Akira Yamaoka
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Akira Yamaoka (山岡晃 Yamaoka Akira, born February 6, 1968) has composed music for dozens of Konami video games. 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 GBA); he is also set to compose the music for the upcoming Silent Hill movie. In the third and fourth Silent Hill games (which are available on the Playstation 2 and PC and the Playstation 2, Xbox and PC respectively) he also played a more important role as the games' producer. Music from Silent Hill will be performed in 2005 at the third Symphonic Game Music Concert in Leipzig, Germany.
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Yamaoka attended Left Tokyo Art College.
Studio Gear: 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, Memory Moog, Ensoniq VFX, Akai VX-600, Korg Prophecy.
Sound Tools: Emagic Logic Audio, Emagic EXS24, Emagic amt8, Phrazer Infinity.
Yamaoka's Song Catalogue
| Game Title | Console | Songs | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perfect Eleven | Super Famicom | ||
| Smart Ball/Jerry Boy | Super Famicon/Genesis | With Hirohiko Fukuda and Manabu Saito | |
| Sparkster | Super Famicom | With Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, M. Matsuhira and Y. Yamane | |
| Bugi | PS | ||
| Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (悪魔城ドラキュラX 月下の夜想曲) | PS | ドラキュラ城 悲境の貴公子 | |
| Speed King | PS | ||
| Vandal Hearts | PS | ||
| Winning Eleven | PS | ||
| Contra: Shattered Soldier (真魂斗羅) | PS2 | With Sota Fujimori | |
| Gradius III&IV | PS2 | DEMO MOVIE1 DEMO MOVIE2 | |
| Rumble Roses | PS2 | ||
| Silent Hill | PS | Composed all music | With Rika Muranaka |
| Silent Hill 2 | PS2/Xbox/PC | Composed all music | |
| Silent Hill 3 | PS2/PC | Composed all music | Game includes limited edition soundtrack CD. With Mary Elizabeth McGylnn, Joe Romersa and Interlace |
| Silent Hill 4 | PS2/Xbox/PC | Composed all music | Pre-orders received soundtrack CD. With Mary Elizabeth McGylnn and Joe Romersa |
| Beatmania IIDX 4th Style | Arcade/PS2 | 250bpm Diamond Jealousy Love Will... Minimalian | Minimalian was composed under the pseudonym of Detroian Love Will... was composed under the pseudonym of riewo |
| Beatmania IIDX 5th Style | Arcade/PS2 | In My Eyes Rislim | Both songs were composed under the pseudonym of ric |
| Beatmania IIDX 7th Style | Arcade/PS2 | Bring Her Down i feel... Love Me Do | |
| Beatmania IIDX 8th Style | Arcade/PS2 | Bit Mania Dancer | Dancer was composed under the pseudonym of De Vol |
| Beatmania IIDX 9th Style | Arcade/PS2 | 昭和企業戦士荒山課長 ライオン好き Rislim -remix- | Rislim -remix- was remixed by Hisashi Nawata |
| Beatmania IIDX 10th Style | Arcade | Space Fight システムロマンス | >システムロマンス was composed under the pseudonym of Hiros & Chiiko |
| Beatmania IIDX: RED | Arcade | Awakening Injection of Love | Injection of Love was composed under the pseudonym of Akira Shintani, and featured Sana Shintani as the vocalist. |
| Dance Dance Revolution 2nd ReMix | Arcade/PS | Love This Feelin' (Remix) | Love This Feelin' was remixed by U1-Asami under the pseudonym of Chang-Ma |
| Dance Dance Revolution DDRMAX2 | Arcade/PS2 | i feel... | |
| Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (US) | PS2 | You're Not Here Your Rain (Rage Mix) | You're Not Here originated from Silent Hill 3 Your Rain (Rage Mix) is a remix of a song from Silent Hill 4 |
| Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix | Xbox | In My Eyes | Downloadable by purchasing Ultramix Song Pack #1. |
| GuitarFreaks 3rdMIX/Drummania 2ndMIX | Arcade/PS | Love This Feelin' POWER DUNKER 2000X |
External link
- Akira Yamaoka's website (http://users.pandora.be/soundtrack-fm/Reviews/Akira_Yamaoka/Akira_Yamaoka.htm)