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Oct 25, 2012 - 7:57 PM
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losher22
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I had a funny feeling that a commercial version of this film's score/soundtrack would be released! Even so, this totally came out of left field and I just found out about it today! Here's an article excerpt from TalkMoviesWorld.com and the digital & CD (yes, that's right, CD also!) track listing from Lakeshore. VERY excited about this one!!!
Lakeshore Records will release the SILENT HILL: REVELATION 3D – Original Soundtrack digitally on Tuesday, October 30th and in stores on December 18, 2012. The album features original music by Jeff Danna (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Resident Evil: Apocalypse).
“[Director] Michael Basset was clear that he wanted the score to be more musical for this film than for the first Silent Hill movie,” said Danna. “He said, ‘I definitely want there to be an emotional arc to these characters and this story, and I need you to inject more musicality and orchestral elements into the score to support that. ’ In that way, the score is going to differ from the first film and from the games.”
..."The challenge for this film was unique. Michael Bassett's storyline required that I combine Akira Yamaoka’s otherworldly textures and sound designs with music that was more emotionally driven and conventionally harmonic. The dark string passages that intertwine with the intense industrialized sound of SH2 are a unique chemistry,” Danna explained. “I’d look forward to the chance to work again with Akira Yamaoka on another Silent Hill film.”
...Silent Hill: Revelation 3D – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from Lakeshore Records will be available digitally on October 30th and in stores on December 18, 2012.
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1. Silent Hill Revelation - Jeff Danna & Akira Yamaoka
2. Early Birthday Present - Jeff Danna & Akira Yamaoka
3. Armless/The Missionary Attacks - Jeff Danna & Akira Yamaoka
4. Vincent and Heather Open the Box - Jeff Danna & Akira Yamaoka
5. Born and Raised In Silent Hill - Jeff Danna & Akira Yamaoka
6. Heather in the Fog World - Akira Yamaoka
7. Alessa’s Mother/No Ordinary Spider - Jeff Danna & Akira Yamaoka
8. Vincent Condemned - Jeff Danna
9. Master of the Order - Jeff Danna & Akira Yamaoka
10. Red Pyramid/The Nurses - Akira Yamaoka
11. The Carousel/Red Pyramid Battles the Missionary - Jeff Danna & Akira Yamaoka
12. Lost Souls - Jeff Danna & Akira Yamaoka
13. Rain of Brass Petals Three Voices Edit - Akira Yamaoka
14.Silent Scream - Akira Yamaoka
http://movies.broadwayworld.com/article/Lakeshore-Records-to-Release-SILENT-HILL-REVELATION-3D-Original-Soundtrack-1218-20121025
http://lakeshore-records.com/silenthillrevelation3d/?tracklisting
http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Hill-Revelation-Various-Artists/dp/B009W1VY6M/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1351216173&sr=1-1&keywords=silent+hill+revelation
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Dec 5, 2012 - 10:20 PM
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losher22
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My review of this score, taken from Film, Music & Media:
Composer Jeff Danna, known for his scores like The Boondock Saints and Resident Evil: Apocalypse, has also been credited with arranging the soundtrack for the first Silent Hill film in 2006. Though a vast majority of the original film’s musical material was culled from the long-running Silent Hill video game series, up until recently composed by the legendary Akira Yamaoka, the score for the sequel Silent Hill: Revelation 3D carries a bit of a twist. As opposed to simply (by comparison) gathering and mixing existing material, Jeff Danna was tasked with entwining Yamaoka’s varied, mysterious, and much-loved music with more emotion and empathy. A daunting task, but rest assured; Danna adds such a dizzying amount of textures and layers to Yamaoka’s thematic material that the end result is very much more than a Silent Hill arranged score.
Opener “Silent Hill Revelation” is immediately recognizable to longtime Silent Hill 3 fans with its use of the video game’s “Never Forgive Me, Never Forget Me.” In a somewhat expected yet seemingly unprecedented manner, the beginning track quickly delves into dark, resonating, electronic feedback and calmly back again before transitioning to one of the album’s best songs and the first of many of Danna’s recurring themes: “Early Birthday Present.” This touching piece actually reminds early on of Mark Snow’s work on the latter seasons of Millennium, before Danna’s treatment of Akira Yamaoka’s melodies is fully realized in impressive fashion as he continues to mix new orchestral elements into Yamaoka’s industrial-style percussion from the Silent Hill games. “Early…” builds upon itself nicely, almost as if to allow one to sink into the score and get comfortable before rending it in two and thrusting the listener into compounding horror. “Vincent and Heather Open the Box” is another notable piece, going from an unplaced Yamaoka tune to a pulsating orchestral/industrial number from Danna, backed by small waves of cello and violin layered over the first track’s eponymous melody. Then the much-recognized “Promise (Reprise)” from Silent Hill 2 makes its first entrance, before rolling into a globe of soft, thumping industrial percussion, piano, and strings, then ending on the same gentle melody accentuated with electronic bass lines, chimes, and other curious instrumentation.
“Born and Raised In Silent Hill” breaks into Silent Hill 3’s “Clockwork Little Happiness” before waves of Yamaoka’s synth work intertwine with Danna’s cavernous strings of varying volume, rhythm, and speed. “Heather In the Fog World,” strictly a Yamaoka composition, swirls hypnotic feedback around and between the ears, both very disarming and strangely charming all at once due to its faint volume and lack of melodic continuity. “Alessa’s Mother / No Ordinary Spider” begins by setting a sympathetic piano tune upon a bleeding feedback-based template, perfectly melding Danna’s and Yamaoka’s aural creations, before a dense layering of string and horn scree dives into an electronic trek through burps of static and percussion. Danna then counters the previous Yamaoka-exclusive song with one of his own, “Vincent Condemned,” a horrifying yet summarily captivating tune that finds its identify early on but dies too quickly. “Master of the Order” follows, finding a slow, low-octave, introspective piano piece littered with distant percussion and twinkles of industrial-based string work, which then marches into a forceful, droning din.
Soon later, “The Carousel / Red Pyramid Battles the Missionary” casually flips between piano melodies and magnetic spurts of strings before settling on a marriage of the “Red Pyramid”-created reverb-drenched percussion and Hans Zimmer-esque strings; the “Vincent Condemned” theme then sets itself aflame and explodes with licks of dissonant and varied instruments. Closing orchestral-based track “Lost Souls” then presents a more textured reprisal of the “Early Birthday Present” theme, almost as a return to a familiar world after drowning in one totally alien and nightmarish, then cleverly and lovingly pauses before its unabashed foray once again into the Silent Hill 2 “Promise (Reprise)” theme. “Rain of Brass Petals Three Voices Edit” follows, a track taken directly from the Japanese import of the Silent Hill 3 soundtrack, reminding of a more industrial Depeche Mode. But then, the biggest surprise on the album arises: “Silent Scream,” a new song by Yamaoka and beloved longtime collaborator Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. It’s a fantastic way to end the score, featuring Yamaoka’s trademark piano melodies over a huge, crunchy electric guitar riff (a la circa-2000 Jerry Cantrell) and McGlynn’s soulful, beautiful, velvety voice.
Listening to the Silent Hill: Revelation 3D score independently of the film yields content not noticed initially, due in no small part to the careful and simultaneously mind-bending elements added by Danna. An arrangement of Silent Hill tunes would have been sufficient for the original film’s sequel, no doubt, but Danna’s treatment is both very potent and respectable, enhancing Yamaoka’s thematic work to produce a highly effective amalgam of musical gems. An impressive horror score that should be treasured among Silent Hill fans, Jeff Danna and Akira Yamaoka’s Silent Hill: Revelation 3D breathes new and intimate life into the series while illustrating the proper way to pay homage to an esteemed legacy.
3 of 4 Stars
http://www.filmmusicmedia.com/reviews/silenthillrevelation3dbyjeffdannaandakirayamaokareview
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Dec 6, 2012 - 3:55 PM
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losher22
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Hey, how've you been?
In response to your question, I'm not entirely sure if Yamaoka wrote anything new for this score, but I'm a huge fan of his music and am virtually certain that at least the song "Silent Scream" with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is new. Those collaborations are among my most cherished of the entire SH catalog, and I'd heard of no announcement before the score's release of that tune's existence.
And although the press release seems to indicate Yamaoka solely composing "Heather In the Fog World" and "Red Pyramid / The Nurses," those could just be orchestral treatments by Jeff Danna. With the exception of the Silent Hill Sounds Box, which includes a rare few unreleased tracks from Yamaoka, I own the commercial/import releases of all the games' soundtracks, and don't recall the two aforementioned songs in their SH:R3D format specifically.
The big difference here is that unlike the first film, where Danna seemed to assemble tracks and may have only slightly modified them, he really dove in and reworked all of Yamaoka's material on SH:R3D with orchestral flair and ambience. A much more powerful piece in my opinion (though not necessarily better than Yamaoka's originals!).
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Jan 23, 2013 - 12:22 PM
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neograyfox
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I'm at work, so I figured I'd give your playlist a run through. Great job! Awesome work, and fun to re-experience the songs in your order.
I REALLY enjoyed the flow from Dance with Night Wind to Letter - From the Lost Days. Those are two of my favorite SH3 tracks (and also 2 of the most emotional scenes of the entire series, IMO), and your flow worked incredibly well. I also enjoyed True into Shot Down in Flames.
Nice to see Theme of Laura (Reprise) getting some love, it's one of my favorites in the series, although it was never featured in the movie.
Ending with Queen of the Rodeo is brilliant (yeah, I know, weird title, I'm just going off of the official release name...which, by the way, is awesome if you've never checked out the Silent Hill Sounds Box). But all in all, our tastes are very similar. If you give me a little time, I'll put together a list of my own.
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I do wish Jeff Danna would get more work on action and sci-fi films, though. His Resident Evil score, which got him the Silent Hill gigs, is a gem. 
