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Beside the chemistry between characters, I think the OSTs was one factor which kept me enjoying the sloppily writen Heartstring. All of them is good song and I appreciate it even more as they cast real musicians (Jung Yonghwa and Kang Minhyuk) for the characters who do music. It brings the sense of realism to higher degree.

It is something that hardly presents when the drama cast actor who only learns before filming or who never actually experiences real stage performance. Not even Joo Won and Shim Eunkyung (in Tomorrow's Cantabile) makes it believable enough.

Different story with Nodame Cantabile, though. Tamaki Hiroshi's acting is too strong that it overshadows the mismatch hand-synching for piano/violin scenes. He even gets praised from the actual conductor when it comes to conducting scenes, proving how great he is at recreating. But it has to be noted that he is musician & singer irl too. Of course his musical sense be a great help to the acting.

Oh Lord, this is gonna be friggin' hard.
I literally live for OSTs and I have like so much OSTs in my phone in folders. I even play them on my piano or guitar so this challenge is just made for me.
Imma start writing this one right away. Wooooo!

I forgot Kill Me, Heal Me, where every theme was like the heartbeat of the character it represented, especially Shin Se Gi´s flamboyant tune Freak. It is a drama that could be developed into a musical or a ballet on stage. I am imagine a song called "Oppa!" by Ahn Yo Na, "Remember..." by Shin Se Gi... ah, but poor actor who has to do everything though. Another drama that I think would transfer excellently into a musical is Oh My Ghostess. Emotional side covered by the ghost, cute side by Bong-Sun. and think of the evil ghost having a song!

This month's theme us perfect for Coffee Prince and Soulmate.

OSTs introduced me to K-pop (started with Fly To The Sky singing the theme for Fashion 70s). My all-time faves for OSTs are:

- Soulmate
- I'm Sorry I Love You
- Chuno

Last soundtrack I really liked was Another Oh Hae Young.

Great theme this month. Looking forward to reading the submissions from our fellow Beanies!

I cant be the only one who watched whats up back then.. right?

I think my favourite use of ost would be the death song in Moon Lovers. I love how they use that song to accompany the death scenes, and how not every character deaths get the privilege to have that song play lol which i guess gives us an insight of how we should be looking at the characters. Its like an added aspect to interpret the characters, the scenes and the plot..

Music in dramas is a huge topic, to me the ost were and still are, my first steps into the k pop. I was introduce to Ailee on Fated to love you and I loooove her. I did also found out about BtoB while playing stuff in Youtube and listened so many time "For You" that I watched Cinderella and 4 knights after it.

This is a great topic and maybe it will help us to widen our K. OST playlist

This sounds like an interesting topic to write something for. Hmm. Ideas ideas.

Hello, amazing theme. You and I will become very well-acquainted!

Maybe because Sassy Girl Chun Hyang drama is my most fav. romcom, I really love that OST by Lim Hyung Joo - Haeng Bok Ha Gil Ba Rae. I still listening to that song until today even I watched that drama like 10 years ago.

Other than that, I love Gumiho OST- Fox Rain because it has=s really unique sound and never I pay attention to the BGM until I watched Mirror of the Witch. The soundtrack during the Saeron's transformation using Korean traditional instruments is really creepy and amazing. I'm watching Save Me nowadays and the drumming part for intense BGM remind me of Mirror of the Witch sound.

Ohhhhhh! Perfect theme! So vital to completing the "feels" of a drama! Of course, it's a full circle … the acting, direction, and script must be in sync for the true magic to happen.

However, that doesn't mean that a drama that goes awry could still hold its own with the OST … ? ? ? Can't wait for the chosen article!

One of my earliest obsession with OSTs was with the Spring Waltz OST, even more so than that of Winter Sonata, in fact.

And I have a particular fondness for when the Leads sing for the OST.

Yes! Finally what I've been dreaming about has come to light!

Cool. You gals are so skilled at coming up with these topics!

I was going through YouTube and saw a full playlist of the OST for On the Way to the Airport. Gave it a listen after a very long time and now the songs are on repeat. I can't really pick a favourite because I love all songs equally.

I now remember why I love the OST so much. They're very calming and soothing. I can picture myself going for a drive a night while enjoying the night breeze and listening to these lovely tunes.

I really wanna do that right now except that it's almost midnight. Don't think I'll be able to feel calm driving alone at this hour ?