Akira Yamaoka at TGS 2009 Video Games Live

[Booowwwz]

now they are 7

[bluesapphire0141983]

GREAT MUSIC + GREAT VIDEO GAME + AKIRA YAMAOKA = SILENT HILL . MR. AKIRA YAMAOKA YOU ARE MY ONLY 1 GUITAR HERO ! THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR GIFT, VISION & PASSION.

[ManoDoPatinete]

Silent Hill 2 is epic

[Rikkifreakk]

Magic

Great

Perfect

Etc...

[2r2r2r2r2r]

ROCK ON!!!!!

[Pixie0Cyr]

I just love him <3 I mean his music ^^

[birth2end]

did anyone notice that he played 2 songs,...??

[MrNevillebamshoot]

@birth2end Yeah the other song is called Promise. Kind of a medley

[Arthus612]

This is the very first time I see Akira Performing live :)

[BlueJae640]

Can you say breathless ???

[IlSH2]

good game

goof composer

what else can i say?

[ThrashMetalForces]

Such memories. Brilliant composer, video and music.

[AlexGaeloo]

SH: R is coming soon

[Pedrinmello]

and if i day , before i wake , i pray the lord my soul to take

[zuckNan]

Excellent Akira Rules!!!

[Eyvel]

I got goose bumps :D

[G0llum3000]

1:24 to skip the talking.

[XEvilCloud]

Wich Jackson is he using here ?

[cintissss]

no me gusta...ME ENCANTA!!! AMO A AKIRA YAMAOKA!!! cuanto daria por verlo alguna vez...

[blackandwhitepro34]

i wish i was there

[MynZnusz]

This is so cool.

[louie000007]

Legendary status!

[chris200830]

wtf...is that crowd dead or something?? give it up for akira ffs!!!

[DeezbeezX]

@chris200830 Maybe they're just frozen in awe. I know I sure as hell am.

[Trzaskytir]

1:25 - Sixth Sense

[NamineAngelWings]

That man there is really something! His Silent Hill soundtracks are made of epic win!! RESPECT!!! *bows to Akira*

[raven66614]

Akira is a fucking rockstar :D

[birth2end]

Does anyone know his guitar rig,...?

[Sultanis91]

It should be illegal to be so badass like Akira-sama. *bows to the ground*

[Papatauenga]

Akira Yamaoka is a genius...

[Ghostblood1334]

Awsome! I always enjoy his work.

[XXxxretrogamerxxXX]

how come the japanies are so much better at everything?? oh well Akira ROCKS!!!!!!!

[GTA88555]

this dudes genious.

[Maynardo665]

I just love this fucking song

[thebigbossjohn1]

este hombre es un verdadero musico no mamadas akira rules!!!

[stillonsilence]

God... 

[qwertyuiop78945612]

dude fucking rules

[Ngiulon89]

Genius,a fuckin' genius!

[romefox]

Brilliant composer, some of the most memorable music of all time!

[hassammahmoodq]

@romefox true that

[MondoPrime]

I want that jacket.

[BeholdTheHeadOfGod]

I've been a silent hill fan from silent hill's birth. Now that the music won't be in downpour i'm considering not to buy it. honestly..

[King92Kazma]

@BeholdTheHeadOfGod

Same here :/

[G0llum3000]

I really like how the dislike bar is twice the size of Justin Bieber's cock.

[Gh0stPrototype]

still leaves me speechless

[w00txDD]

i would thumb up every single comment to this video if i wasnt that lazy!

[remblade]

6 people are Pyramid Head

[Hoppit07]

His music is worth a thousand words and more, let the music do the speaking

[Shane88L]

Wouldn't be SH without this guys contribution to the series ---

[genericsavings]

F'ing Tommy Tallarico. lol

[xanps3]

akira yamaoka es la ostia

[PowerFullWolf]

The best music wath he make : Never forgive me , never forget me and soldiers orders ...

[xdiegolionheartx]

Amazing Musician

[SiLvErUnIt911]

Is he playing an Ibanez? 

[papercut32]

@SiLvErUnIt911 Jackson

[KryllKiller]

@SiLvErUnIt911 Its a Jackson

[csynn]

6 people were raped by pyramid head

[epundo3]

@csynn make that 7

[es3ls]

@csynn he got another one, seven by now! O.O

[1SH0T2K1LLS]

@csynn make that 7

[xcrabz]

@csynn now make it 7

[eileen2236]

SIN PALABRAS MEN

[blayzzzz]

Yamaoka is way cool

[Recopilatorioss]

Simplemente Precioso *O*

[DeadDisciple13]

6 people have no heart

[Viewtubeboy]

I bow to him...he's so incredible....and seeing the images of Silent Hill 2 gives me goosebumps since it's my favorite game to date. Nothing in any genre can compare

[JohnAchinsk]

Игра супер!Музыка ваще отличная!

[DenisLucky777]

Красавчик!

[ladycmcc]

excellent

[starstruckstarfuck]

Silent Hill hasn't been the same since Team Silent disbanded, now that Yamaoka has quit and isn't doing the music for Downpour, the series will NEVER be the same.

Respect to this guy for creating some of my most loved music.

[sillentdream]

favorite game

[Mekakakaka]

why doesn't he tour or do full shows or something ;_____;

[DjOliScrewed]

I WANT TO PLAY SILENT HILL 2 RIGHT NOW haha :D

[RoxaZX]

AKIRA = GOD

[Viewtubeboy]

@RoxaZX I can't like this comment enough

[PanterAmetal100]

Tommy Talarico and Akira-san on ONE STAGE!!!! I'm speechless...

[TheMrAlex22]

silent hill the best game ever

[resevil80]

He is totally owning this shit....

[9rmetal]

this dude should have his band

[sniper321w]

Where can you buy his music at?

[NecromorphGuitarist]

So, I love the Final Fantasy and Silent Hill soundtrack. I've seen what the composer to the Final Fantasy games, Nobou Uematsu I think his name is. But I've never seen Akira. I always thought he'd be an old guy lol.

[greatonenitin]

@NecromorphGuitarist Akira is 40+ :)

[PersonaBrazil]

Much of Silent Hill's success you can put on this guy's account.

Always great soundtrack.

[ventor11225]

SIlent Hill and Shadow of the Colossus i think tie for the best video game music.

[Blackluffy]

Una canción única, ojalá suban más videos y con mejor calidad.

[JapaneseAnimationMan]

video game music is underrated...this beats alot of that mainstream crap we have now adays.

[XoXBremenDruid]

@JapaneseAnimationMan I completely agree, I actually spend most of my time listening to video game soundtracks. Good stuff!

[OmegaJoe7]

A story about self realization, terror, and the basests fears all of us have in our hearts. Its ultimatley what every silent hill is about, dominating and conquering our fears. I think this song does a great job of telling just that.

[Haestackaawittoo]

This..gonna cry every time..this takes people to places never seen in real life..and yet so beautiful..and dangerous..but as we know..theres beauty in danger and danger in beauty..darkness is safe and darkness is strange..darkness in you and darkness in me, sometimes seen, sometimes feared..we are alive..when dead..

(this actually just came out in about a minute when listening to the song..i wonder from where..or who..i dont do poetry ar deep stuff usually..)

[yassine4d]

2 is the best silent hill ever

[XxArkhamxAsylumxX]

they didnt replace akira. Akira was hired to work on Shadows of the Damned so he obviously couldnt work on Silent Hill Downpour if he is working on SotD.

[METAL4EVER0]

@XxArkhamxAsylumxX good point, so can we say that 'maybe' akira will continue working on SH series after done working on shadows of the damned ?

[venster2006]

@METAL4EVER0 i sure hope so. Akira's been the heart and soul of silent hill. Him leaving makes me feel like its just not the same anymore

[lordcycle]

@venster2006 I'm sure after downpour flops because of korn doing the music konami will be begging akira to come back. anyways akira said in an interview that if konami asks him to work on a silent hill game again he would do it.

[vbshinra]

@METAL4EVER0

He left konami, he's is actually working for GHM

[artcellrox]

@METAL4EVER0 I wouldn't count on it too much. Thing is, it's not just SotD. Yamaoka-san is now a part of Grasshopper Manufacture, as much as Suda himself. Hell, Grasshopper is currently working on their next game: Rebuild of Evangelion Sound Impact, a rhythm game for the PSP based on the new series of Evangelion movies, with songs from the series being remixed by Yamaoka.

That's what's current, though.

[zachthezombie]

@XxArkhamxAsylumxX no dude he left konami

[King92Kazma]

He's a Legend....

His Songs are so Poewerful...

not just because of the Amazing Guitar Sequences from this Theme of Laura...

Just because.....because its AKIRA !! **__**

[TTUsucks88]

These beautiful scores made the Silent Hill series unlike any other in terms of depth and meaning.

[onthemaper]

silent hill woldnt be the same without this master!!

[kojinmalia]

I'm so tired with this "orchestra with rock band" trend, violins are fucking boring and ruins it... If he played with just 2 other guy it'd been perfect!

[141RoachSanderson]

Хахаха ЛоЛоЛо ну и причесон хДДД

[farmaceutka007]

I love music Silent Hill <3

[LILA4321]

ah no maaa lloro si estoy alli XD

[TheMutator]

he is a beast of a composer

[Misteve101]

i would have given an arm and a leg to see this XD

[gunsnroses78963]

These two songs are what got me to pick up a guitar in the first place. I owe it to Yamaoka

[Lagash1973]

Just can say WOW!Akira san is a pure genius!This music always touched me,since I saw the first trailer of this masterpiece!God bless you,Yamaoka!

And for those few ones who disliked surely they are presumptuous guitarist.....anyway,go get a soul!

[Lagash1973]

Just can say WOW!Akira san is a pure genius!This music always touched me,since I saw the first trailer of this masterpiece!God bless you,Yamaoka!

And for those few ones who disliked surely they are presumptuous guitarist.....anyway,go get a soul!

[xbreakthehabitx]

are there any tabs for this version? its different, not the promise part, but in the beginning of the theme of laura part, its different from the acoustic version, because i think the acoustic version needs 2 guitars to be played... are there any tabs for this version?? i love this one too

[hellven89]

@xbreakthehabitx

yes, I made a video of me playing Theme of Laura, I also found the tab different so I took time listen, combine the tabs, or wrote down a new version, which, I think, is rather close to the song and it's made for acoustic main 2 guitar, check my vids, I believe I named them "my playing Theme of Laura" and "Theme of Laura guitar pro tab" >:D

[chaconmaster]

buenisimo

[jdogg781517]

OMG I GOT CHILLS!

[ngsoftwork]

Love his music !!

[Amalekites]

He's so awesome! =)

[benilable]

@d3sire4fire sorry...its not personal...I just had a bad day @ work that day,lol......

[benilable]

first minute and a half is a fucking nightmare...stupid fucking idiots who looove to hear their own voice, just shut the fuck up and let the man play his music!!!-_-

[SoIiIoquy]

The Theme of Laura: Akira Yamaoka's magnum opus?

[seb666fuckers]

@SoIiIoquy

as a rock track i would say yes , this one with the "silent hill main theme" and "you're not here" ("promise" is alsoreally great ) . But i love the ambient stuff from silent hill too i just can't pick up only one song .

[BattousaiHimura03]

@007gazster For "Promise" he uses a CHORUS effect... and for the "Theme of Laura" looks like he's using Overdrive; and of course, his Ibanez guitar sounds awesome!!!

[NiKOb13]

I would so defintily love to see him live... Man ! He's more then awesome !

[phazonmangowarlord]

@007gazster dude where did you get theme of laura tab!?! can i have a copy? i have seen some, but if yours is relyable, would u email a copy? thanks alot!!

[phazonmangowarlord]

akira yamaoka......such a genious!! i like his jackson guitar!! but didnt the song start with promise, then turn into theme of laura? sweet!! fav songs!!

[bfe456]

Yanaoka sensei you have now permission to make me love

[dubconcrete]

he is a genius... from the cinematic scores for Silent Hill to the wacky pop music for Bemani series

[bobombthekoopa]

this is amazing.he plays it exactley like the cd version

[RamiRomz]

too bad they replaced him with i don't even know his name!

[bobombthekoopa]

@RamiRomz they didnt replace,they couldnt.if they purposefully replaced him they know the profits would go down.its not a benificial idea for money making.akira must have retired,maybe moved on.hopeing to see him in games in the future,but thats probobly unlikely.

[LevitanLv]

genius

[MrJenssen]

Who in the WORLD would thumb this down?

[G0llum3000]

1:20 to skip the talking

[saygisizz]

akira senseeeeeeeiiiiiii *_*

[kamieniecka14]

Great game, great music

[secondwizard117]

i was listeningto the Play! version ofthis here on youtube, but i have to say i like this version better, its a little less ffast paced than the other one, and i guess it just seems to have a little bit more feeling in it than the Play! version, i like Play!'s version a lot, but i just happen to like this one a little more, at least onceit gets past the suit guy talking lolz

[20mantis08]

great.

[CrowNest]

His music always reminds me of many things. It's melancholic, but energetic at the same time.

[Maokot]

WTF? why people so quite ? hey pplz u r not seeing a god every day so make some noise =DD

[dano555666]

Someone get that suit off the stage, it's delaying a god from appearing to us with his shining chrome pickup light.

[tallyhoman911]

epicness

[doctorTkila]

epic..!!!!! thanks for this video...!

[themoongear]

hats off

[ManhwaFan]

Would have been better without the voice fill-in in my opinion.

[thethaidragon]

I wish this was on the Video Games Live Vol 2 DVD.

[ZeolotPower]

Akira-san is simply the BEST )

[WaffleCore87]

What a wonderful soul he is!

[silenthillorigin]

i always thought akira was a girl

[Sn1cK3Rs1]

its like he tells stories through his music

[rinothebouncer]

@Sn1cK3Rs1 eXACTLy

[TwilightBinder]

Five bucks says that's Akira is a Megadeth fan (marty friedman era)

[michaelcarlos]

LEGEND , NO MORE WORDS

[TheBravethunder]

OMFGOMFGOMFGOMFG JAAAAAAAAAAAMESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS­SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

I

Love

Akira's

Work. He is a legend, he deserves an award or a knighthood, he has composed THE best music I have ever seen. It is because of him I got into Silent Hill!

Enough Said.

[colombiatm]

he should be recognize as a legend!!!

[MrRoyalKiller21]

Nothing is better than Sh 1,2,3 except its music,nothing is ever better than Akira,and wihout akira ,it minus a lot of hope from me for Sh,wish its next game's music is also good(at least the theme)

but i think it won't be more...colourful like it was,every place...can't replace the 1,2,3...

[ArtilleRo2786]

Este hombre es un genio,gran parte de lo ke es silent hill es gracias a este hombre.

[matsuoka23]

Until now.... there isnt a better horror game than silent hill 2... even with ps3 generation...

[puchenyaka]

akira is silent hill

silent hill is akira

akira left silent hill project

silent hill has died...

[puchenyaka]

fucking great!!!!

[ilv244]

I want to see him play In Monochrome Night. No has an upload on YouTube?

[eli0h]

@ilv244 Breeze In Monochrome Night, The best song of SH3 OST!!!

I wanna see it too!!!!!

[ilv244]

@eli0h It really is. I'm still searching...

[legendofzeldas]

2:45

at that exact moment i joygasmed

[1988yilinjin]

WoW

[RinLockhart]

5 years of my life are devoted to his music.

Thank you, Akira-san.

[Flippyguile]

I'm waiting for Shadows of the Damned to see his madnessful compositions. *_*

[Flippyguile]

I'm waiting for Shadows of the Damned to see his madnessful compositions. *_*

[darkjos]

jizz....in.....my .......pants

[Spooce199]

Which Silent Hill Games did he compose for, I only really know the tracks from Silent Hill 2 and they're genius :)

[nathanialbenton1]

@Spooce199 As far as I can recall, he's composed for them all.