The story, the gameplay, THE FOG there are countless elements that contribute to making Silent Hill almost unbearably terrifying to play. The industrial and noise driven sounds that appear throughout the Silent Hill OST can also be heard in Reznor’s early Nine Inch Nails work. Though released after the Silent Hills games, listen to the soundtrack of Gone Girl which was composed by Reznor to get a feel of the similarity in tension that he and Yamaoka create in their music. He has cited musicians such as the Nine Inch Nails frontman and renowned composer and producer Trent Reznor as one of his major influences.
Yamaoka is a trained guitarist and producer who specialises in the genres of ambient, dark ambient, industrial, trip hop and alternative rock. Akira Yamaoka had been working as a composer for Konami since 1993, and when Konami began looking for a composer for the first Silent Hill game he volunteered himself claiming he was the only person capable of doing the soundtrack justice.Īkira Yamaoka was initially only hired as a composer, but he soon became responsible for the sound design of the game as well. Fortunately, Team Silent, the sub division of Konami responsible for the first few Silent Hill games, didn't have to look far for the perfect person for the job.
