This is probably the penultimate sound of horror for me. From the first tone you hear after you exit the graveyard, you know the journey is gonna be more oppressive and horrible than anything. This soundtrack is so subtle with its violence, but it is raw and pulsating like an open wound. I love this. This is music and games as art at its best.
3:30 - 3:42 Jeez, that last couple minutes still kinda unsettles me! The fact that it's these strange noises that rhythmically repeat , but then suddenly, silence. And then it continues. and stops.
I always imagined the sounds at 2:46 coming from some huge, unknown creature living in Toluca Lake, rising up out of the murky water to let out a loud, chilling hiss.
When I was walking through the fog towards the town, I always thought the sounds at 2:45 were from some distant sawmill someone had revved up again, for reasons I didn't want to contemplate.
While the industrial scrape is nerve wracking to anticipate while exploring the town, it's still the disembodied voices that linger on my mind the most. Their unending laughter resounding through the skeleton town almost sounds human but is just distant enough to lose any of its human familiarity and warmth. In a word, haunting. Truly.
The reason why Silent Hill 2 it became a classic is because eventually people began to see how unique, eerie, melancholic and authentic the game's atmosphere it really is, and took the time to enjoy its deeply thoughtful narrative and symbolism. To this day it’s by far one of, if not the most mature examination of grief, sexual trauma, suicide, and morality all combined. It’s an intelligent game that does not hold anyone’s hand and comes at the player with utmost confidence in itself. It’s fantastic stuff. The rest of the original 4 are great in their own right and have their own well written stories, but they don’t hold the same emotional weight to them. I think SH2’s maturity by comparison is something that a lot of people are drawn to. ☯️
Played this on a foggy morning driving through the country back roads, avoiding highway traffic, it was an experience. I was so tuned in with the eriee atmosphere of the fog I forgot I was listening to a soundtrack. 👁👄👁
@@thaunknownn I did the same thi g once and then epsteins gf was arrested in the same town I was driving in that night, it was like 5 miles down the road
Listen, I'm pretty used to listening to a lot of horror soundtrack music by now, but this one. This one unsettles me. And I love that. Akira Yamaoka, you absolute mad lad
Dunno if this is a dead comment but as someone that works on music like this, I'd say industrial noise from a factory; machinery turning on or metal sliding on concrete. If it was more sustained I'd say a reactor's noise.
@@CircleOfBeliefs Even the director didn't like Revelations, his own movie. Gotta gave credit to him for that. At least he's honest, not like Paul Anderson and his aborrent Resident Evil movies. lol
That's awesome! People don't realize how SO MANY game soundtracks there are! The more I've listened to soundtracks over the years the more I have respect for these people who create the music. I really wouldn't know where to begin on writing music. But it really makes me want to start learning. Maybe someday...
What I love about this one in particular is how deep you feel like your descending physically and VERY mentally. You don't know what's down there. Not just the horrors lurking in the shadows of the halls but also in the confides of your own mind. ANYTHING can be down there ANYTHING can be possible there .. and it frightens me
My first play through was one of the creepiest game experiences ever. This game and this ambience really gave me the most awful sense of anxiety. I want to forget everything about this game and play it again
When i think of my childhood and losing my still developing mind for days on end to this game, I hear this playing ever present in the background. Idk that its good or bad in hindsight lol But I’m glad I’m able to revisit South Vale again for the first time with this masterpiece accompanying my every step
@@TaintedTownMusic I play this masterpiece on PS2 emulator and passed. This game have all, gameplay, music, plot - this game have deep atmosphere, you can feel a depressive and loneliness moments - you actually empathize main character for his pain. First and Sequel Third Silent Hill is most bloody and more scary games - Second Silent Hill more depresive and hopeless games. Fourth Silent Hill target to scare you when you traped in your own house. But subsequent games series is very low games.
Eerie and Haunting Atmospheric Soundtrack Ambience... 🎶☯️🎶 The reason why Silent Hill 2 it became a classic is because eventually people began to see how unique, eerie, melancholic and authentic the game's atmosphere it really is, and took the time to enjoy its deeply thoughtful narrative and symbolism. To this day it’s by far one of, if not the most mature examination of grief, sexual trauma, suicide, and morality all combined. It’s an intelligent game that does not hold anyone’s hand and comes at the player with utmost confidence in itself. It’s fantastic stuff. The rest of the original 4 are great in their own right and have their own well written stories, but they don’t hold the same emotional weight to them. I think SH2’s maturity by comparison is something that a lot of people are drawn to. ☯️
If only the remake didn't remove anything and every sound and every piece of music was exactly like in the original and no scenes were removed or watered down or censored but just with these current graphics and even if the combat is this current combat, and everything was left just as disturbing and creepy. Still the game of the year but definitely not better than the original.
For some reason I think it sounds very similar to the section in the remake after you get out of the hospital. I don't know at what exact point it played in the OG as it has been 20 years since I watched someone in my family play the game back then. I know a lot of the original OST was reused or remastered for the remake. However this track misses the additional big boom sound you can't locate after the tension builds up in the remake. It sounds extremely similar though and I'm still searching for that absolutely dreadful ambiance.
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This is probably the penultimate sound of horror for me. From the first tone you hear after you exit the graveyard, you know the journey is gonna be more oppressive and horrible than anything. This soundtrack is so subtle with its violence, but it is raw and pulsating like an open wound. I love this. This is music and games as art at its best.
Don't you mean ultimate ?
@@mrniceguy7167 Uuuh, hahahaha... yeah I did. Cheers for the correction.
3:30 - 3:42 Jeez, that last couple minutes still kinda unsettles me! The fact that it's these strange noises that rhythmically repeat ,
but then suddenly,
silence.
And then it continues.
and stops.
I always imagined the sounds at 2:46 coming from some huge, unknown creature living in Toluca Lake, rising up out of the murky water to let out a loud, chilling hiss.
Same, it was a creepy experience.
I always thought that this is sound of car wheels and crashing
To me it sounds like Pyramid Head dragging his knife against metal
Sounded like dragging metal to me. After seeing the Pyramid Head battle it made more sense.
To me it sounds like the breathing in anor londo in dark souls 1
When I was walking through the fog towards the town, I always thought the sounds at 2:45 were from some distant sawmill someone had revved up again, for reasons I didn't want to contemplate.
01:16 best part. Sounds like an abandoned evil town that is living its life, and you know nothing about it.
Love this creepiness. Lol i used this as my alarm tone one morning and scared the crap out of my wife with it
brilliant, i love it
hahhahaahah awesome, man. My call tone is actually White Noise, but i think i'm gonna change it and use the interference sound XD
Your FEMALE wife!? 😱
I always used to think ghost towns were cool and fun to explore. Then Silent Hill came around. Changed my mind real quick!
What are you talking about? Silent hill is THE reason I adore ghost towns.
im the opposite lol
I think would love to go to silent hill
@@nachonacho4636I can not put into words how bad of an idea that is
@@derpyface3602 yeah, surely it is a bad idea. But idk, sometimes i think i need something like james' journey on silent hill
2:46 is utterly terrifying
I remember on my first playthrough thinking that sound was some giant monster or something and being scared shitless
While the industrial scrape is nerve wracking to anticipate while exploring the town, it's still the disembodied voices that linger on my mind the most. Their unending laughter resounding through the skeleton town almost sounds human but is just distant enough to lose any of its human familiarity and warmth. In a word, haunting. Truly.
If you're talking about the sounds at like 1:11 , then those sound a lot more like frogs to me than people.
These games had so much horror and beauty to them that it was a scary attraction
The reason why Silent Hill 2 it became a classic is because eventually people began to see how unique, eerie, melancholic and authentic the game's atmosphere it really is, and took the time to enjoy its deeply thoughtful narrative and symbolism. To this day it’s by far one of, if not the most mature examination of grief, sexual trauma, suicide, and morality all combined. It’s an intelligent game that does not hold anyone’s hand and comes at the player with utmost confidence in itself. It’s fantastic stuff. The rest of the original 4 are great in their own right and have their own well written stories, but they don’t hold the same emotional weight to them. I think SH2’s maturity by comparison is something that a lot of people are drawn to. ☯️
That howl at 2:47 genuinely caught me off guard. Had to remind myself I was listening to Silent Hill music
3:22 PURE ANXIETY!! and stopping all of a sudden creates an arhythmia and confuses and disturbs you even more, jesus.....
Played this on a foggy morning driving through the country back roads, avoiding highway traffic, it was an experience. I was so tuned in with the eriee atmosphere of the fog I forgot I was listening to a soundtrack.
👁👄👁
@@thaunknownn I did the same thi g once and then epsteins gf was arrested in the same town I was driving in that night, it was like 5 miles down the road
@@TaintedTownMusic that's amazing
Listen, I'm pretty used to listening to a lot of horror soundtrack music by now, but this one. This one unsettles me. And I love that.
Akira Yamaoka, you absolute mad lad
I love this, literally banging on a loose harpsichord string but it forced me to turn the game off a few times.
the signature silent hill theme song in my mind.
I need to figure out how Akira made that roaring sound in the 2nd half, shit is spine-tingling
Dunno if this is a dead comment but as someone that works on music like this, I'd say industrial noise from a factory; machinery turning on or metal sliding on concrete. If it was more sustained I'd say a reactor's noise.
We look at Licht, and though Downpour had decent music, it can't be compared to any of Akira's work. The man is a genius
Roberthy Souza liked the first movie pretty good, revelations was trash though.
Absolute Grime Just drag sheet metal across concrete in a large inclosed shed and record the echo.
@@CircleOfBeliefs Even the director didn't like Revelations, his own movie. Gotta gave credit to him for that. At least he's honest, not like Paul Anderson and his aborrent Resident Evil movies. lol
I never noticed all the frog sounds!
Akira Yamaoka is a real genius omg :O I admire this song, and I know what I'm saying. I know how to compose, but songs like that... OMG, so original
That's awesome! People don't realize how SO MANY game soundtracks there are! The more I've listened to soundtracks over the years the more I have respect for these people who create the music. I really wouldn't know where to begin on writing music. But it really makes me want to start learning. Maybe someday...
All of these haunting melodies just sound like meditation to me...
What the hell is it?
It's not human.
What I love about this one in particular is how deep you feel like your descending physically and VERY mentally.
You don't know what's down there. Not just the horrors lurking in the shadows of the halls but also in the confides of your own mind.
ANYTHING can be down there
ANYTHING can be possible there
.. and it frightens me
I’ve never been scared to finish off a game until silent hill 😭
Holy shit, this is damn terryfying
My first play through was one of the creepiest game experiences ever. This game and this ambience really gave me the most awful sense of anxiety. I want to forget everything about this game and play it again
There is blood in streets. Maybe I should follow it...unarmed
When i think of my childhood and losing my still developing mind for days on end to this game, I hear this playing ever present in the background. Idk that its good or bad in hindsight lol
But I’m glad I’m able to revisit South Vale again for the first time with this masterpiece accompanying my every step
@kevin71794 I used to draw pyramid head and other monsters, ut was all Iverson for me woth the ladies until college
Esperando el Remake para el 8 de octubre del 2024 😝
When I first heard this I always thought it sounded like Pyramid Head dragging the great knife in the distance
Stephen Kings The Mist was a awesome short story to read as 13 year old and the movie wasn't bad either
Silent Hill 2 - is best Silent Hill game in entire series.
Without conclusion yes, only contest I have is silent hill was the first title. 2nd game has best transitions and unravels brilliantly
@@TaintedTownMusic I play this masterpiece on PS2 emulator and passed. This game have all, gameplay, music, plot - this game have deep atmosphere, you can feel a depressive and loneliness moments - you actually empathize main character for his pain. First and Sequel Third Silent Hill is most bloody and more scary games - Second Silent Hill more depresive and hopeless games. Fourth Silent Hill target to scare you when you traped in your own house. But subsequent games series is very low games.
@@Antari-kun some of the games where more acid dreams
Das sum THICC fog!
This generates a feeling of darkness, isolation and abandonment. So dissonant and abstract compared to other horror game soundtracks.
Loved hearing this song when playing Slender Fortress 2. Gets tiring very quickly, though, due to poor sound mixin.
creepy
Eerie and Haunting Atmospheric Soundtrack Ambience... 🎶☯️🎶 The reason why Silent Hill 2 it became a classic is because eventually people began to see how unique, eerie, melancholic and authentic the game's atmosphere it really is, and took the time to enjoy its deeply thoughtful narrative and symbolism. To this day it’s by far one of, if not the most mature examination of grief, sexual trauma, suicide, and morality all combined. It’s an intelligent game that does not hold anyone’s hand and comes at the player with utmost confidence in itself. It’s fantastic stuff. The rest of the original 4 are great in their own right and have their own well written stories, but they don’t hold the same emotional weight to them. I think SH2’s maturity by comparison is something that a lot of people are drawn to. ☯️
If only the remake didn't remove anything and every sound and every piece of music was exactly like in the original and no scenes were removed or watered down or censored but just with these current graphics and even if the combat is this current combat, and everything was left just as disturbing and creepy. Still the game of the year but definitely not better than the original.
Reminds me of the album Absinthe by Naked City.
1:17 found this part lol
Best part. Sounds like the abandoned evil town living its life, and you know nothing about it.
For some reason I think it sounds very similar to the section in the remake after you get out of the hospital. I don't know at what exact point it played in the OG as it has been 20 years since I watched someone in my family play the game back then. I know a lot of the original OST was reused or remastered for the remake. However this track misses the additional big boom sound you can't locate after the tension builds up in the remake. It sounds extremely similar though and I'm still searching for that absolutely dreadful ambiance.
This made me shat myself
was this sampled in the beginning of “inside “ by lucki ?? reminds me of it
nah nvm i’m trippin
@@syruptalk hey I'm tripping often 😎
@@syruptalk definitely sounds like silent hill clunks
is this radal's scary ambience?
compare parts of it to "Quake 1 OST - Life"
Today it is foggy where I live you know what that means
nice, is there a way to find the version how it sounds in-game though? especially the part at around 1:20
@pinkcheese917 I believe this was made with mixing the games audio fiels so I'm certain this is the only way to achieve the unofficial audio
@@TaintedTownMusic so like the part that actually plays in game is only acquirable through ripping it from the game files?
@@pinkcheese917 or recreating it yea
@pinkcheese917 I mean if I can recall the same ple used is called fairgrounds II and is in the zero G altered states library
How can i play this game in my computer Windows 7 Professional
@@PaulaNaBussa-x1n idk man I don't play PC, I think it's on steam
look up silent hill 2 enhanced edition
a safe PS2 emulator. why don't you use Linux instead of win 7? so easy now to emulate games and play
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