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Profile of Akira Yamaoka
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Akira Yamaoka |
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6th February 1968 |
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Tokyo, Japan |
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Composer |
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Akira Yamaoka (山岡晃 Yamaoka Akira, born February 6, 1968 in Niigata, Japan) has composed music for dozens of Konami video games. Yamaoka attended Tokyo Art College, where he studied product design and interior. He joined Konami on September 21, 1993, after previously being a freelance music composer.
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.
Credits
| Game Title |
Year |
Console |
Role |
Comments |
SmartBall
a.k.a. Jerry Boy |
1991 |
Super Famicon, Sega Mega Drive |
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Unsure of this credit. |
| Sparkster |
1993 |
Super Famicom, Sega Mega Drive |
Composer |
Akira Yamaoka's first project at Konami.
With Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, M. Matsuhira and Y. Yamane. |
International Superstar Soccer
a.k.a. Perfect Eleven |
1994 |
Super Famicom |
Composer |
Konami requested a break beat club sound like The Prodigy. |
| Snatcher |
1994 |
Sega CD, PS |
Sound Design |
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| Vandal Hearts |
1996 |
PS |
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Did some sound design??? |
| Castlevania: Symphony of the Night |
1997 |
PS |
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Received a Special Thanks in the credits. |
Road Rage
a.k.a. Speed King |
1998 |
PS |
Composer |
Was originally assigned to port the arcade game's music, but instead composed all new original music. |
| Dance Dance Revolution 2ndReMIX |
1999 |
Arcade, PS |
Composer |
Composed "Love This Feelin' (Remix)".
"Love This Feelin'" was remixed by Naoki Maeda under the pseudonym of Chang-Ma. |
| Silent Hill |
1999 |
PS |
Sound Director
Sound Producer
Music Composer & Arranger |
With Rika Muranaka (composed "Esperandote"). |
| Gradius III & IV |
2000 |
PS2 |
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Possibly composed the "DEMO MOVIE1" and "DEMO MOVIE2" music??? |
| Silent Hill 2 |
2001 |
PS2, Xbox, PC |
Sound Director
All Music & Sound Effects |
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| Contra: Shattered Soldier |
2002 |
PS2 |
Sound Director
Music Composer
Sound Effect Design |
With Sota Fujimori (music composer). |
| Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME |
2004 |
PS2 |
Composer |
Composed "You're Not Here" and "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. |
| DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution 7thMIX |
2002 |
Arcade, PS2 |
Composer |
Composed "i feel...". |
| Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX |
2003 |
Xbox |
Composer |
Composed "In My Eyes" (downloadable by purchasing Ultramix Song Pack #1).
Received a Special Thanks in the credits. |
| Silent Hill 3 |
2003 |
PS2, PC |
Sound Director
All Music & Sound Effects
PC version Game Producer |
With Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (credited as Melissa Williamson. Vocals on "You're Not Here", "Letter - From the Lost Days" and "I Want Love") , Joe Romersa (vocals on "Hometown") and Interlace ("Rain of Brass Petals").
Game includes limited edition soundtrack CD. |
| Rumble Roses |
2004 |
PS2 |
Composer |
Composed "Pluck the Roses!" and "I'm Too Vituous". |
| Silent Hill 4 |
2004 |
PS2, Xbox, PC |
Game Producer
Sound Director
Music |
With Mary Elizabeth McGylnn (vocals on "Tender Sugar", "Your Rain", "Room of Angel" and "Waiting for You ~ live at "HEAVEN'S NIGHT" ~ (unreleased tunes)") and Joe Romersa (vocals on "Cradel of Forest", music supervision and lyrics).
Pre-orders received soundtrack CD. |
| beatmania IIDX 4th Style |
2000 |
Arcade, PS2 |
Composer |
Composed "250bpm", "Diamond Jealousy", "Love Will..." and "Minimalian".
"Love Will..." was composed under the pseudonym of riewo.
"Minimalian" was composed under the pseudonym of Detroian. |
| beatmania IIDX 5th Style |
2001 |
Arcade, PS2 |
Composer |
Composed "In My Eyes" and "Rislim".
Both songs were sung by ric. |
| beatmania IIDX 7th Style |
2002 |
Arcade, PS2 |
Composer |
Composed "Bring Her Down", "i feel..." and "Love Me Do". |
| beatmania IIDX 8th Style |
2002 |
Arcade, PS2 |
Composer |
Composed "Bit Mania" and "Dancer".
"Dancer" was composed under the pseudonym of De Vol. |
| beatmania IIDX 9th Style |
2003 |
Arcade, PS2 |
Composer |
Composed "æ˜å’Œä¼æ¥æˆ¦å£«è’山課長", "ライオン好ã" and "Rislim -remix-".
"Rislim" was remixed by Hisashi Nawata. |
| beatmania IIDX 10th Style |
2004 |
Arcade |
Composer |
Composed "Space Fight" and "システムãƒãƒžãƒ³ã‚¹".
"システムãƒãƒžãƒ³ã‚¹" was composed under the pseudonym of Hiros & Chiiko. |
| beatmania IIDX: RED |
2004 |
Arcade |
Composer |
Composed "Awakening" and "Injection of Love".
"Injection of Love" was composed under the pseudonym of Akira Shintani, and featured Sanae Shintani as the vocalist. |
| beatmania IIDX: Happy Sky |
2005 |
Arcade |
Composer |
Composed "Empty of the Sky" and "tant pis pour toi".
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| GuitarFreaks 3rdMIX / Drummania 2ndMIX |
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Arcade, PS |
Composer |
Composed "Love This Feelin'" and "POWER DUNKER 2000X". |
| Bugi |
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PS |
? |
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| Winning Eleven |
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PS |
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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, Memory Moog, Ensoniq VFX, Akai VX-600, Korg Prophecy.
Software: Emagic Logic Audio, Emagic EXS24, Emagic amt8, Phrazer Infinity.
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