Akira Yamaoka [born on 1968 in Niigata, Japan] is a musician and videogame composer having scored dozens of titles released by Konami such as the Bemani series of games (Including Dance Dance Revolution and Beatmania IIDX), Contra, Castlevania and Winning Eleven. However, he is most well known as the producer and composer for the Silent Hill series in which he composes the majority of the music. His first original album [iFuturelist] was released in January 2006.