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
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.
Hello Shim, thank you very much for the warm welcome among your friends. I invite you and your friends to discover my new cd Débora Russ Ensemble ANDARES aecd 0979 availiable online and at best record shops. Wish you all the best. Débora
Hi Hyun-jung, what's up? yes, I decided not to go to Malaga. too much to do... Are you going? too bad we don't see each other! maybe next year.... Love Orie
Sorry for getting back to you so late, vever since I started this myspace thing it seems my whole spare time is flying away!:-)
Thank you for the kind words. Actually
I really fell i love with Korea the people and most of all the amazing,
delicious food!:-) I train Taekwon-Do and I had visited your great country.
As a musician I loved listening to your music, because it's are so much different from ours.
You seem to be a composer of movie scores?
Anyhow, you really have a great talent, congratulations.
If you ever should look for european/american sounding songs, well be
glad to provide some for you, my buddy and I are just building up
FUGUPLANET a circle of artists that write songs and produce them
especially for the asian markets. Take a look at our myspace/fuguplanet
site if you like.
Anyhow, was great hearing from you keep the good spirit up,
Hi there Shim Hyun-jung, thanks for being friends, really appreciate it! really love your site and what you stand for...good luck here on myspace and whatever you have set your sights on in the future!:-)
Maybe you want a quick peek at what I do...take a look at my video...
I'm keeping well. Still writing a lot of music. Finishing up things in Holland but could be here for a little longer. Things going well with you? Still in Korea? GF
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