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Silent Hill 2 (Original Soundtrack)

Gunnar

9.8

“**💭 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 🟢 ──────────────────── **🤔 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. ──────────────────── **🏅 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”