutes later in the S2E2, Clementine reunites with Kenny.
Here's another example. This is the music that plays when you confront Walter over Matthew's death.
It sounds very similar to the music that plays in 400 days, while Bonnie is sneaking through the cornfields to avoid Roman and his crew.
Shortly after the conflict with Walter, Bonnie arrives alongside Carver and his crew to kidnap Clementine's group.
Are these just coincidences? Maybe, maybe not. But maybe listening to the music will be a consistent method of being able to predict what will happen next in the game.
EDIT: With a new episode out, did any of you notice any instances of foreshadowing with music?
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i sped up the main menu one at 1.5x speed and it sounds 90% the same as the among the cornfields one
I'll upload them in a while.
Music is one of the few things in the world that can activate nearly every portion of the brain at once. Telltale playing our subconscious? I don't doubt it.
This is "S2EP2 Main Menu" sped up at 1.5x
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0ksQqUimrzJ
now compare it to "Among the cornfields"
Same length, same "Boom" around 0:27
Music is definitely one of the bigger foreshadowing elements of the game.
I'm sure others noticed, but when Carver was looking around the house the music intensified in moments. Like when his shadow appeared first at the window when you walk down the stairs a very faint snip of his theme starts. Also when he tries to find Sarah upstairs, when he confronts Clementine and basically admits he knows the group, the music turns into a sudden alerted tone of realisation, like who Carver really is - not some nosy "neighbour" but a guy who is generally out to stalk and find the group for some darker purpose.
Nah, you're referring to the music changing to suit the current mood. The music I'm showing hints towards things that happen later in the story.
If anyone can find any other moments of potential foreshadowing, that'd be awesome.
holy sugar honey ice tea. i just realized that. the resemblance is amazing.