SH:R Director Michael J Bassett's blog

[Yuki]

I wonder his reasons; he missed a LOT of the ire directed at, say, Tomm Hulett. I'm not too surprised, though.

[Numb Body01]

Eh, we're not far from trailers and release dates now, I'm fine with him closing it. Was fun whilst it lasted though.

[bl00dmuffin]

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that he's done basically all he can do with SH:R. That keeps him from updating his fans on his new projects, though.

More than likely he doesn't have the time and energy to maintain the blog. It takes more effort than a lot of people think.

[ShadowofNyx]

^This what I figured as well, he was nice enough to do what he has done just has nothing more to add and might be on another project now or something like that.

[WelcomeToNowhere]

Maybe his next project, which'll keep him occupied for quite some time I imagine, is so heavily secret that he's been made to sign an airtight confidentiality agreement, keeping him from even saying what the film is called, where it'll be shot, and who will be in it until the project is already done and the trailer comes out. Why keep a blog if you have nothing to say?

[CrypticIdentity]

Hey! He's decided to keep the blog going:

http://michaeljbassett.wordpress.com/20 ... e-of-2011/

Mentions a bit about Jeff Danna and Akira Yamaoka working on new material for the score, which to me is pretty awesome. I wonder how different it feels for Akira to be working on a movie soundtrack rather than a video game soundtrack, if at all.

[FrankRD]

Shame, I wanted to see that teaser, damn you Skyrim!

It's great what I'm hearing so far about the soundtrack. Especially because of the fact that they seem to have kept themes and ideas from previous soundtracks. It's probably going to be a great new score. The songs from the old soundtracks they used in the first film were put to use perfectly - they fitted the scenes they were placed in, even if they didn't stand for the same purpose they did in the game.

Akira is talented and it's an honor to have him do the score. Hope this films turns out to be just as good as the first one.

[WelcomeToNowhere]

^I'm hoping it exceeds it's predecessor's achievements, cause face it, not nearly enough people are in love with Silent Hill as there should be. Hopefully this movie will rectify that.

[CrypticIdentity]

Not to sound like some sort of obsessed stalker-person, but according to his Twitter, he's on his way to Paris for the final mix. You know what that means? In just a short time, there will be a complete movie in existence. W00T.

(His Twitter shows up on his blog, so I figured I'd post it here rather than start a whole new topic.)

That also means that they've got a soundtrack, since he was talking in his last blog post about Akira Yamaoka and Jeff Danna working through the holidays to get it done in time. The thought of new original Silent Hill music by Akira Yamaoka is almost (if not equally) as exciting to me as the movie being finished.

[Aerith Gainsborough]

^That's awesome to hear! I love hearing about progress. I'm excited about new Akira music, as well, he never really disappoints me, so I have high hopes for both the film and the soundtrack, and with Jeff Danna on board...damn!

[WelcomeToNowhere]

This better be epic, or I'm gonna be super PO'd!

BRING ON THE AWESOME, BASSETT! BRING. IT. ON!!!

[Tabris]

The thought of new original Silent Hill music by Akira Yamaoka is almost (if not equally) as exciting to me as the movie being finished.

This is pretty much how I feel about it all. The movie could become my favorite movie ever, but despite that I'll like get a lot more out of a new soundtrack. I've been listening to Yamaoka's work (at least one or two songs) pretty much every day since 2001.

I'm so damn excited for both though. Can't even put it into words. When the first movie came out, I seen it with my girlfriend at the very first showing in my city. Then I went right back in and watched it a second time with all my friends.

[CrypticIdentity]

Full blog post up:

http://michaeljbassett.wordpress.com/20 ... nuary-9th/

Three weeks on the final mix, and a little blurb about sound mixing.

We've known for a long time that a lot of the crew who worked on the first film are working on this one, but still, whenever he posts about working with those people on this film, it makes me happy.

[Numb Body01]

Same, nice update dude.

[Hydra666]

I've noticed while reading MJ Basset's blog, that he takes shit from no one. He gets irritated pretty quick, I like that.

[CrypticIdentity]

New update with pics of the mixing room:

http://michaeljbassett.wordpress.com/20 ... xing-room/

[KingCrimson]

New update with pics of the mixing room:

http://michaeljbassett.wordpress.com/20 ... xing-room/

ZOOM AND ENHANCE!

[FrankRD]

Adelaide as Heather looks quite nice.

[wonder's boy]

Yes, she does. In fact, everyone looks great in/out of character, from all the pics I've seen so far.

Wish this one wasn't blurred, though. Why you tease us Bassett. More more more!

[teosoleil]

I'm thinking that's from a prologue or epilogue of some sort, or maybe on her arrival in Silent Hill. Heather seems to be in a normal slightly gray (but not too fogged out, though that could be the visuals not being edited yet) background with a coat over her SH3 clothes, if you look closely (orange and white is underneath the jacket).