This 6LP box set presents the complete score, crafted by and carefully sequenced by longtime series composer Akira Yamaoka. Special attention has also been paid to the packaging, which includes thoughts from the composer in a liner notes book.
Yamaoka completely reworked the soundtrack for Bloober Team’s critically lauded remake. Brand new and re-recorded cues for 2024’s SILENT HILL 2 perfectly capture the eerie atmosphere of the titular town, fusing elements of trip-hop and industrial rock with dark ambience and musique concrète. This new soundtrack will feel both familiar and fresh to ardent fans of the beloved survival horror series.
The score pushes Yamaoka’s inimitable sound design and ethereal arrangements to new heights and charts his evolution as a creator since the original game released in 2001. The music transcends the functional role of video game scores, existing both as an intrinsic, essential part of the atmosphere of SILENT HILL games, and standing alone as an evocative work that journeys through the dark depths of the human psyche.
Track List
Disc 1
Side A
Theme Of Laura II
White Noise (Actual Noise)
What Lurks In The Forest
The Girl Behind The Gate
Ordinary Vanity’s Solitude
Arcane Disconsolation
Wistful Refrain
Side B
Promise of the Forgotten
Beneath the Null Moon
Lament of Heavens Night
Shadows Of The Lover’s Tree
Veil Of Forgotten Dreams
Disc 2
Side A
Angel’s Thanatos & Celestial Peaper
Phantasmagoria
The Cry Of The Nurse
Shadow of My Past
The Day Of Night Shadows
Magdalene’s Elusive Lament
Lady Of The Door Finding Key
Echoes Of Silence
Cryptic Echoes
Nocturnal Reverie
Side B
The Infinite Heartbeat
Ethereal Dichotomy
Madcap Descent
Desolate Heart
Arcane Confinement
Cinderella Music Box
Eldritch Enchantment
Theme Of Laura (Repetition)
Overdose Delusion (Existence & Truth)
Disc 3
Side A
Anam Cara
Eddie’s Sweet Sorrow
Ephemeral Despondence
After Daddy
Desolate Reverberations
The Moment Our Paths Entwined
Manic Delirium
Savage Requiem
Transcendental Bonds
Transitory Melancholy
Side B
Obfuscate
Lake Of Enchantment
Savage Crusade
Abyssal Cell
Nocturnal Epiphany
Anathema Of Temporal Veils
Abstract Daddy Appear
Twin Pyramid
Unhinged Betrayal
Disc 4
Side A
Chthonic Symphony
The Enchanted Abyss
The Enchanted Abyss Part II
Delirium’s Embrace
Serendipity
The Reverse Will (Unseen Paths)
Surreptitious Whispers
Side B
Ontological Quandary
Socratic Ignorance
Ephemeral Solipsism
Ethereal Alleyways
Chimeric Obfuscation
Serpentine Shadows
Promise (Pragma Version)
Disc 5
Side A
Love Psalm Of Eternal Devotion
Laura Plays the Piano (2024)
Umbra Veil
Esoteric Woe
Tenebrous Anguish
Side B
Metaphysical Inquiry
Sepulchral Solitude
Enigmatic Despondency
Colossal Despair
Veiled Melancholia
True (2024)
James Find Eddie In Prison
Unhinged Realms
Disc 6
Side A
The Haunting Mirage
Nocturnal Mirage
Days Gone By
Eclipsed Affliction
Abstract Torment
Veiled Perdition
Ethereal Melancholia
Side B
Glimmering Void
Murmurs In The Gloom
Inscrutable Lamentation
Ineffable Lament
The Monolithic Doors Start To Awaken
Betrayal’s Reverie
Tenebrous Enigma
Tears of Magdalene
Theme Of Laura (Laura’s Emotions)