Yoshihide Otomo
Known for Sound · 10 credits
- Born
- 1959-08-01 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Also known as
- Yoshihide Ohtomo · Yoshihide Ôtomo · 大友 良英 · Yoshihide Otomo · 大友良英
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
Movies (10)
The Unnameable Dance
2022
as Self
AA
2006
as Self
Kikoe
2009
as Self
We Don't Care About Music Anyway
2011
as Self
Whereabouts of Sound
2022
as Self
Nor Noise
2004
as Self
Mother, I've Pretty Much Forgotten Your Face
2016
as Self
Muhlifein
2007
as Himself
Amplified Gesture
2012
as Self
Revolutionary Pekinese Opera, Tokyo 1995: Unofficial Live Video
1995
About Yoshihide Otomo
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… With 10 credits spanning from 1995 to 2022, Yoshihide Otomo has appeared in 10 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Yoshihide Otomo Movies
- The Unnameable Dance (2022) — as Self
- AA (2006) — as Self
- Kikoe (2009) — as Self
- We Don't Care About Music Anyway (2011) — as Self
- Whereabouts of Sound (2022) — as Self
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