Piano notes falling like rain on a grey afternoon. Heavy Rain on PS3 brought cinematic scoring to games in a way that still holds up, and Ethan Mars' Main Theme carries enough weight to flatten you. Each playable character gets their own theme, and "Madison Paige's Main Theme" is the one that stays in your head longest.
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"The Chase" and "The Bulldozer" bring the action cues, but the real power is in tracks like "Painful Memories" and "Last Breath" where the score just sits with you in the worst moments. Quiet devastation. The whole soundtrack plays like a crime thriller film score that happens to be attached to a game.
If you have ever ugly-cried over a QTE, this is the music that did it to you.