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Shim Hyun-jung

About Me


The Last Waltz in “Old Boy”. It was with this catchy tune that Shim Hyun-jung first won the recognition of the film industry and gained unprecedented popularity - this track became one of the biggest classics of Korean film music.
OLB BOY (2003)
The idea behind her film music is putting the most suitable music with the right scene in order to transmit the implicit messages of the film. A priority in scoring is the amplification of story and character, using innovative musical effects. With her solid training in classic music, she freely exploits various music styles such as electronic, jazz, and pop, in a refined combination of sounds that can be heard in such films as “Old Boy” and “Everybody Has a Secret”.
OLB BOY (2003) / EVERYBODY HAS SECRETS (2004)
With “World of Silence” and “Once in a Summer”, she shows a ripened cinematic sensibility, while keeping to her principles: making music that is relevant to the whole story and facilitating the public’s empathy and compassion towards the main characters.
WORLD OF SILENCE (2006) / ONCE IN A SUMMER (2006)
Perhaps the most striking characteristic of her music is how she seems to bring different styles together in a seamless, harmonious way. Observing her career path, that’s not surprising at all. With an undergraduate classical music composition degree under her belt, she went to New York City, the mecca of intellectual filmmaking, where she studied film music composition.
H (2002) / ARDOR (2002)
Meanwhile, she developed her own style of music compassing classical to popular music, all the while with an Asian sensitivity to Western modernity. All of this process can be attributed to her continual endeavor to discover the best way to communicate with the larger public. Naturally, she seeks for her inspirations where ordinary people breathe – and she knows just how to transform such inspirations into the type of music which touches a person’s heartstring.
SAKWA (2005)
One other thing – she doesn't like dwelling in the past. With a thirst for sharing her universe with the public, Shim Hyun-Jung aspires to extend her own boundaries from film to the theater, dance hall, concert platforms, television, video games, and beyond.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 16/07/2007
Sounds Like:
Feature Films - Score

Mother Never Die
2007, Dir. Ha Mueng-Jung
HMJ Production

World of Silence
2006, Dir. Cho Ei-Seok
LJ Film/Prime Entertainment

Once in a Summer
2006, Dir. Cho Keun-Sik
KM Cultures

Sa-kwa
San Sebastian Film Festival, 2005
San Francisco Film Festival, 2005
2005, Dir. Gang Lee-Kwan
Chungeoram Film

Everybody Has Secret
2004, Dir. Jang Hyun-Soo
Taewon Entertainment

Old Boy
Grand Jury Prize,57th Cannes Film Festival, 2004

2003, Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Show East Film Production

Feature Films - Additional Music

Ardor
2002, Dir. Pyn Young-Ju
Berlin International Film Festival, 2003
Fun & Happiness Film Production

H
2002, Dir. Lee Jong-Hyuk
Seattle International Film Festival, 2003
b.o.m Film Production

Short Films

Late Spring
2007, Dir. Hwang Won

One Late Night
Competition, 36th Tampere Int’l Short Film Festival (2006, Finland)
Dir. Kim Sun-Hee

She, flies for 8 secnods
2005, Dir. Kim Jea-Eye

Twentidentity
Sutt Da
2004, Dir. Kim Eue-Suk
20’Project for Film Academy in Seoul

Feel Good Story
First Prize & Best Actress Award, 3rd Mise-en-scène’ Genre Film Festival (2004, Korea) 2004, Dir. Lee Kyung-Mi

Come Close to Me
18th Fribourg Film Festival (2004, Switzerland)
Wide Angle, 8th Pusan Int’l Film Festival (2003, Korea)
2003, Dir. Park Un-Kyo

His son and Lover
Busan Asian Short Film Festival (2004, Korea) 2003, Dir Lee Moo-So

Aratha
Director’s Award, 1st Asiana Int’l Short Film Festival (2003, Korea)
2003, Dir. Hwang Won

Scent of April
2003, Dir. Rue Sueng-Jin

Audition
2003, Dir Lee Kyung-Mi

Understand?
2003, Dir. Park Un-Kyo

Watch Your Back
1st Mise-en-scène’ Genre Film Festival (2002, Korea)
Dir. Rho Jin-Sung

Super Glue
17th Fribourg Int'l Film Festival (2003, Switzerland)
16th Leeds Int’l Film Festival (2002, UK)
Dir. Lee Suk-Hoon

Out of Bounds
Competition, 24th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival (2002, France)
Competition, 2nd Jeonju International Film Festival (2001, Korea)
Dir. Rue Sueng-Jin

Rotation
1st Mise-en-scène’ Genre Film Festival (2002, Korea)
Jeonju International Film Festival
Dir. Rho Jin-Sung

Tune In Korea - Asian Society
2001, New York, NY
Educational ..ary

TV

Nanking Masscre - 2006
..ary TV Series (MBC)

Performing Arts

First Tango - 2001
Theater Choo , Seoul, Korea
music director/ concert

Love Letters - 2001
Dir. Lee Young-Ju
Theater Choo , Seoul, Korea
composer / play

Sleeping Man - 2000
Context Theater, New York, US
Choreographer Ryan Park, Dir. Lee Myung-Se
composer / dance performance

Unspoken - 2003,
International New Music Consortium, Assisi, Italy
ensemble

Beyond - 1999
NYU Composer’s Seminar, Low Theater, NYC ensemble

Cloud - 1997
NYU Composer’s Forum, Low Theater, NYC
dance piece
Record Label: Warner Music Korea / EMI / PonyCanyon
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

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Posted by on Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:16:00 GMT

July 29, OLD BOY screening in Berlin with Manuel Goettsching & me.

On July 29 at the theater ufaFabrik (www.ufafabrik.de) in Berlin, Germany, OLD BOY will be screened under Manuel Goettsching's (www.manuelgoettsching.com) coordination. Manuel Goettsching is the lead...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:46:00 GMT

July 26, UNDERNEATH will be played at Música Nueva Málaga Internacional

I composed a piece for ensemble orchestra, UNDERNEATH, for Música Nueva Málaga Internacional (www.musicanuevamalaga.com) which will take place at Malaga, Spain from July 18 to 27. Also i&nb...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:39:00 GMT