Yoshihide Otomo
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- August 1, 1959 (age 67)
- Birthplace
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Biography
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
Filmography
NABETAMA: Getting Shots on a Frying Pan
TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep
Street Kingdom: Make your own sound.
Movie · Original Music Composer
Almost Home
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rosanjin's Stove
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
Escape
Movie · Original Music Composer
BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues
Movie · Original Music Composer
After the Quake
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hokusai's Daughter
Movie · Original Music Composer
I Swear
Movie · Original Music Composer
After the Quake
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
City Hunter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gewalt no Mori - Kare ha Waseda de shinda
Movie · Original Music Composer
All Lives
Movie · Original Music Composer
REVOLUTION+1
Movie · Original Music Composer
Goodbye Hoyaman
Movie · Music
We're Broke, My Lord!
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Town Without Seasons
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps
Tokumei!
TV · Original Music Composer · 11 eps
Inu-Oh
Movie · Original Music Composer
Noise
Movie · Original Music Composer
You've Got A Friend
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Zen Diary
Movie · Original Music Composer
LUPIN ZERO
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Shimobee
TV · Original Music Composer · 8 eps
Elpis
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps
Whiplash of the Dead
Movie · Original Music Composer
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
Movie · Original Music Composer
Backlight
Movie · Original Music Composer
Olympiad Tokyo Kasumigaoka Public Apartments
Movie · Original Music Composer
Keep Rolling
Movie · Original Music Composer
Taro the Fool
Movie · Original Music Composer
When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
Movie · Original Music Composer
Beneath the Shadow
Movie · Original Music Composer
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
TV · Original Music Composer · 47 eps
Magi: The Tensho Boys' Embassy
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
Movie · Original Music Composer
Moon and Thunder
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Fall of Icarus: Narita Stories
Movie · Original Music Composer
Izakaya Fuji
TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps
Time to Dance
Movie · Music
The Actor
Movie · Original Music Composer
Artist of Fasting
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hana-Dama: Phantom
Movie · Original Music Composer
Utenai Keikan
TV · Music · 5 eps
Hokusotan 2015 (Action Direct)
Movie · Original Music Composer
Piece of Cake
Movie · Original Music Composer
Orange
Movie · Original Music Composer
Journey to the Shore
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories
Movie · Original Music Composer
One for All, All for One
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hana-Dama
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Long Goodbye
TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps
Asunaro Sanzan Nana Byoushi
TV · Original Music Composer · 9 eps
Yellow Elephant
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bozo
Movie · Music
Suzuki Sensei
Movie · Original Music Composer
Passion
Movie · Original Music Composer
Amachan
TV · Original Music Composer · 157 eps
OLO, the Boy from Tibet
Movie · Music
The Town's Children
Movie · Music
Suzuki Sensei
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps
A Crowd of Three
Movie · Music
Abraxas
Movie · Music
Tokyo Island
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le revenant
Movie · Music
Kaidan Horror Classics
TV · Music · 1 ep
Oh, My Buddha!
Movie · Music
Bare Essence of Life
Movie · Music
Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War
Movie · Music
Prisoner/Terrorist
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Sister, My Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Angel's Egg
Movie · Music
Dark Room Filled with Light
Movie · Sound
KOCHAB
Movie · Music
Heart, Beating in the Dark
Movie · Music
Canary
Movie · Music
Rampo Noir
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mind and Body
Movie · Original Music Composer
Déracine
Movie · Original Music Composer
Blue
Movie · Music
Jump
Movie · Music
Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp
Movie · Music
Iden & Tity
Movie · Original Music Composer
Concent
Movie · Original Music Composer
Kai-On
Movie · Music
Sorry
Movie · Original Music Composer
Scanning of Modulations
Movie · Music
Kaza-hana
Movie · Original Music Composer
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
Movie · Music
Tokyo Elegy
Movie · Music
Dead Beat
Movie · Original Music Composer
Soft Skin
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wait and See
Movie · Music
TRANSIT ANARCHY
Movie · Music
pierce LOVE&HATE
Movie · Original Music Composer
Kitchen
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Sun Has Ears
Movie · Music
Hu-Du-Men
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Stunt Woman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Summer Snow
Movie · Original Music Composer
Postman
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Blue Kite
Movie · Music
Evil Dream
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Day the Sun Turned Cold
Movie · Original Music Composer
KICKS
Movie · Music
ZERO HOUR
Movie · Music
EXIT-B9
Movie · Music