Akira Yamaoka is the composer for Konami's Silent Hill series of horror titles. He began as a sound designer on Hideo Kojima's Snatcher and also contributed some sound effects to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Yamaoka's music from Silent Hill 2 was performed live in 2005 at the third Symphonic Game Music Concert and performed at the 2006 world-premiere of PLAY! A Video Game Symphony in Chicago, accompanying the orchestra on an electric seven-string guitar. He also served as the producer of Silent Hill 3 and Silent Hill 4, composed the soundtrack for the motion picture, and served as executive producer. In late 2009 Yamaoka left Konami and it was announced in February 2010 that he joined video game development house Grasshopper Manufacture1
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