Kim Tae-seong (composer)

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Tae-seong (Korean: 김태성; 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), Space Sweepers (2021), The Roundup (2022) and the television series Emergency Couple (2014), Squad 38 (2016), Bad Guys 2 (2017), The Guest (2018), and My Liberation Notes (2022).^[3]

Kim Tae-seong
Born	(1979-08-04) August 4, 1979 (age 46) South Korea
Occupation(s)	Composer, music director
Years active	2002–present
Website	kimtaeseong-studio.com
Korean name
Hangul	김태성
RR	Gim Taeseong
MR	Kim T'aesŏng

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Notes
2002	It Was Raining (2002; short film)
2003	The Girl With Red Shoes (2003; short film)
	My Daddy (2003; short film)
2004	Her Earring (2004; featurette)
	A Grand Day Out (2004; featurette)
2005	Goodbye (2005; featurette)
	Waiting for Youngjae (2005; short film)
	HD209458b (2005; featurette)
	Slowly (2005; short film)
2006	No Sympathy (2006; short film)
	Monologue #1 (2006; short film)
	Screw-driver (2006; short film)
	Son's (2006; short film)
2007	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)
2008	Trend Of This Fall (2008; short film)
	Hey, Tom (2008; short film)
	I Hope To Be Cloud! (2008; short film)
	The Great Player (2009; short film)
	The Newly Coming Seasons (2009; short film)
2010	Dart (2010; short film)
2015	Hunting (2015; short film)

Feature film

Feature film credit^[4]

Year	Title	Role
		Music	Music Dept.	Other
2004	Au Revoir, UFO	Yes	Yes	NA
2005	The Red Shoes	—	Yes	Sound Dept.
	Duelist			Trailer
	Bee Season
	Haan
2006	One Shining Day	Yes	—	Sound
	A Millionaire's First Love
2008	A Tale of Legendary Libido
	Crossing
	The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan
	Lovers
2009	More than Blue			Piano
2010	Bedevilled
	Eighteen
	Cyrano Agency			Orchestra Arranged
	Come, Closer			Composition arrangement
2011	Officer of the Year			Sound Dept.
	S.I.U.			Sound Dept.
	War of the Arrows
	Perfect Game (2011)			Sound Dept.
2012	As One
	The Grand Heist
	Ghost Sweepers			Music by
	Wonderful Radio	—	Yes
	The Tower	Yes	—	Music Compose
	Cheer Up Mr. Lee	—	Yes	The ending guitar song Composing the ending song
2013	The Flu	Yes	—
	Steel Cold Winter
	Black Gospel
	It's Time to Love
	Han Gong-ju
2014	Innocent Thing
	Apostle
	Bad Sister
	A Midsummer's Fantasia	—	Yes
	The Admiral: Roaring Currents	Yes	—
2015	Granny's Got Talent
	Twenty
	Office
	The Priests
	The Sound of a Flower
2016	Mood of the Day
	Phantom Detective
	The Hunt
	Familyhood
	My Annoying Brother			Music Director Composed Arranged String Arranged Programming Mixed
2017	The King's Case Note
	Fabricated City
	Steel Rain
	1987: When the Day Comes
	Need for Speed: Edge (2017; video game)
2018	Be-Bop-A-Lula
	Golden Slumber
	What a Man Wants
	Sovereign Default
2019	Extreme Job
	Svaha: The Sixth Finger
	Idol
2021	Space Sweepers
	Miracle: Letters to the President
	I Want to Know Your Parents
2022	The Roundup
2024	Exhuma

Television series

Year	Title	Notes
2014	Emergency Couple
2016	Squad 38
2017	Bad Guys 2
2018	The Guest
2018–19	Sky Castle
2019	Watcher
	Be Melodramatic
2020	Money Game
2021	L.U.C.A.: The Beginning
	Law School
	Nevertheless
	Yumi's Cells
	Inspector Koo
	Happiness
2021–22	Snowdrop
2022	Juvenile Justice
	My Liberation Notes
	Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area
2023	Behind Your Touch
	Arthdal Chronicles 2
	Gyeongseong Creature	S1-2
	Vigilante	Web series
	Decoy
	A Bloody Lucky Day
2024	Chicken Nugget
	Hierarchy
	Mr. Plankton
2025	Heavenly Ever After
	Dear Hongrang
	Our Movie
	The Manipulated
	The Wonderfools
2025	21st Century Grand Prince's Wife

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	[5]
2018	14th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival	JIMFF OST	1987: When the Day Comes	Won	[6]
	27th Buil Film Awards	Best Music		Nominated	[7]
	55th Grand Bell Awards			Nominated	[8]
	38th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards			Won	[9]
2021	42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards		Miracle: Letters to the President	Nominated	[10]