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    Report: Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka Says He's Left Konami

    Rumor: Silent Hill Composer Leaves Konami

    "Not Just Western Developers Making This by Themselves."

    Japanese Game Developers In Trouble

    Akira Yamaoka Talks Silent Hill 5
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    12/09/09

    In reply to Report: Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka Says He's Left Konami
    Goddamnit, this is HORRIBLE news. I can't imagine a Silent Hill game without his music set to it. Goddamnit!
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    Image of Moonshadow101 Moonshadow101
    12/02/09

    In reply to Report: Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka Says He's Left Konami
    Dunno about any of that stuff, but... That's an incredibly badass picture of that man. I feel like he was just challenged to a duel and he's contemplating his choice of weapons.
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    12/02/09

    In reply to Report: Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka Says He's Left Konami
    I'd be upset too if my wife gave my child away to someone to be raped over and over.
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    Image of battlescarSS battlescarSS
    12/02/09

    In reply to Report: Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka Says He's Left Konami
    I wouldn't say Silent Hill is dead, but expect Climax and Double Helix to be all over the franchise from now on.
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    Image of Cerabret100 Cerabret100
    12/02/09

    @starscar.exe: hey, as far as i'm concerned, homecoming was a step in the right direction after Origins (heard about it, never played) and i saw real potential for them to do Silent Hill right, lets face it, SH is a true "every kiss judged against the first" situation, and nearly every fan is guilty of expecting way too much after 2 (in my case 3).

    That being said, it still feels like SH will feel...hollow without his music.
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    Image of battlescarSS battlescarSS
    12/02/09

    @Cerabret100: There was something about 2 and 3. I consider 2 and 3 the 'golden age' of the Silent Hill series. His music was top-notch during that time and his music wasn't as bogged down with lyrics as SH4 through Homecoming have shown us.

    For me, I hated the fact his atmospherics had lyrics. I love Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, but her singing has a lot of overdramatics in it and that gets annoying pretty fast. I own the Silent Hill 4 soundtrack and I sometimes skip the songs that feature her voice simply because it doesn't feel scary or haunting like the original score had felt.

    Now that he's gone, we can only speculate that the SH series will never be the same. He should just join the Siren team and turn that franchise towards a new direction.
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    12/02/09

    In reply to Report: Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka Says He's Left Konami
    Silent Hill's direction has gone strange places since he began producing it. His soundtracks are still great, but the last couple of entries have been kinda...

    Hell, even IIDX has gone in different directions in recent years, heading straight into breakbeat and hardcore territory with the younger, newer Japanese DJ collective. And the old guard will begin to slowly exit, one by one.
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    Image of Mit Mit
    12/02/09

    In reply to Report: Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka Says He's Left Konami
    Is it bad that I related his name in my head to DDR before Silent Hill?

    Ah well, DDR's dead already anyways, and Beatmania/Pop'n have evolved to music beyond what Yamaoka used to make back in the Bemani glory days.

    Doesn't give much hope for the future of Silent Hill though :\ Perhaps it will continue to be an offshore-developed series.
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    Image of ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom
    12/02/09

    In reply to Report: Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka Says He's Left Konami
    :(

    I was still hanging on to some hope that it was just a rumor. I can't decide whether the music fan or the game fan in me is more upset about this news.
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    Image of PuffyTail PuffyTail
    12/02/09

    @ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.: I could care less who makes the games (as long as the results are good), but I'll *really* miss his soundtracks :(
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    12/02/09

    In reply to Report: Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka Says He's Left Konami
    He did do the ShinContra soundtrack, ya know...
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    Image of Crashproof Crashproof
    12/01/09

    In reply to Rumor: Silent Hill Composer Leaves Konami
    I sat behind him at the Video Games Live show at NVision last year without realizing it... until they called him up to the stage. Heh.
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    Image of ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom
    12/01/09

    In reply to Rumor: Silent Hill Composer Leaves Konami
    Aaaaaand Silent Hill is now dead. The franchise can't survive without it's music.

    My favorite part of each SH release was nabbing the soundtrack and seeing what Yamaoka (and McGlynn) created.
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    Image of GreatMario GreatMario
    12/01/09

    @ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.: *Now* dead? Really? Just now?
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    Image of ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom
    12/01/09

    @GreatMario: Aye. I liked 4 and Homecoming for what they were.

    @Scuzgob: No, not the ambient music, the "music" music.
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    Image of GreatMario GreatMario
    12/01/09

    @ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.: Well, if you like them, that's fine. Personally, I felt that the series have been experiencing a general decline in quality since SH3.

    I have not played Homecoming yet (though I'm going to soon), but frankly, after all this time, I'm not sure if I can expect much from it.

    Admittedly, Shattered Memories does seem pretty cool, though.
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    12/01/09

    @GreatMario: Whatever you do, don't get the PC version when you do play it. Truly a terrible port.
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    12/02/09

    @ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.: Oh, I'm not much of a PC gamer anymore. I was planning to play it on the 360.
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    Image of Thorax Thorax
    12/01/09

    In reply to Rumor: Silent Hill Composer Leaves Konami
    Then, ladies and gentleman, the Silent Hill series is officially no more if this is true.

    The music plays such a huge role in these games that losing this man will effectively cut out a major reason why the games are so brilliant.
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    Image of UltimatePancakeSensation UltimatePancakeSensation
    12/01/09

    @Thorax: Yep. No Yamaoka, no Silent Hill. Fingers crossed that this is false.
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    Image of mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta
    11/30/09

    In reply to Rumor: Silent Hill Composer Leaves Konami
    It appears that I will having a FutureList partei tonight...

    Ç_Ç
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    Image of koldkalamity koldkalamity
    11/30/09

    In reply to Rumor: Silent Hill Composer Leaves Konami
    iCry.
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    Image of Witzbold Witzbold
    11/30/09

    In reply to Rumor: Silent Hill Composer Leaves Konami
    Well there goes the neighborhood.
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    11/30/09

    In reply to Rumor: Silent Hill Composer Leaves Konami
    Let me just say this, Akira Yamaoka's music is absolutely essential to Silent Hill. If they lost him, well, they might as well throw the franchise in the fire.
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    Image of aang001 aang001
    12/01/09

    @d_r_e: Agreed. His music made SH SH... I wander what he's doing then...
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