Opera Singer React: You're Not Here (Silent Hill 3: OST)

[@Asuka0242]

Fun fact, the singer is a long time voice actress, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, tons of roles, most famously the Major from Ghost in the Shell SAC

[@Boyzby]

Wow, this actually blew my mind. I never would have learned this on my own but, now that I listen to it, I can totally hear the Major's voice.

[@DS-ih9wm]

all of Akira Yamaoka's music is great. the silent hill games all have absolutely fantastic OST's.

[@SkellyHertz]

Silent Hill has always had a strong feeling of melancholy that sets it apart from many other horror franchises. That and the generally more realistic and flawed protagonists make them all the scarier because you can empathise.

[@Densoro]

I actually adore this pivot in the franchise, because it sounds exactly like the kind of song the 17 year old protagonist, Heather, might have on her Walkman -- but in context, 'You're Not Here (because we broke up, presumably)' becomes 'You're Not Here (while I'm hiding in a broom closet from flesh-eating monsters, trying not to sob out loud in terror and wishing I had one last moment of human contact before I have to go out and face those thing again)' and it's such a smooth way to illustrate the emotional undercurrent of the situation without being too on-the-nose. And then as the song winds toward the end, we creep into the sort of vaguely occult one-woman-wailing that comprises the series' leitmotif. It creates this feeling like, 'You thought you were at the start of a new life somewhere else, singing about _normal problems_ like lost love, but in your bleakest moments you've found yourself back here -- in Silent Hill.' It's like how giant robot anime with theme songs like, 'I wonder if we can learn to trust each other. Are people doomed to war, or can love bloom on a battlefield? I'll put my trust in you and see if we can make a brighter future together,' resonate so much more than, 'OPTIMUS PRIME! HE'S A REALLY COOL GUY! DONT MESS WITH HIM HE'LL KICK YOUR HEAD OFF! BUY OUR TOYS!' 'I'm mourning what we had, and missing you' is so open-ended and _human._

[@Null_Experis]

They look like monsters to you...?

[@Torthrodhel]

@@Null_Experis monsters grow up strong and healthy with Minmo :P

[@kingjamos2422]

As a big Silent Hill fan, it just tickled me ;pink to see you cover this song. The series has several really good songs, you should check out some time. Not even asking for a video, just that you consider listening to Tender Sugar and Waiting For You, from Silent Hill 4. Technically the latter didn't make it into the game, but it is in the ost and it is great.

[@Tolly7249]

I'd love to see him do a reaction to Room Of Angel from SH4 too. Such a fantastic eerie song.

[@geraq0]

Yes! Waiting For You would be great! Room Of Angel too, I never heard a song that makes me feel so bitter and helpless as that one, it's really powerful.

[@alexisglaab2572]

Theme of Laura from Silent Hill 2 is an interesting instrumental rock track, that I think is the quintessential Silent Hill game intro song, in a similar vein to You're Not Here but a little more pure "Silent Hill" with the layers and melancholy and musical callback to SIlent Hill 1's intro theme. Akira Yamaoka really went a different and very unique way with the Silent Hill music, either it is some driving rock tune, some creepy ambience or some straight up horrifying industrial.

[@Mikeke352]

I got to interview Mary Elizabeth McGlynn for a now defunct website. She sings all the vocal Silent Hill songs. She had some really cool insight to the audition, the thoughts behind the lyrics to some songs, and her feelings on the franchise. It was a really cool experience

[@MarcoMeatball]

Cooooooool!

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

An interesting thing about this song is that it became so popular and beloved that Konami ended up putting it up in what is probably the most important rhythm game series of all time, Dance Dance Revolution.

[@pyopyonyo3222]

SH is not your typical jump-scare fest game, it defined the genre of psychological horror and devs copy the tropes from SH to this day, so around 23 years. In terms of music it did not age one day, Akira the composer and Mary - the singer always do an amazing job even though their style is very recognizable. You would immediately know the song is from SH, they have a specific feel to them. I would highly recommend SH2 OST to listen to in your free time. You can't go wrong with this one as it tells an amazing and melancholic story in itself. In regards to SH3, yeah the protagonist is a teenager so rock-punk fits perfectly.

[@ZealSeraph]

There's a huge wound in my heart left by the sad fate of Silent Hill franchise. I miss these games. Thank you for reacting to this one. It's one of the most memorable Silent Hill-pieces for me.

[@Lucidiasans]

bb its coming back 4 games and a movie were just announced.

[@celestialarchive4917]

is the wound on your heart now being sutured up??

[@ZealSeraph]

​@@celestialarchive4917 I wish I could say yes, but I don't trust Konami enough to let myself get hyped just yet. I still remember what happened with the HD collection.

[@fermentedfrank8]

@@ZealSeraph Plus, the way they did my boy Kojima was cold blooded. Unforgivable to take PT from us.

[@stefanforrer2573]

@@Lucidiasans yep...... and it all looks pretty crappy

[@Spookybluelights]

The composer Akira Yamaoka originally asked Shirley Manson of Garbage to sing the songs for SH3, she had to decline because of scheduling conflicts but voice actress Mary Elizabeth McGlynn eventually got the gig. It was so well received that she would go on to do vocals for all the games going forward.

[@Arexion5293]

If you liked this, there's quite a few vocal songs Akira Yamaoka has made. He usually makes industrial, ambient and anti-music, but also occasional contemporary industrial rock/metal: Rain of Brass Petals (Three Voices Edit) - Silent Hill 3 I Want Love (Studio Mix) - Silent Hill 3 Room of Angel - Silent Hill 4 Cradle of Forest - Silent Hill 4 Tender Sugar - Silent Hill 4 Your Rain - Silent Hill 4 Waiting for You - Silent Hill 4 O.R.T - Silent Hill Origins Hole in the Sky - Silent Hill Origins Shot Down in Flames - Silent Hill Origins One More Soul to the Call . Silent Hill Homecoming Alex Theme - Silent Hill Homecoming Elle Theme - Silent Hill Homecoming This Sacrled Line - Silent Hill Homecoming When You're Gone - Silent Hill Shattered Memories Always On My Mind - Silent Hill Shattered Memories Acceptance - Silent Hill Shattered Memories Hell Frozen Rain - Silent Hill Shattered Memories Love Psalm - Silent Hill Book of Memories Different Perspective - Shadows of the Damned Take Me To Hell (Broken Dream) - Shadows of the Damned

[@Painocus]

"Waiting for you" isn't actually from Silent Hill 4. It's just from SH4's sountrack album. The song's subtitle (Live at Heaven's Night) and it using themes from Theme of Laura implies it's actually about Maria from Silent Hill 2. My completly unfounded theory is that it may have originally been intended for the Director's Cut version of Silent Hill 2 with the bonus scenario where you play as Maria.

[@uncleizya8760]

And Rain of Brass Petals actually isn't Yamaoka's work (he actually made a remix of a song by Interlace, if I'm not wrong).

[@Tolly7249]

What I love most about this song is that on its own it's just a really, really good song. With context it's a really good song that ever so gently rips your heart out and crushes it.

[@Kikyo.]

The nostalgia of booting up the game when I was younger and hearing the guitar kick in

[@geraq0]

Imagine hearing this song while watching several scenes from (maybe) different cutscenes from the game without any context because that's the intro of Silent Hill 3. It is surreal to say the least, which fits the game perfectly. By the way the singer is Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, she worked in several Silent Hill games and more recently in The Medium, it would be great if you plan to cover more of her songs. Silent Hill music can be melancholic, heartwarming, eerie or just downright terrifying and distressing, and it is a big part of what Silent Hill is. The story in the early games is really really good, so if you could give them a try sometime you won't be disappointed, it is a fantastic experience.

[@garththewolf]

Aaaaand here I am from your Acceptance video and I’m so happy haha. This is my favorite Silent Hill song! Discovered it and the series as a whole because of DDR, as it was featured in DDR SuperNOVA.

[@ElliFong]

I can't believe you also did this song, this song is one of my childhood song for me and is also one first few song that helped me to learn and sing English as non-English speaker

The last guitar solo section is super chill i wish they did that even longer

[@Theratfetus]

I’m glad your looking into different genres, Nioh 2 has phenomenal osts as well such as magaru naotakas or Williams theme. Keep up the great work.

[@TheCentralScrutinizerAgain]

Nioh and Nioh 2 especially have some really beautiful tracks

[@lucien839]

Awesome reaction dude, I loved the contrast of your reaction from being scared for a split second then Instantly jamming along to it. You should definitely check some more of the music, there's some really haunting songs and some that just send chills from Mary's voice.

[@zanderC5953]

That first moment of fear melted into soulful head- bobbing in a few seconds-loved the reaction❤

[@sippy1sippy]

Woop woop! Been looking forward to this video since I heard you mention it on stream awhile ago!

[@sylas3265]

Honestly this song is where I excel bc it’s a low song that I can keep pace with and it sounds well with my voice as I’m a guy and I can’t pull off the high notes high speed songs. There’s some speed in this one but it’s ramped up to and smoothed away in a way that I’m just now noticing is a lot like the stress factors of the story in SH3 involving the main characters as well as gameplay wise involving the other world. Huh, why didn’t it occur to me before 🤔

[@sorathesapphirestar8107]

Wait what the hell? This was completely unexpected from me. This is my favorite horror franchise!

[@RickyAdityanto]

Yeah, never thought you'd do Silent Hill... I look forward for your reaction especially on Silent Hill 2 ost especially Betrayal. Imo there are many great ost in Silent Hill 2 and Betrayal is one of the most unique. I wanna hear your opinion on that ost especially because it's not just powerfull and make you tremble, but it's a unique mix of melancholic, fearfull, helpless, but at the same time soothing. Other than that, Theme of Laura and Room 312 (The Truth) are other solid choices.

[@MnemonicHack]

This song always gives me intense nostalgia. Love it.

[@lancetheguybeingadude7432]

Why does this feel something like you'd expect from The Rolling Stones? And why do I love it so much?

[@Yilue]

Heheh scary games. Always a fun experience for me on the random occasion but I understand why people cant do them. But damn I was not expecting this. Nice little fun song to jam too. Always been a fan of rock and oh damn, talking about rock just made me think about the first song I ever fell in love with and it was guns and roses paradise city. I must have been like 5 or 6 when I first listened to it. Even tho its a little different to this silent hill song its nice to be reminded of stuff like that lol.

[@SomethingScotty]

Theme of Laura from Silent Hill 2 is probably one of my favorite songs among all the games I've played, which for me is difficult to say since I loved The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, FF7 and FF7:R, Demon's/Dark Souls soundtracks so much. If you're interested in something more Opera-y then check out Demon's Souls' Return to Slumber or Dark Souls 1's Nameless Song or Gwyn, Lord of Cinder(no vocals in this one though). If you listen to Gwyn, Lord of Cinder then a little context going in if you're not familiar with the game will be below the ellipses in the event you wanna try and figure out what the story of the song is before finding out the story of the character. ... Gwyn was originally known as the Lord of Sunlight, the greatest of all the Gods, but the flame that gave birth to his world was starting to go out, and as such sacrificed himself to it to keep it ablaze for as long as possible, as he knew of the age that would come after the flame had finally faded, and it terrified him to no end. Even with his sacrifice however, the flame did eventually fade, and there at the end of all things he sits, a charred and burnt husk of his former self devoid of all sense and reason, waiting for the day when a champion with an even greater Soul than his own to come along and take up the mantle of the Lord of Cinder.

[@SilentMephisto]

Silent Hill is just amazing in the perspective of music, Akira Yamaoka did an amazing job, especially in cooperation with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Joe Romersa If you ever do more songs from the SH games, you need to cover -Room of Angel SH4 -the theme of Laura SH2 -cradle of forest SH4 -Hometown SH3 -the SH Main theme -The God theme from SH3 -one more soul to the call SH5 -where you're gone SH shattered memories Just a suggestion 🫣

[@Tolly7249]

I've been watching a lot of retrospectives about Silent Hill lately, the really WILD thing is that Yamaoka had basically zero idea of what was going on in the games, and yet his music is so beautiful and thematic.... The Silent Hill theme lives rent free in my head now and forever.

[@SilentMephisto]

@@Tolly7249 yes indeed, especially when you know what the background music is, just the sound of walking around in shoes or the metallic sound of different engines, it's astounding

[@blubberfeet5430]

YOOOO SILENT HILL!!! good choice to start with Lots of good tracks

[@Jo_youwhatmate]

Oh trust that this song is VERY thematically appropriate considering the story, tho maybe not for the initial reasons the song by itself may give off

[@nostalgicfanatic]

As someone who loves horror, as someone who likes rock/punk rock, I felt like the music was on point connecting us to the main character in the game, side note, fantastic job and just heard of you a few days ago on the ace combat music, huge fan of ace combat.

[@Dead_Hitori]

Silent hill 3 is my favorite of the series and is awesome you listened to this. Another amazing Silent hill song you should check out is Room of Angel

[@dffagundo]

Here I was thinking that you should react to Silent Hill songs, and yet one hour later this one pops up 😄✌️ Silent Hill 2 is so dissonant (well they all are), it should scare you with psychological terror and loneliness, yet I feel embraced with those pieces 😰😰

[@ZombieSlayer8001]

Just found your channel and its always great to see people first reaction to some great music they haven't heard before. Would love to see your reaction to jack's theme from final fantasy stranger of paradise.

[@antoniorivera54]

This song is amazing! One of the best of all Silent Hill saga

[@christopherborne4496]

This song is really good

[@oofygoofy]

god this soundtrack slaps

[@rgbcrafts]

Akira Yamaoka is a really resourceful composer. I would recommend almost all SH songs that are sing, especially the ones from SH Origins, but not only from that game of the franchise. For your interest, Yamaoka has composed A LOT for Konami games and his songs go WAY ahead rock or the kind of music he did for SH. I say this cause I was a Beatmania IIDX player (not a good one tho) and Yamaoka songs (mostly electronic songs) present in the BEMANI franchise are for life.

[@SilentMephisto]

Omg finally Silent Hill music 🤩

[@makotheshark3365]

Cool song choice :D I like beginning "Blue sky to forever, the green grass blows in the wind, dancing.. it would be a much better sight with you, with me" I'd recommend "Philistine" (Japanese version) from No more heroes.. because "it's a riveting melody, isn't it?" Catchy as hell 🤣 Also "Manhattan Chase" 2005 game music (Mostly songs by Theatre of tragedy - Musique album :)

[@MII19]

Silent Hill is scary especially 4 with it's first person perspective in the apartment

[@alf5049]

The transition at 0:38 to 0:39 made me laugh so hard I had to pause the video. 🤣

[@l0re863]

i'd also recommend The Story of the Phantom, which is a song that i find beautiful indeed

[@BetaManicCommand]

You should compare this to the Silent Hill 1 theme.

[@voxstelarum]

Silent Hill OSTs are full of bangers. You should check more songs from the series

[@Torthrodhel]

If you want something iconic to the same game (Silent Hill 3) that gets under your skin more, give the title menu song a go, Float Up from a Dream. It's very minimalistic, and both calming and unsettling. The save screen music is a personal favourite too and a similar vibe. Or go with something like Violent Temper if you want to hear what the monsters sound like, heheh. :P and that's all from just this entry; these soundtracks are so varied and also so good. Do bear in mind that the ones that are less like full songs (such as the ones I mentioned here) are often quite short and designed for background repeating, and so if you did feel so-inclined, might do better in a combination reaction or something like that (might not have too much to say about each individual one otherwise). Oh and I HAVE to mention the post-ending ranking screen music, which is so damn beautiful and something you'd usually miss most of due to where it plays in the game. Has a build-up to a beat kicking in and everything. Just for a stats screen!

[@Tuxedosnake00]

i love the songs of the silent hill franchise! would be cool to have listening stream of some songs of the silent hill franchise!

[@dougdynamo9398]

Oh, okay? We doing some Akira Yamaoka in this peace? Heck. Yes. Silent Hill 2 is arguably, and in my opinion, the most emotional story in a video game. I've played plenty of AAA games with millions of dollars in the budget, and very few have captured what Silent Hill brings in their 2nd and 3rd entries. (Edit) Yamaoka's "upbeat" music best reminds of when you're the last person in a store or a bar and the place is shutting down, but they let you mill about cause you're not bothering anything. You're just taking in the last moments of a place that was bustling now that the life has been sucked out and you just get somber and start thinking, all for it to start again tomorrow. "Theme of Laura" or "Promise" by Yamaoka are great examples.

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

"End of Small Sanctuary" is my favorite of the upbeat/neutral 'silent chill' tracks

[@TheMajesticGG]

damn that pikachu is jacked

[@jsjsjsjsjssjs]

You should react to Gris OST! (Pt.1 + Pt.2) it's an amazing game with a beautiful soundtrack. Anyway, love your videos! Keep it up.

[@dffagundo]

Beautiful game, beautiful soundtrack, beautiful message ♥️

[@MarcoMeatball]

I enjoyed gris very much

[@protojager]

Most silent hill music falls into the broad spectrums of "melancholy" and "industrial noise", this song is really different even for its own game where most of the songs are melancholy industrial/shoegaze sort of tracks. My favorite songs from the game are "End of Small Sanctuary" and "Sickness Unto Foolish Death"

[@melonbruh7921]

Even if you specialize in voice when doing videos (i think), you should take a listen to SH2's soundtrack, it doesn't have any kind of vocals but the way of how it conveys feelings is magnificent

[@Fergaruz28]

Yeeeeees!! Silente Hill!!!

[@PolisRanger2033]

You should give Black Mesa Zen Ascension Music a listen. It's bloody good and goes for all the music in Black Mesa.

[@TheCentralScrutinizerAgain]

I just found this song today. it`s so good! It fits Silent Hill like a glove, too! not really my style either.

[@thelifesampler]

As an Opera singer I think you should react to some Hollow Knight tracks like nightmare grim or sisters of battle but specially im here to recommend Ori and the will of the wisps Ori and Shriek and Mora the spider which have more vocals all of Ori soundtrack is done by big real orchestras. Nice to discover your channel.

[@raynegro666]

do Laura's song from silent hill 2

One thing that makes silent hill stand out is that it's not a generic horror game, it brings a lot of things that sometimes people who haven't played it don't notice, like the music, the story, which is awful.

[@jadegecko]

I don't know if this was because I saw it in the intro, with the weird lead-in and the gruesome visuals, but this track always sounded vaguely dissonant to me. Like, it sounds like how sleep deprivation feels. Which really played into the disorienting experience of the game as a whole

[@deluca1031]

I recommend a try on "Black Cats" from Call of Duty World at War

[@srphilippe5780]

❤️ friend I love your channel, make some video with animation ost! It has very good series with great soundtracks. hugs from Brazil ❤️

[@MarcoMeatball]

No animation ❤️

[@jnx4803]

Real masochists listen to Silent Hill 1 Score on repeat.

[@lb9641]

Silent Hill serie's OST is among the most melancholic to have ever been made. Maybe we can say depressive. They are not really scary games, more "psychological horror" games.

[@doommetalvibes741]

You should listen to Frostpunk OST's, you will love it

[@MarcoMeatball]

Coming in two weeks

[@doommetalvibes741]

@@MarcoMeatball i cant wait, every single song hits different, a real hidden gem. Surely one of the best clasical game music ive heard hands down, and this is comming from someone who listens to doom metal for 16yrs😅 keep up the great work

[@MrAdeist]

Room of angel would've been a better suggestion, someone make it happen

[@Kirusei]

Silent Hill isn't Silent Hill without Akira Yamaoka, his songs for the series is amazing even while the series itself went downhill

[@M0narch1024]

This brings back memories, maybe I should dust off the good ol ps2. Also Day eight of recommending Stay Gold from the Arknights OST

[@JaakunaSetsu]

The silent hill series has amazing soundtracks and 3 has the best ost of them all this music is one of the best but its not really representative of the atmosphere of the games. I recommend you to listen to Rain of Brass Petals(either the vocals or the instrumental) and "A Stray child".

[@TheVgrey]

Akira yamaoka is a genius's

[@NightlyJin]

Silent hill music to me never feels scary, it feels like its scared.

[@thefurryboy3319]

please react to more silent hill ost 🙂

[@funnygaming2672]

Come on ! Little girl me had play this game! You can do it too ! 😉

[@MarcoMeatball]

Noooooo

[@funnygaming2672]

@@MarcoMeatball No pink Robbie the rabbit prize plushie for you! 😊

[@inactivereaverforlife6312]

If I may suggest, I know you have covered a few Drakengard 3 songs, could you do a react to This Silence is Mine?

[@MarcoMeatball]

Coming in a few weeks

[@jonathanr3510]

You should react to Lisa garlands theme not tomorrow

[@homamalshehawi2529]

Ey man can you please react to Darkeater Midir from dark souls 3

[@AlexanderAshcroft]

not really a pop song, but more like a bon jovi song

[@TheVgrey]

Why don't you try in stream it might lesser the stress

[@MarcoMeatball]

......fear.

[@Elerra303]

Honestly the music for sh3 seemed to edgy even for me

[@Tamer83214]

Congratulations, you just heard the most annoying song in Silent Hill..here is your cure from that noise, listen to this masterpiece (Silent Hill 4 Room of Angel)

[@nostalgicfanatic]

As someone who loves horror, as someone who likes rock/punk rock, I felt like the music was on point connecting us to the main character in the game, side note, fantastic job and just heard of you a few days ago on the ace combat music, huge fan of ace combat.

[@MarcoMeatball]

🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️ thank you