You wake up in a forest without knowing why. You are injured and it's cold outside so you decide to go into a mansion nearby. You recognize the house for some reason but you can't tell if it's from a dream or memories.
Removing the music from the monster actually made it more calming and less scary, serious alerting music is what makes the monsters scarier. and I never enjoy maps where nearly all rooms are pitch black, it give me a headache.