Yoshihide Otomo
Sound
Otomo Yoshihide (大友 良英, Otomo Yoshihide, born 1 August 1959) is a Japanese composer and multi-instrumentalist known for his work in experimental music, free improvisation, and film scoring. Emerging in the 1990s as the leader of the experimental group Ground Zero, he became an influential figure in avant-garde and electroacoustic improvisation. Otomo has built an extensive career as a composer for film and television, contributing music to dozens of projects across Asia and beyond. His early film work includes The Blue Kite (1993), The Day the Sun Turned Cold (1994), and Blue (2002), with the reception of his 1994 score helping establish his reputation in cinema. His most widely recognized work is the soundtrack for the NHK television drama Amachan (2013), which became a major commercial success, reaching No. 5 on the Oricon Albums Chart and earning him the Japan Record Award. Beyond music, he is also known for founding Project FUKUSHIMA! following the 2011 earthquake, for which he received the Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts in 2012.
Known for
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movieStreet Kingdom: Make your own sound.
2026
Original Music Composer
tvRosanjin's Stove
2026
Original Music Composer
movieHokusai's Daughter
2025
Original Music Composer
movieAfter the Quake
2025
Original Music Composer
movieI Swear
2025
Original Music Composer
tvAfter the Quake
2025
Original Music Composer
movieBAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues
2025
Original Music Composer
movieEscape
2025
Original Music Composer
movieGewalt no Mori - Kare ha Waseda de shinda
2024
Original Music Composer
movieAll Lives
2024
Original Music Composer
movieCity Hunter
2024
Original Music Composer
tvTokumei!
2023
Original Music Composer
tvA Town Without Seasons
2023
Original Music Composer
movieWe're Broke, My Lord!
2023
Original Music Composer
movieREVOLUTION+1
2023
Original Music Composer
tvLUPIN ZERO
2022
Original Music Composer
movieThe Zen Diary
2022
Original Music Composer
tvElpis
2022
Original Music Composer
movieInu-Oh
2022
Original Music Composer
movieYou've Got A Friend
2022
Original Music Composer
movieNoise
2022
Original Music Composer
tvShimobee
2022
Original Music Composer
movieOlympiad Tokyo Kasumigaoka Public Apartments
2021
Original Music Composer
movieBacklight
2021
Original Music Composer
movieWhiplash of the Dead
2021
Original Music Composer
movieWe Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021
Original Music Composer
movieKeep Rolling
2020
Original Music Composer
movieBeneath the Shadow
2019
Original Music Composer
movieTaro the Fool
2019
Original Music Composer
movieWhen My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
2019
Original Music Composer
tvMagi: The Tensho Boys' Embassy
2019
Original Music Composer
tvIdaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
2019
Original Music Composer
movieHenkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
2018
Original Music Composer
movieThe Fall of Icarus: Narita Stories
2017
Original Music Composer
movieMoon and Thunder
2017
Original Music Composer
tvIzakaya Fuji
2017
Original Music Composer
movieArtist of Fasting
2016
Original Music Composer
movieHana-Dama: Phantom
2016
Original Music Composer
movieThe Actor
2016
Original Music Composer
tvUtenai Keikan
2016
Music
movieOrange
2015
Original Music Composer
movieJourney to the Shore
2015
Original Music Composer
moviePiece of Cake
2015
Original Music Composer
movieHokusotan 2015 (Action Direct)
2015
Original Music Composer
movieThe Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories
2014
Original Music Composer
movieOne for All, All for One
2014
Original Music Composer
tvAsunaro Sanzan Nana Byoushi
2014
Original Music Composer
tvThe Long Goodbye
2014
Original Music Composer
movieHana-Dama
2014
Original Music Composer
moviePassion
2013
Original Music Composer
tvAmachan
2013
Original Music Composer
movieBozo
2013
Music
movieYellow Elephant
2013
Original Music Composer
movieSuzuki Sensei
2013
Original Music Composer
tvSuzuki Sensei
2011
Original Music Composer
movieAbraxas
2010
Music
movieTokyo Island
2010
Original Music Composer
movieLe revenant
2010
Music
movieMy Sister, My Love
2007
Original Music Composer
moviePrisoner/Terrorist
2007
Original Music Composer
movieAngel's Egg
2006
Music
movieKOCHAB
2006
Music
movieRampo Noir
2005
Original Music Composer
movieCanary
2005
Music
movieMind and Body
2004
Original Music Composer
movieDéracine
2004
Original Music Composer
movieJump
2003
Music
movieBlue
2003
Music
movieIden & Tity
2003
Original Music Composer
movieSorry
2002
Original Music Composer
movieKai-On
2002
Music
movieConcent
2002
Original Music Composer
movieKaza-hana
2001
Original Music Composer
movieTokyo Elegy
1999
Music
movieDead Beat
1999
Original Music Composer
movieSoft Skin
1998
Original Music Composer
movieKitchen
1997
Original Music Composer
moviepierce LOVE&HATE
1997
Original Music Composer
movieThe Stunt Woman
1996
Original Music Composer
movieHu-Du-Men
1996
Original Music Composer
movieSummer Snow
1995
Original Music Composer
moviePostman
1995
Original Music Composer
movieThe Day the Sun Turned Cold
1994
Original Music Composer
movieEvil Dream
1994
Original Music Composer
KICKS
1991
Music
movieZERO HOUR
1991
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