Awesome Video Game Music 196: Theme of Laura
233Combining melancholy with a rocking electric guitar and upbeat acoustics, this perfectly captures the essence of Silent Hill. This song is so good that it's apparently the composer Akira Yamaoka's favourite song from the game.
Interestingly, the equally fantastic song "Tooth Paste" from No More Heroes 2 (which I uploaded as part of AVGM 180) seems to be inspired by this song with its melancholic structure and guitar use. Although Tooth Paste was apparently not made by Yamaoka according to the official soundtrack, Yamaoka actually did make a few songs in NMH2, Subuta.2 and Subuta.1, both of which I've AVGM'd (AVGMs 180 - the second song - and 188). I don't know if I buy that claim though; that song screams Yamaoka given its atmospheric quality and the fact that it's in the level that features Subuta.1 also raises my suspicions.
Dedicated to Linkara, my favourite Internet reviewer and the one who introduced me to this song, and VGCUtterSpartan, who exposed me to the full song.