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Michiru Yamane
Michiru Yamane
Japanese game composer
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Daniel Licht
Daniel Licht
American film composer and musician
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Rika Muranaka
Rika Muranaka
Japanese composer
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Jesper Kyd
Jesper Kyd
Danish composer and sound designer
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Miki Higashino
Miki Higashino
Japanese musician
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Yuzo Koshiro
Yuzo Koshiro
Japanese video game music composer, electronic music producer, and audio programmer
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Hiroki Kikuta
Hiroki Kikuta
Japanese composer
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Kenji Ito
Kenji Ito
musician
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Masayoshi Soken
Masayoshi Soken
Japanese composer
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Masafumi Takada
Masafumi Takada
Japanese video game music composer
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Laura Shigihara
Laura Shigihara
Video game composer
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Junya Nakano
Junya Nakano
Japanese composer
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Norihiko Hibino
Norihiko Hibino
Japanese composer
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Ryuji Sasai
Ryuji Sasai
Japanese musician
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Shoji Meguro
Shoji Meguro
Japanese game composer and musician
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Koji Kondo
Koji Kondo
Japanese video game composer
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Crush 40
Crush 40
Japanese-American hard rock band (former 1997)
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Konami Kukeiha Club
Konami Kukeiha Club
Konami's sound team. It is often confused with Kukeiha Club
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Yasunori Mitsuda
Yasunori Mitsuda
video game composer
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Jeremy Soule
Jeremy Soule
American composer
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Tsuyoshi Sekito
Tsuyoshi Sekito
Japanese composer
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Kinuyo Yamashita
Kinuyo Yamashita
Japanese video game composer
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Yoshino Aoki
Yoshino Aoki
Japanese composer
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Yasuhiko Fukuda
Yasuhiko Fukuda
Japanese composer
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Yoko Shimomura
Yoko Shimomura
Japanese composer and pianist
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Hideki Naganuma
Hideki Naganuma
Japanese musician
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Hitoshi Sakimoto
Hitoshi Sakimoto
Japanese composer
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Kenichiro Fukui
Kenichiro Fukui
Japanese composer and musician
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Naoki Maeda
Naoki Maeda
Japanese composer
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Masaharu Iwata
Masaharu Iwata
Japanese composer
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Nobuo Uematsu
Nobuo Uematsu
Japanese video game composer
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Michael Giacchino
Michael Giacchino
American composer of music for films, television and video games
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Tōru Minegishi
Tōru Minegishi
Japanese video game composer

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