Broken Reflection ("Promise" from Silent Hill 2) - Cello Duet and Piano

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Published on June 15, 2024 5:44:46 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qge5WAJAHD4

Game:

Silent Hill 2 (2001)

Duration: 4:38

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Broken Reflection is a track featured from the Silent Hill tribute album "Monochrome Dreams" by Pixel Mixers. I haven't played any of the Silent Hill games--psychological horror just isn't for me 😅 but when I was perusing the tracks to see if I could work with something to participate on the album, this one track immediately jumped out to me. The simple, plaintive melody that the synth/guitar picks out over the rhythm guitar's ostinato, got stuck in my head! I could "hear" an adaptation of the soft-rock vibe into a more melancholic version, both more placid and more intense, featuring two cellos and a piano (many thanks to Flávio Teles for his performance on keys). The feeling I was attempting to capture is the sense of solitude and self-reflection, and the intense, spiraling self-doubt, fixation, and turmoil that can come from being alone with your own thoughts for too long.

Cover Album Information
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Name: Monochrome Dreams
Label: Pixel Mixers
Director: Hashel (‪@Hashel‬)
Album Mastering Engineer: Erika Richards (‪@ERichards‬)
Album Artist: Leo Val (‪@MindWaker‬)
Url: https://fanlink.tv/SilentHillAlbum

Cover Track Information
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Arranger: Chromatic Apparatus
Mixing Engineer: Chromatic Apparatus
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4cONiTlciWG2fivi3DxfZB?si=e104200ae75a43e7

Performers:
Cello: Chromatic Apparatus
Piano: Flávio Teles

Links:
Chromatic Apparatus
Web: http://www.chromaticapparatus.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3xl7t4KyN89GYzwwPET0Dq
YouTube:
Flávio Teles
Instagram: https://instagram.com/flaviotgt

Gear Notes:
Mixing done by Chromatic Apparatus in Studio One 6.5.0
Album mastering done by Erika Richards in Studio One 6.5.0
Cello:
2007 Romanian Euro "Standard Antique" (Peter Prier & Sons)
Recorded using two AKG C414 XLS in mid-side configuration through a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 Gen 3
Piano:
Recorded on a Roland FA-08
Studio One 6.5.0 Stock VSTi, Presence: Acoustic Piano

Source Track Information
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Game: Silent Hill 2
Developed by: Team Silent
Published by: Konami
Source Album: Silent Hill 2 - Original Soundtracks
Track:
Name: Promise
Disc: 1
Track: 30
Composer: Akira Yamaoka
VGMdb: https://vgmdb.net/album/13384
Spotify:
Album Url: https://open.spotify.com/album/5XjZ6xhbPbALPVGd5Zx0Cw?si=ED4PaKJsSYGt-JFg00qm7A
Track Url: https://open.spotify.com/track/67rTwfoh6VyNeSsyGs1LMS?si=c8731bde928f417d

Video Credits
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Editor: Chromatic Apparatus
Assets:
Type: Video
Name: Black Crow on a Wooden Fence
Creator: John Barnard
Url: https://www.pexels.com/video/black-crow-on-a-wooden-fence-7034575/
License: Pexels Free Content License (https://www.pexels.com/license/)
PexelsId:
Type: Image
Name: Chinatown, New York, United States
Creator: Public Domain image from Wikimedia Commons
Url: https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3291941/free-photo-image-new-york-streets-city
License: CC0
RawPixelId: 3291941

Tool Chain
"Euro Standard Antique" cello (2007)
2xAKG C414 mics (mid-side)
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 Gen 3 interface
Presonus Studio One v6.5.0 audio mixing software
Panasonic Lumix DC-S1 camera
HitFilm Pro 16 video editing software

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