Kim Tae-seong (composer)

Kim Tae-seong (born August 4, 1979)[1] is a South Korean film and television composer.[2] His credits include the films Crossing (2008), War of the Arrows (2011), The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014), 1987: When the Day Comes (2017), Extreme Job (2019) and the television series Emergency Couple (2014), Squad 38 (2016), Bad Guys 2 (2017) and The Guest (2018).[3]

Kim Tae-seong
Born	August 4, 1979 South Korea
Occupation(s)	Composer, music director
Years active	2002–present
Website	kimtaeseong-studio.com
Korean name
Hangul	김태성
Revised Romanization	Gim Taeseong
McCune–Reischauer	Kim T'aesŏng

Filmography

• It Was Raining (2002; short film)
• The Girl With Red Shoes (2003; short film)
• My Daddy (2003; short film)
• Au Revoir, UFO (2004)
• Her Earring (2004; featurette)
• A Grand Day Out (2004; featurette)
• The Red Shoes (2005) - music department staff
• Duelist (2005) - music department staff
• Goodbye (2005; featurette)
• Waiting for Youngjae (2005; short film)
• HD209458b (2005; featurette)
• Slowly (2005; short film)
• Bee Season (2005) - music department staff
• Haan (2005) - music department staff
• One Shining Day (2006)
• A Millionaire's First Love (2006)
• No Sympathy (2006; short film)
• Monologue #1 (2006; short film)
• Screw-driver (2006; short film)
• Son's (2006; short film)
• Enemy's Apple (2007; short film)
• Their Familiar Date (2007; short film)
• Lost (2007; short film)
• Waiting (2007; short film)
• Thank You (2007; short film)
• A Tale of Legendary Libido (2008)
• Crossing (2008)
• The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan (2008)
• Lovers (2008)
• Trend Of This Fall (2008; short film)
• Hey, Tom (2008; short film)
• I Hope To Be Cloud! (2008; short film)
• More than Blue (2009)
• The Great Player (2009; short film)
• The Newly Coming Seasons (2009; short film)
• Bedevilled (2010)
• Dart (2010; short film)
• Eighteen (2010)
• Cyrano Agency (2010)
• Come, Closer (2010)
• Officer of the Year (2011)
• War of the Arrows (2011)
• S.I.U. (2011)
• Perfect Game (2011)
• As One (2012)
• The Grand Heist (2012)
• Ghost Sweepers (2012)
• Wonderful Radio (2012) - music department staff
• The Tower (2012)
• Cheer Up Mr. Lee (2012) - music department staff
• She is Wow! (2013; TV series)
• The Flu (2013)
• Steel Cold Winter (2013)
• Black Gospel (2013)
• It's Time to Love (2013)
• Han Gong-ju (2013)
• Innocent Thing (2014)
• Apostle (2014)
• Bad Sister (2014)
• A Midsummer's Fantasia (2014) - music department staff
• The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)
• Emergency Couple (2014; TV series)
• Granny's Got Talent (2015)
• Twenty (2015)
• Office (2015)
• The Priests (2015)
• The Sound of a Flower (2015)
• Hunting (2015; short film)
• Squad 38 (2016; TV series)
• Mood of the Day (2016)
• Phantom Detective (2016)
• The Hunt (2016)
• Familyhood (2016)
• My Annoying Brother (2016)
• The King's Case Note (2017)
• Bad Guys 2 (2017; TV series)
• Fabricated City (2017)
• Steel Rain (2017)
• 1987: When the Day Comes (2017)
• Need for Speed: Edge (2017; video game)
• Be-Bop-A-Lula (2018)
• Golden Slumber (2018)
• What a Man Wants (2018)
• The Guest (2018; TV series)
• Sovereign Default (2018)
• Extreme Job (2019)
• Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2019)
• Idol (2019)
• Space Sweepers (2021)
• I Want to Know Your Parents (upcoming)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2008	28th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	Best Music	Crossing	Won
	16th Chunsa Film Art Awards			Won
2010	31st Blue Dragon Film Awards		Cyrano Agency	Nominated
2011	32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards		War of the Arrows	Nominated
2014	23rd Buil Film Awards		The Admiral: Roaring Currents	Nominated
	35th Blue Dragon Film Awards			Nominated
	51st Grand Bell Awards			Nominated
2016	37th Blue Dragon Film Awards		The Priests	Nominated	[4]
2018	14th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival	JIMFF OST	1987: When the Day Comes	Won	[5]
	27th Buil Film Awards	Best Music		Nominated	[6]
	55th Grand Bell Awards			Nominated	[7]
	38th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	Best Music		Won	[8]

References

1. "김태성". Naver (in Korean).
2. "Composer KIM Tae-seong". Korean Film Biz Zone.
3. "KIM Tae-seong". Korean Film Biz Zone.
4. "'내부자들', 청룡영화상 작품상..이병헌·김민희 남녀주연상(종합)". Retrieved 2016-11-25.
5. "JIMFF 어워즈 성황리 개최". inews365 (in Korean).
6. "27th Buil Film Awards". Buil Film Awards. October 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
7. "제55회 대종상, 각 부문 후보 공개…'공작' 12개 최다부문 노미네이트". Sports Seoul (in Korean). Retrieved 21 September 2017.
8. "[공식]이성민·한지민 '영평상' 남녀주연상…'1987' 작품상". Sports Chosun (in Korean). October 22, 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Kim Tae-seong at IMDb