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Akira Yamaoka (山岡 晃 ''Yamaoka Akira'', born February 6 1968 in Niigata , Japan 1 ) is a musician and video game composer, having scored dozens of titles released by Konami . Yamaoka attended Tokyo Art College 2, where he studied product design and interior design. He joined Konami on September 21 , 1993 , after previously being a freelance music composer. BIOGRAPHY He is most well known for his work for the '' and "Esperandote" in ''Silent Hill'', composed by Rika Muranaka); much of his work from previous titles has been compiled for the 2006 '' Silent Hill '' movie adaptation, directed by Christophe Gans . In the third and fourth games (which are available on the PlayStation 2 and PC and the PlayStation 2 , Xbox and PC respectively) he worked in collaboration with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and also played a more important role as the games' producer. His music from '' Silent Hill 2 '' was performed live in 2005 at the third Symphonic Game Music Concert in Leipzig, Germany. Yamaoka's sound commonly contains strong melancholy undertones and generally identifies with the Dark Ambient , Industrial , and Trip-hop genres. Yamaoka also performed music from ''Silent Hill'' at the world-premiere of PLAY! A Video Game Symphony on May 27 , 2006 in Chicago, Illinois , and accompanied the orchestra with an electric seven-string guitar. He also composed songs in BEMANI Series of KONAMI, also songs featured in Silent Hill were being Transplanted in BEMANI His first original album, '' IFUTURELIST '', was released in January 2006. PERSONAL LIFE Before working as a videogame artist, Yamaoka wanted to get a career as a designer but instead became a musician after studying product design at Tokyo Art College 3. In 1993 he joined Konami to work on the game Sparkster 4. When Konami tried to find a musician to make the music for Silent Hill, Yamaoka volunteered because he thought he was the only one capable of making the soundtrack. 5 INFLUENCES Yamaoka cites among his influences Angelo Badalamenti (best known known for his soundtrack work with David Lynch ), Metallica , and Depeche Mode . 6 When asked if his studies at Tokyo Art College had helped him in his musical career, he replied 7: "At 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. I got really influenced by that. Therefore, every time I write songs, I try to combine Art and Music." CREDITS STUDIO GEAR Hardware
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