# Akira Yamaoka

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Akira Yamaoka in HitMasters: 303 songs as collectible cards. Most popular: “Theme of Laura”. 7 releases in the catalog. Free to collect as cards in HitMasters.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tracks | 303 |
| Country | Japan |
| Genres | rock music, dark ambient, trip hop |
| YouTube Music subscribers | 113,000 |
| YouTube Music | [https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCiLqeNEXxc8ny7GfzEzCLDQ](https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCiLqeNEXxc8ny7GfzEzCLDQ) |
| Wikidata | [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315850](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315850) |

## About

Akira Yamaoka is a Japanese composer and sound designer. He has scored almost every installment of Konami's horror video game series Silent Hill since 1999, also producing some of the entries and composing for three film adaptations. He has been the sound director at Grasshopper Manufacture since 2010 and has served as director and sound designer at Supertrick Games since 2018.

Text: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira\_Yamaoka), CC BY-SA license.

## Most popular songs

- [Theme of Laura – Akira Yamaoka (Gold Record)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/akira-yamaoka-theme-of-laura-td3P1-cfZ4E)
- [Waiting For You ~LIVE AT "Heaven's Night"~(unreleased tunes) – Akira Yamaoka (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/akira-yamaoka-waiting-for-you-live-at-heavens-night-22tOAzs3Oqc)
- [Promise – Akira Yamaoka (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/akira-yamaoka-promise-7M_2aAIebwo)
- [You're Not Here – Akira Yamaoka (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/akira-yamaoka-youre-not-here-UkumV_dHbkg)
- [Promise (Reprise) – Akira Yamaoka (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/akira-yamaoka-promise-reprise-ZwLvcaDMhU8)
- [White Noiz – Akira Yamaoka (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/akira-yamaoka-white-noiz-Q95kw_pBXu0)
- [I Want Love (Studio Mix) – Akira Yamaoka (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/akira-yamaoka-i-want-love-studio-mix-enHmnTPsp9w)
- [Tender Sugar – Akira Yamaoka (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/akira-yamaoka-tender-sugar--KNqndgBG5o)
- [Never Forgive Me, Never Forget Me – Akira Yamaoka (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/akira-yamaoka-never-forgive-me-never-forget-me-f717iNkYNLk)
- [Room Of Angel – Akira Yamaoka (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/akira-yamaoka-room-of-angel-eX6GmN4usKY)
- [End of Small Sanctuary – Akira Yamaoka (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/akira-yamaoka-end-of-small-sanctuary-cADH06lKVNA)
- [Forest – Akira Yamaoka (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/akira-yamaoka-forest-xZhvK0lZFxo)

## Releases

- [Return to Silent Hill (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2026)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/akira-yamaoka-return-to-silent-hill-original-motion-picture-MPREb_ypfipyQgwDm)
- [SILENT HILL 2 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK -2024- (2024)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/akira-yamaoka-silent-hill-2-original-soundtrack-2024-MPREb_9TEimeUhWBO)
- [Slitterhead (Original Game Soundtrack) (2024)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/akira-yamaoka-slitterhead-original-game-soundtrack-MPREb_yzwv8Z1v5wm)
- [Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Original Series Soundtrack) (2023)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/akira-yamaoka-cyberpunk-edgerunners-original-series-MPREb_L32bSlD50Rh)
- [SILENT HILL4 -THE ROOM- (Original Soundtrack) (2004)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/akira-yamaoka-silent-hill4-the-room-original-soundtrack-MPREb_PLmixuhNDHH)
- [SILENT HILL3 （Original Soundtrack） (2003)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/akira-yamaoka-silent-hill3-original-soundtrack-MPREb_7cmByV44Zjf)
- [SILENT HILL2 （Original Soundtrack） (2001)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/akira-yamaoka-silent-hill2-original-soundtrack-MPREb_7kji71drPrv)

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Songs, cover art and plays: YouTube Music. HitMasters, the music trading card game.