Silent Hill Zero Original Soundtrack CD (IMPORT)

Akira Yamaoka (Author) | Format: Audio CD

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• Audio CD
• Label: N/A
• ASIN: B001CMU7VC
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #204,607 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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The original soundtrack for Silent Hill: Zero, composed by Akira Yamaoka (who has composed for Silent Hill games previously). It contains 26 tracks from the video game. Tracks: 1 Shot Down In Flames feat. Mary Elizabeth McGlynn 2 Meltdown 3 Evil Appetite 4 Wrong Is Right 5 Not Tomorrow 3 6 Monster Daddy 7 King Of Adiemus 8 Don't Abuse Me 9 Underworld 4 10 Acid Horse 11 O.R.T. feat.Mary Elizabeth McGlynn 12 Insecticide 13 Raw Power 14 A Million Miles 15 Battle Drums 16 The Wicked End 17 Blow Back feat.Mary Elizabeth McGlynn 18 Real Solution 19 The Healer 20 Snowblind 21 Behind the Wall of Sleep 22 Drowning 23 Murder Song "S" 24 Not Tomorrow 4 25 Theme of Sabre Dance 26 Hole In The Sky feat.Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars (Creepy) Audio Bliss, March 10, 2009

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This review is from: Silent Hill Zero Original Soundtrack CD (IMPORT) (Audio CD)

Before I bought Silent Hill Origins (Zero) I thought it would be a stripped-down quick little romp into Silent Hill that wasn't really any big deal, just a little game made up to keep the franchise going.

I was wrong. About the soundtrack, too. Akira Yamaoka didn't say, "Hey, well, it's just this silly PSP game. I'll strum out some licks on the guitar, synth in a few creepy sounds, get Miss McGlynn in here, and be done in an evening!" No, he didn't do that. And if he did he hid it very well.

It's hard to review a soundtrack like this because most tracks are ambient noise with a light pulse and some kind of emotional undertone. But in that regard, this one is just as good as the SH2 and 3 soundtracks. Can't say anything about that of the original Silent Hill, The Room, or Homecomming.

What stands out on this CD is Mary Elizabeth McGlynn's performances on Shot Down in Flames, O.R.T., Blow Back, and Hole in the Sky. (Was there another? I think it's just those four.) She sounds amazing in all of them and her voice accompanies the Silent Hill air so well. I prefer the vocal songs here over those in the Silent Hill 3 soundtrack, and she did well there.

That being said, I think 2 has the best instrumental songs, 3 has the best ambient ones, and 0 has the best lyrical. So would I call this the best Silent Hill soundtrack? No. But I would call it great, not just good. And the cover and art are neat, too.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth every penny, September 5, 2008

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socialobscurity (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silent Hill Zero Original Soundtrack CD (IMPORT) (Audio CD)

The moment "O.R.T." began in the prologue of Origins, I said to myself, I have to buy this soundtrack.

Yamaoka has once again concocted a compilation of audio-euphoria that has yet to tire out, even after months of listening. The soundtrack is solid, ranging from new ambient material such as "ORT", back through the stylistic trip-hop elements of SH2 through SH4, and finally back to the mechanical clatterings of SH1.

If you liked the music from the previous games, buy this soundtrack now. You won't be disappointed. The artwork and mini-comic of Pyramid Head is killer, too.

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice soundtrack!, August 28, 2010

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T. Lee "God has died lots of times, but someo... (Louisville, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silent Hill Zero Original Soundtrack CD (IMPORT) (Audio CD)

I'm a Silent Hill fan since SH2. While Silent Hill Zero (SH:Origins in US) was kind of a meh game, the soundtrack, by Akria Yamaoka, is another feather in his cap. He once again creates music of atmospheric dread and industrial menace. Mary Elizabeth McGlynn returns for a few vocal pieces that, as always, are excellent.