01. Silent Hill - Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill Soundtrack)

Composer : Akira Yamaoka
Released Date : 05 March 1999

Akira Yamaoka is a Japanese video game music composer, sound designer, guitarist, and producer, best known for composing various games in the Silent Hill series by Konami. He also once worked as a producer on the series, as well as serving as a composer and producer of the Silent Hill film and its sequel. Since 2010, he has been the sound director at Grasshopper Manufacture.
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Game : Silent Hill
Developer : Konami Computer Entertainment
Publisher : Konami
Country : Japan
Released Date : 23 February 1999

The first installment in the series follows Harry Mason as he searches for his missing adopted daughter in the mysterious town of Silent Hill. Stumbling upon a cult conducting a ritual to revive a deity it worships, Harry discovers his daughter's true origin.

[johnplayer]

I'm 5, 000 years old and have been playing Silent Hill since I was small. Its deep ancient evil kept me warm many a night.

[gilangranggap]

The hill ... is silent and the residents ... are evil.

[AlinaHollow]

A masterpiece of a soundtrack for a masterpiece of a game.

[abandoneduniverses]

49 years old now but still this masterpiece reminds me the days of 99 and playing silent hill

[paulspencer]

It was a priveledge to be alive to play this game back in 1999.

[Markynal]

1:43 the exact moment Akira Yamaoka becomes one of the greatest video game composers of all time

[fadyk]

What an intro this was to the franchise.

[stranded_ninjagaming]

"The fear of the blood tends to create fear for the flesh"

[morde_powerliftin_shakes]

Imagine your at E3, the room goes black and you hear this

update 8 months later: hell yeeee :3

[NebLleb]

"The fear of blood [STILL] tends to create fear for the flesh."

Welcome back, Silent Hill.

[Purplestufff]

2:04 sends me into the stratosphere every time

[EsteIIe]

the way this is not on spotify is vile.

[Arnuuld]

Over 20 years later and I'm back in that dark room playing this game scared out of my mind.

Good times never die

[antlain]

Akira Yamaoka a great inspiration for many artists, when I am without inspiration listening to the great ones like him helps a lot.

[jamesreed]

Listening to this I am reminded of my past when there were happier times and how I got to where I am now, where I'm now going through a difficult time and am unsure what to do with my life.

[zoo]

i was playing Silent Hill if i was 6 y.o and this soundtrack is still my favorite game soundtrack. Iam 28 y.o now.

[oliversantillan]

2024 and I just paid attention to this song, knowing at last that the melody of Theme of Laura came from here. What a wonderful piece of music this is.

[Korewarumine]

It's here, the birth of the greatest videogame franchise of all time, and the time for the best soundtrack composer of all time shine.
I can't express in words how much I love Silent Hill

[zethwarland]

I always feel this deep longing for something intangible whenever I hear this song. No matter how much time passes this song is always a favorite of mine.

[Beavernator]

Had a near death experience in my 20's and this song has always been the closest to even remotely conveying what the experience was like....