As Aeropause have just recently reported, legendary horror producer/composer Akira Yamaoka of Silent Hill fame is to leave Konami. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories will be his last Silent Hill game working for the company. That doesn't neccessarily mean that he won't be composing for any further games in the series though.
I have always held the Silent Hill franchise close to my heart, and this news is quite upsetting. However, since development shifted to the west, any subsequent title in the series was never going to be fully capable of capturing the essence and love that Team Silent wove into the first three. That being said, I am a closet fan of Origins and Homecoming (despite the terrible controls), but this is mainly due to Yamaoka's beautiful scoring ability. As I will suggest in an upcoming article on Silent Hill 2, it is Yamaoka's music - and indeed sometimes, lack of it - that create the incredible atmosphere needed to completely immerse you in the game.
For now though, I leave with an often misunderstood quote from the man himself:
"Silence is also a sound".
In case you haven't heard it, click here for the Original Silent Hill Theme - On Piano.
I have always held the Silent Hill franchise close to my heart, and this news is quite upsetting. However, since development shifted to the west, any subsequent title in the series was never going to be fully capable of capturing the essence and love that Team Silent wove into the first three. That being said, I am a closet fan of Origins and Homecoming (despite the terrible controls), but this is mainly due to Yamaoka's beautiful scoring ability. As I will suggest in an upcoming article on Silent Hill 2, it is Yamaoka's music - and indeed sometimes, lack of it - that create the incredible atmosphere needed to completely immerse you in the game.
For now though, I leave with an often misunderstood quote from the man himself:
"Silence is also a sound".
In case you haven't heard it, click here for the Original Silent Hill Theme - On Piano.
It's dead now man, he was the only link left and the only thing that at least made the western developed titles feel at least like they shared some of the same magic as the Team Silent games.
ReplyDeleteI think that song you here in Origins as you're walking down the road during the opening credits is up there with his best actually