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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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