Silent Hill 2: Original Video Game Soundtrack Silver

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Throughout the game, James collects maps, which can only be read if there is sufficient light or when his flashlight is on. The haunting music was composed by Akira Yamaoka, a veteran musician whose work became a vital addition to each game, working alongside the gritty visuals and aforementioned themes.

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To gain a better sense of the characters' facial structures, they drew the characters' profiles from various angles, before creating wire-frame models, each consisting of six thousand polygons; they then completed the model with textures. Mondo, in collaboration with Konami, are proud to present the next installment of our on-going SILENT HILL soundtrack series: the premiere vinyl pressing of the the final game by series original developers, Team Silent.

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Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 2 - Original Video Game Soundtrack

He also incorporated occasional silence, commenting that "selecting moments of silence is another way of producing sound". Surface noise throughout and many pops that were so loud you'd jump out of your seat (maybe quite fitting for Silent Hill?Psychological elements, such as the gradual disappearance of Mary's letter and symbolic holes, were incorporated into the game. Maria claims that she has never met or seen Mary, and because she is frightened by the monsters, James allows her to follow him.

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Later on, he rescues Angela from a monster, after which she reveals that her father sexually abused her, with a newspaper clipping implying that she killed him before coming to Silent Hill. Silent Hill 2 sold over one million copies in the month of its release in North America, Japan and Europe, with the most units sold in North America. Don't let the tone of the plucky mandolin driven opening track fool you, this is one of the most haunting soundtracks we've ever released. At the conclusion of the scenario, Maria contemplates suicide once more, but ultimately resolves to find James.

Jon Thompson of AllGame stated: " Silent Hill 2 feels a bit rushed, and although it might not live up to the dizzying horror of the first game, it packs enough of its own punch to make it a worthy sequel.