Fire very relaxing believe it or not . And when your booted this shits slaps . Especially on shrooms . Not bragging or saying drugs are good but this deff some drug music hahahahahahaha . Sober too though . Love silent hill . #teamsilent
Totally agree with this take. I played a bit of the opening while super high last week really late and it was such a vibe. I literally walked the entire forest trail and soaked in the atmosphere unlike any other time even though I’ve played this game like 20 times.
Now if only this had the sound effects of some random beast stomping around and moving through bushes, like you hear in the game. I can't imagine how that must feel.
I have a forest just like this one near where I live...I used to walk through it on my way back home from school with friends because we thought it was cool and because it was a short-cut. On days alone however, there was something very ominous about it. The stillness and quietness of the forest and the small noises heard here and there were deeply disturbing to the point I began to run to get home faster. The forest in Silent Hill 2 reminded me all too much of that old forest back at home...
@@Azarel410 I'm not afraid of it anymore. It's actuallt quite lovely. There's another forest about a 5 min drive away from that one which is even bigger. I am currently trying to explore all of it! Still though...it's a really creepy place at night.
Actually it's 4 different tracks that I had to mix according to how they came up in the game. A very time consuming and tedious process. That's why the whole project ended up taking over 100 hours of ripping and mixing.
Exactly. In the track you named Nightmare Haven, the sound that plays at 1:08 seemed like it was programmed to play as soon as you see the first floor hallway of the otherworld hospital. Yamaoka and the sound programmers nailed dynamic music.
This is one of the scariest pieces of music from any video game. It is ominous and forebodes some real dark shit to come. What a masterpiece of a game this was, is, and forever will be.
Coming from someone who has suffered from chronic depression for over 10 years…this song nails the feeling. It’s odd, but sometimes when it flares up bad, and I start to behave very self-destructively, I’ll hear this song in my head, particularly around 3:38. Things I shouldn’t be doing. The addiction, the porn, the lying, the relapsing. This song over the years has encapsulated those periods/feelings for me.
All psychological problems are economic. If you have your space, options to choose where to live, choose the job that you want, are financially stable and not get robbed through taxes and high interest, a lot of depression can be prevented. In addition, it is a socio-familial issue as well. You don't have support then your depression will worsen. Depression is an illness that can be debilitating and you may need a support network. I fell into this but sadly I don't have family that understands depression as an illness and made my symptoms worse. I hope you are well 6 months from now. Wish you luck.
I love my older brother. Without him I would never know about the artistic quality in the Silent hill games. Specifically silent hill 2. The atmospheric sounds can put you into a meditation trance. If you're reading this bro, I love you and I'll be home soon. 2,250 miles cant separate family.
This piece is amazing. First White Noiz and later this. It's almost as if it's telling you what you're doing is insane, and making you question if you should be in Silent Hill in the first place. And the long, uneventful walk in the beginning of the game is so absurd and so good because of it, leaves you wondering what's waiting for you. Such a long build up can't be pointless, you know.
Milo Yiannopoulos yeah i know right, first playing this game as a kid, my brother who was older than me, was too scared to play it, but i become consumed by jame's darkness and just couldnt put it down. This, alone in the town, and a world of madness have to be my favorite tracks
For some reason it's almost relaxing to me because it eases you into this feeling of uncertainty with whatever you're doing and, in doing so, that anxiety seems to me like a comforting fact of life. We don't know what we'll find it life but that anxiety, which this song shows, gives us a little comfort in that anxiety
You are absolutely right! I listen to this at night sometimes to fall asleep, for some reason it soothes me, while making me feel uneasy at the same time, such a strange track, but definitely a masterpiece
Me too. Perhaps the reason is some part of us is longing for that natural emotion called fear, which we don't experience that often, in its original form, anymore nowadays.
New Resident Evil Save Room Music I think it's more with life than just fear. In the modern world we have all these distractions like Netflix, video games, beer, etc. When you aren't doing anything and become bored you then feel that aching feeling that: "I'm going to die," kind of tension within you. It's not like dread where you give in to hopelessness but more a realization of that tension within you.
MisterAwestasia I'm not sure if I have ever experienced that feeling you described myself. It sound extremely uneasy. It's probably different for all people.
Suddenly every street light is flickering or almost dead and barely bright, leaves crunch (squirrels) the has station parking lot seems like a mountain, the attendant greets you but you feel he is looking at you funny. You got 2 IPAs, a bag of chips, 3 bags of candy
I used to live near the Third Battle of Winchester trail, which had both forest trails and open ones. There were entrances all over the place in the neighborhood, and me and my partner would go for night walks all the time, which I'm pretty sure was trespassing on closed property lol. Sometimes spooky, but not that spooky at the same time. Anyways, decided to go by myself one night because I was feeling pretty catatonic and thought some fresh air would help. Already pretty low, which just in a way added to it. So for context, the fastest part to the trail from my place in the neighborhood was through someones yard, down this steep hill, and then just this LONG walk beside this fairly big highschool, then back up the hill when you're further down the road, into the woods. Well walking past that school alone gave me huge Silent Hill 1 vibes. I had graduated a year or two prior so I got weird flashes of being back there, too. Like it was 2am, there was definitely nobody in there, the parking lot was completely empty, but some of the lights were on anyways and it made it ominous. When I first stepped into the woods on the trail, the wind was strong enough to make the trees creek like old wooden floor boards (that's exactly what it sounded like actually). So that gave me chills but then I remembered this neat little tune here existed and decided to play it in the earbuds I brought along to amp up my fear, y'know, for the rush. Never felt more paranoid in my life.
I live at the edge of the woods in a small-ish town in Maine and this is what it feels like to go for a walk in the nearby trail on a cold late autumn day after all the leaves have already fallen
@@PaulaNaBussa-x1n I’ve always held the belief that it was indeed in Maine and not West Virginia or Pennsylvania. The remake pretty much confirmed that Silent Hill is in Maine and its comforting lol
This whole song feels like your friend has gone missing and you're searching for him in a forest at night with your old car from the 90's, you're scared that you are going to get lost in that forest, but you have to search for your friend.
This is like looking down a stairway leading into an endless, yawning chasm filled with strange lights and misty shapes. Unmistakably dangerous, but oddly seductive...
It really is seductive! You feel the journey to come in your skin and your guts, mysterious and unnerving... but there's also a faint, alluring itch... you just have to scratch it... That's Silent Hill 2!
This is in my opinion one of the best dark ambient soundscapes I've ever heard, and I don't even have the context of the game as I haven't played it yet
This is one of my most favorite ambient tracks. I don't think it's very scary, I think it is more calming and dark. It has a sense that something inevitable is coming, that you can't truly escape from.
Played through SH2 for the first time a few weeks ago. This piece along with the opening overlooking the lake really stuck with me. It gave me the feeling of mental preparation for a great and daunting undertaking. I played through SH1 the week before this so this ambient track at the start made the build up all the more intense.
I always thought that sound at 3:37 was maybe like the sound of a distant lawn mower. Silent Hill is supposed to be abandoned in the eyes of the protagonist but there are signs its still full of life, like the running chainsaw, the roads, the cars, and this sounds maybe like some kind of large lawn mower.
Lawn mower died and that's its moaning ghost! :) Meanwhile, the lawn mower's spouse enters Silent Hill on the opposite side of town from James, to deal with its dark past...
I remember playing Silent Hill 2 for the first time and hearing this after the introduction cutscene. Going through that forest... that's when I knew I was playing a phenomenal game.
I gotta thank all the people behind both SH2 & SH3. The games inspired me to learn english, write horror stories for my school projects, want to learn photoshop and edit photos with Silent Hillish-themes, learn Premiere Pro and edit videos and later direct my own short movies with friends. And the list goes on. There's so much inspirational things I have to thank these series for. It's so weird to not hear the SFX in the first part of this track. I'm so used to hear the slimy monster noises and footsteps! ^^
Nothing like brainstorming some story ideas listening to this legendary soundtrack by Akira. Even better when there is nearby elevator doors in the building I'm working in that mysterious open and close when no one else is here at 2AM.
Up here, in North Dakota, if it rains, then the next day has these really *INTENSE* fogs, you have about 1-2 feet of visibility, so this, paired with walking in the mornings, is very fitting.
To me this and the 2nd half of "The Marshalling Yard" from the original Resident Evil 2 are the most ominous pieces of music I've ever heard. A complete feeling of isolation; like your the only one alive
This song reminds me of all the repressed thoughts and emotions we have in our heads. The more we try to tune them out, the louder they get until it sounds like 3:37 where we are forced to confront our darkest thoughts.
La verdad juegazo me siento orgulloso de terminarlo me sacudió la cabeza muchas veces pero valió la pena soy padre de familia pero gamer de corazón mis hijas no entendían un mundo tan sin vida como silent hill pero mi alma estaba allí y lo unico que quería era seguir caminando y completar ese viaje
I remember my first playthrough of this game, just finished Silent Hill 1 and although I enjoyed it, I didn't necessarily get scared of it, then I started up SH2. This section alone uneased me right away. It felt like something was watching me, from the fog. Honestly my biggest regret is not having that experience again, Silent Hill 2 unnerved me in so many ways it was unreal.
This part of the game is very symbolic, at least from what I understand. James is running down this path that seems almost unending, twisting and twirling like a downward spiral. Once you enter, there's no going back; you're past the point of no return. Welcome to Silent Hill.
I think the forest trail is where the player first realizes that something is terribly wrong with this place and the character. It makes us question James and why he hasn’t considered turning back despite there being no sign of his wife other than the letter he got.
The first spot in the game is seriously the most suspicious, I mean who on earth blocks off an entire underpass and not bucks sakes there was a creepy white van, red flags every which way
I haven't played a solid play through of this game in at least 5 years... And yet, I will go to my grave remembering the GENIUS that is this game... This game is like making love to your soulmate. It will never be beaten. Thank you Tainted TownMusic. I had forgotten the haunting sounds of the well...
I took 39 minutes from the beginning to the first save point. Part of that was because this was my first PS2 game and that I’m not very well versed in tank controls and using controllers, so I spent a lot of time just tuning them. But this was also my first horror game. And the sound combined with the fog already had my heart pounding and I immediately wanted to turn off my PC and never look back. There’s such a terrible feeling of uncertainty and dread at what’s to come. I came into this blind, but I knew whatever this town had in store wouldn’t bode well for James. And that’s how I ended walking the entire way to the first save point, before I sucked it up and started to run in short, terrified bursts. Excellent sound design, I see why Yamaoka has solidified himself
Imagine you go to sleep in your bed and you wake up in a fog filled forest all you hear is this music and all you see is woods fog and a path in front of you with a sign next to it that says Silent Hill....
When silence is successfully used to scare you it's often very effective. It has the same feeling as a forest brimming with bird whistles and then turning deadly quiet after the birds notice you. A quiet forest is a dangerous one, you start to think to yourself. There could be a wolf or a bear over that hill who has already heard you and your thumping feet.
By this point, James is just entering the rabbit hole and by the time he reaches the museum stairs, he starts descending into himself. He knows he's at rock-bottom and that's why the second part of the Hotel looks like it's been flooded.
To me, it's outstanding that this wasn't added to the soundtack. It sounds scary and it feels like it's telling a story at the same time, a story of madness
@@TaintedTownMusic really!? I had no idea. Well Akira is wrong, weirdly enough, this one has stuck with me over any other songs he made for the game XD
I question why such important addendums like these get cut from the soundtrack released and wonder if it's because they're short? Doubt it. To me on first playthrough, the ambience and industrial is more important then the rock songs because of it's constant prevalence.
@@TaintedTownMusic Pfffft..... More like too powerful for Akira to be paid for it. No offense at you but it's fustrating when very good omissions occur.
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. ☯️
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Fire very relaxing believe it or not . And when your booted this shits slaps . Especially on shrooms . Not bragging or saying drugs are good but this deff some drug music hahahahahahaha . Sober too though . Love silent hill . #teamsilent
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@@TaintedTownMusic haha 😄
I dunno dude you’d have to make sure it’s on repeat so something like mansion horrors doesn’t come on and ruin your ass
Totally agree with this take. I played a bit of the opening while super high last week really late and it was such a vibe. I literally walked the entire forest trail and soaked in the atmosphere unlike any other time even though I’ve played this game like 20 times.
fellow Nightmare master, God bless.
You should try listening to this while jogging through a forest in the middle of the night. It certainly motivated me to run faster. LOL
Bruh I got to try that!
lmao
if you really want to get a sweat going hire a serial killer to chase you through the woods. It's amazing who you can find on craig's list
Now if only this had the sound effects of some random beast stomping around and moving through bushes, like you hear in the game. I can't imagine how that must feel.
I'd make things worst if you were jogging in dense fog.
This is what a silent hill 2 fan's mind sounds like on the inside
Gabe GR oh trust me, I know!
Haha, love it
Yes, couldn’t agree more
Hel yea Brother
Isn’t this just the greatest game ever made !!!
Hard to describe the wave or relief i felt when this finally kicked in after meeting Angela in the remake
For real the music is so important to me when It comes to these I was so worried it wasn’t gonna be the same
Since 2006, music like this has been such a positive part of my life.
Spooky positive haha
Rin Lockhart Ghoulishly gratifying haha!
3:37 Love this sound. When I start a new playthrough, I like to stand near the well and listen to this bit for a few minutes.
+DarKHunTeR4640 I've always thought this was the most eerie track in the series :)
Can somebody please tell me where do I find and extended version of that part?
By standing near the well
reminds me of the Terminator 2 OST
ReikoFan101 that part literally sounds scary as hell.
Enough to put any subwoofer to its knees. Akira is a genius.
I have a forest just like this one near where I live...I used to walk through it on my way back home from school with friends because we thought it was cool and because it was a short-cut. On days alone however, there was something very ominous about it. The stillness and quietness of the forest and the small noises heard here and there were deeply disturbing to the point I began to run to get home faster. The forest in Silent Hill 2 reminded me all too much of that old forest back at home...
That's incredible
@@Azarel410 I'm not afraid of it anymore. It's actuallt quite lovely. There's another forest about a 5 min drive away from that one which is even bigger. I am currently trying to explore all of it! Still though...it's a really creepy place at night.
the forest is... really something else.
Nice where are you from? Sounds like a cool spot
Actually it's 4 different tracks that I had to mix according to how they came up in the game. A very time consuming and tedious process. That's why the whole project ended up taking over 100 hours of ripping and mixing.
Ahh, so you must be FirebrandX
6 years later, I'm here to thank you for doing this my friend.
@@1gamesforyou I second that
Exactly.
In the track you named Nightmare Haven, the sound that plays at 1:08 seemed like it was programmed to play as soon as you see the first floor hallway of the otherworld hospital.
Yamaoka and the sound programmers nailed dynamic music.
Thank you for mix this soundtrack
This is one of the scariest pieces of music from any video game. It is ominous and forebodes some real dark shit to come. What a masterpiece of a game this was, is, and forever will be.
I love to just walk on really cloudy day and listen Silent Hill music. It's just so atmospheric.
VenomousMG especially this track
the fucking best. makes you think creatively. love it.
This has the feeling of being somewhere that you aren't meant to be
For me it gives me a feeling of no turning back.
Coming from someone who has suffered from chronic depression for over 10 years…this song nails the feeling. It’s odd, but sometimes when it flares up bad, and I start to behave very self-destructively, I’ll hear this song in my head, particularly around 3:38. Things I shouldn’t be doing. The addiction, the porn, the lying, the relapsing. This song over the years has encapsulated those periods/feelings for me.
All psychological problems are economic. If you have your space, options to choose where to live, choose the job that you want, are financially stable and not get robbed through taxes and high interest, a lot of depression can be prevented. In addition, it is a socio-familial issue as well. You don't have support then your depression will worsen. Depression is an illness that can be debilitating and you may need a support network. I fell into this but sadly I don't have family that understands depression as an illness and made my symptoms worse. I hope you are well 6 months from now. Wish you luck.
@@jacqueslee2592 very shallow way at looking at mental illness, plenty of wealthy people are depressed, look at hollywood, they're all miserable.
wait are they depression signs? damn I didnt know its so over for me
I love my older brother. Without him I would never know about the artistic quality in the Silent hill games. Specifically silent hill 2. The atmospheric sounds can put you into a meditation trance.
If you're reading this bro, I love you and I'll be home soon. 2,250 miles cant separate family.
@@lopanreturns7085 he died.
@@ckdyd 🤭
This piece is amazing. First White Noiz and later this. It's almost as if it's telling you what you're doing is insane, and making you question if you should be in Silent Hill in the first place. And the long, uneventful walk in the beginning of the game is so absurd and so good because of it, leaves you wondering what's waiting for you. Such a long build up can't be pointless, you know.
Milo Yiannopoulos yeah i know right, first playing this game as a kid, my brother who was older than me, was too scared to play it, but i become consumed by jame's darkness and just couldnt put it down. This, alone in the town, and a world of madness have to be my favorite tracks
yep. developers did the long trip on purpose. It's supposed to tell the player "I've come too far. I need to do this, there is no turning back now".
That's what's up Toprack
Unfortunately, not a whole lot of other people see it that way, so they turn it off, dismissing it as “boring.” Shame...
@@theduder1981 small brained
For some reason it's almost relaxing to me because it eases you into this feeling of uncertainty with whatever you're doing and, in doing so, that anxiety seems to me like a comforting fact of life. We don't know what we'll find it life but that anxiety, which this song shows, gives us a little comfort in that anxiety
You are absolutely right! I listen to this at night sometimes to fall asleep, for some reason it soothes me, while making me feel uneasy at the same time, such a strange track, but definitely a masterpiece
I completely understand
Me too. Perhaps the reason is some part of us is longing for that natural emotion called fear, which we don't experience that often, in its original form, anymore nowadays.
New Resident Evil Save Room Music I think it's more with life than just fear. In the modern world we have all these distractions like Netflix, video games, beer, etc. When you aren't doing anything and become bored you then feel that aching feeling that: "I'm going to die," kind of tension within you. It's not like dread where you give in to hopelessness but more a realization of that tension within you.
MisterAwestasia I'm not sure if I have ever experienced that feeling you described myself. It sound extremely uneasy. It's probably different for all people.
"Nah it's just a quick walk to the store for a late night snack run. I'm not _TOO_ high"
The quick walk to the store:
Suddenly every street light is flickering or almost dead and barely bright, leaves crunch (squirrels) the has station parking lot seems like a mountain, the attendant greets you but you feel he is looking at you funny.
You got 2 IPAs, a bag of chips, 3 bags of candy
3:03 also plays when you approach James' car to get the map.
If you know a "certain" detail about Mary there's a reason for that.
oh i know the detail, no spoilers
In Water...
I used to live near the Third Battle of Winchester trail, which had both forest trails and open ones. There were entrances all over the place in the neighborhood, and me and my partner would go for night walks all the time, which I'm pretty sure was trespassing on closed property lol.
Sometimes spooky, but not that spooky at the same time.
Anyways, decided to go by myself one night because I was feeling pretty catatonic and thought some fresh air would help. Already pretty low, which just in a way added to it.
So for context, the fastest part to the trail from my place in the neighborhood was through someones yard, down this steep hill, and then just this LONG walk beside this fairly big highschool, then back up the hill when you're further down the road, into the woods.
Well walking past that school alone gave me huge Silent Hill 1 vibes. I had graduated a year or two prior so I got weird flashes of being back there, too.
Like it was 2am, there was definitely nobody in there, the parking lot was completely empty, but some of the lights were on anyways and it made it ominous.
When I first stepped into the woods on the trail, the wind was strong enough to make the trees creek like old wooden floor boards (that's exactly what it sounded like actually). So that gave me chills but then I remembered this neat little tune here existed and decided to play it in the earbuds I brought along to amp up my fear, y'know, for the rush.
Never felt more paranoid in my life.
I'm deeply envious. I live for those experiences.
The woods near where I grew up have always... felt different. I miss them.
Here after the remake. Forest Trail enthusiasts, we live on!!!!
so happy they left this track in!!!
This and Black Fairy were absolute essentials to me. We are so lucky they left those tracks completely untouched
is the name of the new track the same? can't find it
@@Heycoolyo the track is exactly the same
I was very worried that they might removed it
I live at the edge of the woods in a small-ish town in Maine and this is what it feels like to go for a walk in the nearby trail on a cold late autumn day after all the leaves have already fallen
Fun Fact: Silent Hill is located in Maine
@@PaulaNaBussa-x1n I’ve always held the belief that it was indeed in Maine and not West Virginia or Pennsylvania.
The remake pretty much confirmed that Silent Hill is in Maine and its comforting lol
This, this is what makes this game terrifying, soundtracks like this.
Not just the soundtrack makes this game great. But it DEFINITLY plays a big role on that.
Has anybody beside me gone for a jog on a very thick foggy morning listening to this?
i have
@@TaintedTownMusic You sir are a great man
This whole song feels like your friend has gone missing and you're searching for him in a forest at night with your old car from the 90's, you're scared that you are going to get lost in that forest, but you have to search for your friend.
There is something weirdly calming and relaxing about this, I almost went to sleep to this.
like a dark force putting the whole town to sleep
This is like looking down a stairway leading into an endless, yawning chasm filled with strange lights and misty shapes. Unmistakably dangerous, but oddly seductive...
It really is seductive! You feel the journey to come in your skin and your guts, mysterious and unnerving... but there's also a faint, alluring itch... you just have to scratch it... That's Silent Hill 2!
Dude once again thanks. This piece has stuck me for years since I first picked up SH 2 and never left.
You're welcome. The original FLAC files can be downloaded from my firebrandx web site.
This song sold the remake for me, I was instantly hooked. Gonna have to play the OG after I finish.
This is in my opinion one of the best dark ambient soundscapes I've ever heard, and I don't even have the context of the game as I haven't played it yet
I’ve never played any SH game either but listening to the soundtrack makes me want too!
The game and the soundtrack together really are a good experience. The soundtrack is what makes the game a masterpiece for me though.
Play it on a PS2 emulator. You'll appreciate the game a lot if you love creepy shit and good storytelling through atmosphere
This is one of my most favorite ambient tracks. I don't think it's very scary, I think it is more calming and dark. It has a sense that something inevitable is coming, that you can't truly escape from.
Played through SH2 for the first time a few weeks ago. This piece along with the opening overlooking the lake really stuck with me. It gave me the feeling of mental preparation for a great and daunting undertaking. I played through SH1 the week before this so this ambient track at the start made the build up all the more intense.
I always thought that sound at 3:37 was maybe like the sound of a distant lawn mower. Silent Hill is supposed to be abandoned in the eyes of the protagonist but there are signs its still full of life, like the running chainsaw, the roads, the cars, and this sounds maybe like some kind of large lawn mower.
Lawn mower died and that's its moaning ghost! :)
Meanwhile, the lawn mower's spouse enters Silent Hill on the opposite side of town from James, to deal with its dark past...
@@Grubbo goddammit lol
This is therapeutic.
I remember playing Silent Hill 2 for the first time and hearing this after the introduction cutscene. Going through that forest... that's when I knew I was playing a phenomenal game.
I gotta thank all the people behind both SH2 & SH3. The games inspired me to learn english, write horror stories for my school projects, want to learn photoshop and edit photos with Silent Hillish-themes, learn Premiere Pro and edit videos and later direct my own short movies with friends. And the list goes on. There's so much inspirational things I have to thank these series for.
It's so weird to not hear the SFX in the first part of this track. I'm so used to hear the slimy monster noises and footsteps! ^^
Nothing will ever top this atmosphere. Invitation from another world.
Imagine your walking alone in the forest in midnight and you start hearing this
Nothing like brainstorming some story ideas listening to this legendary soundtrack by Akira. Even better when there is nearby elevator doors in the building I'm working in that mysterious open and close when no one else is here at 2AM.
this whole album feels at home. its so wonderful.
Up here, in North Dakota, if it rains, then the next day has these really *INTENSE* fogs, you have about 1-2 feet of visibility, so this, paired with walking in the mornings, is very fitting.
To me this and the 2nd half of "The Marshalling Yard" from the original Resident Evil 2 are the most ominous pieces of music I've ever heard. A complete feeling of isolation; like your the only one alive
I just played (and completed) this game for the first time recently - wowzers! How did I miss out on this gem for so long?
Im glad you got around to it mate! :D
I to didn't play this when it was released. This is video game art.
It plays at the beginning of the game and you can miss it later but glad you find it
Listening to this with earphones... The pulsating sound is so calming.
It feels so peaceful...
This song reminds me of all the repressed thoughts and emotions we have in our heads. The more we try to tune them out, the louder they get until it sounds like 3:37 where we are forced to confront our darkest thoughts.
I like that if you stand still long enough, there is a spooky monster that makes noise behind you
Bruh
All the complete soundtrack all compiled together like that, this is awesome. Thank you
This game is a masterpiece of horror. I hope they can make it more better in the remake
Not possible
Very eerie but strangely comforting at the same time.
Dark and ominous are the two words that come to mind as I listen to this one.
Frustrating as hell that all releases both official and extended bootlegs want to typically miss out on this essential music to the series moments.
I love how this theme changes when you stare at the tunnel in the end of the road and when you are near of the well..
La verdad juegazo me siento orgulloso de terminarlo me sacudió la cabeza muchas veces pero valió la pena soy padre de familia pero gamer de corazón mis hijas no entendían un mundo tan sin vida como silent hill pero mi alma estaba allí y lo unico que quería era seguir caminando y completar ese viaje
The fact that I paused the video but could still hear the deep buzzing sound was fucking terrifying
I remember my first playthrough of this game, just finished Silent Hill 1 and although I enjoyed it, I didn't necessarily get scared of it, then I started up SH2. This section alone uneased me right away. It felt like something was watching me, from the fog. Honestly my biggest regret is not having that experience again, Silent Hill 2 unnerved me in so many ways it was unreal.
Awesome work. Thank you :) I looked for over a year to find a well mixed version from the song.
when you Facing your consequences :
This part of the game is very symbolic, at least from what I understand. James is running down this path that seems almost unending, twisting and twirling like a downward spiral. Once you enter, there's no going back; you're past the point of no return. Welcome to Silent Hill.
@Kvvz_ no this is the beginning
Ik this plays on the trail that you walk down to get into town right?
I think the forest trail is where the player first realizes that something is terribly wrong with this place and the character. It makes us question James and why he hasn’t considered turning back despite there being no sign of his wife other than the letter he got.
I really like the faint, discordant piano in the first half.
One of the best terror game and soundtrack on history
Lights off,volume max,apoteosic...a masterpiece!!
The entire song is a single note which makes it awesome!
The first spot in the game is seriously the most suspicious, I mean who on earth blocks off an entire underpass and not bucks sakes there was a creepy white van, red flags every which way
Couldn't believe how beautiful the game looked and felt once you were able to control James. Felt so good to play "next-gen" Silent Hill.
whoever disliked this video should perish in the fog of Silent Hill
TaintedTownMusic and be gored by endless hordes of lying figures
There was a troll here. It's gone now.
agree with that
TaintedTownMusic+ It was probably that James guy.
@11121 sup
God, i love this tune. Sooo good!!!
3:37
No going back now James..
I haven't played a solid play through of this game in at least 5 years... And yet, I will go to my grave remembering the GENIUS that is this game... This game is like making love to your soulmate. It will never be beaten.
Thank you Tainted TownMusic. I had forgotten the haunting sounds of the well...
I took 39 minutes from the beginning to the first save point. Part of that was because this was my first PS2 game and that I’m not very well versed in tank controls and using controllers, so I spent a lot of time just tuning them. But this was also my first horror game. And the sound combined with the fog already had my heart pounding and I immediately wanted to turn off my PC and never look back. There’s such a terrible feeling of uncertainty and dread at what’s to come. I came into this blind, but I knew whatever this town had in store wouldn’t bode well for James. And that’s how I ended walking the entire way to the first save point, before I sucked it up and started to run in short, terrified bursts. Excellent sound design, I see why Yamaoka has solidified himself
Tank controls can be turned off in settings change from 2d to 3d mode.
brilliant work
do you all realize that this sped up and pitched up is Black Fairy from the Silent Hill 2 OST . Around the 3:30 mark
3:37 Kind of reminds me of the track "Ashes and Tears"
Imagine you go to sleep in your bed and you wake up in a fog filled forest all you hear is this music and all you see is woods fog and a path in front of you with a sign next to it that says Silent Hill....
Best track to read SCPs with.
it makes a scary story even more terrifying!
When silence is successfully used to scare you it's often very effective. It has the same feeling as a forest brimming with bird whistles and then turning deadly quiet after the birds notice you. A quiet forest is a dangerous one, you start to think to yourself. There could be a wolf or a bear over that hill who has already heard you and your thumping feet.
beautiful ...
I was falling asleep to this song then 03:38 came
By this point, James is just entering the rabbit hole and by the time he reaches the museum stairs, he starts descending into himself. He knows he's at rock-bottom and that's why the second part of the Hotel looks like it's been flooded.
The point of no return
Nothing can surpass Silent Hill 2 PS2 edition
coronavirus impending doom vibes from this
With the COVID-19 outbreak, lot of cities give a SH vibe
4 years ago feels unreal..
The neighborhood I live in has a Silent Hill vibe because when there's fog, the environment is eerie, but also in the night cause it looks creepy
Where do you live at? I wish I could live in places that get a lot of fog and rain and are overall just gloomy. But no, I live in 24/7 sunny Florida.
Sounds a lot like Toluca, Mexico 😂
The music that plays in the glowing red room with the eye portraits in P.T sounds an awful lot like this.
Maybe Akira did that =/
We may never know.
Ludvig Forssell did the music for PT, which sounds like the music that plays in Nowhere from SH1.
*OVERBLOWN STEP SOUND*
DELAYED STEP SOUND NOT COMING FROM YOUR FEET
Love Listening to this
When you're 72 hours into your insomnia binge.
I literally use this to go to sleep… I’m I crazy lol
I use this Playlist while playing DayZ. Fits surprisingly well. Especially this track, where in DayZ it's nothing but zombies and dense forests lol.
There will never be a horror video game like Silent Hill 2…Never.
To me, it's outstanding that this wasn't added to the soundtack.
It sounds scary and it feels like it's telling a story at the same time, a story of madness
Apparently he said it was too simple to be in the official soundtrack, only hyper orchestrated spooky shit. A true chad
@@TaintedTownMusic really!? I had no idea. Well Akira is wrong, weirdly enough, this one has stuck with me over any other songs he made for the game XD
@@theMaxTero it's the most listened track on the channel 👀 dude missed out
@@TaintedTownMusic wow I didn't notice, you're totally right!
I mean, sucks for him but good us xP
Lovely ambiant track. I think part of it was used for the P.T. soundtrack. It sounds similar to the music that plays in the red hallway sequence.
This is further than amazing!
Esto se escucha genial!
This sounds great!
Ça a l'air génial!
The soundtrack to my life
Been looking for this, thanks for the upload!
I played this in my car one night while riding out to the country, needless to say I’ve never driven home so fast.
I can hear a bell or maybe even a buoy very faintly. Genius
3:38 Blank Fairy foreshadowing
Anyone listening to this in 2023??
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having a morning walk in foggy Silent Hill.Enjoying the fog lmao
I question why such important addendums like these get cut from the soundtrack released and wonder if it's because they're short? Doubt it. To me on first playthrough, the ambience and industrial is more important then the rock songs because of it's constant prevalence.
Too powerful for direct release
@@TaintedTownMusic Pfffft..... More like too powerful for Akira to be paid for it. No offense at you but it's fustrating when very good omissions occur.
@@NeroAngelo616 completely agree
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. ☯️