SILENT HILL 3 ENDING & THEME SONG ANALYSIS

A review of the ending along with a look at the significance entrusted to 
the theme and insert songs.

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Ending Analysis

After God was dead, what was it that she saw?

summary:  After Heather has defeated the monster, all of her stress and 
tension seems to loosen at once and she breaks down crying while calling 
out for her father.  However, immediately afterwards she senses that someone 
is there and looks back over her shoulder.  After this, Heather returns to 
where she left Douglas and cheerfully discusses how her assumed name is no 
longer necessary.

IMAGE:  after the battle  
Heather kicks the monster in the head and puts the church behind her.  Valtiel 
is already nowhere to be seen.

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opening theme:  You're Not Here

The opening theme is sung about the feelings involved with the loss of an 
important person.  These feelings of loss become an important factor in what 
drives the heroine in the latter half of the game.

insert song:  Letter - From Past Days

This insert song is the background music for the scene in the car driving to 
Silent Hill.  In a voice expressing pain, it is sung about hope for the future.

insert song:  I Want Love

This is the insert song for the scene in which Heather and Douglas meet again.
The two of them are in the mutual situation of having lost a family member, 
which overlaps with the world of the lyrics.  The song emphasizes sorrowfulness.

ending theme:  Hometown

The memorable lyrics of the ending theme seem to be about the story of Silent 
Hill being told in a town somewhere far away.

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footnote:  The lyrics in Silent Hill 3 were made to fit the songs from the 
original Japanese verses and produced with the English translation.  The 
Japanese is written strictly in poetic verse, and the English translation 
isn't exact in quite a few sections because it was fitted to the music and 
converted to English.




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