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Jo Yeong-wook
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Jo Yeong-wook (born in 1962) is the regular musical partner of director Park Chan-wook. For Oldboy (2003) he worked with a small team of composers. The music is strikingly classical in form: waltzes and string pieces that give the violence on screen a tragic, almost operatic charge. Most of the cues are named after old films, often films noirs. For the vampire film Bakjwi (2009) he won the Blue Dragon Award for best film music, and for Ah-ga-ssi (2016) he wrote an elegant, European-sounding score for a story set in Korea under Japanese rule. He shows how Korean cinema uses Western classical forms.
Listening
The Last Waltz · Jo Yeong-wook, 2003
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (친절한 금자씨) · Jo Yeong-wook, 2005
Leave · Jo Yeong-wook, 2024
Discography
Studio albums
- 2003Oldboy (soundtrack)
- 2005친절한 금자씨 (soundtrack)
- 2006친절한 금자씨 (soundtrack)
- 2006친절한 금자씨 (soundtrack)
- 2009Thirst (soundtrack)
- 2015신세계 (New World) (soundtrack)
- 2016친절한 금자씨 (soundtrack)
- 2017A Taxi Driver (soundtrack)
- 2020The Little Drummer Girl (soundtrack)
- 2020The Man Standing Next (soundtrack)
- 2022Decision to Leave (soundtrack)
- 2023Innocent Witness: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2024The Sympathizer: Soundtrack from the HBO® Original Series (soundtrack)
- 2024Uprising: Soundtrack from the Netflix Film (soundtrack)
- 2025Harbin (soundtrack)
- 2025Hear Me: Our Summer (soundtrack)
- 2025Nine Puzzles (soundtrack)
- 2025Revolver (soundtrack)
- 2026I Want U (soundtrack)
- 2026Made in Korea Season 1: Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2026Made in Korea Season 2: Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2026No Other Choice: Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
Other work
- 2003Oldeuboi
- 2009Bakjwi
- 2016Ah-ga-ssi
In School of Rock
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- Film Music MapNL Map
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 6NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Korean New Wave Genre
In Oldeuboi (2003), waltzes and strings from the team of the composer Jo Yeong-wook accompany violence and revenge, so that the scenes become almost balletic.