AKIRA YAMAOKA (山岡晃, Yamaoka Akira, born on February 6, 1968 in Niigata, Jap… Read Full Bio ↴AKIRA YAMAOKA (山岡晃, Yamaoka Akira, born on 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 best known for his work on the Silent Hill series for which he composed all the music and sound effects in all seven current games (excluding Silent Hill Play Novel for Game Boy Advance). Some of the music from the first four games was also remixed and used in the Silent Hill movie. He also played a doubly important role as producer of the third and fourth Silent Hill games (which were available for PlayStation 2/PC and PlayStation 2/Xbox/PC). His music from Silent Hill 2 was performed live in 2005 at the third Symphonic Game Music Concert in Leipzig, Germany and at the world-premiere of PLAY! A Video Game Symphony Live! on May 27, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois, where Yamaoka himself accompanied the orchestra with an electric guitar. As well, Yamaoka actively composes music for Konami's Bemani line of games, particularly, the Beatmania IIDX series.
His first original, non-soundtrack album, iFUTURELIST, was released in January 2006.
Career
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 the whole series (excluding Silent Hill Play Novel for the Game Boy Advance and Esperándote in Silent Hill, composed by 村中りか (Rika Muranaka)). Since Silent Hill 3, he is playing a more important role as the series' producer, also continuing with his music composition working.
Yamaoka's sound commonly contains strong melancholy undertones and generally identifies with the dark ambient, industrial, trip-hop and rock genres. Since Silent Hill 3, he also started working in collaboration with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Joe Romersa for vocal compositions.
Much of his work from previous titles has been compiled for the 2006 Silent Hill movie adaptation, directed by Christophe Gans.
His music from Silent Hill 2 was performed live in 2005 at the third Symphonic Game Music Concert in Leipzig, Germany. Yamaoka also performed music from Silent Hill at the world-premiere of PLAY! A Video Game Symphony Live! on May 27, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois, and accompanied the orchestra with an electric seven-string guitar. He also composed songs for Konami's Bemani series, which has also featured tracks from Silent Hill.
His first original album, iFUTURELIST, was released in January 2006. He also wrote the theme of 101%, the main show of the French TV channel Nolife.
On December 2, 2009, it was announced that Yamaoka was leaving his long term employer Konami.
Personal Life
Before 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.
In 1993 he joined Konami to work on the game Rocket Knight Adventures 2. 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.
Yamaoka stated in a 2009 interview that his favorite game creator is Suda 51 and his favorite video game is No More Heroes.
He is best known for his work on the Silent Hill series for which he composed all the music and sound effects in all seven current games (excluding Silent Hill Play Novel for Game Boy Advance). Some of the music from the first four games was also remixed and used in the Silent Hill movie. He also played a doubly important role as producer of the third and fourth Silent Hill games (which were available for PlayStation 2/PC and PlayStation 2/Xbox/PC). His music from Silent Hill 2 was performed live in 2005 at the third Symphonic Game Music Concert in Leipzig, Germany and at the world-premiere of PLAY! A Video Game Symphony Live! on May 27, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois, where Yamaoka himself accompanied the orchestra with an electric guitar. As well, Yamaoka actively composes music for Konami's Bemani line of games, particularly, the Beatmania IIDX series.
His first original, non-soundtrack album, iFUTURELIST, was released in January 2006.
Career
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 the whole series (excluding Silent Hill Play Novel for the Game Boy Advance and Esperándote in Silent Hill, composed by 村中りか (Rika Muranaka)). Since Silent Hill 3, he is playing a more important role as the series' producer, also continuing with his music composition working.
Yamaoka's sound commonly contains strong melancholy undertones and generally identifies with the dark ambient, industrial, trip-hop and rock genres. Since Silent Hill 3, he also started working in collaboration with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Joe Romersa for vocal compositions.
Much of his work from previous titles has been compiled for the 2006 Silent Hill movie adaptation, directed by Christophe Gans.
His music from Silent Hill 2 was performed live in 2005 at the third Symphonic Game Music Concert in Leipzig, Germany. Yamaoka also performed music from Silent Hill at the world-premiere of PLAY! A Video Game Symphony Live! on May 27, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois, and accompanied the orchestra with an electric seven-string guitar. He also composed songs for Konami's Bemani series, which has also featured tracks from Silent Hill.
His first original album, iFUTURELIST, was released in January 2006. He also wrote the theme of 101%, the main show of the French TV channel Nolife.
On December 2, 2009, it was announced that Yamaoka was leaving his long term employer Konami.
Personal Life
Before 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.
In 1993 he joined Konami to work on the game Rocket Knight Adventures 2. 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.
Yamaoka stated in a 2009 interview that his favorite game creator is Suda 51 and his favorite video game is No More Heroes.
I'll Kill You
Akira Yamaoka Lyrics
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Ofln - Summer Walker If them bitches 'round you, better be blood If it ain't…
Six & Violence I've been wondering How you've been coping Did I mean so lit…
Summer Walker If them bitches 'round you, better be blood If it ain't…
X It's all over with me now And I'll kill you You changed…
X JAPAN It's all over with me now and I'll kill you you changed…
X JAPAN (X) It's all over with me now and I'll kill you you changed…
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A World of Madness [instrumental]…
Acceptance Time flows Nobody knows The years go by Where we go Alon…
Alex Theme It started long before me... I never saw it coming... Th…
Always on my Mind Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could…
awakening 愛しき思い 願い溢れ 切ない定めだろう 儚い記憶 戸惑いも無く 彷徨い続ける 眠らず 言葉も無く 溶けゆく白い涙…
Bitmania disco bit saisekka ... Waki no ke soyogu koi Hora kai no…
Blow Back Daylight Dark light Blinds me Am I fading in light? I …
Breeze There is another reason to fill your heart with hatred It…
Clockwork Little Happiness (The time when all will be forgiven their sins. When the…
Cradel of Forest There deep, deep in the forest night children dance the…
Cradle of Forest There deep Deep in the forest night Children dance the waltz…
Dance with Night Wind (The world is teeming with unnecessary people. It's god's de…
Diamond Jealousy Ohayou takashimakun, konkai no kimi no ninmu da ga Rei ni…
Elle Theme Where have you been? You are a different man... You disa…
Empty Of The Sky Kanashii tsukiyo namida karete Kodoku na yume koori tsuku ko…
Fading... Daylight Dark light Blind me(?) Am I fading in light? …
Float Up From Dream (They've come to witness the beginning, The rebirth of p…
Forest There deep, deep in the forest night children dance the…
Heavenly Sun ささら波寄せ 足(さらいゆく 夢の続きを 失うのが怖いの 涙の波紋 もし打ち消せたなら ひび割れた この胸…
Hell Frozen Rain In your mind's eye lives a memory Hard to find, blinded…
Hole in the Sky Oh yeah, I've been here before I can see it with…
Hometown He spoke of tortured souls So outrageous the toll You can lo…
I Want Love I want a cup that overflows with love Although it's not…
I Want Love (studio mix) All right, let's do this One, two, three I want a cup…
iFUTURELIST You Came To Fight! 悪魔の葬列 Through The Night! 闇に葬り Take Yo…
Letter A letter to my future self, am I still happy,…
Letter ~ From the Lost Days A letter to my future self Am I still happy, I…
Letter%3A From the Lost Days A letter to my future self, am I still happy,…
Letter: From the Lost Days A letter to my future self Am I still happy? I…
Lettre du diable Elle te regarde amoureusement et pose ses mains sur ton…
Lost A letter to my future self, am I still happy,…
Love Me Do Sunday, monday, tuesday... Wednesday Watashi no cool cool da…
Maria Nemurinasai itoshiki hito yo Hikisakareta katayoku no hane …
Mon cÅur te sera fidèle jusqu'à son dernier battement Caresse ma joue du bout d't'es doigts avec t'es mitaines…
O.R.T Is it lonely where you are... In there... Dad? Does the da…
One More Soul to the Call Enough with light Tell me one more time My blood, your lin…
Rain of Brass Petals I am the first A …
Room of Angel You lie silent there before me your tears they mean nothing…
Shot Down In Flames Swear at the walls They make fun of me Day after day Eyes…
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Sun In the beginning people had nothing Their bodies ached and t…
tant pis pour toi Les absents ont toujours tort.…
Tender Sugar I run, I fall, what ripped away, check my body Was…
The policy of the iFUTURELIST Party …
The Reverse Will Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the lord…
The Sacred Line Is it me? This time... Am I too... far? Did I cross... …
Waiting for You Your gentle voice I hear Your words echo inside me You sai…
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When You're Gone Did I wait too long? Moments gone and now wasted Coming ba…
You Your gentle voice I hear Your words echo inside me You said…
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Your Rain Dancing alone again, again the rain falling Only the scent o…
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@bubetubin
1:35 when the roach starts flying
@JillLulamoon
Something you really notice is how gritty and expieremental the first game soundtrack is. As the series went on I feel Akira Yamaoka began relying on nice piano too much.
I love the rusty, screechy and scraping feel of the original game's music.
@Intoxicated4768
I don’t think you have heard all of Silent Hill 2/3/4 because they still have plenty of gritty nasty songs like these. But he did dramatically increase his piano music tho, check out Bloody Hallways from Silent Hill 3
@reysochi422
@@Intoxicated4768i actually agree with him sh1 is mainly industrial type of music. 2/3/4 are more similar and close to each other than to the 1st one. they are all still good
@Intoxicated4768
@@reysochi422 I might not have worded my opinion well, I agree that the 1 soundtrack is unique and not so similar to 2/3/4 but where I disagree is that they aren't rusty, screechy and gritty. They are, it's just a different style compared to the first. It's also probably because the first silent hill came out of the Ps1 and the rest on Ps2, probably why there's a difference as well. Plus Mary Elizabeth's songs are such bangers
@gigapeut8810
@@Intoxicated4768 There are songs like that, but not as many as in the first game. As she said, he starts relying in piano, but that doesn't mean he stopped doing industrial-like tracks.
@nwp-hz5dm
SH2 also has a lot of these weird screechy industrial songs (sounds?) I don't think he relied on the piano too much, he just added more variety because the piano is more appropriate since SH2 is more emotionally heavy and melancholic. He stopped a bit with these very intense songs maybe with SH3? but again, I don't think he relied on the piano too much, the game just requires more variety because of the story. I do agree the ost of SH1 is way more experimental and like, oppressive, because most of the soundtrack is this intense
@ayente3402
1:20 That's an awfully hot coffee pot.
@hellspawnstudios
Awfully menacing battle theme for a giant moth.
@liamroberts1458
It fits, at least to/in (?) my ears. I bloody hate moths.