Akira Yamaoka

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Akira Yamaoka

Born February 6, 1968 · Niigata, Japan (age 58)

Akira Yamaoka (山岡 晃, Yamaoka Akira, born February 6, 1968) is a Japanese composer and music producer. He is best known for composing music for several video games in the Silent Hill series by Konami, among other games. Yamaoka also worked as a producer on the series, as well as composing for the Silent Hill film and its sequel. Since 2010, he has been the sound director at Grasshopper Manufacture.

Known For

Return to Silent HillReturn to Silent Hill · 2026
Return to Silent Hill
5.42026
MovieHorrorMystery
When James receives a mysterious letter from his lost love Mary, he is drawn to Silent Hill—a once-familiar town now consumed by darkness. As he searches for her, James faces monstrous creatures and unravels a terrifying truth that will push him to the edge of his sanity.
Silent HillSilent Hill · 2006
Silent Hill
6.62006
MovieHorrorMystery
Rose, a desperate mother, takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears, and Rose embarks on a horrific journey to get her back and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.
Silent Hill: Revelation 3DSilent Hill: Revelation 3D · 2012
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
5.62012
MovieThrillerHorror
Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn't fully understand. Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she's not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her forever.
Patema InvertedPatema Inverted · 2013
Patema Inverted
7.42013
MovieAnimationScience Fiction
A young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home.
Julia XJulia X · 2011
Julia X
4.82011
MovieHorror
Meeting a man on the Internet, Julia decides to see him in person, only to get abducted and branded with the letter "x" by that guy. A game of cat and mouse follows, but the story has an unexpected twist.
KusoKuso · 2017
Kuso
5.42017
MovieAnimationComedy
Broadcasting through a makeshift network of discarded televisions, this story is tangled up in the aftermath of Los Angeles's worst earthquake nightmare. Travel between screens and aftershocks into the twisted lives of the survived.
RUMBLE ROSES Original Soundtrack DVDRUMBLE ROSES Original Soundtrack DVD · 2005
RUMBLE ROSES Original Soundtrack DVD
2005
MovieMusic
A total of 23 songs including "Yankee Roses" from the video game Rumble Roses. DVD also include special screensavers, in-game movies, and special music videos!
JoshureiJoshurei · 2023
Joshurei
7.52023
MovieHorrorDrama
Yoshida, a former parliamentarian's secretary, took the fall for a murder in place of the trusted politician and ended up in prison. He awaited the day when the said politician would prove his innocence and get him released from prison. One day, while sharing a four-person cell, Machida was sent to solitary confinement for losing his temper. There were rumors within the prison that those sent to solitary confinement for punishment would mysteriously die and never return. However, Machida came back unharmed. Yet, the rumors continued, stating that returning from solitary confinement without a mysterious death was the real issue.

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The Making of Silent Hill 4The Making of Silent Hill 4 · 2004
The Making of Silent Hill 4
8.22004
MovieDocumentaryHorror
Henry Townshend, a boy of about thirty with a hobby of photography, has recently moved into apartment 302, first floor of the South Ashfield Heights complex, in Ashfield, a pleasant town near Silent Hill. After a short period of peaceful stay, some strange events begin to happen. Every night, Henry is promptly awakened by the same, identical, nightmare. From that moment, he finds himself trapped in his apartment: the door, bearing the words “Don't go out!, Walter”, is locked with chains and padlocks, the windows are hermetically sealed, the phone is silent and no one seems to hear his screams. After five days of captivity, a hole appears in the bathroom wall: Henry, armed only with an iron pipe, crosses the portal in search of freedom. [A documentary about the making of the 2004 video game "Silent Hill 4: The Room".]

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