The Samples Used in Silent Hill 1-4

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  • Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
  • Credit to Silent Hill Historical Society user VIVIsect for finding all of these. They've compiled a folder with all of these including a written list of its content's I'll leave a link below in case you want to check it out. There's more in the folder than there is here, including samples used In the more recent Silent Hill games.
    If you're interested in the subject of music sampling, I have an account on WhoSampled that you can check out. Links below as usual.
    (Disclaimer: This isn't an attempt to expose Akira Yamaoka. I believe he is a very talented musician, regardless of where his audio came from. All of the samples used were designed for the specific purpose of being used by different composers.)
    VIVIsect's sample folder silenthillforum.com/viewtopic....
    My WhoSampled page: www.whosampled.com/user/gilam...
    (End music: Eternal Rest - Akira Yamaoka)

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  • @thomfyoufool
    @thomfyoufool 2 года назад +7191

    People get upset when they realize Akira Yamaoka used samples, and it shows they’ve never tried to make a song with samples before.

    • @DMSwordsmaster
      @DMSwordsmaster Год назад +988

      People who get upset over samples clearly have zero idea how samples actually work. People use samples all the time; that's literally what these audio libraries are meant for. I could list any number of my favorite game soundtracks which also use samples.
      Friggin Undertale and Deltarune's soundtracks technically uses samples, and I don't see anyone crying about their soundtracks. Using a sample masterfully is just as much a part of composition than anything else.

    • @we-must-live
      @we-must-live Год назад +262

      @@DMSwordsmaster mhm - i think the uninformed hate comes from... less reputable musicians that use entire basslines and unedited progressions from other material and claim that theirs is different, and better.
      but yeah, there's certainly a difference in quality between those 'musicians' and the mastermind himself.

    • @snesmocha
      @snesmocha Год назад +75

      every game on the snes uses samples-

    • @SampIeCDArchive
      @SampIeCDArchive Год назад +127

      Now I want to know how they think of Daft Punk, and they sample *actual songs*

    • @mulanmiller5000
      @mulanmiller5000 Год назад +70

      I agree partially. In terms of composing yes, you still need to glue everything together but the so called Silent Hill signature sound is clearly noticeable in those samples before Yamaoka laid hands on it. Not to discredit his work and vision but the vibe was already there is what I'm saying.

  • @Kasia3127
    @Kasia3127 11 месяцев назад +471

    I imagine someone doing one of those "what are you listening to" videos and Akira just casually listening to "A Poke in the Ear with a Sharp Stick"

    • @ambars_lair
      @ambars_lair 10 месяцев назад +18

      Me when my boyfriend asks me how work is going (?
      Honestly, the process of exploring sample libraries is one of the cooler things the whole samplong process involves, cuz it's very exciting to see a raw sound with potential and already imagining how you can absolutely obliterate it and alter it for your own purposes.

    • @XBattynatorX
      @XBattynatorX 10 месяцев назад +12

      THat one also appears in a NIN's Closer version that was used in the movie Se7en iirc

    • @hadeseye2297
      @hadeseye2297 6 месяцев назад

      Jooo. Niezły odpał.

  • @krassilverfang5504
    @krassilverfang5504 2 года назад +115

    I was expecting the samples to be the non-creepy and non-distorted versions but they are just as fucked up and unnerving

    • @ambars_lair
      @ambars_lair 10 месяцев назад +7

      Look up Glitchmachines' sample packs, those things are GOLD.

    • @lastlvl
      @lastlvl 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@ambars_lairnice got anymore suggestions

  • @nanadr3am
    @nanadr3am 4 года назад +2026

    8:08 Akira Yamaoka turned this
    8:14 to this... Beautiful.

    • @RaccoonHills
      @RaccoonHills 4 года назад +60

      Yeah .a genius

    • @gobblegobble831
      @gobblegobble831 3 года назад +260

      Examples like that are exactly why I must disagree with the people making him out to be some talentless hack in these comments

    • @Lofi-Dreamscapes-Radio
      @Lofi-Dreamscapes-Radio 3 года назад +108

      just pitched it down lol

    • @bonjonbovi-
      @bonjonbovi- 3 года назад +64

      there are by far better examples in this video. this one is just pitched down

    • @WhirlingMusic
      @WhirlingMusic 2 года назад +16

      Yeah. I just tried replicating what he did. I couldn't do it in the 2 minutes I played around with it. It would take some time

  • @CrysisVN
    @CrysisVN 2 года назад +3492

    im not disappointed at all cause sampling is so fucking cool and i still think akira is a wizard for finding and shaping these types of sound to his own taste

    • @shadowdragonx07
      @shadowdragonx07 Год назад +15

      chyea i was gonna say htf chu gonna get mad for useing sample sounds tu make somting OG am i right 🤔

    • @CrysisVN
      @CrysisVN Год назад +30

      @@shadowdragonx07 Hell yea bro shit is actually art too like Everybody can sample its all cool but like making the sample sound completely fucking new in the context of a new song? That shit's crazy

    • @joellemarron3452
      @joellemarron3452 11 месяцев назад +8

      good thing this 'wizard' found "bizzare guitar" and "distorted reality" 1 and 2, because all of his best sounding tracks are only composed of that

    • @CrysisVN
      @CrysisVN 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@joellemarron3452 1. what you mean by best sounding is completely subjective 2. sampling is still completely fine even if its just composed of one single sample lol its a prevalent thing especially in hip hop

    • @joellemarron3452
      @joellemarron3452 11 месяцев назад +9

      @@CrysisVN In hiphop, yes. But it's focus is on rythm and rap and everyone knows they use samples. Since this is ambient music for an official soundtrack some people had the expectation, that the cool synth and guitar sounds are made by him. That's why it's disappointing to find out. Some tracks are just pitch shifted sample with drums or an extra pad chord. Of course not every track, Heaven's Night / White Noiz for example is still really good in my opinion - I exaggerated a bit in my previous comment. I still like this OST, I just had a different image of the artist before

  • @AluminumFusion22
    @AluminumFusion22 Год назад +2133

    The fact that Akira Yamaoka managed to take several random samples and make them one cohesive sound really shows his talent. You'd never know he used samples, ableit more obscure ones.

    • @alphalax7747
      @alphalax7747 11 месяцев назад +35

      Not that random considering these sounds were literally made to be sampled

    • @kraktjoetv
      @kraktjoetv 10 месяцев назад +15

      @@alphalax7747point still stands

    • @BruhNuts87
      @BruhNuts87 10 месяцев назад +19

      The meat riding is crazy

    • @ricardosantos-rb9hf
      @ricardosantos-rb9hf 10 месяцев назад +5

      I think Akira yamaoka Is a genius the most scary to silent Hill is the sound, the soundtrack

    • @l1p0v
      @l1p0v 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@BruhNuts87 ikr? The music is great, but that's some stan shit right there. All people want is to lick boots of their favorite creators.

  • @tart-miano
    @tart-miano 10 месяцев назад +691

    Fun fact: Zero-G is also known for starting the vocal synthesizer trend, when they helped make the first Vocaloids Leon and Lola, back in 2004! Basically, there is a through line connecting Silent Hill and Hatsune Miku, thank you for coming to my ted talk

    • @plumkun208
      @plumkun208 10 месяцев назад +4

      amen

    • @ms.pirate
      @ms.pirate 10 месяцев назад

      Leon and Lola. Hmm, I'll have too look them up

    • @nodeberiaestaraqui93
      @nodeberiaestaraqui93 9 месяцев назад +19

      Silent Hill and Hatsune Miku, now that's a weird combination

    • @SnorlaxNumber143
      @SnorlaxNumber143 9 месяцев назад +11

      @@nodeberiaestaraqui93 Do you think she would have eaten pizza with Eddie

    • @nodeberiaestaraqui93
      @nodeberiaestaraqui93 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@SnorlaxNumber143 lmao no

  • @natoonstopmotions181
    @natoonstopmotions181 10 месяцев назад +296

    This proves that everyone takes his inspiration somewhere. Don't be ashamed when you feel inspired by something, that's how the masterpieces are done.

  • @Elfantasmon138
    @Elfantasmon138 2 месяца назад +15

    It's really cringey to see comments from people criticizing Akira for not making technical or complex music, like they want. Akira Yamaoka has already said it, he does not intend to create the most complex music in the world, he only wants to transmit the emotions that are being seen during the gameplay, and nothing more.

  • @Ali_Seraj
    @Ali_Seraj 11 месяцев назад +378

    man this is gold, I'm a sound designer and I have all these library's

    • @stwknt8961
      @stwknt8961 11 месяцев назад +13

      Impressive, you know where i could find these cds ?

    • @tjrizvi251
      @tjrizvi251 11 месяцев назад +6

      😅folliwing for answer

    • @annihilation777
      @annihilation777 11 месяцев назад +1

      Ayo

    • @AiamEsquisoEsquis
      @AiamEsquisoEsquis 11 месяцев назад +2

      Also expecting info lol

    • @Ali_Seraj
      @Ali_Seraj 10 месяцев назад +22

      About Omnisphere, it's an application for pc and mac, with wide variety of sounds, you can use it as a stand alone application or as a VST instrument inside digital audio work station like reaper or Cubase etc...

  • @xXblazmodzXx
    @xXblazmodzXx 2 года назад +745

    It's amazing how you can sometimes not even realize when a sample is used, and how creatively Akira used samples in his music. I will forever be inspired by his work and pure brilliance.

    • @baltiendebagdinath5924
      @baltiendebagdinath5924 10 месяцев назад +12

      And they forgot something very important her: His point was to make an ambiance for a game, not to make music for listening like Mickael Jackson.

  • @bluemoon4944
    @bluemoon4944 3 года назад +653

    Those bitching about using samples, I bet you could have all the samples he used and wouldn’t have any idea of how using them like Akira did...

    • @satanamogila9251
      @satanamogila9251 3 года назад +14

      Who's bitching about samples?

    • @gobblegobble831
      @gobblegobble831 3 года назад +97

      @@satanamogila9251 there was some dude in the comments here who left a shitstorm of replies calling yamaoka a hack and insulting his fans a few months ago but I think he deleted a majority of them. Nice woodsman pfp by the way
      Nvm he didn't delete them they just got buried

    • @cutecat3662
      @cutecat3662 2 года назад

      Curb Your grammar or you'll end up like jennifer garner Whoever you are haters 🖕

    • @Redditaurus
      @Redditaurus 2 года назад +1

      @@cutecat3662 Heed to your own advice, hypocrite.

    • @eyesthatburnthemind
      @eyesthatburnthemind 2 года назад

      Soundcloud Eyesthatburnthemind- Nightmare world

  • @coolmacatrain9434
    @coolmacatrain9434 3 года назад +365

    0:38 Nearly 20 years later, and I can still remember the first time hearing that sound walking up the stairs to the 3rd floor of Woodside Apartments!

  • @Drewshew
    @Drewshew 2 года назад +301

    6:10 I recognize that sample that was used. It was also used in Massive Attack's "Teardrop".

    • @NilsonSeiza
      @NilsonSeiza 11 месяцев назад +20

      sounds like rhe begining of Dissolved Girl

    • @AvithOrtega
      @AvithOrtega 11 месяцев назад +43

      Its the other way around, BT (the producer) sampled that key/note from the song Teardrop (originally released on 1998) and put it on the sample library (2002).

    • @rtxa
      @rtxa 10 месяцев назад +1

      Glad someone else noticed it

    • @djapathy8967
      @djapathy8967 10 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@AvithOrtegasounds like copyright infringement lol

    • @StabVariation
      @StabVariation 10 месяцев назад +10

      @@djapathy8967 Not exactly. How do you suppose music is made, eletronic music mostly, and sampled music? Well, by using samples from pre-existing media or creating new ones. Using samples to create new songs is legal. In fact, there is a whole genre dedicated to it called Plunderphonics. And you don't even have to credit anyone at all.

  • @w33dn0se3
    @w33dn0se3 Год назад +95

    Holy shit, ElectroGlurp from A Poke in the Ear with a Sharp Stick was also used by Trent Reznor for the Precursor remix of Closer (the version used in the opening for Se7en)

    • @pora-pora
      @pora-pora 11 месяцев назад +7

      Yeah, glitched me for a second there too. Same sample's in the Unrecalled version by Coil, go guess which's first.

    • @echoradiata
      @echoradiata 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@pora-porawell coil is the one that did the Precursor mix, at least Danny Hyde was. The unrecalled one is just a reworking/alt take he put out of the original one.

    • @w33dn0se3
      @w33dn0se3 21 день назад

      ​@@pora-poraAnd I believe there's a bass sample in Into the Depths of Sanctuary from SH4 that's also in KoRn's SH song from Downpour, so my guess is that's also a sample Yamaoka used or KoRn decided to sample it from Yamaoka's track

  • @SaImanKayani
    @SaImanKayani 9 месяцев назад +18

    0:27 was also sampled for Nine Inch Nails remix of their song, titled Closer, which was also used in the Se7en movie!

    • @bl4nkd4hli4
      @bl4nkd4hli4 5 месяцев назад +5

      Remixed by Coil as Closer (Precursor) to be exact!

  • @drackfreeee
    @drackfreeee 4 года назад +322

    the song of day of night was made with lapland and sleepcycle1 reversed i think, good recopilation of samples, salute :p

    • @linknavi1
      @linknavi1 4 года назад +8

      Yup indeed it was hehe :)

    • @SOLIDSNAKE.
      @SOLIDSNAKE. 2 года назад +4

      Drack! My hero!

    • @shugafoo2847
      @shugafoo2847 Год назад

      Ah yes lappland the wolf girl

  • @Urb4n0Ninj4
    @Urb4n0Ninj4 11 месяцев назад +296

    I'd love to know how Akira comes across the samples. I mean, who would honestly *CASUALLY* listen to a 75 track album of "drum and bass samples" and happen upon one or two tracks and think "EUREKA!".
    I want to hear more about his process because these samples seem pulled out of nowhere.

    • @razmatazz9310
      @razmatazz9310 11 месяцев назад +65

      That's probably exactly how it happened. They are SAMPLE CDs after all, and made for this purpose.

    • @DEVTHRVY
      @DEVTHRVY 10 месяцев назад +46

      @@razmatazz9310I think what he was saying was that it was more impressive that Akira used sounds intended to be used by Drum n Bass producers and re-interpreted them for these dark ambient songs he made. That’s just the art of good sampling.

    • @rainingnights1409
      @rainingnights1409 10 месяцев назад +61

      Professional musician and sound designer here: yes, that's precisely how we come up with samples. I've taken samples from the most random places, it's all about experimenting, taking some random audio from somewhere and manipulating it until it sounds cool. It's as much a talent as it is a skill

    • @dfghj241
      @dfghj241 10 месяцев назад +21

      this is literally the process mate, you listen to each and all the tracks and take mental notes of which have potential. you experiement with each in a sampler and figure out the reach of the sample.

    • @stephanos6128
      @stephanos6128 10 месяцев назад +4

      funny enough i use a similar process for searchjng for sound effects

  • @Chamiliatic
    @Chamiliatic 11 месяцев назад +33

    Akira yamaoka uses sampling the right way. I've seen people get mad at him sampling but listen to a pop song that just took the same beat, melody, and even chorus from an older pop song and not bat an eye.

    • @xom.
      @xom. 3 месяца назад

      Errrm but you have to be so heckin skilled to play an instrument !!!

  • @Duskets
    @Duskets 11 месяцев назад +153

    What’s impressive is how each of these samples - from such a wide spectrum of sounds and textures - were modified and customized to fit with the aesthetic of the game they’re presented in.

  • @sephiran973
    @sephiran973 3 года назад +161

    6:31 this one is also used in Spyro Ripto's Rage, for the Idol Springs/Fracture Hills level

    • @umgato.3017
      @umgato.3017 Год назад +18

      I thought so! It's my favorite Spyro music.

    • @livefeeldie
      @livefeeldie 11 месяцев назад +9

      Spiderman Enter Electro - Shocker Theme

    • @Myriadis
      @Myriadis 11 месяцев назад +9

      Also Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - Sad Monster

  • @nugsboodlepoo
    @nugsboodlepoo Год назад +255

    Spectrasonics: Distorted Reality 2 and Bizarre Guitar were included in the (incredible) Omnisphere 2 synthesizer I got and I was so excited to stumble upon so many sounds from Silent Hill 2, my favorite game.
    And yes, people get weirdly upset when you bring up Akira used pre-made samples and patches for most of his ambient, atonal arrangements as if you're implying using samples and patches is a bad thing.

    • @fortetuono4068
      @fortetuono4068 11 месяцев назад +13

      I love that he uses samples tbh. He's just like anyone else, and you can use those samples to make your own beats like the master did, and produce a crazy sound.

    • @flameingdaethfearies
      @flameingdaethfearies 11 месяцев назад +25

      Nearly 100% of those upset are not working professional musicians or producers. It’s the uninformed outsiders looking in.

    • @SentientHoodii
      @SentientHoodii 11 месяцев назад +4

      Sample Haters when the musician uses standard tuning instead of coming up with their own original A-G chords.

    • @ONOBITCH
      @ONOBITCH 10 месяцев назад +3

      Don't most video game composers use samples? From my limited experience seeing videos like this, it seems like it is standard practice. Also, with how much time video game composers are allotted to make their music, samples are kind of a necessity. Most of them don't have the time to mess around with their synths to get that perfect sound.

    • @gnarlykoala
      @gnarlykoala 10 месяцев назад +3

      Even RDJ (Aphex Twin) used samples. Why the fuss.

  • @CallMeSugarMilk
    @CallMeSugarMilk 3 месяца назад +3

    I love how Capcom used the same sample that Akira Yamaoka used for “Alone in The Town” in Silent Hill 2 for Lady’s Boss Theme in Devil May Cry 3. Neat and interesting stuff when game composers use similar sound samples for their soundtracks!

  • @andrewhannah7
    @andrewhannah7 10 месяцев назад +37

    “Resting Comfortably” is my favorite Silent Hill song. It’s so eerie but calming at the same time. I’m amazed he was able to create that mood from that sample.

  • @musicharrygiles
    @musicharrygiles 3 года назад +516

    This is incredibly informative, thank you for making this. I had no idea video games back then used sample sets for their soundtracks, I still think Akria is a genius for transforming them into a horror context, the Silent Hill games would not have the same impact without it.
    also: kinda mental that spectrasonics - distorted reality 2 is literally the spyro 2 soundtrack broken apart

    • @marinellovragovic1207
      @marinellovragovic1207 Год назад +42

      Most games (if not every game) of the late 90s until at least the early 2000s used samples from synths or sample libraries.

    • @j-skullz
      @j-skullz 11 месяцев назад +23

      It's literally the Autumn Plains homeworld music lol, weird how a little kids game and a horror game can use the same tools but achieve completely different vibes. Can still totally hear the resemblance in both games tho.
      Edit: for another Silent Hill track that uses this sample check out "Peace and Serenity". One of my favs.

    • @ambars_lair
      @ambars_lair 10 месяцев назад +5

      Nowadays composers and producers use a ton of samoles as well. We don't got sample cd's, we got samplepacks, and there's websties where you can buy a track and download every separate instrument to sample.
      Even more, I've spent entire afternoons listening to youtube videos with 3 views of high school bands to download and sample.

  • @havesomecarrots
    @havesomecarrots 4 года назад +201

    this is really cool! the man knows how to use a sample

    • @gobblegobble831
      @gobblegobble831 3 года назад +24

      @@trenta.958 L O L

    • @user-vm1hh2lp1b
      @user-vm1hh2lp1b 3 года назад +54

      @@trenta.958 no.
      Akira used ROYALTY FREE sample disks. These disks are made with that intention exactly - for people to use the samples in their music!!
      It’s stealing if ur sampling somebody else’s music or if you’re copying chord progression/melody (replaying them on different instruments) that is stealing yea or you could call it a “cover”
      The problem is people use the word “sampling” for everything nowadays. So the term sampling involves royalty free samples (legal) and stealing melodies from others (illegal)
      But stealing melodies is not sampling. It’s called covering or just plain stealing
      But using a small 2 second long sample of a synth-chord from a royalty free sample cd is exactly NOT stealing.

    • @bluemoon4944
      @bluemoon4944 3 года назад +15

      @@trenta.958 it’s not, the samples he used were royalty free, but you clearly know nothing about how copyright works, also, you’re clearly a hater, wthat the fuck are you doing here?

    • @CloverLovesTT
      @CloverLovesTT 3 года назад +29

      2 months later and i’m still astounded at how anyone could consider royalty free sampling on the same proportion with stealing

    • @PageShearling
      @PageShearling 2 года назад +2

      @@trenta.958 boo

  • @EdenNeedsAYoutubeHandle
    @EdenNeedsAYoutubeHandle 2 года назад +32

    6:31 Oh, hey! I recognize that sample, Stewart Copeland used it multiple times in his Spyro soundtracks. Neat!

    • @vibrantdragon3123
      @vibrantdragon3123 2 года назад

      Wooooww wait did stewart copeland made spyro soundtrack?

    • @XavierXSims
      @XavierXSims Год назад

      @@vibrantdragon3123 Looks like you're new to this? Stewart did in fact make the music for the games. The first four, at least (Spyro 1, 2, 3 and Enter the Dragonfly). I responded four months too late, I know but don't really care. :D

    • @-The-Darkside
      @-The-Darkside 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@XavierXSims Copeland is very hit and miss for me but I do respect his madness. During covid I watched the original Equalizer tv show and he had some crazy scores on that.
      I also bought a Korg Wavestate a few years back which has a bunch of presets called Copeland-orch which are samples of his orchestra type rhythms, not sure if he was involved or their an homage.

  • @tokoglifosmuttcher6051
    @tokoglifosmuttcher6051 10 месяцев назад +26

    Mmmh... Hello??? He didn't just put the samples, he added beautiful dream-like music to complete the samples. It is his music that gives sense to this pieces of noise. Akira Yamaoka is an artist just by figuring out how to use this samples to compose the most melancholic and peaceful ST ever.

    • @Stigmatix666
      @Stigmatix666 11 дней назад

      Indeed. It's certainly not just a random mash-up of samples. He has clearly manipulated them and added his own flavor to it, creating his own vision.

  • @Scopatone
    @Scopatone 11 месяцев назад +42

    The fact that the these soundtracks are iconic and nothing has ever really sounded like them since is a testament to Yamaoka's ability to manipulate samples

  • @-EndlessHorizon
    @-EndlessHorizon 10 месяцев назад +21

    8:06 the transition from the sample to the piece is insane it goes from a quiet contemplation to a child stuck in memories over an apt he believes is his mother.

  • @le-pingouin-berserk
    @le-pingouin-berserk 9 месяцев назад +6

    5:30 AMBATACAN

  • @darklordliam
    @darklordliam Год назад +85

    You could play those Specrasonics Bizarre Guitar samples just by themselves and I guarantee people would just think they’re Silent Hill tracks. Such a masterful way of incorporating so many of them into SH2’s musical framework that it almost feels like it was always meant to be used in a Silent Hill game. Really like 3:15 especially.

    • @lautaro3365
      @lautaro3365 10 месяцев назад +7

      Also if I was a kid those album photos also would scare the living shit out of me haha

    • @ukbloke28
      @ukbloke28 10 месяцев назад +5

      It's just that SH was the highest profile usage of them.I can't hear Stuck in the Middle without thinking of Reservoir Dogs. It's not genius at all, it's just when something gets put in front of millions of people, it becomes a big part of the zeitgeist then embeds itself in memory.

  • @MillywiggZ
    @MillywiggZ 11 месяцев назад +53

    Always interesting seeing game music being broken down like this.
    Half-Life and Half-Life 2 were pretty interesting. I noticed ‘Cuckooland Ghost Machine’ being used by Yamaoka too.

    • @safreq453
      @safreq453 10 месяцев назад +5

      Postal 1 aswell!

  • @spookedelic
    @spookedelic 11 месяцев назад +54

    never knew yamaoka used samples, but in retrospect in makes sense. it only gives me even more respect for his work. sampling is an art in itself

  • @cybermexi-8100
    @cybermexi-8100 11 месяцев назад +8

    0:20 i kinda knew it was from a sample pack, but the idea of Akira Yamaoka going into a dentist office and recording a drill is funny to me

  • @perfectenrager
    @perfectenrager Год назад +10

    8:26 also used in the main theme song of the TV show “Breaking Bad”.

  • @lukakiwi
    @lukakiwi 7 месяцев назад +9

    Most of this albums were made for being “sampled”. They are like now a day libraries, they are compilations of musical resources. That said, it is really interesting to see how he used them!

  • @SirTunnelSnake
    @SirTunnelSnake 2 года назад +163

    Wow the way this man heard something in these sounds that you would never think to hear and sample it’s so amazing. What a genius. This is some of the best sample work I’ve ever seen… up there with J Dilla and Madlib

    • @Kioxx7
      @Kioxx7 6 месяцев назад +1

      Gonna be honest, that's a little disrespectful to J Dilla and Madlib. Both of them were/are way more involved with transforming samples into brand new pieces of work and that doesn't even involve the process of actually crate digging to find those samples. The majority of what Yamaoka did was directly grab a sample from a sound library from a well known company like Spectrasonics or Zero-G and layer it over his own work with slight processing or directly take one of the pad samples to use as his own. Of course the end product is still amazing and is a huge part of my childhood but J Dilla and Madlib are on a completely different tier when it comes to sampling. Especially when you realize they were using MPC's and SP 303's and 404's.

  • @Ivandcc1
    @Ivandcc1 5 месяцев назад +4

    looking up these samples just made me found out about eric persing and how he might be one of the greatest musicians of all time

  • @AC3electrosphere
    @AC3electrosphere Год назад +37

    Very inspiring for any music producer

  • @Sage_the_Turt
    @Sage_the_Turt Год назад +97

    do people think samples are cheating or something? lmao that's not how music works. samples are tools.

    • @gilamasan
      @gilamasan  Год назад +43

      It doesn't seem to be common knowledge. In the case of Akira Yamaoka, he was tasking audio libraries designed for the sole purpose of being sampled.

    • @retrogameboxcrafts2153
      @retrogameboxcrafts2153 10 месяцев назад +19

      As you can confirm in the comments, people are extremelly ignorant of almost everything concerning creativity on any industry. Yet keep bragging and consuming whatever influencers keep regurgitating about whatever they don't know about, but was payed to spread. Music is a blessing and using samples are harder than the average player thinks. And oh boy, just like everything beyond just playing anything.

    • @life4trinity
      @life4trinity 9 месяцев назад +13

      It's like saying if you used a guitar then you cheated because you didn't make the guitar yourself

    • @Sil3ntKn1ght
      @Sil3ntKn1ght 8 месяцев назад +2

      If Akira took the samples as is and did nothing to them, then it would be "cheating" "stealing" etc, but they were reshaped and layered into something entirely different and thus became something different.

  • @Hydrantchan
    @Hydrantchan 11 месяцев назад +14

    I also recognized 5:15 for being used in Xenosaga I's music for UMN Mode. That's so cool! I love seeing all the original covers for the sample libraries, too, really take me back.

    • @krizzex
      @krizzex 11 месяцев назад +4

      Yeah, I recognize that one too. One of the few tracks from the first Xenosaga I actually liked. I thougth that sounded a little uncharacteristic of Mitsuda's style. Now I know why.

    • @billclintonsmagicbeefarm5799
      @billclintonsmagicbeefarm5799 11 месяцев назад +1

      Whoops I just made this comment too, wasn't expecting to find other Xenosaga fans here. Dozens of us!!

  • @rebornkusabi7264
    @rebornkusabi7264 5 месяцев назад +3

    What’s funny is- this is super nerdy- Akira sampled stuff, and for everyone like me, that is psychotic about remembering horror video games music from 2000-2006, I heard an Akira track sampled in the (pretty poor followup) sequel to Grave Encounters, Grave Encounters 2: Grave Harder, guest directed by what feels like Eli Roth.

  • @XGames-94
    @XGames-94 11 месяцев назад +19

    The more time passes, the more we find out about this series. Amazing

  • @MaximBG
    @MaximBG 4 года назад +40

    1:54 this one was also used in sh origins
    In "White lies"

    • @danbariani4371
      @danbariani4371 4 года назад +4

      And in SH Homecoming's "The Terminal Show". I guess its such a great sample he had to use it over and over! x)

    • @locki_dos
      @locki_dos 4 года назад

      Yeah last I checked the title said 1-4.

    • @MaximBG
      @MaximBG 4 года назад +2

      @@locki_dos I know, I just said it was ALSO used in origins

  • @alibalyemez1458
    @alibalyemez1458 11 месяцев назад +15

    I wish Yamaoka made more music like this. Need more stuff like that

  • @catcreaturething2084
    @catcreaturething2084 9 месяцев назад +3

    This format is so cool

  • @lovesick_loser
    @lovesick_loser 10 месяцев назад +5

    It's cool hearing the comparison of the source and what it turned into, some are super similar, and others are barely recognizable... Most, if not ALL of the original samples here are also made TO BE sampled, so that honestly relieved me a lot LOL

  • @facu.vellocet
    @facu.vellocet 10 месяцев назад +5

    this video is by itself an excellent sample library. Every sample is a seed one can use to create something new

  • @GregLopesArt
    @GregLopesArt 11 месяцев назад +10

    A sample can not only be adapted and given new characteristics but also, in the case of being part of a playable library, used as a musical instrument to create something entirely new. So what's really impressive is his musicality, the way he expresses himself, using different kinds of samples to help him create his original ideas... I find it very inspiring.

  • @officialbasura
    @officialbasura 2 года назад +88

    8:26 whoa! Interesting, anyone else hear the "All Gone" song by Gustavo Santaolalla from the first The Last of Us soundtrack? Pretty interesting! I doubt he sampled this or heard it but I always love finding similarities/familiarities, even if minor, in music

  • @SeriousBeats
    @SeriousBeats 11 месяцев назад +8

    I have even more respect for Akira yamaoka because sampling sounds easy until you realize he painted several masterpieces with small loops and sound bites.

  • @patnewbie2177
    @patnewbie2177 4 месяца назад +5

    Anybody who complains about the mere fact that Yamaoka used samples has CLEARLY never listened to a single DJ Shadow song.

  • @tiernanmcculloch
    @tiernanmcculloch 10 месяцев назад +4

    Wow, the utilization of the sample at 3:15 is actually crazy. It's what makes me love sampling so much in music, the ability to completely transform the meaning of a sound by using it in a different context.

  • @XcaliburZeRo
    @XcaliburZeRo 2 года назад +7

    Very well edited video! I love it.

  • @sweetwheatsy
    @sweetwheatsy 3 года назад +59

    This is really really cool, thanks for doing this.
    Distorted Reality is a frikkin gem - especially love Undulater2, which is also a staple for all you Spyro fans out there.
    I believe that the SEDATION-sample is also used in Forest Trail from SH2 (atleast to my ear).
    Also, does anyone know the gritty industrial sample when fighting Leonard Wolfe in SH3? It's also used in Half Life 2 (Disrupted Original)

  • @xXblazmodzXx
    @xXblazmodzXx 2 года назад +13

    3:51 To this day, the strangest thing I think about "A Stray Child", is that at the very beginning of the song, there's this strange like, almost "Metal Thumping/scraping" Sound?
    This sound is also heard on the audio that Nasa released of the different kinds of audios that planets give off via radio emissions. Dunno if SH3 just uses the clip from the audio or what, always found that odd though..

  • @AWISECROW
    @AWISECROW 3 года назад

    This is amazing. Just a fantastic video. Now I'm interested in those CDs

  • @SYNTHS_AND_TRAINS
    @SYNTHS_AND_TRAINS Месяц назад +1

    I‘m almost glad that he used samples. Years ago I got the most of these samples as well to make some own Silent Hillish music.

  • @xnj1980
    @xnj1980 Год назад +5

    I've been looking for these sample packs for a very long time. thank you

  • @boombapsword7907
    @boombapsword7907 2 года назад +4

    Thanks for making these videos
    I sample a lot myself, and it's a joy to see the origin of these samples 👍🏽

  • @RinLockhart
    @RinLockhart 11 месяцев назад +2

    I'm very impressed by your editing and attention to detail.

  • @TheAlmightyGoiter
    @TheAlmightyGoiter Год назад

    I love videos like this. thank you for posting!

  • @Nick.t.S
    @Nick.t.S 11 месяцев назад +2

    This is one of the coolest videos I’ve stumbled upon. It’s so neat seeing the sources of his material.

  • @gemxx6248
    @gemxx6248 3 года назад +41

    This is amazing and so interesting good job finding them. I think the music for these games are art themselves

  • @macky2890
    @macky2890 11 месяцев назад +3

    This is so incredibly cool thank you for making this

  • @TheHalloweenSpirit
    @TheHalloweenSpirit 3 года назад +17

    This is amazing
    I absolutely love Akira Yamaoka and is good see the inspiration for these legendary themes

  • @teamyordle23
    @teamyordle23 3 года назад +57

    Love the creative intro. Awesome video. Great research into the samples too, that's one reason why I love Silent Hill, it's the sound design of the game that's really top quality, with how the radio goes crazy with static the closer you are to a monster and the music which sounds exactly like fear.

  • @senjikenkryomasa2361
    @senjikenkryomasa2361 3 года назад +27

    Love listing to the sound track of sh 2-3 to this day and still love it!. On those nights where it’s misty out. Can I just say still love the medley of room of angel is by far my favorite of them all.

  • @donkeyfacekilla1
    @donkeyfacekilla1 11 месяцев назад

    This is awesome! Thank you for making this video! Must have been a tonne of work!! Big up!

  • @gmwerth
    @gmwerth 10 месяцев назад +1

    this is so so cool thanks for making such an awesome video i love yamaoka's work!!

  • @KaseroReckz
    @KaseroReckz 3 года назад +25

    Excelente, me gustó demasiado ver el giro que le dió Akira a estos samples

  • @Gobbledi_Gook
    @Gobbledi_Gook 4 месяца назад +5

    Are people on here really complaining about samples being used…? Must be people totally unfamiliar with the landscape of electronic music. Samples are cool guys, don’t be weird about it

  • @Modusiticate
    @Modusiticate 8 месяцев назад +1

    super well put together!

  • @AlejandroPzGz
    @AlejandroPzGz 10 месяцев назад +2

    Beautiful use of this samples

  • @vcrlord141
    @vcrlord141 3 года назад +40

    thank you thank you thaaaaank you for making this video. This blows my mind, knowing that he sampled from outer sources. This makes feel normal, sampling from other sources, using soundfonts, etc....for the longest time I would beat myself for not making an original sound...not anymore :) This means alot to me. Once again, thank you.

    • @gorlygorl1575
      @gorlygorl1575 2 года назад +1

      I'm kinda happy for you 😅

    • @namelastname5267
      @namelastname5267 2 года назад

      @@gorlygorl1575 Don't write same comment twice.

    • @namelastname5267
      @namelastname5267 2 года назад

      @@gorlygorl1575 Don't write same comment twice.

    • @gorlygorl1575
      @gorlygorl1575 2 года назад

      @@namelastname5267 I don't know why it was posted twice

    • @averyhenhawk
      @averyhenhawk Год назад +5

      Everything is based on something, no shame in inspiration!

  • @amalek.92
    @amalek.92 5 месяцев назад +6

    Suddenly Akira Yamaoka isn’t a genius to me anymore, but rather a master.

  • @SillyMakesVids
    @SillyMakesVids 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks for making this a video! I remember researching Yamaoka's sample sources many years ago.

  • @zengardengnome
    @zengardengnome 7 месяцев назад +1

    This is so cool, thank you for putting this together in one video.

  • @boroclan
    @boroclan 10 месяцев назад +2

    The sample from :45 is so dear to me. Akira, God bless you for digging to find these samples. Still makes my eyes grow damp.

  • @ZAPcon
    @ZAPcon 11 месяцев назад +4

    As a long time producer, it's always so cool to learn about the old sample CDs used in some of these big games! God if I could get my hands on some of these legacy sample discs ughghgh. Got lucky and found a small collection on ebay a while back, but they seem hard to find (at least where you don't have to pay $200+ for them!). I know they have a decent collection on internet archive as well, though some of the file formats are pretty specialized for older hardware samplers and can be a pain to convert.

  • @EatinBubsy
    @EatinBubsy 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you, I've been wondering about this for ages

  • @FunnyPhobos93
    @FunnyPhobos93 9 месяцев назад +1

    Really interesting to be able to dive into the rabbit hole of sources Akira Yamaoka took inspiration and samples from. Thank you!

  • @Mostach89
    @Mostach89 11 месяцев назад +15

    It's so cool seeing what inspirations they had at that time and how creative and transformative artist can get making music, also it's so nice diving into the samples and discovering all this sounds

  • @undine117
    @undine117 2 года назад +17

    Wow! Quite interesting! Yamaoka's a great musician indeed, and for me, there's no problem with sampling. Actually I guess It's quite a clever way to create new musical pieces with a sample. Creativity, inspiration and the will to create a special feeling and ambience is vital. Many thanks for sharing! :3

  • @AE1OU
    @AE1OU 11 месяцев назад +10

    All these ambient songs that were sampled definitely have a surreal creepy sound on their own

  • @nighteatingyou
    @nighteatingyou 10 месяцев назад

    Dude thanks so much. This is amazing. I have no words...

  • @ghall9228
    @ghall9228 10 месяцев назад

    Incredible window into the work of a genius. Thanks for uploading.

  • @NowhereBeats
    @NowhereBeats 4 года назад +6

    Nice of you to credit VIVIsect
    There were a few others too, but he was the main one

    • @gilamasan
      @gilamasan  4 года назад +2

      I only remember seeing VIVsect's post. Do you know who the others are? It would help if I were to make more of these.

  • @adamscaife6931
    @adamscaife6931 11 месяцев назад +4

    I've for sure heard that sample at 0:24 being used in the intro song for Seven. I think 6:10 was also used in the SH3 song "Breeze In Monochrome Night".

    • @icydec3346
      @icydec3346 11 месяцев назад +1

      I knew it was NIN, it's used in "Closer (Precursor)"

  • @filou13
    @filou13 9 месяцев назад

    Extremely valuable video! Knowing where many of those samples come from is a form of audio preservation, and can also give a good insight on discs that could potentially be used in projects of our own. I am very grateful for this, thank you for making it!

  • @msi._
    @msi._ 2 года назад +1

    Fantastic. Nice presentation as well.

  • @hanadiva3167
    @hanadiva3167 11 месяцев назад +3

    1:36 sewerslvt made me think that there would be an amen break segment

  • @billclintonsmagicbeefarm5799
    @billclintonsmagicbeefarm5799 11 месяцев назад +3

    5:14 I wasn't able to find this particular sample outside of this video, but I immediately recognized that as also being used in Xenosaga 1's UMD mode music.

  • @fred_cypher
    @fred_cypher 10 месяцев назад

    Fascinating video ! Thanks a lot for your work ♥

  • @BenoitAdam2
    @BenoitAdam2 11 месяцев назад

    Nice video, and cheers for people finding all of this, that's crazy

  • @oldsilenthill1
    @oldsilenthill1 3 года назад +60

    this is incredible!!, great job!!, i dont feel disappointed, even with all those samples, you need to be creative enough to make it have a rythm and make you feel an emotion, so i see no problem here!

  • @npc_blob1609
    @npc_blob1609 2 года назад +15

    Isn't Bizarre Guitar's SEDATION (3:40) also used in SH2? Specifically in Forest Trail

    • @joeyt5427
      @joeyt5427 2 года назад

      Yes definitely, instantly recognized it

  • @Hurtdeer
    @Hurtdeer 10 месяцев назад

    thank you for this. i wrote an entire album that was a tribute to these soundtracks and it surprises and pleases me that my decision to use samples heavily on it ends up being authentic to the source material

  • @Kamelot19
    @Kamelot19 9 месяцев назад +2

    turned those samples into one of the most iconic video game franchise soundtrack
    good job