Good lord that music is atrocious

Yeah, the composer (I forget his name) has been really good with new chase music ever since they started that with Oni, but it seems like he's been sort of... losing his touch? I suppose it's the result of having to make songs for years every... what, 4 months..? but... it's becoming a noticeable pattern. Hag, Nurse, Knight, and now Skull Merchant... there's others I'm forgetting, I'm sure.

still think clown is the worst offender in the game for ear drilling chase music

I wish there was a way we could replace the music tracks in the game with our own.

Some people might play in complete silence in hopes of hearing the other side better, but that doesn't give you any advantage that buying a $300 pair of headphones wouldn't.

I'd pay a full DLC price for the option to replace all of the ingame music with horrorcore, goth rock, and black metal.

One thing people don't seem to know is that the Layer 4 - the Chase track - has to be a bit repetitive because actually at any point of it "playing" the chase can happen. Also, each Terror Radius Layer is actually about 30s in length.

Hag's Layer 4 is specifically even harder to balance out because same Layer is used by Phantasm Traps. Although, the variety in the section is there - the water/log-like sound fades in and out from the layer. Maybe the drums are a little bit too dominant but assuming you know the reasoning as to why it has to be like this then it's at least not terrible.

Knight's Layer 4 has the bell ring change within said Layer. The pattern is "normal - difference 1 - normal - difference 2" and etc. Maybe again, the consistent rhythm part with drums is a bit too loud although you can argue it fits him due to him being a "Summon Army" Character.

Nurse's Layer 4 loops perfectly with itself. The dominant instruments provide lots of variety as well. I don't know why people think it's washing machine-like.

Skull Merchant's Layer 4 has a lot going on with itself. Maybe similar issue like with Knight where 1 sound is a bit too dominant but it's not the worst.

Also, if people are having issues with repetitive chase tracks then why nobody complains about Executioner literally having about 8s loop and the only variation in said Layer is harder to catch.

$300 headphone just makes these chase music changes worse.

Hag’s is still worse imo but yeah merchant’s sucks. Just give every killer wesker’s chase music and I’ll be happy

The concept of Skull Merchant's music is interesting, you got high-tech electronic sounds mixed with traditional drum beats, emphasizing her nature as a modern-day hunter who uses technology to track and pursue her prey. And her Terror Radius music is cool, it's hard and oppressive and meant to evoke the image of a persistent hunter. Everything about it is GOOD, until her chase music kicks in, which is where it goes WAY TOO HARD with EVERYTHING and becomes an incomprehensible audio mush.

If they could just dial down the intensity, it would be fine. Look at Oni, his music is hard and loud drums, but there's pacing to it so it doesn't overload your ears.

Was about to say the same. There are others I don't like, but aren't teeth grating. Clown's chase music tho.... It just assaults my ears to the point where I groan anytime I see it's clown match and seriously consider throwing chases that last more than 1 pallet. Either that music loop needs to be lengthened significantly or a different segment needs to loop once he gets within a certain distance.

Agreed, I find the music untolerably LOUD and, hence, very annoying. I have a very hard time hearing survivors footsteps, grunts, and even boons.