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Akira Yamaoka (山岡 晃 Yamaoka Akira, born February 6, 1968 in Niigata, Japan) is a musician and video game composer, having scored dozens of titles released by Konami. Yamaoka attended Tokyo Art College, where he studied product design and interior design. He joined Konami on September 21, 1993, after previously being a freelance music composer. Image File history File links Circle-question. ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... Niigata ) is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. ... Konami Corporation ) (TYO: 9766 NYSE: KNM SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and video games. ... Konami Corporation ) (TYO: 9766 NYSE: KNM SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and video games. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

He is most well known for his work for the Silent Hill series of video games, for which he composed all the music and sound effects in all four games (this excludes Silent Hill: Play Novel for the Game Boy Advance and "Esperandote" in Silent Hill, composed by Rika Muranaka); much of his work from previous titles has been compiled for the 2006 Silent Hill movie adaptation, directed by Christophe Gans. In the third and fourth games (which are available on the PlayStation 2 and PC and the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC respectively) he worked in collaboration with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and also played a more important role as the games' producer. His music from Silent Hill 2 was performed live in 2005 at the third Symphonic Game Music Concert in Leipzig, Germany. Yamaoka's sound commonly contains strong melancholy undertones and generally identifies with the dark ambient, industrial, and trip-hop genres. Yamaoka also performed music from Silent Hill at the world-premiere of PLAY! A Video Game Symphony on May 27, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois, and accompanied the orchestra with an electric seven-string guitar. He also composed songs in BEMANI Series of KONAMI, also songs featured in Silent Hill were being Transplanted in BEMANI Silent Hill is the title of a survival horror video game franchise, produced by Konami and developed by Team Silent. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Silent Hill is a 2006 horror film directed by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary. ... Christophe Gans on the set of the film Silent Hill Christophe Gans (born March 11, 1960 in Antibes, France. ... The PlayStation 2 , abbreviated PS2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... The Altair 8800 was among the first microcomputers to be affordable by an individual, although it initially lacked peripherals and memory. ... The PlayStation 2 , abbreviated PS2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... The Altair 8800 was among the first microcomputers to be affordable by an individual, although it initially lacked peripherals and memory. ... Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is an experienced American voice actress, ADR director, writer and singer best known for her extensive English-language dubbing of various anime, and her singing in Silent Hill 3, Silent Hill 4: The Room, and Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME. She provided vocals for some music tracks in... For the upcoming Silent Hill film sequel see Silent Hill 2 (film) Silent Hill 2 is the second installment in the Silent Hill Survival horror series. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The annual European Symphonic Game Music Concert-series (also called GC Concerts) started in 2003 (08 / 20). ... Dark ambient is a subgenre of ambient music which emerged in the 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of new synthesizer and sampling technology in the electronic music genre and other technical advances in music. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... PLAY! concert series logo PLAY! A Video Game Symphony is billed as the first symphony world-tour featuring music from video games. ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ...

His first original album, iFUTURELIST, was released in January 2006. iFUTURELIST (pronounced I futurist) is the first original album by Akira Yamaoka, well-known for his work on the Silent Hill and Bemani series. ...

Credits

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Studio Gear

Hardware

• Roland JD-800
• Roland JP-8080
• Roland TB-303
• Roland MKS-80
• Roland DJ-70
• Roland VP-9000
• Sequential Circuit Prophet-5
• Oberheim OB-MX
• Memorymoog
• Ensoniq VFX
• Akai VX-600
• Korg Prophecy

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Software

• Emagic Logic Audio
• Emagic EXS24
• Emagic amt8
• Phrazer Infinity.

External links

• Konami profile (Japanese)
• Akira Yamaoka - Official Blog (Japanese)
• Go Game Music Interview
• Composer profile at OverClocked ReMix
• RocketBaby's interview
• Monitor Web TV interview
• Spelmusik.net interview
• Kikizo Games interview
• Game Informer Online GDC 2005 interview
• Akira Yamaoka Archives (Japanese)
• Akira Yamaoka - Cradel of Forest (Italian)
• Akira Yamaoka at MusicBrainz