| A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | 2019 | soundtrack |
| Front Row | 2018 | soundtrack |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | 2018 | soundtrack |
| Mozart in the Jungle | 2016 | soundtrack |
| Grey's Anatomy | 2016 | soundtrack |
| Captain Fantastic | 2016 | soundtrack |
| The Simpsons | 2015 | soundtrack |
| Ex Machina | 2014 | soundtrack |
| Bill W. | 2012 | soundtrack |
| American Horror Story | 2011 | soundtrack |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2011 | soundtrack |
| First Position | 2011 | soundtrack |
| Independent Lens | 2003-2011 | soundtrack |
| You Don't Know Jack | 2010 | soundtrack |
| The National Parks: America's Best Idea | 2009 | soundtrack |
| Master's Fury | 2009 | soundtrack |
| President Obama: The Inauguration | 2009 | soundtrack |
| Thirand | 2006 | soundtrack |
| Great Performances | 2004 | soundtrack |
| Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Choral Fantasy | 2003 | soundtrack |
| Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | 2003 | soundtrack |
| The Company | 2003 | soundtrack |
| Alias | 2002 | soundtrack |
| Kindergarten | 2001 | soundtrack |
| Sex and the City | 2001 | soundtrack |
| Hush! | 2001 | soundtrack |
| De zee die denkt | 2000 | soundtrack |
| The West Wing | 2000 | soundtrack |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 2000 | soundtrack |
| You Can Count on Me | 2000 | soundtrack |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley | 1999 | soundtrack |
| The Horse Whisperer | 1998 | soundtrack |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | 1998 | soundtrack |
| Liberty! The American Revolution | 1997 | soundtrack |
| Bach Cello Suite #5: Struggle for Hope | 1997 | soundtrack |
| Bach Cello Suite #6: Six Gestures | 1997 | soundtrack |
| Bach Cello Suite #3: Falling Down Stairs | 1997 | soundtrack |
| Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande | 1997 | soundtrack |
| Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden | 1997 | soundtrack |
| Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of Carceri | 1997 | soundtrack |
| The Tango Lesson | 1997 | soundtrack |
| Mission: Impossible | 1996 | soundtrack |
| Before Sunrise | 1995 | soundtrack |
| Immortal Beloved | 1994 | soundtrack |
| Another Woman | 1988 | soundtrack |
| The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble | 2015 | music_department |
| The Prophet | 2014 | music_department |
| Live From Lincoln Center | 2013 | music_department |
| Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story | 2010 | music_department |
| The National Parks: America's Best Idea | 2009 | music_department |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | 2005 | music_department |
| Suburban Symphony | 2004 | music_department |
| Great Performances | 2004 | music_department |
| Nova | 2003 | music_department |
| Naqoyqatsi | 2002 | music_department |
| Hush! | 2001 | music_department |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 2000 | music_department |
| Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach | 1997 | music_department |
| Seven Years in Tibet | 1997 | music_department |
| Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach | | writer |
| The Simpsons | 2015 | actor |
| The West Wing | 2000 | actor |
| Frasier | 1999 | actor |
| Grce la musique | 1979 | actor |
| Black Lights White Shadows | 1986 | composer |
| The Burning Child | 2019 | miscellaneous |
| Knowledge Is the Beginning | 2005 | thanks |
| PBS NewsHour | 2019 | self |
| BBC Weekend News | 2018 | self |
| Poetry in America with Elisa New | 2018 | self |
| Mister Rogers: It's You I Like | 2018 | self |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | 2018 | self |
| Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach | 2017 | self |
| We Are Washington | 2017 | self |
| Ascending Bird | 2017 | self |
| Ken Burns: America's Storyteller | 2017 | self |
| Robert Shaw: Man of Many Voices | 2016 | self |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | 2016 | self |
| The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors | 2015 | self |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2015 | self |
| Live with Kelly and Ryan | 2015 | self |
| Weekend Today | 2015 | self |
| The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble | 2015 | self |
| BBC Proms | 2015 | self |
| Yo-Yo Ma with the LA Phil | 2014 | self |
| Blue Gold: American Jeans | 2014 | self |
| Charlie Rose | 1995-2013 | self |
| Great Performances | 2003-2012 | self |
| Gustavo Dudamel & Yo-Yo Ma | 2012 | self |
| The American Academy of Arts and Sciences: The Heart of the Matter | 2012 | self |
| The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live | 2012 | self |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2011 | self |
| Huckabee | 2011 | self |
| Tavis Smiley | 2008-2011 | self |
| The Colbert Report | 2008-2011 | self |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2006-2011 | self |
| 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero, Tenth Anniverary | 2011 | self |
| Yo-Yo Ma & Plcido Domingo | 2011 | self |
| Extraordinary Minds: Yo-Yo Ma | 2011 | self |
| How to Grow a Band | 2011 | self |
| Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. | 2010 | self |
| Chris Botti in Boston | 2009 | self |
| The Music Instinct | 2009 | self |
| The Inauguration of Barack Obama on CNN | 2009 | self |
| President Obama: The Inauguration | 2009 | self |
| Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace | 2008 | self |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2007 | self |
| The Music of 'Memoirs' | 2006 | self |
| Nobel Peace Prize Concert | 2005 | self |
| Great Conversations in Music | 2005 | self |
| The 77th Annual Academy Awards | 2005 | self |
| Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Choral Fantasy | 2003 | self |
| Die Harald Schmidt Show | 2003 | self |
| The 45th Annual Grammy Awards | 2003 | self |
| Arthur | 1999-2002 | self |
| Multiple Identities: Encounters with Daniel Barenboim | 2002 | self |
| Good Morning America | 2002 | self |
| XIX Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony | 2002 | self |
| A Centennial Toast to Symphony Hall | 2002 | self |
| Classic Yo-Yo Ma | 2001 | self |
| The Early Show | 2001 | self |
| American Masters | 2000 | self |
| 60 Minutes | 2000 | self |
| Mark Morris Dance Group: A Dance Center in Brooklyn | 1998 | self |
| Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | 1985-1998 | self |
| Warrior Songs: King Gesar | 1997 | self |
| Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach | 1997 | self |
| Bach Cello Suite #5: Struggle for Hope | 1997 | self |
| Bach Cello Suite #6: Six Gestures | 1997 | self |
| Bach Cello Suite #3: Falling Down Stairs | 1997 | self |
| Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande | 1997 | self |
| Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden | 1997 | self |
| Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of Carceri | 1997 | self |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 1997 | self |
| Marsalis on Music | 1995 | self |
| Isaac Stern: A Life - A Biography in Music | 1993 | self |
| Sesame Street | 1988-1993 | self |
| An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration | 1993 | self |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1992 | self |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1964-1992 | self |
| Carnegie Hall at 100: A Place of Dreams | 1991 | self |
| Carnegie Hall: Live at 100 | 1990 | self |
| Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad | 1990 | self |
| Live From Lincoln Center | 1990 | self |
| Presidential Inaugural Gala | 1989 | self |
| Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening | 1987 | self |
| Le grand chiquier | 1986 | self |
| Liberty Weekend | 1986 | self |
| Ozawa | 1985 | self |
| Grce la musique | 1979 | self |
| Front Row | 2018 | archive_footage |
| Jeopardy! | 2010 | archive_footage |
| 60 Minutes | 2000 | archive_footage |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1992 | archive_footage |
| Grce la musique | 1982 | archive_footage |
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