Akira Yamaoka is a Japanese composer and music producer.
13 Facts About Akira Yamaoka
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Akira Yamaoka is best known for composing music for several video games in the Silent Hill series by Konami, among other games.
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Akira Yamaoka attended Tokyo Art College, where he studied product design and interior design.
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Akira Yamaoka originally planned to follow a career in design.
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Akira Yamaoka immediately began to work on the games Contra: Hard Corps, Sparkster, and Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2.
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When Konami began searching for a musician to compose Silent Hill's score, Akira Yamaoka volunteered because he thought he was the only one capable of making the soundtrack.
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On December 2,2009, it was announced that Akira Yamaoka was leaving his long term employer Konami.
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On February 3,2010, it was announced that Akira Yamaoka has joined Grasshopper Manufacture and was working with Goichi Suda and Shinji Mikami on their action game, Shadows of the Damned.
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Akira Yamaoka was first appointed to the role of chief sound officer at Grasshopper, but became involved in aspects of game production as well.
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In July 2016, Akira Yamaoka performed live at the BitSummit 4th indie game festival in Kyoto, Japan.
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Akira Yamaoka stated in a 2009 interview that his favorite game creator is Suda51 and his favorite video game is No More Heroes.
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In March 2011, Akira Yamaoka auctioned some of his musical instruments for the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami Play for Japan flood relief.
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Akira Yamaoka is married to Ai "Tamu" Murata, who is the drummer of the heavy metal band Nemophila.