“**💭 Thoughts:** The soundtrack for the 2001 survival-horror game *Silent Hill 2*, composed and produced by Akira Yamaoka, is easily one of the best written soundtracks of all of time. It blends dark ambient, industrial, trip-hop, alternative rock, and slow piano melodies into a soundtrack that can not only be played on its own, but works extremely well within context of the video game.
**🎶 Tracklist Review**
1.) Theme of Laura 🔵
2.) White Noiz 🔵🥉
3.) Forest 🟢
4.) A World of Madness 🔵
5.) Ordinary Vanity 🟢
6.) Promise (Reprise) 🔵
7.) Ashes and Ghost 🟢
8.) Null Moon 🟢
9.) Heaven’s Night 🔵🥈
10.) Alone In the Town 🔵🥇
11.) The Darkness That Lurks In Our Mind 🟢
12.) Angel’s Thanatos 🟡
13.) The Day of Night 🔵
14.) Block Mind 🟢
15.) Magdalene 🟢
16.) Fermata in Mistic Air 🟢
17.) Prisonic Fairytale 🔵
18.) Love Psalm 🔵
19.) Silent Heaven 🟢
20.) Noone Love You 🔵
21.) The Reverse Will 🔵
22.) Laura Plays the Piano
23.) Terror in the Depths of the Fog 🟡
24.) True 🔵
25.) Betrayal 🟢
26.) Blank Fairy 🟢
27.) Theme of Laura (Reprise) 🟢
28.) Overdose Delusion 🟢
29.) Pianissimo Epilogue 🔵
30.) Promise 🟢
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**🤔 Track Rating Scale**
🔵 Loved — Thoroughly enjoyed it; highly effective within the soundtrack and something I’d gladly revisit on its own.
🟢 Liked — Enjoyed it and thought it worked well within the soundtrack, but probably wouldn’t revisit it often on its own.
🟡 Mixed — Worked to some extent within the soundtrack, but didn’t leave much of an impression or had noticeable flaws.
🟠 Disliked — Didn’t enjoy it much and felt it added little to the soundtrack.
🔴 Hated — Strongly disliked it and felt it was ineffective even within the context of the soundtrack.
⚪️ Unrated — Brief cue, transition, reprise, or other piece that doesn’t warrant an individual rating.
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**🏅 Ranking Scale**
10 — Perfect
9 — Exceptional
8 — Great
7 — Good
6 — Decent
5 — Average
4 — Below Average
3 — Poor
2 — Bad
1 — Awful
0 — Unlistenable”
