An optical recording medium includes a substrate, a first recording layer formed on the substrate and containing an element selected from the group consisting of Si, Sn and Ge as a primary component, and a second recording layer located in the vicinity of the first recording layer and containing Ag as a primary component, the optical recording medium being constituted to be irradiated by a laser beam projected onto the side opposite from the substrate. According to the thus constituted optical recording medium, it is possible to decrease a noise level and improve a C/N ratio in a reproduced signal.