Silent Hill: Sounds Box Review

“Silent Hill: Sounds Box,” is a rather expensive box set of music from every Silent Hill game, from the original to the Arcade game, including some unreleased and remixed tracks. The collection is Japan-only, but with the help of internet providers such as Play-Asia or Ebay, it is more than possible to obtain if you are a collector. As a collector of horror game music myself (strange hobby, I know), I want to view this collection from two angles. The first is assuming you already own most of the Silent Hill official soundtracks and were thinking of picking this up, the second being from the viewpoint you own none of the soundtracks and this would be your first time purchasing Silent Hill music. It’s to note this was limited-print, meaning that it’s going to be hard to find in the future and in some retailers it’s already sold out.

First, the facts. This is an 8-Disk collection of Silent Hill music. The first disk contains music from the original Silent Hill, the second is music from Silent Hill 2, the third is music from Silent Hill 3, the fourth is music from Silent Hill 4: The Room, the fifth is music from Silent Hill: Origins, the sixth from Silent Hill: Homecoming, the seventh from Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, and the eighth and most interesting being a collection of unreleased, unused, and remixed music tracks from the whole series and some music even from Silent Hill: Arcade (a Japanese-only title). This basically has the potential to be the ultimate Silent Hill music collection, including music from the whole series (minus the understandable exclusions of the Gameboy Color visual novel and cellphone titles). The mere sound of it will send Silent Hill music adorers drooling. And, for the most part, it definitely is the ultimate Silent Hill music collection… Though it unfortunately misses a few notes (and songs) to be that ultimate ‘experience’.

Before we really get to the meat and bones of this review, here is a complete track-list of every song on this album:

DISK 1 SILENT HILL
01. Silent Hill (02:51)
02. All (02:08)
03. The Wait (00:09)
04. Until Death (00:51)
05. Over (02:04)
06. Devil’s Lyric (01:26)
07. Rising Sun (00:57)
08. For All (02:39)
09. Follow the Leader (00:52)
10. Claw Finger (01:32)
11. Hear Nothing (01:33)
12. Children Kill (00:19)
13. Killed By Death (01:25)
14. Don’t Cry (01:29)
15. The Bitter Season (01:26)
16. Moonchild (02:48)
17. Never Again (00:45)
18. Fear of the Dark (01:13)
19. Half Day (00:39)
20. Heaven Give Me Say (01:47)
21. Far (01:14)
22. I’ll Kill You (02:52)
23. My Justice For You (01:21)
24. Devil’s Lyric 2 (00:25)
25. Dead End (00:17)
26. Ain’t Gonna Rain (01:12)
27. Nothing Else (00:51)
28. Alive (00:33)
29. Never Again (01:01)
30. Die (00:56)
31. Never End, Never End, Never End (00:46)
32. Down Time (01:38)
33. Kill Angels (01:16)
34. Only You (01:16)
35. Not Tomorrow 1 (00:48)
36. Not Tomorrow 2 (01:38)
37. My Heaven (03:17)
38. Tears of… (03:16)
39. Killing Time (02:54)
40. She (02:34)
41. Silent Hill (Otherside) (06:23)

DISK 2 SILENT HILL 2
01. Theme Of Laura (03:24)
02. White Noiz (01:23)
03. Forest (01:43)
04. A World Of Madness (01:47)
05. Ordinary Vanity (01:39)
06. Promise (Reprise) (01:45)
07. Ashes And Ghost (03:08)
08. Null Moon (02:50)
09. Heaven’s Night (02:04)
10. Alone In The Town (02:19)
11. The Darkness That Lurks In Our Mind (01:16)
12. Angel’s Thanatos (03:18)
13. The Day Of Night (01:37)
14. Block Mind (01:12)
15. Magdalene (01:52)
16. Fermata In Mistic Air (02:16)
17. Prisonic Fairytale (01:54)
18. Love Psalm (04:26)
19. Silent Heaven (02:13)
20. Noone Love You (01:32)
21. The Reverse Will (03:33)
22. Laura Plays The Piano (01:55)
23. Terror In The Depths Of The Fog (04:31)
24. True (03:07)
25. Betrayal (02:30)
26. Black Fairy (01:12)
27. Theme Of Laura (Reprise) (01:51)
28. Overdose Delusion (04:31)
29. Pianissimo Epilogue (01:37)
30. Promise (04:40)

DISK 3 SILENT HILL 3
01. Lost Carol (00:37)
02. You’re Not Here (03:46)
03. Float Up From Dream (01:22)
04. End Of Small Sanctuary (01:42)
05. Breeze – In Monochrome Night (04:14)
06. Sickness Unto Foolish Death (03:06)
07. Clockwork Little Happiness (03:24)
08. Please Love Me…Once More (01:54)
09. A Stray Child (05:28)
10. Innocent Moon (01:38)
11. Maternal Heart (03:02)
12. Letter – From The Lost Days (03:54)
13. Dance With Night Wind (05:21)
14. Never Forgive Me, Never Forget Me (02:19)
15. Prayer (01:40)
16. Walk On Vanity Ruins (02:44)
17. I Want Love (02:45)
18. Heads No. 2 (01:13)
19. Memory Of The Waters (01:46)
20. Rain Of Brass Petals (03:39)
21. Flower Crown Of Poppy (02:13)
22. Sun (01:47)
23. Uneternal Sleep (01:00)
24. Hometown (Feat. Joe Romersa) (06:04)
25. I Want Love (Studio Mix) (04:40)
26. Rain Of Brass Petals – Three Vocals Edit (Bonus Track) (05:01)

DISK 4 SILENT HILL 4: THE ROOM
01. Tender Sugar (05:32)
02. Waverer (02:54)
03. Fortunate Sleep – Noone Disturb Her Dead (02:07)
04. Melancholy Requiem (03:53)
05. Confinement (02:27)
06. Drops of Shame (02:49)
07. The Suicidal Clock Chime (01:10)
08. Silent Circus (02:55)
09. Traversing the Portals of Reality (02:03)
10. Into the Depths of Self Discovery (02:55)
11. Cradel Of Forest (06:30)
12. Resting Comfortably (00:51)
13. Nightmarish Waltz (03:09)
14. Pulsating Ambience (03:04)
15. Your Rain (04:42)
16. The Last Mariachi (01:37)
17. Wounded Warsong (03:12)
18. Underground Dawn – Never Come (02:12)
19. Fever Chill (02:28)
20. Remodeling (02:54)
21. Room Of Angel (07:08)
22. Waiting For You (Live At ”Heaven’s Night” – Unreleased Tunes) (06:19)

DISK 5 SILENT HILL ZERO [ORIGINS]
01. Shot Down In Flames (04:00)
02. Meltdown (03:14)
03. Evil Appetite (02:05)
04. Wrong Is Right (02:25)
05. Not Tomorrow 3 (01:42)
06. Monster Daddy (02:27)
07. King Of Adiemus (02:29)
08. Don’t Abuse Me (01:39)
09. Underworld 4 (03:07)
10. Acid Horce (02:11)
11. O.R.T. (04:24)
12. Insecticide (02:12)
13. Raw Power (01:16)
14. A Million Miles (01:31)
15. Battle Drums (02:17)
16. The Wicked End (02:18)
17. Blow Back (03:14)
18. Real Solution (02:56)
19. The Healer (02:53)
20. Snowblind (02:01)
21. Behind the Wall of Sleep (02:20)
22. Drowning (02:25)
23. Murder Song “S” (03:05)
24. Not Tomorrow 4 (02:15)
25. Theme of Sabre Dance (01:33)
26. Hole In The Sky (04:10)

DISK 6 SILENT HILL 5 HOMECOMING
01. One More Soul to the Call (06:03)
02. Witchcraft (03:53)
03. Total Invasion (02:16)
04. Living in Fear (02:33)
05. Cold Blood (03:04)
06. The Terminal Show (02:55)
07. Attitude #70 (02:16)
08. 4 Pattern (03:36)
09. Voodoo Girl (02:11)
10. Elle Theme (05:24)
11. Snow Flower (02:46)
12. Who Knows (02:26)
13. Mr. Joy (02:33)
14. Dreams of Leaving (03:53)
15. The Real Love (03:08)
16. The Thing (03:32)
17. Slave 2 Death (02:25)
18. Regards (02:10)
19. Dead Monks (02:24)
20. This Sacred Line (04:36)
21. Alex Theme (Machine Head Mix) (05:00)

DISK 7 SILENT HILL: SHATTERED MEMORIES
01. Always on My Mind (05:07)
02. When You’re Gone (03:10)
03. Searching the Past (02:28)
04. Childish Thoughts (Unused Bonus Track) (01:31)
05. Creeping Distress (02:12)
06. Hostility (01:48)
07. Snow Driven (02:28)
08. Hibernation (02:16)
09. Devil’s Laughter (01:51)
10. Lost Truth (02:47)
11. Angel’s Scream (02:38)
12. Another Warm Body (01:49)
13. Forsaken Lullaby (01:49)
14. Raw Shock (01:41)
15. Lives Wasted Away (02:01)
16. Blackest Friday (01:44)
17. Endless Depths (01:28)
18. Different Persons (02:27)
19. Ice (02:57)
20. Acceptance (04:03)
21. Hell Frozen Rain (05:40)

DISK 8 SILENT HILL EXTRA MUSIC & ARCADE
01. AZUSA IGO from SILENT HILL (02:38)
02. Silent Hill (estudio) from SILENT HILL (03:07)
03. Anaconda (Unreleased Track) from SILENT HILL (00:57)
04. tussock (Unreleased Track) from SILENT HILL (00:45)
05. Lost Carol (Long Version) from SILENT HILL3 (02:45)
06. Rain of Brass Petals (Other Take) from SILENT HILL3 (02:04)
07. JOE SWEET DREAMS (Unreleased Track) from SILENT HILL3 (02:03)
08. LAST BOSS REMIX from SILENT HILL3 (02:25)
09. Dance Girl Dance from SILENT HILL3 (03:19)
10. Queen of the Rodeo (04:52)
11. All Screwed up from SILENT HILL3 (05:10)
12. Innocent Moon (Other Take) from SILENT HILL3 (02:40)
13. I’ve Been Losing You from SILENT HILL3 (03:56)
14. No Excuses from SILENT HILL3 (01:24)
15. Your Rain (Reprise) from SILENT HILL4: THE ROOM (00:58)
16. Result from SILENT HILL4: THE ROOM (00:48)
17. Last Walk from SILENT HILL4: THE ROOM (01:50)
18. Until the Stars Go out from SILENT HILL4: THE ROOM (02:01)
19. Kaminaga from SILENT HILL4: THE ROOM (00:28)
20. Hanyo from SILENT HILL4: THE ROOM (00:33)
21. A Monster in Her Eyes from SILENT HILL4: THE ROOM (01:27)
22. Clow Parade from SILENT HILL4: THE ROOM (01:29)
23. Serious from SILENT HILL4: THE ROOM (01:51)
24. Moments in Bed from SILENT HILL4: THE ROOM (01:37)
25. Ki-No-Ko from Lost Memories (04:40)
26. KO (Unreleased Track) from SILENT HILL2 (04:03)
27. Theme of Hanna (03:05)
28. You are tired (01:12)
29. Recorder 2007 (03:25)

Truly a good collection of songs, though he or she that knows a thing or two about Silent Hill music might notice something. “Hey wait, aren’t those Silent Hill 1, 2, 3, 4, Origins, Homecoming, and Shattered Memories soundtracks all exactly the same as the Official Soundtracks?” And here comes one of the biggest disappointments to a long-term Silent Hill or horror music collector… Yes, yes they are the same as the official soundtracks. Virtually they are all exactly the same, except for the strange exclusion of Esperandote on the Silent Hill 1 soundtrack (I only assume since that was a song that was orchestrated and never actually played in-game), and Alex’s Theme from Homecoming (though a remix of the song is included). Now, if you’re not rehearsed in the Silent Hill soundtracks you might question why this is a bad thing. I mean, they include all of the music, right? See, this is where the Silent Hill soundtracks get complicated because no, no they don’t.

The Silent Hill series has had a rather strange running tradition to not release all the songs in the game, releasing a “Official” soundtrack including several songs found in these titles, and fans releasing songs not found on the official soundtrack in something known as the “Complete” soundtrack. The “Complete” soundtracks are complete because they include the songs the official soundtracks do not. Generally, a rule of thumb is that the complete soundtracks include more music than the official soundtracks though are unofficial. So for this collection to use the Official Soundtracks and nothing more means their excluding all the great music on the Complete soundtracks.

This is a huge shame for the Silent Hill music collector because it means that if they buy this and already own the official soundtracks for any or all of the games, they already own the disk they’ll be buying here only with a new paint. Counter to this though, if you own none of the soundtracks this is a tremendous deal as everything will be new to you as well as the fact that buying this set should actually cost less than buying all the soundtracks separately, with the added bonus of the eighth disk exclusivity (getting to that in a little bit). However, it’s hard to stay mad at a collection that features a fantastic music selection, and it is to note that this collection does include every single vocal song in the series (with the exception of, “Soldiers Orders (Theme of Alex)” from Homecoming, which has been replaced with a Techno Remix of the song) and even vocal songs you haven’t heard.

If you’re interested in this collection, I really doubt I need to talk much about the music found on the first seven disks at all. The tracks may not be for everyone, but those that enjoy the atmospheric, creepy, and sometimes ambient music of the series will enjoy the music on display here. Silent Hill 1 may have outdated instrumentation, but the atmosphere and style of the music is quite possibly the must chilling of all of the entries. The game’s soundtrack is one of the few where the music alone can give me goosebumps. Silent Hill 2 is still slightly outdated in instrumentation, but the music is melodic and memorable, and is recognized by many as one of the best composed game soundtracks of all time, and truly does not disappoint with it’s selection. Silent Hill 3 is likely one of the most disappointing showcases here, not because it’s bad by any means (it captures a more mysterious tone with it’s music), but because it’s missing more music than the other selections (that can be found on the Complete soundtrack). To make up for this, there is actually a lot of unreleased Silent Hill 3 music on the eighth disk, but we’ll be getting to that in a bit. Silent Hill 4 has a nice surreal quality about it, and for many fans is one of the best soundtracks and contains some strange but enjoyable beats. Silent Hill Origins contains a more pulsating, sinister soundtrack overall with some nice piano and guitar songs in-between to break things up. Silent Hill Homecoming plays out with a more industrial quality than found in the other Silent Hill soundtracks that is coupled with a strange uncertainty air around them or a fierceness for when the action picks up. Homecoming also includes Alex’s theme being replaced by a Techno remix of the song which is rather neat, it’s not as elegant but far more catchy and fitting with the industrial feeling of the Homecoming soundtrack. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories features more relaxing music featuring pianos and strings and more samples, broken up by the Raw Shock chase music that is much more fierce and daunting.

This all climaxes to the final eighth disk of the collection featuring 29 (mostly) unique songs. The eighth disk opens up with a song form Silent Hill 1, nightly atmosphere of crickets chirping and a car passing by, settling itself into a rather relaxing opening song with a small chorus and guitar rift that doesn’t sound like it would be that out of place in Twin Peaks. The song breaks into a more intense part towards the end, smoothing out to a simple guitar line and synthesizer hum as it ends with a car coming to a screeching halt. This is the signification that you’ve entered new territory for long-time listeners, and a relaxing enough opening before they get serious.

We continue with the excellent Silent Hill Main Theme played on the Piano (which has been publicly released in the past but not on an official soundtrack). However, after possibly a false sense it’s just going to include songs that haven’t been released on soundtrack but you may have heard before, it breaks into the rather strange song, “Anaconda”. Disturbingly sounding like the music is trying to quite literally smother the life out of some poor man that yelps during the course of the song, I find it strange that the sound quality is of higher caliber than music found in Silent Hill 1 even though this is supposed to be an unused track from the original game. The next song isn’t as unsettling but arguably more strange, sounding like some demented yet short detective track with some weird screeching melody that plays through most of it. While not particular favorites of mine, it is interesting to think what the hell Akira was on when composing these two songs as they sound more drug tripping than what we normally find in the Silent Hill soundtracks. Appropriately creepy though. After this song is when things really start to pick up.

We enter into the unreleased and rare music from Silent Hill 3! And boy, did they cut a lot from Silent Hill 3, totaling up in 10 songs. The first is the full version of Lost Carol, sang by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. This hasn’t been previously heard to my knowledge, and while it is nothing but a voice it really does capture something elusive; Mary’s voice is enchanting as it explores an expanded melody way beyond what we heard in the game or on soundtracks previously, sounding like some strange mix between a lullaby and a tribe chant. We continue with a different take on the SH3 song, “Rain of Brass Petals,” which sounds similar to the original but with some different layout. It’s rather nice and interesting, though it sort of like an shortened version with an extended end section (which was in my opinion the most hauntingly beautiful piece of the original, so no complaints from me). We continue with an unreleased song from Joe Romersa, Joe Sweet Dreams (not to be confused with Sweet Dreams Twisted). Joe wasn’t one of my favorite Silent Hill vocalist, but I must say I think this may be my favorite Silent Hill song by him. There is a rather ominous yet mysterious, almost chant-like, tune that plays through the song and his voice actually compliments the style of the piece rather than conflict with it. We get into a remix of the final boss music from Silent Hill 3, a song that was previously included on the fan soundtrack, “Silent Hill 3: Unreleased Tracks,” but it’s still nice to have and definitely adds more to the final boss song than that found on the complete soundtrack. The next track I had not particularly heard before but is not labelled as unreleased so it may just be rare. It’s nothing really special unfortunately and stands as one of the weaker songs in my own opinion, basically sounding a bit like a gypsy tune combined with a strange strings tab, some weird laser-sounding instrument, drums, and what sounds like a dog laughing in the background. Strange, but passable. It has some nice build-up, just unfortunately the built-up part is worse than the build-up itself. The next song sticks out over how different it is, very elegant and beautiful, reminding me most of (excuse me for using an outside horror game reference) the forest area of Phantasy Star Online episode 1. It is strange and foreign to the rest of the songs here, but not an unwelcome addition by any means. The next piece of music is another song that was included on the, “Silent Hill 3: Unreleased Tracks,” album, “All Screwed Up.” The song carries a nice rock tone and guitar rifts with it and almost feels like it’s going to break into vocals at any time, though it never does. The next is an unreleased version of, “Innocent Moon,” from Silent Hill 3, which has a strange elegance to it… Until the vocals set in. The vocals work just fine with the song, but you can’t shake the feeling their unneeded and the song and it’s piano bits would be better without them. Still, a nice and previously unheard remix of sorts. The next song is very relaxing and catchy, “I’ve been losing you,” though suffers from some backwards fate as this song feels like it could suit vocals better than the previous track. Still, a very nice and relaxing melody that gets even better when it picks up a bit towards the end of it’s loop. The Silent Hill 3 section of Disk 8 is ended off with a real masterpiece, “No Excuses”. This song I have never heard by it’s lonesome, but it really captures a sense of wonder, beauty, and mystery despite it’s short running time.

We then break into the unreleased and rare Silent Hill 4 tracks, with another total of 10 to hear. It starts off beautifully, with a rather strange yet fairy-tale like remix of, “Your Rain.” It’s only a minute long, but Mary’s voice and tone of the song sends chills and fits the surreal quality of Silent Hill 4’s soundtrack great. The next song, “Result,” I have not seen on a soundtrack previously (might of been on the Unreleased Silent Hill 4 soundtrack though and it has just escaped me) but sounds sort of like a jazzy elevator theme… Which is surprisingly fitting of the game. This is followed by, “Last Way,” which is nice as it is atypical. Very relaxing, ambient music, but nothing that really sticks out from other ambient music found throughout all the different soundtracks. “Until the Stairs Go Out,” is a great fierce track that had been heard previously on the fan-made, “Silent Hill 4: Unreleased Tracks” album. Still, a nice piece of music for the collection here that has a strangely epic feel to it. The next song, “Kaminaga,” is unreleased in the sense it was used in one of the trailers for the game (the one showcasing Cynthia’s ghost, to be exact). Short but creepy. The next song, “Hanyo,” is another short yet creepy trailer song. The next song AS WELL is also another song used in a trailer but not in-game, “A Monster in Her Eyes,” which was partly used in the long trailer. It features the interesting guitar bit of when we see the man sit down, and the part after when we see scenes flash by inside the hotel room… As well as the startling end to the song that did make me jump, as did the scene in the trailer this song accompanied when I first saw it years ago. Mmmm, nostalgia~ We continue with, “Clown Parade,” which is rather eerie and a bit downbeat. The beginning sounds a bit like a Resident Evil song to me, but the second half is absolutely haunting and the lack of most instruments helps it. Strangely eerie. The next song, “Serious,” starts out virtually the same as, “Clown Parade,” which I thought was a bit weird as well as funny considering what people put together in their heads if they hear, “Clown” and “Serious” in the same sentence. However, it breaks out in the second half into something that feels more pulsating, but I think less effective. Still a nice song, but a bit too similar to the last one and pales a bit in comparison in my opinion. We end off the Silent Hill 4 section with, “Moment in Bed,” which is a track heard in game with people talking over it and now officially released for the first time. It’s nice moment music, and is nice to finally have it without spoken dialogue over it… and it features a nice rhythm to it as well.

We finish off with the final few tracks of the album. “Ki-No-Ko,” starts this final section of the soundtrack, being an unreleased song found in the video of the same name in the, “Art of Silent Hill and Lost Memories” DVD. It features a strange mixture of ambiance and industrial, which comes off as fairly relaxing yet upbeat track. This is followed by what is supposedly an unreleased Silent Hill 2 song, but it sounds a bit weird. It starts off like a Silent Hill song, but then breaks into a techno beat that sounds a bit to… Retro-Game like for the likes of the SH2 soundtrack. It might be why it was cut, but it still is rather catchy and sounds more like Akira’s other works outside Silent Hill. It almost feels like stage music in a side-scrolling shooter or something like that. The next song I am rather fond of, “Theme of Hanna,” from Silent Hill Arcade. It sounds a bit like a circus, but twisted. Considering the on-rail style of the game, I could see this tune working well for a boss or something of the sort, and it’s circus qualities yet haunting charm lead it to be a bit more ‘loud’ than most Silent Hill songs, more outspoken. It also breaks to a rather epic melody before it loops. The next song, “You Are Tired,” is from Silent Hill Arcade, and sounds like some strange mix between the X-Files theme song and a Recorder. Bizarre, but interesting… Though the Recorder sounds a bit loud and off. We end off with another Silent Hill Arcade song, “Record 2007”, which… I have no words for. To end off the album we have a rather tropical sounding happy song with Recorders from the last song blazing (though sounding better). I have no context of how the Arcade game ends (might have to look into that after this review), but this is so off from the rest of the music it almost feels like a joke. Maybe appropriate for a series that is known for things like UFO and Dog endings. At least it’s easy to kind of dance to it with it’s upbeat tone.

In the art and boxing department, the CDs look nice and the logo on the box is rather nifty (you can see it at the top of the review), but the box you get the CDs in is rather bland… It all is literally black besides that logo (and some copyright watermarks). The art on the CD covers aren’t much different, mainly a piece of art of one of the characters from the game on a black background with the game’s logo in the bottom-right corner. The back simply has the track listings. I found it also kind of weird how the disks for Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill 4: The Room featured Cynthia’s Ghost and Alessa rather than Henry and Travis. Not much to glance at, but it seems we’re here for the music.

There is a bonus DVD included with the music, but it’s not going to turn many heads. It includes a couple of trailers for Silent Hill Origins, Silent Hill Homecoming, and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories… And that’s really it. It feels like there is some serious missed opportunity here; even just a DVD of trailers could of been expanded to include trailers from the other Silent Hill games featured in the collection (in other words, all of the other Silent Hill games minus the visual novel and cellphone titles). It seems a bit weird for a music collection thats celebrates all of Silent Hill to only include trailers for the most recent Silent Hill games. It also feels, for this price, they could of taken the time to create a complete or near complete collection of Silent Hill trailers over the years… There’s actually been some pretty good ones. It’s to note the menu is actually pretty interesting, it features some nice visual effects as snippets showcasing the few trailers on show here play in unison. The menu even has it’s own song, a new composition that’s actually a fairly decent atmospheric track which you can’t find on any of the music CDs. However, I don’t view a DVD’s menu screen being more interesting than the actual content of the DVD as a positive quality.

Overall, this is a package you will be getting for it’s music rather than it’s other components. You might not want this if you already own the official soundtracks, but then might want it if you are a collector. If you don’t own any of the music and are interested in this, then I say go for it. It’s a nice collection of music officially released from the series and some new unreleased tracks that sit between being fantastic to just weird. However, if you own one or more of the albums, I think you should judge based on how much you want the music from the other games. There is a distinct chance that the price of this thing will rise so you can sell it for a high price as it’s a bit rare, but besides collector purposes you really would only be getting this for it’s music. If you think the music presented in these games is worth the price, then go for it. If not, then it might be more worth it to go for the individual albums if you don’t want them all. The bonus tracks are nice, some are fantastic, but it comes as a mixed bag, and some of the songs are just experiencing their first official release. Still, a very charming package supporting one of horror games greatest music sources and inspirations and that alone, along with the collection of the series music all in one place to collect the history of Silent Hill music done by Akira Yamaoka, from his first to last game in the series, is something special in it’s own right. If you want it and can afford it, it’s worth it. For others, it might be a bit expensive or mostly ground you’ve already treaded before.

Score: 8/10

A great collection of music, collecting all of the officially released Silent Hill tracks, which unfortunately also puts it into the position of many possibly already owning some of these CDs as their Official Soundtrack counterparts. However, if you don’t already own many, if any, of the Silent Hill Official Soundtracks, then this might very well be worth checking out if you have the wallet for it. The unreleased tracks are hit and miss (though all very interesting), but be in this for the music. The boxing and DVD don’t do much for the package.

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