Kim Soo-chul
South Korean musician

Kim Soo-chul

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South Korean musician
Gender:
Male
Places:
South Korea
Is:
ActorMusicianFilm actorSingerComposer
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & RadioMusic
Birth:
7 April 1957(Seoul)
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Kim Soo-chul (surname Kim; also spelled Kim Soochul or Kim Suchol; b. April 7, 1957) is a South Korean musician and composer. He often works with Korean traditional instruments, integrating them with Western instruments. He has composed a number of film scores and has experimented with the use of the electric guitar to play sanjo, a traditional Korean instrumental genre.
Kim's stated goal is "to introduce the sound of traditional Korean music to a global audience."[1]

Discography

  • Sori for Invocation
  • Tae-Baek-San-Maek
  • Guitar Sanjo (2002, Living Sound Productions)

Film Scores

  • Whale Hunting (고래사냥) (1984), in which he also starred.
  • The Dirty Mob (중광의 허튼소리) (a.k.a. Nonsense of Jung-Kwang, 1986)
  • Place in the Sun (1988)
  • Chilsu and Mansu (1988)
  • Black Republic (1990)
  • Silver Stallion (1991)
  • Kyongmachang Kanungil (1992)
  • Sopyonje (1993)
  • The Taebaek Mountains (1994)
  • My Dear Keum-hong (금홍아 금홍아) (1995), in which he also starred.
  • Festival (1996)
  • Downfall (1997)
  • Blades of Blood (2010)
  • Hanji (2011), directed by Im Kwon-taek

Additional titles are listed in Imdb.com entry.