Silent Hill 3 Soundtrack

Silent Hill - The Alluring Nightmare

Silent Hill 3 Soundtrack

A Symphony of the Night...

Produced by Akira Yamaoka

Music and Lyrics by Akira Yamaoka

Lyrics Translated by Nora Stevens Heath (WORDBOX)

Production Coordinator: Aki Naito

Recorded at Magnitude 8 Post, Los Angeles, CA

Recording Engineer: Michael McCarty

2. You're Not Here

3. Float Up From Dream

4. End of Small Sanctuary

5. Breeze - In Monochrome Night

6. Sickness Unto Foolish Death

7. Clockwork Little Happiness

8. Please Love Me...Once More

9. A Stray Child

10. Innocent Moon

11. Maternal Heart

12. Letter - From The Lost Days

13. Dance With Night Wind

14. Never Forgive Me, Never Forget Me

16. Walk On Vanity Ruins

19. Memory of the Waters

20. Rain of Blass Petals

21. Flower Crown of Poppy

23. Uneternal Sleep

25. I Want Love (Studio Mix)

For the first time in the Silent Hill series, Konami includes the official soundtrack with Silent Hill 3! (USA only) The soundtracks just keep getting better! Akira Yamaoka tries something new with each game he makes. As producer of Silent Hill 3, he took extra care in creating a special ambiance for the background noise and music.

The most recognizable change is the presence of lyrical vocals in the background. I think this is a nice touch - the powerful woman's voice you hear in "Lost Carol," You're Not Here," "Letter - From the Lost Days" and "I Want Love" belongs to Melissa Williamson. In harmonic contrast, Grammy-Winner Joe Romersa lends his deep, soulful voice to "Home Town." You can hear more of Joe Romersa's Silent Hill music on the soundtrack for Silent Hil 4, which he also produced.

Undoubtedly the most distinctive aspect of the Silent Hill series, other than the fog, of course, is the mood set by music and sound. Bumps in the night...creepy and mysterious sounds, both disturbing and beautiful. Composer Akira Yamaoka gives us a word on the music for the much-awaited Silent Hill 3.

THE MUSIC AND SOUND

Not limited to Silent Hill, I would say that the sound designing of video games is very peculiar. You must think about the interactivity and furthermore, you must bring about the best performance out of the hardware spec. limitation.

Designing sound when it is interactive, I would say this is most creative work that you cannot see in other fields. I consider that everything that has to do with sound such as "music", "sound effect", and "recitation" needs to be thought in the same level and be created. The sound of Silent Hill comes from this aspect.

Since I work on all the sounds in the game, including sound effects and the music, the work load is enormous. However, to keep the atmosphere of Silent Hill, this is the only way to do it. In fact, it helps me become more creative.

I suppose "industrial noise" would fall into this. To create this sound, there is no way of explaining of how to do this to someone else (laugh).

By the way, I pay special attention to harmony in the sound design of Silent Hill. It seems that there are lots of "video game music" or "sound effects" that explain pictures on screen, I avoid that. What I would love to express is the harmony of picture and sound, and its the results.

However, to do so, it can be done because we are committed to go in the same direction as the rest of the Silent Hill project staff.

The end result should be an enjoyable experience for all.

Akira Yamaoka

I WANT LOVE (STUDIO MIX)

Performed by Melissa Williamson

I want a cup that overflows with love

Although it's not enough to fill my heart

I want a barrel full of love although

I know it's not enough to fill my heart

I want a river full of love but then I know

The holes will still remain

I need an ocean full of love although I know

The holes will still remain

And the Swiss cheese heart knows

Only kindness can fill its holes

And love will dry my tears

As pain disappears yeah

(chorus)

I need a miracle and not someone's charity

One drop of love from him and my heart's in ecstasy

Where our love is sending me

Is most likely ending me

I need a miracle and not someones charity now

(guitar solo)

Fill up my heart with love

Oh, youd be amazed at how

Little I need from him to heal completely now

_________beyond these feelings I can't ignore

I need a miracle

And that's what I'm hoping for

Chorus

My baby, my baby, etc.

Anybody's love but his

Will never fill the space within

Got to give me what I need

To free my heart from misery

HOME TOWN

Performed by Joe Romersa

He spoke of tortured souls

So outrageous the toll

You can lose all you have

He refused to give in

To the town that takes all

(chorus)

"Survive- you must have the will

This movie doesn't end the way we want

All the time", then he shouts at the moon

Shes gone and fear has overcome

He was walking the mile

He was walking alone

So outrageous the toll

You can lose all you have

He refused to give in

To the town that takes all

Chorus

Four and twenty dead birds

They bleed upon the nest

There was no time for reasons

They had no sign not to fret

Now its too late, too late for me

This town will eventually take me

Too late, too late for me

This town will win

(spoken)

"Through this fog, there came a mob-

dark creatures singing a terrible song.

The rest of the bar laughed at him.

Only I felt right what to do."

"They found him dead the very next day

No more stories from him, I heard them say

We blamed bad luck for his fate

Only I felt terror so great"

She and he will know

That someday all things will end

That misty night, that dismal moon

The dead search for their kin

While angels sing, be it endless dark

The dead seek out sin

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