Akira Yamaoka

Akira Yamaoka (山岡 晃, Yamaoka Akira; born February 6, 1968) is a Japanese composer, producer and sound designer. He is known for scoring every installment of Konami's horror video game series Silent Hill (1999–present), with the exception of Downpour and Book of Memories, though he still played guitar on the latter. He has also produced many of the games and composed the soundtracks of the Silent Hill film franchise (2006–2025).

Outside of Silent Hill, Yamaoka has been the sound director at Grasshopper Manufacture since 2010, and has served as director and sound designer at Supertrick Games since 2018.