The Sunny soundtrack includes songs by Araki Ichiro, The Platters and The Majors. This info article contains composer and music supervisor details for Katie Robbins’ Apple TV+ series. Visit the Soundtracks of Television section for more soundtrack song time codes and track listings.

Sunny stars Rashida Jones as Suzie, an American widow living in Kyoto, Japan. Hidetoshi Nishijima co-stars as Masa Sakamoto, the protagonist’s mysterious husband who disappears after a plane crash. The storyline follow Suzie as she learns about Kyoto’s dark underworld while communicating with a customized robot. Composer Daniel Hart (The Old Man & the Gun) scored the Apple TV+ series; music supervisor Matt Biffa (Hacks) handled the featured needle-drops. In addition, Mari Atsumi recorded the theme music, “Sukiyo Aishite.”  Here’s every song in Sunny, an adaptation of Colin O’Sullivan’s 2018 novel The Dark Manual.

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• “Blue Christmas” by Izumi Yukimura (00:01): An interior scene begins. The Sunny soundtrack song plays as Suzie eats a cookie. She thinks about her missing husband and son.
• “Itoshi No Max” by Araki Ichiro (00:18): Suzie arrives at a holiday party. Music plays from a speaker system. Suzie wears a burgundy outfit.
• “Christmas Swingalong (1)” by Alan Moorhouse (00:20): A holiday party sequence continues. Suzie walks down a short staircase. She turns left and stops a door from closing.
• “Hitori Bocchi No Futari” by Kyu Sakamoto (00:23): Suzie visits a bar. The Sunny soundtrack song plays from the speaker system. Suzie meets Mixxy (Annie the Clumsy) for the first time.
• “The Great Pretender” by The Platters (00:26): A bar sequence continues. Mixxy inquires about Suzie’s background. The characters both identify the track as their “favorite song.”
• “Happy Birthday to You” by Traditional (00:32): The tune is featured during an interior scene. Suzie watches home video footage. She celebrates her son’s birthday in the clip.
• “Blue Blue Day” by Don Gibson (00:33): The Sunny music scores the episode’s end credits.

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• “修羅の花(東宝映画「修羅雪姫」より) ” by Meiko Kaji (00:12): Suzie walks away from a conversation with Noriko (Judy Ongg). The Sunny soundtrack song continues during a transition sequence. Suzie rides a bicycle with Sunny (Joanna Sotomura).
• “Saigono Rakuen” by Haruomi Hosono (00:27): Suzie chats with Sunny. She offers her robot a drink. The track kicks in during a transition sequence as Suzie and Sunny watch a trippy video together.
• “Wonderful Dream” by The Majors (00:34): Sunny wakes up from a dream. The Sunny music scores the episode’s final moments and end credits.

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• “TBA” by TBA (00:00): The Sunny soundtrack song accompanies the opening sequence. An interior scene begins. Hime (You) says, “Mmm. Cypress?”
• “Tokyo Cachito” by Frank Nagai (00:11): Suzie and Sunny enter a bar. Music plays from the speaker system. Suzie apologizes to Mixxy.
• “But What About Me?” by Al Hazan feat. The Charmaines (00:14): A bar sequence continues. Mixxy pours a drink. Suzie complains about “robot sex and murder.”
• “Kaette Okure” by The Playboy (00:17): An exterior sequence begins. The Sunny soundtrack song plays as Suzie and Mixxy navigate a street. The characters meet up with Takumi.
• “Edo Komoriuta” by Takeshi Terauchi & Blue Jeans (00:28): Suzie attends a funeral service for Masa. She stares at Hime. The Sunny music scores the episode’s end credits.

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Sunny airs weekly on Apple TV+. New episodes premiere every Wednesday through September 4, 2024. This article about Sunny soundtrack will be updated as the series progresses.

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