woah, the music made this very depressing, im surprised it ended the way it did, i would have given it a much better score if he died at the end. the ending seems kinda corny since he didnt die a miserable death, according to the graven, deprived music. the drama feeling would have been much stronger than the triumphant/goofy/relieving/happy/family/fun/whatever kinda kid friendly feeling you meant to put into it.
unless you meant to make the ending feel anticlimactic, then it was pretty good.