OSV has a contest to win a promo soundtrack!
Posted By: Whitney December 8th, 2009 | 4:07 pmPOST YOUR ENTRIES ON OSV’s PAGE, they won’t see it here 🙂
http://www.originalsoundversion.com/?p=6159
We’ve confirmed that Akira Yamaoka is gone, and while we’re all still wondering what will become of the Silent Hill series in his absence, Konami has generously sent us extra copies of the Silent Hill: Shattered Memories soundtrack to give away to you guys. As this will be the final Silent Hill soundtrack he writes as an employee of Konami, we thought it’d be a good time to reflect upon the Silent Hill franchise and what’s next in terms of the series in general and, more specifically, the direction of the game’s audio in the future.
We’re going to make this one easy and simply require that you comment on this post with your thoughts and predictions to enter. Just make it something thoughtful and more substantial than a few sentences. We’ll continue taking entries until December 21, 2009 at 11:59 PM PST, at which point we’ll pick two winners to receive a copy of the snazzy pre-order bonus. We’re looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
The first Silent Hill I ever played was SH3. I’d never played a survival horror game and was drawn in by there being a female protagonist. What caused me to replay the game again and again was the thick atmosphere – a result of sound effects, lighting, and music. I was thrilled that the game came with the soundtrack, something I wish more games did, but there you go. When it was released, I also played SH4. I enjoyed it, but SH3 still stood higher in atmospheric tension. A friend of mine let me borrow SH2 and that’s when I truly fell in love with the series. Many SH fans consider SH2 the best of the best, never to be topped. It’s music held a haunting sadness that no other game has matched. Through music alone Akira Yamaoka told the story of James Sunderland. I remember crying while hearing Magdelene play softly in the background as James left the hospital alone. Every time I hear it, I think of the shock I felt the first time I played the game. That’s what great music does – it lingers like perfume in the listener’s mind to recall those memories, those strong emotions. Even now, hearing the mechanical shrieks and gasps of the Sepulcher or Asphyxia tracks make me think of Alex from SH5 and his fear, anger. I look forward to playing Silent Hill: Shattered Memories while listening to the music, making my own memories and lasting impressions with the sounds.
Post your entry on OSV’s contest page they won’t see it here.
Hey! Here are some scans of the soundtrack I got from Gamestop!
(Childish Thoughts may have been used in Lakeside Amusement Park?)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x26/moonlight_wolf495/Covers/scan0001.jpg
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x26/moonlight_wolf495/Covers/scan00012.jpg
O_o; Weird. My links were deleted?
Looks like wordpress thought they were spam, I had to approve them 🙂 thanks for the scans!
Mhm! I’d scan the artwork for SHSM, since yours were a bit low-res DX, but my scanner (Obviously) sucks a bit
No worries I have a good scanner I just quickly scanned those to get them on the news post. I’ll most likely rescan later 🙂