10 Creepy Gaming Soundtracks Guaranteed To Fuel Your Nightmares
4. Resident Evil 7
Resident Evil is well renowned and respected as a behemoth of horror gaming, and any game in the franchise could have had a believable place on this list. However, the seventh installment in the series has one of the most terror inducing soundtracks when paired with the astoundingly horrifying gameplay of hiding from and trying to escape the Baker family.
At first listen, the soundtrack doesn’t sound especially unusual; it has all the elements you’d expect from a horror soundtrack including piano, plenty of dissonance, and an overall industrial feel to it in places.
However, what sets Resi 7’s soundtrack apart is how it manipulates the player's heartbeat – the aforementioned use of dissonance is put to great effect by being incredibly subtle alongside the sounds heard in game, and therefore just present enough to cause tension without overpowering the gameplay.
This effect is heightened whenever a member of the Baker family is nearby, as drone sounds liable to start heartbeats racing begin to make themselves heard in the mix. All in all, this soundtrack is one guaranteed to cause all known symptoms of fear to be present during a play through.