when you hear these tracks hiding in a
locker somewhere probably isn’t such a
bad idea
welcome to watchmojo.com and she’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
scariest video games soundtracks
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at the in-game music that
creates a sense of dread and despair or
rattles you to the core
adding to the immersion of these great
horror titles
[Music]
number ten fatal frame very minimalist
in design the slow build of the
soundtrack works in its favor here as
the constant ambiance lingers at the
back of your mind leaving players in an
uneasy sense of dread with the camera
obscura as the only weapon ghosts can
linger around without players knowing
until they look through the lens the
music can also reflect the anguish to
ghosts faced at their time of death as
well as their anger towards the living
the game and music draw inspiration from
popular Japanese horror and spirit films
the chilling music combined with the
frightening gameplay has cemented the
franchise as one of the iconic survival
horror series
number nine outlast
a creepy setting such as a derelict
insane asylum deserves an equally creepy
soundtrack rather unsettling it really
replicates the feeling of not knowing
who to trust the game is full of freaky
inmates some are docile while some are
outwardly hostile though when you hear
one of the soundtracks playing it’s best
not to take any chances and just run the
other way also a lot of the tracks have
a revolting feeling to them as if you’ve
just seen something disgusting which you
know you most likely have while others
create an intense panic our fast-paced
and heavy on the strings as you run for
your life from a psychopath
number eight Bioshock
[Music]
the gameplay and music coupled with
these 60s era conjure up one frightening
Li beautiful and cinematic game the
environment and story are more twisted
than horrific and the music serves that
scene beautifully employing rhythms and
instruments from the time and combining
it with ominous tones the soundtrack
definitely sends chills down your spine
and creates a constant sense of unease
though you’re constantly on edge some of
the tracks utilize a slow pace and are
quite beautiful that is until it changes
and a splicer tries to kill you of
course
number seven AB neva the Dark Descent
moody dark and mysterious ambience at
its perfection amnesia the Dark Descent
is the perfect crap your pants material
the soundtrack alone gets him picturing
things that aren’t really there
flooding every inch of your body with
fear and paranoia as the constant drone
of the tracks worm their way into your
mind the game was right to measure the
protagonists sanity because it plays
with you just as much as you play it the
tone of the music sets the castle
setting quite well – as the sense of
foreboding matches it perfectly
number six eternal darkness sanity’s
Requiem
[Music]
we touched on measuring sanity in the
previous entry but this particular entry
takes the cake on that account
the soundtrack messes with your mind
psychologically as does the game itself
the music has traces of vaguely
identifiable sounds you can’t quite make
out as well as some creepy whispering
every track has a different feel to it
based on the location of the game you’re
currently in not only creepy but also
well composed some tracks have a flair
for theatrics but not in a cheesy way it
only adds to the excitement and horror
of the experience number five clock
tower
another entry on this list with a buried
soundtrack regarding rhythm and
instruments it still doesn’t change the
fact that every song is equally
unsettling when the iconic scissor man
theme plays you know you’re not safe and
you got to hightail it out of there the
adrenaline rush of being defenseless and
chased by a man with giant scissors is
supported by the fast-paced songs that
play while some tracks evoke fear others
evoke a sense of mystery though and no
one can argue that the ghosts of
deceased children singing to you isn’t
creepy as all hell number four American
McGee’s Alice
a game that takes a beloved and innocent
fairy tale and spins it with
psychological horror twists deserves a
twisted soundtrack and it succeeds on
that account
the soundtrack takes innocent and
childlike sounds and twists them into
something dark manic and sinister much
like the game itself
[Music]
although a lot of the tracks are scary
they also have a sadness to them after
enduring a traumatic incident Alice
loses her grip on reality and Wonderland
is a reflection of the turmoil that goes
on in her mind so the music captures
that despair perfectly
number three Dark Souls 3 wild Dark
Souls isn’t necessarily a horror game
you can’t deny that it setting is quite
horrific this is a game filled with
themes of misery despair and
hopelessness
each track melds epic scope terror and
sadness which toys with the players
emotions and helps with the world
building certain tracks like the dancer
of the boreal valley really gets your
hands sweating
[Music]
it’s been revealed that many of the
bosses time their attacks to the beats
of the music helping to give these
pulse-pounding encounters a sense of
flow that you might not notice while
you’re desperately trying to dive roll
away
number two Resident Evil remake
the zombie genre has become kind of
oversaturated and as a result it’s lost
a lot of a fear factor it once induced
on audiences and players worldwide
although if you were to go back to this
game it’d still put you on edge and have
you trembling and it owes a lot of at to
the soundtrack right from the get-go had
introduces a lot of dread and
hopelessness and lets players know that
they’re basically trapped what was that
the music relies on creating a slow
building panic rather than high pitched
loud noises to make you jump this has
you being scared throughout basically
the whole game and makes you want to
leave basically every room as fast as
you’ve entered
number one Silent Hill – you promised
you’d take me there again someday
but you never did the soundtrack is
eerie and mysterious while remaining
ominously spooky which differs from
akadama OCA’s work in later games like
Silent Hill Homecoming which focused
more on dark and disturbing sounds the
soundtrack to Silent Hill 2 is a perfect
example of how music can take you places
in your head and that reflects heavily
on the story of the game as everything
in Simon Hill has to do with James’s
mind name is Ravina I don’t look like a
ghost
do I most tracks have a sense of
discovering something awful which in
turn blends terror and sadness
beautifully after playing through and
listening to all this music in your most
Restless of dreams
you’ll hear the Silent Hill 2 soundtrack
[Music]
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
[Music]
locker somewhere probably isn’t such a
bad idea
welcome to watchmojo.com and she’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
scariest video games soundtracks
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at the in-game music that
creates a sense of dread and despair or
rattles you to the core
adding to the immersion of these great
horror titles
[Music]
number ten fatal frame very minimalist
in design the slow build of the
soundtrack works in its favor here as
the constant ambiance lingers at the
back of your mind leaving players in an
uneasy sense of dread with the camera
obscura as the only weapon ghosts can
linger around without players knowing
until they look through the lens the
music can also reflect the anguish to
ghosts faced at their time of death as
well as their anger towards the living
the game and music draw inspiration from
popular Japanese horror and spirit films
the chilling music combined with the
frightening gameplay has cemented the
franchise as one of the iconic survival
horror series
number nine outlast
a creepy setting such as a derelict
insane asylum deserves an equally creepy
soundtrack rather unsettling it really
replicates the feeling of not knowing
who to trust the game is full of freaky
inmates some are docile while some are
outwardly hostile though when you hear
one of the soundtracks playing it’s best
not to take any chances and just run the
other way also a lot of the tracks have
a revolting feeling to them as if you’ve
just seen something disgusting which you
know you most likely have while others
create an intense panic our fast-paced
and heavy on the strings as you run for
your life from a psychopath
number eight Bioshock
[Music]
the gameplay and music coupled with
these 60s era conjure up one frightening
Li beautiful and cinematic game the
environment and story are more twisted
than horrific and the music serves that
scene beautifully employing rhythms and
instruments from the time and combining
it with ominous tones the soundtrack
definitely sends chills down your spine
and creates a constant sense of unease
though you’re constantly on edge some of
the tracks utilize a slow pace and are
quite beautiful that is until it changes
and a splicer tries to kill you of
course
number seven AB neva the Dark Descent
moody dark and mysterious ambience at
its perfection amnesia the Dark Descent
is the perfect crap your pants material
the soundtrack alone gets him picturing
things that aren’t really there
flooding every inch of your body with
fear and paranoia as the constant drone
of the tracks worm their way into your
mind the game was right to measure the
protagonists sanity because it plays
with you just as much as you play it the
tone of the music sets the castle
setting quite well – as the sense of
foreboding matches it perfectly
number six eternal darkness sanity’s
Requiem
[Music]
we touched on measuring sanity in the
previous entry but this particular entry
takes the cake on that account
the soundtrack messes with your mind
psychologically as does the game itself
the music has traces of vaguely
identifiable sounds you can’t quite make
out as well as some creepy whispering
every track has a different feel to it
based on the location of the game you’re
currently in not only creepy but also
well composed some tracks have a flair
for theatrics but not in a cheesy way it
only adds to the excitement and horror
of the experience number five clock
tower
another entry on this list with a buried
soundtrack regarding rhythm and
instruments it still doesn’t change the
fact that every song is equally
unsettling when the iconic scissor man
theme plays you know you’re not safe and
you got to hightail it out of there the
adrenaline rush of being defenseless and
chased by a man with giant scissors is
supported by the fast-paced songs that
play while some tracks evoke fear others
evoke a sense of mystery though and no
one can argue that the ghosts of
deceased children singing to you isn’t
creepy as all hell number four American
McGee’s Alice
a game that takes a beloved and innocent
fairy tale and spins it with
psychological horror twists deserves a
twisted soundtrack and it succeeds on
that account
the soundtrack takes innocent and
childlike sounds and twists them into
something dark manic and sinister much
like the game itself
[Music]
although a lot of the tracks are scary
they also have a sadness to them after
enduring a traumatic incident Alice
loses her grip on reality and Wonderland
is a reflection of the turmoil that goes
on in her mind so the music captures
that despair perfectly
number three Dark Souls 3 wild Dark
Souls isn’t necessarily a horror game
you can’t deny that it setting is quite
horrific this is a game filled with
themes of misery despair and
hopelessness
each track melds epic scope terror and
sadness which toys with the players
emotions and helps with the world
building certain tracks like the dancer
of the boreal valley really gets your
hands sweating
[Music]
it’s been revealed that many of the
bosses time their attacks to the beats
of the music helping to give these
pulse-pounding encounters a sense of
flow that you might not notice while
you’re desperately trying to dive roll
away
number two Resident Evil remake
the zombie genre has become kind of
oversaturated and as a result it’s lost
a lot of a fear factor it once induced
on audiences and players worldwide
although if you were to go back to this
game it’d still put you on edge and have
you trembling and it owes a lot of at to
the soundtrack right from the get-go had
introduces a lot of dread and
hopelessness and lets players know that
they’re basically trapped what was that
the music relies on creating a slow
building panic rather than high pitched
loud noises to make you jump this has
you being scared throughout basically
the whole game and makes you want to
leave basically every room as fast as
you’ve entered
number one Silent Hill – you promised
you’d take me there again someday
but you never did the soundtrack is
eerie and mysterious while remaining
ominously spooky which differs from
akadama OCA’s work in later games like
Silent Hill Homecoming which focused
more on dark and disturbing sounds the
soundtrack to Silent Hill 2 is a perfect
example of how music can take you places
in your head and that reflects heavily
on the story of the game as everything
in Simon Hill has to do with James’s
mind name is Ravina I don’t look like a
ghost
do I most tracks have a sense of
discovering something awful which in
turn blends terror and sadness
beautifully after playing through and
listening to all this music in your most
Restless of dreams
you’ll hear the Silent Hill 2 soundtrack
[Music]
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
[Music]
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