Style: Video game music, ambient, rock, dark ambient
Primary Emotions/Themes: a continuation of the legacy set by one of the best video game soundtracks ever
Thoughts: Silent Hill's soundtrack was largely industrial and noise based. Silent Hill 2 took this music and added melody and a deeper sense of atmosphere to the formula. Silent Hill 3 added vocals and even more diversity. Silent Hill 4 perfected what was started on 3.
The first four Silent Hill soundtracks are some of the best music in my collection. Silent Hill 2 in particular has some of my favorite music ever. Silent Hill 4 had some big shoes to fill when it came to the legacy set by the previous albums, I'm pleased to report that it lives up to the legacy of the previous three albums.
Like all of the previous entries the music here is dark, exceptionally so. Not just the kind of darkness that is so overt that it shoves it down your throat. No. This is more insidious. This is the kind of darkness that you don't realize is there at first, the kind that works its way in to your unsuspecting heart. By the time you realize what is happening it's too late, the music has taken hold and you are no longer safe... not that you ever were.
Silent Hill 4's music is probably a bit more on the rock side than any of the previous entries, but that's what gives it it's identity. Each one of the first four albums in this series has it's defining characteristic, and this is the case for The Room as well. Easily one of the best albums in my collection, easily one of the best series of soundtracks I own... or don't own for that matter.
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