PLAY: Theme of Laura (with Akira Yamaoka)

[tigeroscarfan]

i wonder how they sound so good, must be techniques, i can never get it sounding good when i try lol

[JustAtyper]

Orchestra + Rocker + Asian = Akira Yamoka

[kaskyable]

Drummer played too fast, so Akira must accelerated his rhythms

feel sorry for Akira T-T

[MorsIchimonji]

best videogame soundtrack. ever.

[puchenyaka]

акира рулез блиа!!!!

[HeadRobo]

hes my new hero

[gamesport88]

Oh Yamaoka-San,

WHY DID YOU HAVE TO LEAVE KONAMI??!! :(

Silent Hill will never survive without you!

[Smarty4789]

@gamesport88 He had nothing to do with silent hill for a good while anyway. I'm much more interested in the new project he has been working on with Goichi Suda and Shinji Mikami.

[losmiyis]

Master!

[TheCathil360]

people check out B151 music videos!!!

if you like terror videogames you gonna like it!!!!

akira yamaoka e silent hill rules!!!!!!!!

[grafchitaru]

никогда не думал, что это оркестр исполнял)

[ikmal017]

handsomely well played!

[GabrielTDH]

legend..

[angeloagenor]

muito d+

[vashfrosamurai]

I CANT UNDERSTAND WHAT ANY COMMENTS READ D: but this song is my favorite silent hill song its soo uplifting

[LostBlossom]

Soloing by Akira Yamaoka, awesome!

[ollibunny1]

ich liebe diseses lied :"D

das macht mich immer so traurig ^^

[CleverDjembe]

You are apologizing for your enthusiasm?

You are weak.

OWN your enthusiasm.

[aLeJaNdRoInTeRaCtIvE]

es muy bueno el Akira y porsupuesto el juego jaja

[MrMooras]

cudowne :) 5/5

[magoya37]

La verdad me desepciona como toca el chevon en vivo se va mucho de tiempo... :(

[lareineforever]

no tienes ni idea de lo que dices sudaca XD

[magoya37]

mira discriminar es demostrar miedo e ignorancia. Yo soy musico hace mas de 15 años que toco la guitarra y la estudio lo que dije lo dije porque se, acepto que no esten todos de acuerdo pero no me faltes el respeto yo no lo hago!!!

[magoya37]

te doy permiso de que pongas lo que quieras pedazo de ignorante como por ejemplo lo que pusiste anteriormente "sudaca" yo soy sudamericano. no creo que seas musico, y a parte nunca dije que akira yamaoka no tubiera grandes logros y se que compone para juegos hace años es mas esta cancion es de mis preferidas pero en vivo no!!!! pero vos basofia no entendes nada y solo queres insultar no comentar... otra cosa mi bisabuela era española y vino a la argentina a vivir como mucha gente

[magoya37]

es mas mira cuando se equivoca la cara de el y de la violista que esta atras (¿sabes lo que es un violin no?... es como una guitarrita chiquita pero en vez de 6 cuerdas tiene 4 y se toca con un palito que se llama arco) relajate juajuajuajua

[magoya37]

1º todo empezo por llamarme sudaca.

2º tene en cuenta de que los comentarios pueden ser malos o buenos.

3º no estoy enojado solo indignado

[HappyHitokiri]

One of the best songs of Akira...The Silent Hill Soundtrack is amazing....its my favorite...

[NotreDameSentiento]

He looks a bit like the lead guitarist of Flow...

[RUTGERMORTENSEN]

nope, very close tho vai uses a jem with floral motif on fret board, akiras geet is beautiful tho :p

[Bigngreen]

i was there... but not that day, when i went to see this he wasn't there :( :'(

[HybridZephirus]

...absolutely great *__* I love His music, and seeing Him playing with an orchestra is something that I could not describe...

[LarsAlexandersonSH]

There is a vocal track in a new trailer of Shattered Memories tag this: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories E3 2009 Trailer, so we can expect that new songs will come up, and this time it will be Akira Yamaoka's work!

[354Entertainment]

is he play wit a plektren????

[LarsAlexandersonSH]

I hated that, being followers of Akira's works, they put something that it's not from Akira Yamaoka, sorry for bothering you with this, but when they deleted my comment, it really pissed me off, I just wanted to tell them the true, and they will keep those videos as the unnoficial soundtrack, and it is not!!!,just to get more visitors!, and having deleted my coments it's a proof of that, just that, thanks.

[HappyHitokiri]

This is not from Akira Y.?

[LarsAlexandersonSH]

No no, this one is!. I was talking about other video, now it's known by almost everybody that those tracks aren't from Yamaoka.

[LarsAlexandersonSH]

I want to say something to all Yamaoka's fans, maybe you saw in youtube the suposed "unofficial soundtrack" of SH: Shattered Memories, it's NOT Akira's work, it's from a band called Broken Notes, it's fan made and it's inspired by Yamaoka's work, I posted this info in a video of the "Unofficial soundtrack" posted by a russianyulia or something, and she deleted the coment!!, what a bitch!, also i posted in another video, from other user, and he deleted it too!!!

[MikePitcher]

dude she is a bitch, I tried to post one of my silent hill videos as a response to to one of her videos, and a day after it went up under her video she removed it, she is a fucking bitch bigtime. selfish whore. Take a look at my videos if you want. they are fan made silent hills. not all of them, but a couple.

[sepsis84]

Akira. God of music

[TheAfterLife777]

Does anyone know what type of guitar he uses?

[LarsAlexandersonSH]

yes, the guitar he uses it's an Ibanez UV-777-P-BK , it's a 7 stringed guitar, you welcome! :)

[madhatter1359]

Hes a genius!!!! *-*

[354Entertainment]

akira is one of the greatest composer like goldsmith, williams, kamen, zimmer, schifrin usw...

AKIRA DO YA THING!!!!

[DarwinTenk]

lol.... I think it lol...

[NantosveltaVegan]

Not lol, It's Akira ;)

[thereisnotry]

think they played it fast enough? :p

[SJMar86]

he messed it up a bit.........

[guzmanmariana]

Ahhh qué envidia verlo en vivo grrrrrrrr!!!

[ARTUROSANTAMARIAJUAR]

ES LA CANCION DE SILENT HILL 2

[kyoberry]

en serio?????? de verdaaaaaad!? ...... .......

[ARTUROSANTAMARIAJUAR]

A poooooco no lo saaaabias?

☺

[Will1f]

Ahhh amazing, I would have been enthusiastically cheering too no worries!

[ced3333333]

<3<3<3<3<3

[Cyborcat]

Heh--I had no idea that Mr. Yamaoka was such a ham.  That's awesome.

[Cthulhufhtagn616]

i dont know why, but i always pictured yamaoka as an old guy haha. maybe its just his musical ingenuity.

[sibraa6]

40 years old.

[Cthulhufhtagn616]

no. OLD old.

[WishHouseProductions]

Like... 70.

[Cthulhufhtagn616]

yeah some wrinkly guy ha

[guimogardo]

LOL same here!!! when i first saw him i was like 'who the hell is this kid?!'

[WishHouseProductions]

I love Akira. He's one of the greatest composers I've ever heard.

[LaurenHakusKid]

There's one word for this...AWSOME.

[wilbyd]

i dont understand why there isn't more of Yamaoka on youtube. he's the best!

[unrealnelly]

this song is so cool!!! ;)

[molrodoo]

omg omg i wish i was there

[FargoJ02]

Man, I got goosebumps just listening to this piece... it really is that good.

[Seikenchan]

Best fucking song ever, by the best fucking man ever.

I would've said "YOU ROCK!" too.

[Jinthe1st]

Is there an actual CD or recording of the music played in the concert?

[Wkadamani]

he is like one of the best composers ever every single music he made was special and amazing akira YOUR RULE

[watashinouke]

OMFG!!!! I F***ING LOVE AKIRA YAMAOKA! AND I F***ING LOOOVE SILENT HILL! (have you started the fifth one, yet? *shudder* damn you creepy little brother and your creepiness....)......BUT, UGH! I WISH I COULD'VE SEEN THAT!!!

[tbmsnake]

OMG! Why wasn't I there? (I'm this guys sister *points to screen name*) Akira, you look awesome! Great fingering the guitar too. Lmao.

[Chrysalide06]

Ahhhhh !!! Purée je voudrais tellement que Akira passe en concert en France, le bohneur assuré quoi...

[briandjusforever]

I WANT HIM!!!!

His music is ALWAYS awesome!!! I LOVE HIM!!!! WOOT WOOT!!

[illripoutureyes]

AWASOME GUITARIST !!

Yamaoka is amazing !

[hughgbrain]

Anyone thought about trying to tab this out? That would be sweet.

[Campusanis]

I did! Look for "Theme Of Laura" at Ultimate Guitar.

[hughgbrain]

Really? Which tab is it? There's a bunch of different tabs on that page. Thanks!

[Campusanis]

Just search for it and take any tab labelled "Theme Of Laura", they're both pretty accurate, actually, though I tried to make mine better, obviously. ;)

[Campusanis]

Wow, wow, I sooo wish I could've been there. WOW!

[NantosveltaVegan]

He definitely rocks :D

[guitar4life33]

thats one beautiful Ibanez he's got there..that particular one is like $2000... lucky bastard XD

[ComaLies225]

I love how he is the only one wielding a guitar. GO AKIRA!

[Wowbagger86]

You lucky bastard! I wish I was on that show :)

[ROEDERBABY]

He can come up with the best horror-games ever and yet to manage to put the dot above the i with this amazing soundtrack. All my respect to him.

[Wendigo2150]

Silent Hill have the best soundtrack, i have ever see in game

[SilverMoon427]

omg i love this man:*

[1brilliantmindwasted]

ommgg i couldnt find a video of akira yamaoka actually playing one of his songs

aahh finallyy <3

[Jemeela]

wow, it's live and recorded and it sill sounds great

[snesguru]

good stuff!

[clawn1991]

Akira is the best!

[DieguitodeCastru]

yeahhhh i loveeeeeeee the of laura

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[DarkFlameBabyD]

I love Akira, his music is second to none ^_^ thanks for the upload

[wangankiller]

Dude, this version is totally better than any other versions of "Theme Of Laura", the solo part was da shit!!

[Leidenspfad]

Portishead may be one the best bands of all time and their music always gives me this kind of Silent Hill feeling, but I don't hear too many similarities between these two songs.

[pajen007]

he's the best!

[Johnenne]

Beautiful song it has emotion and feeling even without any words..

[milakitty]

I so wanna marry him!

[MazakMoFo]

Cool!

[Agnostic72]

Verdaderamente talento, habilidad y pasion al mismo tiempo. Eso separa a un autentico artista de una persona comun. Yamaoka por siempre!

[raikage90]

He is one of the best game music composers ever. Living Legend

[xefenarchmagi]

Akira Yamaoka is badass!!

[UberLithen]

to bad your camera really doesnt catch his sound :/

must have been epic!

[toppsoul]

omg wish i was there : /

[bcolaitdrums]

lmao ur right they should have a statue and holiday after him.

[sharkshyt]

my hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!! i love him so much lol his style is fantastic he is better than hendrix he is a genius they should have a holiday after him and a statue

[aersiul]

Better than hendrix? ok the guy is goog but not that good. never my friend.

[guitarhero0]

Completely agree man, i'm like a HUGE HUGE HUGE Yamaoka fan, but for me, without Hendrix there will be, no Yamaoka, no Satriani, no NOTHING DUDE...

[gasmask4xx]

better than Hendrix? what?? Yamaoka is inspired by Steve Vai who was taught by Joe Satriani who was inspired by Jimmi Hendrix.

[sadusete]

He is an artist.

[XxDarkInsanityxX]

OMG YAY GO AKIRA!!!

god you are soo lucky that you got to go there!

[DeadLetters90]

Real Genius.

[BlueFox284]

I remember hearing this song when i first played Silent Hill 2 years ago. . . thought it was the greatest song I ever heard in video game at the time :-)

[jankenmaster]

goddamn i love this guy

[Wacek4444]

Wiosłuje jak trzeba... Bravo!

[soadfan33]

I love this song, love the silent hill genre, I especially like silent hill 2 its my favorite. I play it over and over. Cool video

[RICKCSR]

Genius.

[everyoneisconnected]

he is really have the look of ken laruku i thought it was ken if i don't read the comments

[Cynwolf]

Je trouve ça tellement original ce genre d'association de son ! J'aime beaucoup !

[REvaleKrauser]

*-* genial...

akira rocks!

[multuak]

Buenisima banda sonora,y a quien no le guste o critique este comentario que le den por el culo a el y a su madre

[T2D]

Thanks God Silent Hill 5 is being composed by Akira. phew....

[EruIluvatar]

and good howls man xD i would do the same !

[EruIluvatar]

he's so cool , and a genius

[oxydized]

To MotheatTigers

yes dude, he make one, it's call futurelist and  the kompositions have alot of potential i mean alot but... the production is like shit,this guy in a level have the talent of jerry cantrell or maynard keenan but the songs sound like demos of a school band sorry for him

[oxydized]

I want his job

i know i can do it

[HolyAbys]

Aswome. Love this music soooooo much. ^^

[MotheatTigers]

Man that is awesome! Has he released any solo albums? I adore the Silent Hill 2 Soundtrack!

[hunterkiller77]

last interview I saw of him he had either just released or was working on a solo album.

[MotheatTigers]

Cool Thanks for the info Dude! ;D

[a012345]

I wish these guys would come to Austin. Damn this place sucks. I want to go back to San Fransico.

[VaiMan69]

ibanez universe!!

[Valentine4Vincentx]

Absoloutely amazing.....if i had to be a music composer it would be him or Michiru Yamane- the composer that done most of the songs for the castlevania series... but whoa... Akira Yamaoka is amazing

[thewatcher97]

damn is this the guy that composes the music for silent hill cause if he is then he is amazing

[AOG90]

yup, his name is Akira Yamaoka, <-- freakin rock god

[ledsilver]

Symphony and guitar solos do not mix. The theme is awesome though.

[Nightlover69]

Yay!

[ghettowolle]

Great musician! =)

[redXtacy]

I love him!

[houtakiboy]

Akira is amazing, one of the best composers, and guitarists, not to mention drop dead sexy men of all time. He is to Silent Hill what John Williams is to Star Wars. I cant wait to get Silent Hill Origins tomorrow so I can marvel at his all new soundtrack

[slipknotvirus]

akira yamaoka is the japanesse Mc Artney xD

[goldenjoeblow]

I like the way he manges to compose and play guitar, typical japanese guitar playing is so goddamn wanky.

[Dargaard13]

He's a genious and has got an incredible touch as well.

[chanclie]

First of all the game of Silent Hill 2 it`s my favorite along with SH 4.And i remember how it's the important role of the music composed by Akira...it puts you in the dimension of the game,in the feelings of the characters and in the the history and sourroundings of the game.His music envolves me as the game,and it`s perfectly matched with the story.Awesome Akira...and yes he is a genius making music for a game like Morricone when he makes music for a movie.

[Memq]

HOLY!!! he is also usin a 7 string universe...HE KICKS ASS NOW !!

[atraaeterna]

Holy shitty quality Batman.

Akira is a fucking genius, though.

[blu31ce]

omg reaking awesome what a legend, thanks

[TearingMeFromWithin]

wow.

[PockyBebop]

Awesome!

[ravnen]

Oh God, it's my God!

[RamenOps]

I was at that fucking concert. It was awesome, and I freaked when I heard the guy behind Silent Hill music was going to be doing Theme of Laura.

[Reddebt]

What up brian. And hell yeah. SIlent hill fucking five.

[RamenOps]

Fucking five, hell yeah.

[4youglencoco]

The way he plays makes me think of Richard Z. Kruspe from Rammstein.

[MISSxMURDER17]

and im glad your so enthusiastic, he really is a brilliant composer and a true legend. His music always manages to give me goosebumps. :) xxoo

[MISSxMURDER17]

Im going to marry him lol xx

[gorboy]

Akira Yamaoka is an amazing composer. He should go even more mainstream and get more recognized (not that he's not recognized now)

[Vosk21]

akira yamaoka...absolute god of silent hill.

the one who made the mood of the games complete with his original score....plays electric guitar?...0_0..*goes to room to fanboy out*

[Aj2246810]

indeed....

[poisonapple86]

He is a legend, a great composer.

[Diablo2FX]

Akira Yamaoka is a genius ... i liked every sound and song he made for Silent Hill ... he's propably better than the most composers. He did a great job for Konami and every player of SH.

God blesses this man :)

[Hrakleus]

Its like..... BETTER THAN SEX!!!!

[Winterfogel]

I wonder who you have sex with! :D

His music is great, though. :)