Akira Yamaoka Interview W/ Fan Questions

What does he consider his greatest work (either a single track or a complete soundtrack)?

How long does it take him to compose a soundtrack?

And I want the extended version of "Theme of Laura" with this thrilling guitar solo from the E3 trailer released as a bonus track on the 0rigins album (of course without the annoying background sound effects). Be sure to tell him that.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Arcubalis

There has to be more, though. I can think of a few generic ones, but I want some that are specific to the projects he's worked on!

Please, not more than one generic question like "How did you get involved with game music?", that's just not what he deserves. And what the community deserves, seeing as how it's one of the few quances to actually speak to him.
I'll try to think of a few more, just give me some more time.

How did you find Melissa Williamson/Mary Elizabeth McGlynn?

Which game in the series is your personal favourite and which character do you particularly like?

(probably NDA'd, but anyway): Have you already begun working on the Silent Hill 5 soundtrack?

What were your tasks as the producer of Silent Hill 4 The Room?

Where you happy with the way the Silent Hill movie turned out?

Will you be involved in the development of the second movie? (wink, wink)

Silent Hill Wii? (who didn't see this coming from one mile ago?) Tell him that there is an audience for such a title. Hey, I'd buy it! Multiple copies!

The work of which artists did influence the music of Silent Hill?

Why did you go for noise music instead of just a usual ambient horror soundtrack as in Biohazard?

Can you imagine turning away from that kind of music for a future Silent Hill game? Can you imagine a game without any background music alltogether?

What do you think is more important? The sound design (instrument bank) of the game or the compositions itself?

When composing the tracks for the first Silent Hill, did you think people will buy the music on CD later? Was that an aspect to consider for the future Silent Hill soundtracks? Where there commercial guidelines by Konami?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

So, was there an interview?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by randomwab

Awesome, can't wait!

Same here. Thank you very much.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Any news yet? Or is it still in the acquisition phase?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Arcubalis

STILL waiting, my friend. =)

Sorry about the wait, hopefully Konami won't take out all the good responses, as they tend to do quite frequently.

Wow, they seem to be quite bureaucratic when it comes to interviews.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Didn't even notice this has been posted. Stumbled upon it while browsing some of my older posts.

A very good interview, but it's sad that we didn't get an answer on the extended track issue. That was the most important question for me, I would've loved to know if we'll get to hear this great music without sound effects someday.

FELIPE NO

It's okay. You didn't waste the opportunity for a generic interview, the questions and answers were interesting, so I'm more than confident.

As to the bonus track question, there will be other chances to tell him that. I guess this isn't the last interview conducted with him.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?