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3 | Akira Yamaoka (born February 6, 1968) is a Japanese composer and sound designer, who started out in the Creator/{{Konami}} Kukeiha Club (alongside the likes of Music/MichiruYamane) and achieved individual recognition for ''Franchise/SilentHill''. After many ''Silent Hill'' titles, he eventually left Konami to join Creator/{{Suda51}} at Creator/GrasshopperManufacture. He frequently collaborates with singer Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn and lyricist Joe Romersa. He cites [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]], [[Series/TwinPeaks Angelo Badalamenti]], Music/{{Metallica}} and Music/DepecheMode as his biggest musical influences. |
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5 | !!He has been the lead composer for the following: |
6 | [[index]] |
7 | * ''Franchise/SilentHill'' series |
8 | ** ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'' |
9 | ** ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' |
10 | ** ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' (also produced) |
11 | ** ''VideoGame/SilentHill4'' (also produced) |
12 | ** ''VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins'' |
13 | ** ''VideoGame/SilentHillHomecoming'' |
14 | ** ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' |
15 | ** ''VideoGame/SilentHillTheShortMessage'' |
16 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowsOfTheDamned'' |
17 | * ''Videogame/SineMora'' |
18 | * ''VideoGame/LiberationMaiden'' |
19 | * ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' |
20 | * ''VideoGame/BlackKnightSword'' |
21 | * ''VideoGame/KillerIsDead'' |
22 | * ''VideoGame/TheMedium'' |
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24 | !!He has also contributed to: |
25 | * ''VideoGame/RocketKnightAdventures'' |
26 | * ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}} [=CD-ROMantic=]'' |
27 | * ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Shattered Soldier'' |
28 | * ''VideoGame/RumbleRoses'' series |
29 | * ''[[Film/SilentHill Silent Hill: The Movie]]'' |
30 | ** ''Film/SilentHillRevelation'' |
31 | * ''VideoGame/LightningLegendDaigoNoDaibouken'' |
32 | * ''VideoGame/{{Otomedius}}'' |
33 | * ''VideoGame/{{Twinbee}} Paradise'' |
34 | * ''VideoGame/{{Beatmania}} and other VideoGame/{{Bemani}} games.'' |
35 | * ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' |
36 | * ''VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight'' |
37 | * ''VideoGame/LetItDie'' |
38 | * ''VideoGame/TheSilverCase'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/TheTwentyFifthWard''. |
39 | * ''VideoGame/{{Ninjala}}'' |
40 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'' |
41 | * ''Videogame/DeadByDaylight''[[labelnote:*]]Composed both the menu theme and Pyramid Head's chase theme for the ''Silent Hill'' crossover DLC.[[/labelnote]] |
42 | * ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'' |
43 | [[/index]] |
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45 | !!Tropes: |
46 | * IAmTheBand: Instead of hiring studio musicians, Akira recorded every part of every song on his ''Silent Hill'' projects himself. He then went a step further on "Silent Scream" from ''Silent Hill: Revelation''; Romersa was in the middle of another project and didn't have time to work on the song, so Yamaoka wrote the lyrics himself. |
47 | * ShoutOut: Two of ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'''s killers, The Spirit and The Oni, real names Rin Yamaoka and her ancestor Yamaoka Kazan, are named after Akira. |
48 | * SignatureInstrument: He greatly prefers the longer string scale of the Strat-style (typically 25.5 inches vs. a Les Paul-style's 24.5), and his most iconic guitar is a black Ibanez [=U777P=] seven-string with a mirrored pickguard. |
49 | * ToTheTuneOf: The riff between verses in "Silent Scream" has the same rhythm and chord structure as those in Metallica's "The Thing That Should Not Be", although the chords used are different. |
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