I confess I'm not much of a music person. I've always been more of a book/written word type of person, so I don't often clock the significance of music in drama/movie. But even I am not immune. Some songs catch you, and refuse to let you go.

I still listen to THE PRINCESS' MAN and MASTER'S SUN OSTs regularly. They were *perfect* for their dramas.

Over in Bollywood, I'm not even Indian nor do I speak Hindi, but even after all these years,
I can pretty much STILL sing every song from
Kabhi Kushie Kabhi Gham
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

I can also still sing some songs from
Veer Zaara
Kal Ho Naa Ho
KANK (silly movie, but that OST was too notch)

As you can tell, I am a Karan Johar girl

For CDramas I still listen to the opening theme of BBJX, as well as THREE INCHES OF HEAVEN from the same drama - perfect sad love songs.

Vast subject !

It's one of the thing I really like in KDrama, the fact they have their own OST. I still listen old songs from KDrama, even if I didn't like the drama itself. It also allows me to discover artists.

I can't make a list... There are way too many songs 😅

Usually one or two songs from most dramas end up in my Playlist. Since everyone will list all the mainstream ones, I'll list my favorite underrated ones,
Lucid dream - While you were sleeping
Auditory Hallucinations - Criminal minds
Feel you - Flower of evil
Done for me - Hotel del Luna
I'll leave you - Red sleeve cuff
O.V.E.R - cheat on me if you can
Hyena (By Yeo Un) - Hyena

1. Wind Song by Sohyang in Go Back Couple - This was played in almost all the episodes and emotionally grating scenes, constantly hearing the OST I just had to check it out.
2. My Love By My Side by Kim Myung-shik in Hospital Playlist 1 or Oh! My Ladylord - Thinking about where I first heard this song, I can't remember the scene. But I remember searching through the episodes I had watch trying to Shazam the song out. Stamped impression.
3. George Winston's Canon in Hospital Playlist - I've always loved classics of old times. And the instrumentals is just...I can't name it. So I dug up the internet. It anyone knows where I can find the actual canon that was played when the woman delivered her stillborn baby in S01E04 I'd appreciate the link. I haven't found that particular score on the internet.

An example of the power of an OST-
I am overwhelmed by Lovers from Chuno;

https://youtu.be/EuSmZzLG1xI

But I have yet to see the drama!🤪

Love the very recent OST from Shooting Stars "My Secret, My Everything"

Ooohhhh what a great topic! Yeah OST is one of the best thing about K-dramas. I personally think great OST help make some dramas timeless. The songs I still keep on loop are Goong’s Perhaps Love, Sungkyunkwan Scandal’s Found You, and Scent of a Woman’s You’re So Beautiful. My recent favorites vary depending on what dramas are playing right now, but they just never stuck like the old ones. Even Love, Maybe grew a bit old after Business Proposal ends.

Most songs in my playlist are Korean Osts that too mainly instrumentals. I like them more than songs and I know I have a taste in music not many will agree with. The instrumentals that never leave are Falling for Innocence, Come and Hug Me and My Ajusshi but there are always one or two gems in each show. When it comes to songs, Jealousy Incarnate and Cheese in the Trap's ost is my forever favorite. But again with every show there comes one, two, or more great songs. My recent favorite is Nevertheless's and 2521's Ost. I wish there was more recognition for drama music producers and the songs and instrumentals they produce. These are usually too good to be ignored but I guess the local landscape is more catered towards pop music. Only if a drama hits it big, the ost ranks on their charts.

I have this playlist in Spotify for my fave OSTs. Most-listened songs would be from Another Oh Hae Young (Scatter and Maybe I), songs from It's Ok That's Love, Goblin, Hospital Playlist, and my recent favorite - Nightfalling from Yumi's Cells S1. ☺️

OST is a big part of my drama experience. Lots of memorable songs which can bring back the drama years after watching it.
There is one composer I particularly like and want to introduce to beanies. Her name is Nam Hye Seung.
Her most recent work is Our Beloved Summer ost. She is also behind the ost of Goblin, Mr Sunshine, Crash Landing on You, Chicago Typewriter, Bubblegum, Its okay to not be okay, and many many more.
Not a single song, but the whole album is an art. There is a theme for each character in dramas like Mr Sunshine.

Wow, this question is a little hard to answer. I have two(three) playlists with my favorite kdrama ost's. They are more than 20h long.

Sometimes I like the whole album like with Heart to Heart, My Ahjussi, Yu Mi, Queen of Mistery, BOF, Boyfriend, WTDevilCYName, etc.

Other times is just 55% like Melo, BTIMFirst Life, Children of Nobody, Itaewon, HBMama, Perfume, Smile You, etc.

Or 20-35%: Tomorrow with you, Miracle we met, Man to Man, Hammurabi, Be My Dream Family, etc.

And sometimes is just one damn song totally stuck in my head: Seonbae Lipstick, You're My Dreams, Cinderella, SFDragons, Coffee Prince, School 2015, Good Doctor, Mad FEOT, Once Again, Start Up, Love Rain, etc.

I watched like 3 episodes of Seonbae and I then I dropped it, but that song (Lean On Me) feels like the song of my favorite drama or something. I don't remember Love Rain at all but I can sing the title song with no problem.

Sometimes I only remember I watched a show when I listen the OST (yeah, I'm talking to you When Time Stops).

So yeah, hard question...

I am not a very big music type of girl (I have only one type of music style that I enjoy listening) but since starting watching kdrama, I have paid much more attention to OSTs. Favorite OSTs I still listen to and enjoy:
- Healer
- Chicago typewriter
- School 2015
- Kill me heal me: hallucination was such a good song! I didn't particularly enjoy this drama but this OST was so so good!

Help me by G(idle) - the first ost of her private life- whenever something dramatic happened like formal introduction of KJW and PMY in the first episode or her identity being revealed as the manager of the top fansite- that song was played. It's very catchy to me and I still love listening to it. (I hope I've named the band correctly. If not, apologies).

I wouldn't even know where to start because I have a whole playlist of my favourite OSTs 😅 but the one that stands out has to be
Photographs by 1415 in Touch your heart/Reach of sincerity.

Every time I listen to that song I'm back in the drama watching Lee Dong-Wook's character waiting at that bus stop

I have a long OST playlist, and old OSTs give me nostalgia every time I listen to them.

Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo "Say Yes" by Loco and Punch even though I hated this drama

Descendants of the Sun "Everytime" by Chen and Punch even though I can never watch this drama again after Song-Song's ugly divorce

Reply 1997 "All For You" by Seo In-guk and Jung Eun-ji even though I prefer the Fantastic Duo cover with original singer Cool's Lee Jae-hoon

Just Between Lovers: 'Where We' by Ryu Ji Hyun and Kim Kyung Hee. This is absolutely my favorite OST - haunting, evocative, both sad and hopeful, perfect for this drama. 'Truelove' (aka 'Say What You Need') by Junho is also lovely.
BTLIOF: 'This Life' by Moon Sung Nam, 'Marriage' by MoonMoon, and 'Shelter' by Song Hee Jin.
CLOY: 'Photo of My Mind' by Song Ga In and its variant 'Hill of Yearning' by April 2nd, and 'All My Days' by Sejeong. Actually, anything from CLOY.
Healer: 'When You Hold Me Tight' by Yael Meyer. Conversely, I got so tired of the main theme ('Eternally Snores', was it?) by about the 10th repetition, so somewhere in ep. 3.

I’ll echo @flatwhite ’s love for composer Nam Hye Seung. I have an OST playlist and I am instantly drawn in whenever one of her songs pops up, regardless of whether I've seen that drama.

Many years later, and just listening to strains of Ailee's Goodbye my Love from Fated to Love You brings me back to all the emotions I felt when the female lead had the accident and lost her baby.

I'm a HUGE fan of soundtracks: Korean, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, English. One of the reasons I like soundtracks is because I tend to attach a particular scene to every OST I listen to. So when they play, I just remember that scene and feel all the emotions again.

Some of my favourite K-drama OSTs are from: Healer, School 2015, Goblin, It's Okay to not be Okay, Hotel Del Luna, Moonlight Drawn by Clouds, Dali and Cocky Prince, Uncontrollably Fond, The Producers, A Piece of Your Mind and my guilty pleasure, Boys over Flowers.

Special shout out to those background music from sageuks. God! I love them so much.

I don't listen often to songs nowadays as I currently prefer listening to podcasts (and when we travel the kids take over our car player 😁), but here is at least my history of kdramas OST listening:

I think the first OST I put on my playlist and listened to it for quite some time was from You Are Beautiful.
I also had a period with Bad Guy (it was such a shame the drama turned crazy towards the end) and City Hunter (I especially liked Suddenly and the classical music instrumentals). And of course I can't forget to mention the soundtrack from Shut Up Flower Boy Band. Then a song here and there like Angel's Mission Pray or Dinner Mate Yummy Yummy (or the titular song Dinner Mate by OVAN).

Though the song which stayed with me the longest and repeatedly comes back is Master's Sun Touch Love. There is just something that touches also me...

(And yes, time to time I put on that jazzy intro from On the Verge of Insanity , a reliable good mood maker 🙂 )

For total OSTs, Oh Hae Young Again is one of my favorites. For individual songs, Auditory Hallucination from Kill Me, Heal Me and the title track from Capital Scandal are favorites. For instrumental/orchestral scoring I'd go with Emperor of the Sea and Six Flying Dragons. For non-kdramas - Someday or One Day and The Untamed.

I don’t often seek out soundtracks but one song that has made it into regular rotation here is Heartbeat from Strong Woman Bong Soon. It’s used really effectively in the drama and it’s just a really pretty song. My husband liked it enough to learn it on guitar 🙂

Goblin, all of it.
Because this is our first life
Fated to love you
Love rain

Adrenaline - Vincenzo
Double Trouble Couple - Strong Woman DBS
Glass Bridge - Bride of Habaek
Main Title - Forest of Secrets

Man!

Kdrama OSTs are like a doctor's prescription for me.

Lee Juck's Don't worry my dear (Reply 1988 OST)

T-Max's Something Happened To My heart (Boys Over Flowers OST)

SNSD's Tiffany's Because It's You (Loverain OST)

Yozoh's Again And Again ( Loverain OST)

Promise (You Are Beautiful OST)

1. Happiness' OST
2. The tracks from Age of Youth
3. Some tracks from Nevertheless
4. That one instrumental from A Piece of Your Mind, Misiryung Sunset, I think it's called
5. Be Melodramatic's OST
6. BTLIOF's OST
7. Itaewon Class's OST
8. VIP's OST
9. Others that I cannot recall at the moment

For OST it's easily Hospital Playlist but it's less about bringing back the emotion of the drama and more about those songs just being good to listen to. But if we're talking about song set so unique that it's brings back memories whenever i came upon to, it's definitely both Be Melodramatic and Our Beloved Summer song sets. I never encounter an ost album that's soooo representative of the overall feeling and atmosphere of the drama💜

Checking my ipod, there are some OST I have in it and always listen to.
- When the Camellia Blooms
- Hospital Playlists
- Reply 1988, 1994
- Our beloved summer
- Moon lovers

The whole album of Goong, especially the instrumental pieces! Most of the album has such a fresh and upbeat feeling, with occasionally sprinkle of emotional violin pieces. Listening to Goong OST album just makes me happy every single time!

Like so many lol. Where does one even start.

Variegated by Jannabi was the first Korean song I learnt all the words to, and I still know them, so honourary mention for that I guess.

Oof, what an amazing topic. I've always loved discovering new OSTs.

--The award for 'This OST made me cry the most, and I still love it but can't listen to it without crying' goes to Crash Landing on You
--The OST that grabbed me by the throat when I'd first started watching kdramas and hasn't released me since: You Who Came from the Stars
--Speaking of Jun Ji-Hyun, I also love Legend of the Blue Sea's Soundtrack! The instrumentals are dreamy and fairytale-esque
--Honorable mentions go to Run On and Weightlifting Fairy KBJ!! Both amazing soundtracks that make me happy
--Hotel del Luna made me fall in love with IU... and with its soundtrack! Every song is a sword through the heart, but it hurts so good
--My recent favorites include Happiness (the now iconic instrumental PORTRAIT??? if you get it, you get it; if you don't, you don't.) and Hometown Cha-cha-cha (personal favorites include Here Always, The Image of You Remains in my Memory, and Wish)

The music and specific OST for each drama is part of the experience for me. The music really plays an important part in my evaluation of a drama.
I have a long playlist of kdrama music, despite having found dramaland only 15 months ago. It has become my primary music list... so it's hard to say "what i'm still listening to.."
Healer feels nostalgic because it's my first drama.
Paradise from My Holo love is one of the oldest songs and still one of the most frequently listened.
Last One from The Master's Sun.
Auditory Hallucination from Kill me Heal me.
All of K2.
The songs from DOST and Another Miss Oh when I need peeps.
The background music from The devil judge and Flower of evil.
Lullabies that get me to sleep: Sweet nights from Iteawon class, The nights from The devil judge, I'm always by your side from Vincenzo, When love passes by from Melting me solftly (the only good thing from this drama).

My current OST crush is all of the cdrama Killer and Healer.

Itaewon Class introduced me to Kim Feel and I've found most of his music beautiful. Then IOTNBO led me to Janet Suhh whose voice is to die for. "Lighting up Your World" from IOTNBO is not only one to belt out to your neighbours but was used sooooooo effectively in ep16 of the drama. Permanent favourite.

Confession- deli spice, reply 1997
Perhaps love- howl , goong
I’m in love- lee sueng chol, you’re all surrounded
Secret paradise- jang jae in, scholar who walks the night
Losing my mind- lee seung ki, MGIAG
Youth- Kim feel

Entire ost-
Masters sun
Pinocchio
It’s ok it’s love
You’re beautiful
Weight lifting fairy
Goblin
Kill me heal me

I know I’m probably forgetting many more

I love music, and there are so many songs I've fell in love with over the years. But there is one song that really sparked my interest in Korean music and that's Nam Jin's With You, featured in Can You Hear My Heart. The song itself is never played during the show but the FL's father sings it a lot and I just fell in love with it.

It was very hard to find. I didn't know the title, I didn't know hangul but fortunately managed to apply my knowledge of article browsing to musical lyrics. As a bonus, I also discovered kpop as one of the more famous clips on youtube featuring this song is a cover by EXO on Immortal Songs. It's to die for, both the music and the super corny performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1tgN81KZ9Y

An honorary mention to Kim Gun Mo's Wrongful Meeting from Jealousy Incarnate as this introduced me to Fantastic Duo and there are so many artists and delightful songs in this show.

This made me scroll through my music playlist and brings back memories of illegal downloads (hey, there is no Spotify back then) and how much patience I have back then. Now, I mostly skipped the OST scenes as I speed through the episodes. Which why I am not attached to any of the recent songs even if I watch the drama.

Without further ado though I am sure I forget quite a few songs:
1) City Hall - Anxious Love by Horan
2) All the OSTs from Oh Hae Young Again
3) My GF is a Gumiho - Fox Rain by Lee Sun Hee
4) Dream High - Someday by IU
5) Reply 1994 - To You by Sung Shi Kyung
6) Secret Garden - That Girl by Baek Ji Young / That Man by Hyun Bin
7) Shining Inheritance - Love is Punishment by K.Will

There are only a couple of OSTs that I listen to even occasionally. My favorite is "Stop the Love Now", the OST to my favorite Kdrama romcom MARRIAGE NOT DATING (now in a tie with BUSINESS PROPOSAL). It would be hard to find a song better fitted to its drama.

I do not listen much to KPop songs. But! I listen to KDrama OSTs a lot, even if I disliked the drama. I even have a 14-hour playlist on Spotify which is my go-to playlist when studying or just chilling. I sometimes play little games where I guess which drama the OST is from~

Any OST penned by Ms. Nam Hye-seung is a guaranteed masterpiece: Goblin, OBS, IOTNBO, and A Piece of Your Mind, to name a few.

All the songs in Extraordinary You! I loved the whole album of that series. Gives the feeling of summer, hope and feelings of first love.

I have been listening to Our Beloved Summer OST every now and then. I would listen to all the songs in the soundtrack atleast once every now and then. There was a few weeks when the drama ended that I listened to the songs almost everyday.
I find the songs help me focus and calm me down before I start the tasks i need to do.
It also transports me to scenes in the drama I loved and experience the highs/lows all over again.

Back in the day I would download the OST's to all of my favorite dramas. My playlist was a combination of my favorite songs from these OST's and BigBang, with a smattering of select songs from other Kpop groups. During the years I was away from dramaland, I forgot all about them. Then when I started rewatching this year...oh man, the feels! Secret Garden, Healer, Faith...it amazed me how I was affected by the music.

I'm much more selective with my playlist these days, but I do have the Healer OST and the Mars OST back on my playlist. I could listen to Ling's Theme all day.

Unpopular opinion follows.

I have rarely listened to OTP after the series was ended with just one exception where I searched for the song and played it on the loop later. It was from School Nurse Files , "School Nurse Ahn Eunyeong (ogeongyosa an-eun-yeong)".

I rarely liked K-Drama OTP. Liked some songs from J-Drama though.

So many! Soooooo many! 😅😅😅😅😅
- Mr sunshine (it breaks my heart every time, but I can't help it)
- Tantara and lost child from Entertainers
-I love you with all my heart, from I am not a robot.
-All the OST from Hotel de Luna, even though I didn't watch the drama, simply because it's beautiful.
-All the songs from My Ajusshi. Come on, how wouldn't I? (It's the drama number 1 in my list).
-Couple of songs from Its ok not to be ok.
-One song from WLFKBJ
-One song from kill me Heal me
-Another one from "W", even when I didn't watch the drama either ...
-Two or three from Chicago Typewriter.
-The most sad one from "Mother"
-A couple from Just between lovers.

And many more.
I actually don't listen to regular music from Korean bands or signers... I only listen music originally composed to be an ost. Why? Because they are beautiful and being introduced to me as an ost... then it's easier for me to want to listen to it again and again....😊😇😅

My ID is Gangnam Beauty!! Eunwoo's theme song for being gorgeous still pops in my head and I have to rewatch the whole drama from time to time ✨

Ok, i must confess. had the CDs of Metoer Garden — the one with Jerry Yan and company. I was into Taiwanese drama during that period until I was eventually drawn to Goong's OST.

I get to love a song from a drama now and then but to point full OSTs, I can mention the likes of Monstar [although Kang Ha-neul never actually sang, but it has B2st's Yong Jun-hyung...], Dream High [with Suzy, IU, Kim So-hyoon and 2PM].

As of late, I have in my playlist the opening and closing credit songs of the Chinese series "A Little Called First Love" [a remake of the Mario Maurer Thai movie "A Thing Called Love"] and the BL Series "Semantic Error".

Love the jazzy, laid back feel of the Chinese songs and the edginess of the Korean ones.

Signalllllll it has the best music!! I love the arrangements of the songs, too.

Hospital Playlist OST still in my spotify. Occasionally listening to While you were sleeping OST too. this two drama OST will be favorite of mine for time being.

Instrumental music: Chuno, Secret Love Affair, Money Flower
Vocal tracks: "Adult" from My Mister, "Days Without Tears" from Mr. Sunshine

So many I love but Ailee and Davichi are my faves. I also love this song called Every day, Every moment by Paul Kim. Such a great song from should we kiss first even though I was never able to finish the drama.