Silent Hill’s OST more than any other game I have come has garnered more of a fanbase than anything I have seen on the post playstation OST world.
It’s soundtrack is tasteful, yet eerie, it is futuristic but listening now it has all the hallmarks of a legendary retro game aesthetic.
Atonal pads combined with strange weird loops and interesting rhythmic patterns flutter in and out. What I think is amazing about this OST as although it clearly for a horror video game, it doesn’t have all the usual ‘horror’ tripes that we always hear in movies and games, it creates a horror soundtrack from a new point of view which I find to be really refreshing .
If I was to score a game I think Silent Hill would most likely be my main source of inspiration simply due to the fact that you can hear the pioneering creativity to push the boundaries of what a game is supposed to sound like.