The Last Waltz (Mi-do's Theme)
Jo, Yeong-Wok
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Browse piano sheets by Jo, Yeong-Wok on Zen Virtual Piano. Jo Yeong-wook is a South Korean film score composer and music director, occasionally romanized as Cho Young-wuk, who was born on January 1, 1962 and is most widely known for his collaborations with director Park Chan-wook. He says he started collecting LPs in elementary school and listened to the radio all night. He got a job at a record company because of his ardent love of music, though he adds that a company employee cannot expect much. A boy who listened to the radio all night and later took a job out of love of music sounds like someone drawn to sound before he had a profession. A script came to him through the younger sister of the head of Myung Film, who asked for advice on its music score while he was a temporary screenwriter on a movie-related program. He asked to take complete charge of it, and that was how he debuted with The Contact, after which his career grew naturally following its success. He and Park became friends in their late twenties, having the same taste in film and music. A request for advice that became a debut shows how a career can turn on a single offer. Most of the music for Oldboy was composed before shooting began, from a single reading of the script and an imagination let loose. His Oldboy score is famous for its waltzes, and for him the dance blends happiness with sadness, a style Park was delighted with. Because the film was a hit, many filmmakers have since ordered waltzes from him, and he says he doesn't want to use the genre anymore. A style that became so closely tied to one film that others kept asking for it seems to have made him want to move on. In television work, he says, there is far more volume but much less time to prepare, with the same workload. He says building knowledge by studying the humanities is very important, and that you have to think about the role of music in the movie. What he wanted to achieve was something classical but also modern, which he tried with solo instruments such as the woodwind solos. A wish to be classical and modern together, along with advice to study the humanities, suggests a composer who thinks of film music as part of a wider culture.
Browse piano sheets by Jo, Yeong-Wok on Zen Virtual Piano.
Jo Yeong-wook is a South Korean film score composer and music director, occasionally romanized as Cho Young-wuk, who was born on January 1, 1962 and is most widely known for his collaborations with director Park Chan-wook. He says he started collecting LPs in elementary school and listened to the radio all night. He got a job at a record company because of his ardent love of music, though he adds that a company employee cannot expect much. A boy who listened to the radio all night and later took a job out of love of music sounds like someone drawn to sound before he had a profession.
A script came to him through the younger sister of the head of Myung Film, who asked for advice on its music score while he was a temporary screenwriter on a movie-related program. He asked to take complete charge of it, and that was how he debuted with The Contact, after which his career grew naturally following its success. He and Park became friends in their late twenties, having the same taste in film and music. A request for advice that became a debut shows how a career can turn on a single offer.
Most of the music for Oldboy was composed before shooting began, from a single reading of the script and an imagination let loose. His Oldboy score is famous for its waltzes, and for him the dance blends happiness with sadness, a style Park was delighted with. Because the film was a hit, many filmmakers have since ordered waltzes from him, and he says he doesn't want to use the genre anymore. A style that became so closely tied to one film that others kept asking for it seems to have made him want to move on.
In television work, he says, there is far more volume but much less time to prepare, with the same workload. He says building knowledge by studying the humanities is very important, and that you have to think about the role of music in the movie. What he wanted to achieve was something classical but also modern, which he tried with solo instruments such as the woodwind solos. A wish to be classical and modern together, along with advice to study the humanities, suggests a composer who thinks of film music as part of a wider culture.
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Jo Yeong-wook is a South Korean film score composer and music director, also romanized as Cho Young-wuk, born on January 1, 1962.
He is most widely known for his collaborations with director Park Chan-wook.
He asked to take complete charge of a script's music when advice was requested, and debuted with The Contact.
It is famous for its waltzes, which for him blend happiness with sadness.