Shim Hyun-jung

Bio:

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.

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”.

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.


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.

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.

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.

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Member Since:

July 16, 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