So, The New Silent Hill Will Not Have Its Maestro

[Seil]

May be old news for some of you, but Akira Yamaoka left Konami after sixteen years. I have respect for both of them, but I still wish they were together. Yamaoka left for something called "Grasshopper Manufacture." I can only surmise that they create small insects, and have no idea why Yamaoka would want to have such a sudden career change after such a long while as a composer.

The newest Silent Hill game is being developed by a Czech company called Vatra as its first project. I'm glad that the series has moved away from CLIMAX, the developers of Origins and Memories, and Double Helix, the original developers of Homecoming... But at the same time, the Wikipedia blurb about the company cites that:

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Vatra Games is a video game development company, its parent company is Kuju Entertainment. Vatra is based in the city of Brno in the Czech Republic and specializes on the FPS and action genres.

Vatra originated when the British company, Kuju Entertainment were looking for developers to make a new studio, at the same time, several developers from 2K Games were retiring, these developers decided to work with Vatra and set up a new studio, which became 'Vatra Games'.

Akira Yamaoka has composed music for all of the Silent Hill games, from Silent Hill to Memories. His most notable stuff, to me anyway, include:

Theme Of Laura (Reprise) - Silent Hill 2
Letter From The Lost Days - Silent Hill 3
Lost Carol - Silent Hill 3
Room Of Angel - Silent Hill 4
Scarlet Fitch - Silent Hill: Homecoming
One More Soul To The Call - Silent Hill: Homecoming
Alex' Theme - Silent Hill: Homecoming