I forgot to add this part:
On his journey to Heaven, the wayfaring stranger knows he has lived a righteous life, and he knows he will spend eternity in Heaven, thus the ore upbeat sound to the music. But the deep music in the backgroud, a cello I think, as well as the ominous outro, represents his uneasiness and doubt, thinking maybe he wasn't good enough to enter Paradise.
I forgot to add this part: On his journey to Heaven, the wayfaring stranger knows he has lived a righteous life, and he knows he will spend eternity in Heaven, thus the ore upbeat sound to the music. But the deep music in the backgroud, a cello I think, as well as the ominous outro, represents his uneasiness and doubt, thinking maybe he wasn't good enough to enter Paradise.