Yoshihide Otomo
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- August 1, 1959, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Movies
- 10
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2022 | Whereabouts of Sound | Self |
| 2022 | The Unnameable Dance | Self |
| 2016 | Mother, I've Pretty Much Forgotten Your Face | Self |
| 2012 | Amplified Gesture | Self |
| 2011 | We Don't Care About Music Anyway | Self |
| 2009 | Kikoe | Self |
| 2007 | Muhlifein | Himself |
| 2006 | AA | Self |
| 2004 | Nor Noise | Self |
| 1995 | Revolutionary Pekinese Opera, Tokyo 1995: Unofficial Live Video |
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