Methods and systems for production of silent, multi-gradient-echo, magnetic resonance images are provided. The methods employ iterative application of small updates to the magnetic field gradient followed by a short, non-selective radiofrequency pulse excitation and for free induction decay data acquisition. The magnetic field gradient updates allow for silent, self-refocusing pulse sequence. Subsequent applications of the magnetic field gradients allow for multiple echo data acquisitions, which may allow fast, silent production of T2*-weighted images.