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Soundtrack Name: Silent Hill Original Soundtracks
U.S. Game Name: Silent Hill
Musical Genre: Misc
Original Game System: Playstation
Publisher: Konami
Copyright Holder: Konami
Number of CD's: 1
Number of Tracks: 42
CD Length: 72 min 8 sec
Composers and Performers:
Akira Yamaoka (Comp)
Rika Muranaka (Comp) of "Esperandote" (Track 41)
Review:
This soundtrack is best described by two words: strident and atonal. Actually,
this only describes 35 of the 42 tracks, which, while excellently composed and
performed, are meant as the background music for a horror game. Here are a few
reasons why most of the soundtrack is not general listening fare: The music (or
noise, depending on your opinion) starts and stops suddenly leaving large chunks
of almost quiet followed by a sudden jump to loud, harsh music. Background noises
during the tracks include creepy whispering and a variety of strange grating type
sounds. The general lack of instruments, singing, melody, and other common musical
components prevents the kind of toe-tapping, head nodding that follows good music.
The last track, number 42, contains 4 min 45 sec of pure silence before any music
actually starts. An interesting way to pad the CD's length.
That being said,
tracks 1, 10, 35, 38, 39, 40, and 41 are actually good music. Very good music in
fact. The producers would have been wise to release a CD single with track 1 (the
opening song "Silent Hill"), track 39 ("Killing Time" which sound like the opening
track played on an old record player), track 40 ("She"), and track 41 ("Esperandote",
the ending theme with spanish lyrics), as these are the only songs on the CD worth
having unless you plan to throw some kind of creepy Halloween party. Actually, if
they had released that CD single it would probably be in the "A" reviews section.
Final Rating: F
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