The Silent Hill games are known for their tense atmospheres, horrifying denizens, and plots that offer a dose of psychological malaise that disturbs the player. But the series is much more than that. While Konami recently announced Silent Hill 2 hoodies, what many often remember about the games, outside the horrifying visuals, is the music. Now, a new announcement states that fans will be able to own the soundtrack to the third and fourth games, and all on some pretty nifty looking vinyls.
The vinyls for both the Silent Hill soundtrack have been provided by Mondo Music, who specialize in limited-time records. Posting to the site a couple of days ago, the company showed off the images for each vinyl, which come with impressive, and also terrifying, sleeve artwork. Both SH3 and SH4: The Room come as double vinyl purchases, priced at $35. According to the site, they will be available to purchase today at noon CST.
For those who are unaware, the hauntingly beautiful music that is often associated with the Silent Hill games was composed by Akira Yamaoka. Mondo Music describes his work on Silent Hill 3 as a "dichotomy" of tones, which combines an element of calm and beauty, with terror, while the music for The Room is described as "incredible and reliably dynamic." Given his talent and notoriety, it's fitting that Yamaoka was brought onboard to work on The Medium last year. His compositional expertise is clearly sought after.
Unsurprisingly, there have been other SH soundtracks in the past. Earlier this year, Mondo Music reprinted vinyls for the Silent Hill 1 and 2 soundtracks, as well as doing reprints for The Last of Us. Music in games can produce a wonderful effect that compliments the visuals and gameplay. Despite the horror aspects that make up the Silent Hill games, the atmosphere would be for naught were it nor for Yamaoka's score, so it's likely that these new vinyls will be popular among fans.
Of course, when talking about the Silent Hill games, what naturally crosses people's mind is the whereabouts of a potential new game in the series, or perhaps a reboot. With the upcoming Abandoned being involved in a conspiracy which made people think it was actually a new SH game, horror gamers are on tenterhooks at the moment and although the new merch coming out could be a hint that something else is in the works, it's unlikely there will be a new installment any time soon, unfortunately.
The Silent Hill 3 and Silent Hill 4: The Room soundtracks are available on vinyl from today.
Source: Mondo Music