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- CHO Young-wuk
- Executive Producer,Music Director,
- Born in 1964, CHO Young-wuk is one of the most famous and respected film music producers in the Korean industry. A big fan of music who has been steadily building up a collection of vinyl records since elementary school, he first worked for record label Seoul Records (now Kakao M) but was also interested in film production. One day, he was asked by producer SHIM Bo-kyoung if he knew someone who could supervise the soundtrack for <The Contact> (1997), since CHO also used... expand
- Born in 1964, CHO Young-wuk is one of the most famous and respected film music producers in the Korean industry. A big fan of music who has been steadily building up a collection of vinyl records since elementary school, he first worked for record label Seoul Records (now Kakao M) but was also interested in film production. One day, he was asked by producer SHIM Bo-kyoung if he knew someone who could supervise the soundtrack for <The Contact> (1997), since CHO also used to write about film music for radio show “Cinema Music Room with Jung Eun-im”. He ended up taking on the task himself, selecting all the songs that would make up the soundtrack of this cult melodrama. It became a turning point in Korean film music, as the soundtrack was praised by many and the CD sold over 700,000 copies, proving that film music could also be a lucrative business. Having successfully entered the film industry, CHO then worked on some of the most prominent films around the turn of the century, such as KIM Jee-woon’s debut feature <The Quiet Family> (1998) and PARK Chan-wook’s breakthrough film <Joint Security Area / JSA> (2000) as well as his cult classic <Old Boy> (2003). He’s to be credited for the use of baroque music conducted by Jordi Savall in <Sympathy for Lady Vengeance> (2005), Rachmaninov’s compositions in the thriller <Blood Rain> (2004) set in the Joseon Dynasty, and the mix of classical music with old Korean and American pop songs in <The Classic> (2003). In 2009, he won Best Music at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for <Thirst> (2008). He became one of the most sought-after music supervisors, as proven by his busy agenda in 2012 with music work on seven feature films, including RYOO Seung-wan’s <The Berlin File> and PARK Hoon-jung’s <New World>. Regularly nominated for awards, he has so far won four Blue Dragon Film Awards and two Grand Bell Awards. close
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- Filmography
- The Spy Gone North 2018 Staff ( Music Director,Music Director )
- The Drug King 2018 Staff ( Music Director )
- A Taxi Driver 2017 Staff ( Music Director )
- The Sheriff In Town 2017 Staff ( Music Director )
- A Single Rider 2017 Staff ( Music Director,Music Director )
- Lucid Dream 2017 Staff ( Music Director )
- The Map Against the World 2016 Staff ( Music Director )
- Pandora 2016 Staff ( Music Director,Music Director )
- The Handmaiden 2016 Staff ( Music Director )
- Inside Men 2015 Staff ( Music Director )
- The Exclusive : Beat the Devil's Tattoo 2015 Staff ( Music Director,Music Director )
- The Tiger 2015 Staff ( Music Director )
- The Beauty Inside 2015 Staff ( Music Director,Music Director )
- Gangnam Blues 2015 Staff ( Music Director )
- The Unfair 2015 Staff ( Music Director )
- The Shameless 2015 Staff ( Music Director )
- KUNDO : Age of the Rampant 2014 Staff ( Music Director )
- Hide and Seek 2013 Staff ( Music Director )
- The Attorney 2013 Staff ( Music Director )
- Fists of Legend 2013 Staff ( Music Director )
- New World 2013 Staff ( Music Director )
- The Berlin File 2013 Staff ( Music Director )
- Mai Ratima 2013 Staff ( Music Director )
- Tough As Iron 2013 Staff ( Music Director )
- The Spies 2012 Staff ( Music Director )
- Deranged 2012 Staff ( Music Director )
- Nameless Gangster : Rules of the Time 2012 Staff ( Music Director )
- The Concubine 2012 Staff ( Music Director )
- Hand in Hand 2012 Staff ( Music Director )
- The Client 2011 Staff ( Music Director )
- GLOVE 2011 Staff ( Music Director )
- The Unjust 2010 Staff ( Music Director )
- Moss 2010 Staff ( Music Director )
- White Night 2009 Staff ( Music Director )
- Thirst 2009 Staff ( Music Director )
- Lovers 2008 Staff ( Music Director )
- Public Enemy Returns 2008 Staff ( Music Director )
- Out of My Intention 2008 Staff ( Music Director )
- Miss Gold Digger 2007 Staff ( Music Director )
- I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK 2006 Staff ( Music Director )
- Traces of Love 2006 Staff ( Music Director )
- A Dirty Carnival 2006 Staff ( Music Director )
- Sympathy for Lady Vengeance 2005 Staff ( Music Director,Executive Producer )
- Blood Rain 2005 Staff ( Music Director )
- A Cat and I 2004 Staff ( Music Director )
- Flying Boys 2004 Staff ( Music Director )
- Some 2004 Staff ( Music Director )
- Lovely Rivals 2004 Staff ( Music Director )
- Too Beautiful to Lie 2004 Staff ( Music Director )
- Ice Rain 2004 Staff ( Music Director )
- Silmido 2003 Staff ( Music Director )
- Old Boy 2003 Staff ( Music Director )
- The Classic 2003 Staff ( Music Director )
- Ardor 2002 Staff ( Music Director )
- Public Enemy 2002 Staff ( Music Director )
- A Day 2001 Staff ( Music Director )
- Joint Security Area /JSA 2000 Staff ( Music Director )
- Bloody Beach 2000 Staff ( Music Director )
- Tell Me Something 1999 Staff ( Music Director )
- Happy End 1999 Staff ( Music Director )
- The Quiet Family 1998 Staff ( Music Director )
- If the sun rises in the West 1998 Staff ( Music Director )
- The Contact 1997 Staff ( Music Director )

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