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Release Date
1 November 2001
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Length
30 tracks
Silent Hill 2 Original Soundtrack is the acclaimed OST of video game music from the survival horror game, Silent Hill 2. The album contains musical tracks from the game composed by Akira Yamaoka. The soundtrack was released in Japan on October 3, 2001 with a price of ¥2,427 bearing the catalog number KMCA-120.
The soundtrack is only a short collection of the many other songs that were unfortunately left out, only including 30 out of 67 tracks of the complete edition, songs from the physical cut release are renamed and other tracks may sound similar in the complete edition of the soundtrack, if you'd like to listen to the full original soundtrack, click the link provided below.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOEAs04auvietkxFG-8hjc80IIVBItX2r
Akira Yamaoka composed the music for Silent Hill 2. At his home, Yamaoka took three days to write the music for Theme of Laura, Silent Hill 2's main theme, combining "a sad melody" and "a strong beat". although he does not consider the melody to be the "most important" element of a musical piece. He wanted the music to evoke emotions in the player. Silent Hill 2 makes extensive use of sound effects ranging from screams to footsteps on broken glass. In charge of the game's fifty sound effects, Yamaoka wanted to surprise the player with different sounds and create an unsettling environment. He also incorporated occasional silence, commenting that "selecting moments of silence is another way of producing sound".
Konami published Silent Hill 2 Original Soundtracks in Japan on October 3, 2001. In 2019, the soundtrack was re-released on vinyl by Mondo, who previously gave the same treatment to the soundtrack of Silent Hill in 2016.
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