# Kim Tae-seong (composer)

Kim Tae-seong (born August 4, 1979) is a South Korean film and television composer. 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).

## Filmography
### Short film

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

### Feature film

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

### Television series

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

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2008 | 28th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Best Music | Crossing | Won |
| 2008 | 16th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Music | Crossing | Won |
| 2010 | 31st Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Music | Cyrano Agency | Nominated |
| 2011 | 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Music | War of the Arrows | Nominated |
| 2014 | 23rd Buil Film Awards | Best Music | The Admiral: Roaring Currents | Nominated |
| 2014 | 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Music | The Admiral: Roaring Currents | Nominated |
| 2014 | 51st Grand Bell Awards | Best Music | The Admiral: Roaring Currents | Nominated |
| 2016 | 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Music | The Priests | Nominated |
| 2018 | 14th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival | JIMFF OST | 1987: When the Day Comes | Won |
| 2018 | 27th Buil Film Awards | Best Music | 1987: When the Day Comes | Nominated |
| 2018 | 55th Grand Bell Awards | Best Music | 1987: When the Day Comes | Nominated |
| 2018 | 38th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Best Music | 1987: When the Day Comes | Won |
| 2021 | 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Music | Miracle: Letters to the President | Nominated |