Bang Jun-seok

In this Korean name, the family name is Bang.

Bang Jun-seok (Korean: 방준석; 1 August 1970 – 26 March 2022) was a South Korean film score composer and music director.^[2] He was also a member of the experimental band U&Me Blue.^[3]

Bang Jun-seok
Born	(1970-08-01)1 August 1970[1] South Korea
Died	26 March 2022(2022-03-26) (aged 51) New York City, U.S.
Occupations	Film score composer music director
Years active	1994–2022
Formerly of	U&Me Blue
Korean name
Hangul	방준석
RR	Bang Junseok
MR	Pang Chunsŏk

Bang died of stomach cancer on March 26, 2022, in New York City.^[4]

Filmography

• Tell Me Something (1999)
• Bloody Beach (2000)
• Joint Security Area (2000)
• The Coast Guard (2002)
• Who Are You? (2002) – also producer
• A Bizarre Love Triangle (2002)
• YMCA Baseball Team (2002)
• The Uninvited (2003) – music department staff
• ...ing (2003)
• Oh! Brothers (2003)
• Three... Extremes (2004)
• So Cute (2004) – music department staff
• R-Point (2004) – music department staff
• Hi! Dharma 2: Showdown in Seoul (2004)
• You Are My Sunshine (2005)
• Mr. Socrates (2005) – music department staff
• Peso (2005; short film) – also actor
• Crying Fist (2005)
• The Fox Family (2006)
• The City of Violence (2006)
• Dasepo Naughty Girls (2006) – music department staff
• The Old Garden (2006)
• Radio Star (2006)
• Drawing Paper (2007)
• Nowhere to Turn (2007) – actor
• A Good Day to Have an Affair (2007)
• Paradise Murdered (2007)
• The Happy Life (2007)
• Two Faces of My Girlfriend (2007)
• Viva! Love (2008)
• Like Father, Like Son (2008) – music department staff
• Sunny (2008)
• Eye for an Eye (2008)
• Go Go 70s (2008) – also screenwriter
• Lies (2009; short film) – actor
• If You Were Me 4 (2009) – segment "Blue Birds on the Desk"
• Timeless (2009; short film)
• Comfortable Distance (2009; short film)
• Girlfriends (2009)
• Dance Of Time (2009; documentary)
• Insadong Scandal (2009)
• A Little Pond (2009)
• Camellia (2010) – segment "Love for Sale"
• Troubleshooter (2010)
• Heartbeat (2011)
• Always (2011)
• Couples (2011)
• The Thieves (2012) – music department staff
• Jury (2013; short film) – music department staff
• Hope (2013)
• Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits (2013; documentary) – music department staff
• Thuy (2013)
• The Throne (2015)
• Veteran (2015)
• The Magician (2015)
• A Man and a Woman (2016)
• Luck Key (2016)
• Spy Nation (2016; documentary)
• Misbehavior (2016)
• The Prison (2017)
• Becoming Who I Was (2017; documentary)
• Reset (2017) ^[5]
• The Battleship Island (2017)
• Anarchist from Colony (2017)
• The Swindlers (2017)
• Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017)
• Be with You (2018)
• Sunset in My Hometown (2018)
• Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days (2018)
• Cheer Up, Mr. Lee (2019)
• Tazza: One Eyed Jack (2019)
• The Book of Fish (2021)
• Escape from Mogadishu (2021)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2005	26th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Music	You Are My Sunshine	Nominated
	42nd Grand Bell Awards		Crying Fist	Nominated
	13th Chunsa Film Art Awards			Won
2006	27th Blue Dragon Film Awards		Radio Star	Nominated
	26th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards			Won
	5th Korean Film Awards		The City of Violence	Nominated
2007	44th Grand Bell Awards		Radio Star	Nominated
	6th Korean Film Awards			Won
	28th Blue Dragon Film Awards		The Happy Life	Won
2008	29th Blue Dragon Film Awards		Sunny	Won
			Go Go 70s	Nominated
	7th Korean Film Awards			Won
	17th Buil Film Awards		Sunny	Won
	45th Grand Bell Awards		The Happy Life	Nominated
2009	46th Grand Bell Awards		Go Go 70s	Nominated
2013	34th Blue Dragon Film Awards		Hope	Nominated
2015	36th Blue Dragon Film Awards		The Throne	Won	[6]
			Veteran	Nominated
	35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards		The Throne	Won	[7]
	52nd Grand Bell Awards			Nominated
	19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival			Won
2016	10th Asian Film Awards	Best Composer		Nominated
	25th Buil Film Awards	Best Music		Nominated
			Veteran	Nominated
2017	Korean Film Producers Association Awards		The Battleship Island	Won	[8]
	26th Buil Film Awards			Nominated
	54th Grand Bell Awards		Anarchist from Colony	Nominated
2018	27th Buil Film Awards		Sunset in My Hometown	Nominated	[9]
	55th Grand Bell Awards			Nominated	[10]
2021	30th Buil Film Awards	Best Music Award	Escape from Mogadishu	Won	[11]
	42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Music		Nominated	[12]
			The Book of Fish	Won
	8th Korean Film Writers Association Awards	Best Music		Won	[13]

State honors

Name of country, year given, and name of honor

Country	Year	Honor Or Award	Ref.
South Korea[note 1]	2022	Presidential Commendation	[17]

Notes

1. Honors are given at the Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards, arranged by the Korea Creative Content Agency and hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.^[14][15] They are awarded to those who have contributed to the arts and South Korea's pop culture.^[16]