{"id":45681,"date":"2025-03-14T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=45681"},"modified":"2025-03-14T18:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T09:30:03","slug":"silent-hill-f-dev-team-includes-not-only-when-they-cry-series-writer-ryukishi07-but-its-composers-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-f-dev-team-includes-not-only-when-they-cry-series-writer-ryukishi07-but-its-composers-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill f dev team includes not only When They Cry series\u2019 writer Ryukishi07, but its composers too\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0pPKJevpvZI?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Silent Hill Transmissions<\/a> stream held on March 14, Konami officially announced<strong> Silent Hill f<\/strong>. The latest entry in the franchise enlists acclaimed visual novel author Ryukishi07 as its lead writer, which many consider to be a match made in heaven given his proven track record in the psychological horror and mystery genres.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Silent Hill f - Reveal Trailer | PS5 Games\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0-eMuy6UJ6U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But fans of Ryukishio7\u2019s Umineko: When They Cry and Higurashi: When They Cry series have even more to look forward to in Silent Hill f, as the game\u2019s original soundtrack will feature music by 7th Expansion composers Dai and Xaki.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Silent Hill f\u2019s sound design will predominantly be handled by series\u2019 veteran Akira Yamaoka (who will write music for the Fog World) and Kensuke Inage (writing music for the Otherworld\/Dark Shrine), it seems Dai and Xaki will contribute music for specific scenes of the game. In the Silent Hill Transmissions stream, Ryukishi07 comments, \u201cThese two musicians have always helped elevate the quality of my work. For Silent Hill f, I asked for their assistance on scenes I really wanted to heighten.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/silent-hill-f-20250314-331517-001.webp\" alt=\"Silent Hill f\" class=\"wp-image-45689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/silent-hill-f-20250314-331517-001.webp 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/silent-hill-f-20250314-331517-001-380x214.webp 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/silent-hill-f-20250314-331517-001-768x432.webp 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As an aside, Dai famously became a composer for Higurashi: When They Cry after he sent Ryukishi07 an email in which he praised the game but complained that the royalty-free music he\u2019d been using as BGM was too noisy. In an attempt to blow him off, Ryukishi07 replied with \u201cWell, let\u2019s see the soundtrack you\u2019d make,\u201d but Dai actually responded by sending some of his original music, which the members of 7<sup>th<\/sup> Expansion loved (<a href=\"https:\/\/seaoffragments.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/19\/acen-2015-07th-expansion-panel-1-when-they-cry-the-world-of-ryukishi07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">source<\/a>). If the beloved OSTs of Umineko and Higurashi are anything to go by, Silent Hill f&#8217;s music will hit the spot for horror fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Silent Hill f is currently in development for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2947440\/SILENT_HILL_f\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>\/Epic Games Store), PS5 and Xbox Series X|S&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-f-is-the-first-game-in-the-series-to-be-rated-18-in-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Silent Hill f is the first game in the series to be rated 18+ in Japan\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apart from boasting a scenario written by When They Cry series creator Ryukishi07, Silent Hill f will feature music by Dai and Xaki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":45688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-45681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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