Kim Tae-seong (composer)

Kim Tae-seong
Born (1979-08-04) August 4, 1979 (age 45)
South Korea
Occupation(s)Composer, music director
Years active2002–present
Websitekimtaeseong-studio.com
Korean name
Hangul
김태성
Revised RomanizationGim Tae-seong
McCune–ReischauerKim T'aesŏng

Kim Tae-seong (born August 4, 1979)[1] is a South Korean film and television composer.[2] His credits include the films Crossing (2008), War of the Arrows (2011), The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014), 1987: When the Day Comes (2017), Extreme Job (2019), Space Sweepers (2021), The Roundup (2022) and the television series Emergency Couple (2014), Squad 38 (2016), Bad Guys 2 (2017), The Guest (2018) and My Liberation Notes (2022).[3]

Filmography

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Short film

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Year Title Notes
2002 It Was Raining (2002; short film)
2003 The Girl With Red Shoes (2003; short film)
My Daddy (2003; short film)
2004 Her Earring (2004; featurette)
A Grand Day Out (2004; featurette)
2005 Goodbye (2005; featurette)
Waiting for Youngjae (2005; short film)
HD209458b (2005; featurette)
Slowly (2005; short film)
2006 No Sympathy (2006; short film)
Monologue #1 (2006; short film)
Screw-driver (2006; short film)
Son's (2006; short film)
2007 Enemy's Apple (2007; short film)
Their Familiar Date (2007; short film)
Lost (2007; short film)
Waiting (2007; short film)
Thank You (2007; short film)
2008 Trend Of This Fall (2008; short film)
Hey, Tom (2008; short film)
I Hope To Be Cloud! (2008; short film)
The Great Player (2009; short film)
The Newly Coming Seasons (2009; short film)
2010 Dart (2010; short film)
2015 Hunting (2015; short film)

Feature film

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Feature film credit[4]
Year Title Role
Music Music Dept. Other
2004 Au Revoir, UFO Yes Yes NA
2005 The Red Shoes Yes Sound Dept.
Duelist Trailer
Bee Season
Haan
2006 One Shining Day Yes Sound
A Millionaire's First Love
2008 A Tale of Legendary Libido
Crossing
The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan
Lovers
2009 More than Blue Piano
2010 Bedevilled
Eighteen
Cyrano Agency Orchestra Arranged
Come, Closer Composition arrangement
2011 Officer of the Year Sound Dept.
S.I.U. Sound Dept.
War of the Arrows
Perfect Game (2011) Sound Dept.
2012 As One
The Grand Heist
Ghost Sweepers Music by
Wonderful Radio Yes
The Tower Yes Music Compose
Cheer Up Mr. Lee Yes The ending guitar song
Composing the ending song
2013 The Flu Yes
Steel Cold Winter
Black Gospel
It's Time to Love
Han Gong-ju
2014 Innocent Thing
Apostle
Bad Sister
A Midsummer's Fantasia Yes
The Admiral: Roaring Currents Yes
2015 Granny's Got Talent
Twenty
Office
The Priests
The Sound of a Flower
2016 Mood of the Day
Phantom Detective
The Hunt
Familyhood
My Annoying Brother
  • Music Director
  • Composed
  • Arranged
  • String Arranged
  • Programming
  • Mixed
2017 The King's Case Note
Fabricated City
Steel Rain
1987: When the Day Comes
Need for Speed: Edge (2017; video game)
2018 Be-Bop-A-Lula
Golden Slumber
What a Man Wants
Sovereign Default
2019 Extreme Job
Svaha: The Sixth Finger
Idol
2021 Space Sweepers
Miracle: Letters to the President
I Want to Know Your Parents
2022 The Roundup
2024 Exhuma

Television series

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Year Title Notes
2014 Emergency Couple
2016 Squad 38
2017 Bad Guys 2
2018 The Guest
2018–19 Sky Castle
2019 Watcher
Be Melodramatic
2020 Money Game
2021 L.U.C.A.: The Beginning
Law School
Nevertheless
Yumi's Cells
Inspector Koo
Happiness
2021–22 Snowdrop
2022 Juvenile Justice
My Liberation Notes
Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area
2023 Behind Your Touch
Arthdal Chronicles 2
Gyeongseong Creature S1-2
Vigilante Web series
Decoy
A Bloody Lucky Day
2024 Chicken Nugget
Hierarchy
Mr. Plankton

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2008 28th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best Music Crossing Won
16th Chunsa Film Art Awards Won
2010 31st Blue Dragon Film Awards Cyrano Agency Nominated
2011 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards War of the Arrows Nominated
2014 23rd Buil Film Awards The Admiral: Roaring Currents Nominated
35th Blue Dragon Film Awards Nominated
51st Grand Bell Awards Nominated
2016 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards The Priests Nominated [5]
2018 14th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival JIMFF OST 1987: When the Day Comes Won [6]
27th Buil Film Awards Best Music Nominated [7]
55th Grand Bell Awards Nominated [8]
38th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Won [9]
2021 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards Miracle: Letters to the President Nominated [10]

References

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  1. ^ "김태성". Naver (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  2. ^ "Composer KIM Tae-seong". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  3. ^ "KIM Tae-seong". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  4. ^ "KMDb - 한국영화데이터베이스". Korean Movie Database. Archived from the original on 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  5. ^ "'내부자들', 청룡영화상 작품상..이병헌·김민희 남녀주연상(종합)". Archived from the original on 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  6. ^ "JIMFF 어워즈 성황리 개최". inews365 (in Korean). 12 August 2018. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  7. ^ "27th Buil Film Awards". Buil Film Awards. October 2018. Archived from the original on 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  8. ^ "제55회 대종상, 각 부문 후보 공개…'공작' 12개 최다부문 노미네이트". Sports Seoul (in Korean). Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  9. ^ "[공식]이성민·한지민 '영평상' 남녀주연상…'1987' 작품상". Sports Chosun (in Korean). October 22, 2018. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  10. ^ Park Jae-hwan (November 1, 2021). "제42회 청룡영화상 후보작 발표 '모가디슈', '자산어보', '승리호' 경합" [42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards Nominations Announced Competition for 'Mogadishu', 'Jasaneobo' and 'Seungriho']. Korean Broadcasting System (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on October 15, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
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