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He provided an anecdote from the game's development as an explanation: when the development team first sat down to discuss the central concept of the game, euthanasia (which was a very taboo subject at the time) was offered as a possible subject to focus the game around.

Yamaoka's favorite Silent Hill game is Silent Hill 2.

Akira has worked with the dark-electro band Interlace, where he made the Heather Remix of the song "Missing Link" from their "Under the Sky" album.

Guitar in Silent Hill: Book of Memories is his. Therefore, every time I write songs, I try to combine Art and Music. When asked if his studies at Tokyo Art College had helped him in his musical career, he replied:Īt that time, Mick Karn of Japan, Steve Strange of Visage, and a lot of other musicians combined the notions of Art and Music with their own new style. Yamaoka has also cites among his influences Angelo Badalamenti (best known for his soundtrack work with David Lynch), Metallica, and Depeche Mode. Yamaoka cites Trent Reznor (best known as the front man of Nine Inch Nails) as his main inspiration for both performing and in music style. When Konami began searching for a musician to compose Silent Hill's score, Yamaoka volunteered because he thought he was the only one capable of making the soundtrack. In 1993, he joined Konami to work on the game Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2.

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He also wrote the theme of 101%, the main show of the French TV channel Nolife.Īround 2009-2010, Akira left Konami to join Grasshopper Manufacture.Īkira also worked on the Shadows of the Damned soundtrack and a remix of "Time to Make History" for Persona 4: Dancing All Night.īefore working as a video game composer, Yamaoka initially sought a career as a designer, but instead became a musician after studying product design at Tokyo Art College. His first original album, iFUTURELIST, was released in January 2006. Akira Yamaoka on Silent Hill's sound effects Without the importance placed on atmosphere in Silent Hill, its production wouldn't be possible, right?

The probability of their occurrence is random, so the point at which these sounds are heard should differ depending on the player. These sorts of effects are what I'm aiming for. One responds to sounds that are not related to the game and once one is pulled back to reality, one is immersed more deeply into the game world.

In daily life, complete silence in one's environment is unusual, wouldn't you say? And so in the same way, things like footsteps and people stirring are inlaid even in the game. He also composed songs for Konami's Bemani series, which has also featured tracks from Silent Hill.

Yamaoka helped compose the score of Silent Hill: Revelation, along with Jeff Danna, who also worked on the soundtrack from the first film. Much of his work from previous titles has been compiled for the 2006 Silent Hill film, directed by Christophe Gans. Since Silent Hill 3, he worked in collaboration with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Joe Romersa for vocal compositions and performed live at several concerts. Yamaoka's sound commonly contains strong melancholy undertones and generally identifies with the dark ambient, industrial, trip-hop, and rock genres. Starting with Silent Hill 3, he played a more important role as the series' producer while also continuing with his music composition work.

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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 the whole series (excluding Play Novel: Silent Hill for the Game Boy Advance, "Esperándote" in Silent Hill, composed by Rika Muranaka and both Silent Hill: Downpour and Silent Hill: Book of Memories, which were composed by Daniel Licht).