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.
Sound 103
2020s
- 2026
Almost Home
Original Music Composer
Street Kingdom: Make your own sound.
Original Music Composer
Rosanjin's Stove
Original Music Composer
- 2025
I Swear
Original Music Composer
BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues
Original Music Composer
Escape
Original Music Composer
- 2024
Gewalt no Mori - Kare ha Waseda de shinda
Original Music Composer
- 2023
REVOLUTION+1
Original Music Composer
- 2022
Elpis
Original Music Composer
You've Got A Friend
Original Music Composer
Noise
Original Music Composer
Shimobee
Original Music Composer
- 2021
Olympiad Tokyo Kasumigaoka Public Apartments
Original Music Composer
Backlight
Original Music Composer
Whiplash of the Dead
Original Music Composer
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Beneath the Shadow
Original Music Composer
- 2018
Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
Original Music Composer
- 2017
The Fall of Icarus: Narita Stories
Original Music Composer
Izakaya Fuji
Original Music Composer
- 2016
Time to Dance
Music
Hana-Dama: Phantom
Original Music Composer
Artist of Fasting
Original Music Composer
Utenai Keikan
Music
- 2015
Hokusotan 2015 (Action Direct)
Original Music Composer
- 2014
The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories
Original Music Composer
Asunaro Sanzan Nana Byoushi
Original Music Composer
The Long Goodbye
Original Music Composer
Hana-Dama
Original Music Composer
- 2013
Yellow Elephant
Original Music Composer
Suzuki Sensei
Original Music Composer
- 2012
OLO, the Boy from Tibet
Music
- 2011
The Town's Children
Music
- 2010
Abraxas
Music
Kaidan Horror Classics
Music
A Crowd of Three
Music
Le revenant
Music
2000s
- 2009
Bare Essence of Life
Music
- 2008
Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War
Music
- 2007
Prisoner/Terrorist
Original Music Composer
- 2006
Angel's Egg
Music
KOCHAB
Music
Dark Room Filled with Light
Sound
- 2005
Heart, Beating in the Dark
Music
Rampo Noir
Original Music Composer
Canary
Music
- 2004
Mind and Body
Original Music Composer
Déracine
Original Music Composer
- 2003
Jump
Music
Blue
Music
Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp
Music
Iden & Tity
Original Music Composer
- 2002
Sorry
Original Music Composer
Kai-On
Music
Concent
Original Music Composer
- 2001
Scanning of Modulations
Music
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
Music
1990s
- 1999
Tokyo Elegy
Music
Dead Beat
Original Music Composer
- 1998
Wait and See
Music
Soft Skin
Original Music Composer
- 1997
Kitchen
Original Music Composer
pierce LOVE&HATE
Original Music Composer
- 1996
The Stunt Woman
Original Music Composer
Hu-Du-Men
Original Music Composer
The Sun Has Ears
Music
- 1995
Summer Snow
Original Music Composer
Postman
Original Music Composer
- 1994
The Day the Sun Turned Cold
Original Music Composer
Evil Dream
Original Music Composer
The Blue Kite
Music
- 1991
ZERO HOUR
Music
Acted in 1
1990s
- 1995
Revolutionary Pekinese Opera, Tokyo 1995: Unofficial Live Video
Movie
Appearances9
2020s
- 2022
Whereabouts of Sound
Self
The Unnameable Dance
Self
2010s
- 2016
Mother, I've Pretty Much Forgotten Your Face
Self
- 2012
Amplified Gesture
Self
- 2011
We Don't Care About Music Anyway
Self
2000s
- 2009
Kikoe
Self
- 2007
Muhlifein
Himself
- 2006
AA
Self
- 2004
Nor Noise
Self