Topic: Silent Hill Composer and Producer Joins Grasshopper Manufacture

[NWR_pap64]

The Silent Hill luminary will be working with Suda51 at Grasshopper Manufacture.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=21116

 Akira Yamaoka, composer and producer of Konami's Silent Hill series, announced that he has joined Goichi "Suda51" Suda's development house Grasshopper Manufacture.    

After Suda51 heard that Yamaoka would be leaving Konami after more than a decade , he approached him to join his studio, which is known for Killer 7 and No More Heroes.    

"I really love Yamaoka," explains Suda. "Ever since I saw a video of Silent Hill 2 at the Tokyo Game Show nine years ago, I've always dreamed of working alongside him. That's why I thought I'd invite him over when I started hearing rumors that he left [Konami]."    

It is expected that Yamaoka will lend his talents to the survival horror project Suda has with EA, first confirmed to be in development late 2008. Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami will also collaborate on the project.

[Dirk Temporo]

As a composer I don't really care, because Masafumi Takada is perfect for Grasshopper as far as I'm concerned, but his experience as a producer could come in handy.

[pyrokamileon]

Ok I'm torn...  As a Nintendo fan I've had the luxury of being front row and center to Suda 51's rise to stardom, I love his team's works so far and I eagerly await anything that they plan to work on in the future.  But Silent Hill is one of my favorite games to date.  I'm psyched to hear the Yamaoka is joining Grasshopper Manufacture, but that means that any new Silent Hill entries will not necessarily be created with him having some integral part in it's genesis!  That really sucks!  *sigh* oh well, here's hoping they can hire him on to at least work with Climax (or who ever handles future SH games) when they need him, I never heard of him working on any other Konami franchise now that I think of it.