Jang Woo Kim

Kim Jang Woo

  • Name: Kim Jang Woo
  • Native name: 김장우
  • Also Known as: Jay Kim
  • Nationality: South Korean
  • Gender: Male
Born in Seoul, Korea, award winning composer Jay Kim (aka Jang-woo Kim), began his musical training at the age of 9. He studied Composition, Orchestration, and Music Theory at University. While working over 7 years as a composer for TV dramas, films, and commercials He gained his experiences by working on more than 200 episodes of dramatic television, radio, commercials, and movies.

Currently living in Los Angeles, California, he was pursuing his passion for film music studying at the University of Southern California (USC), where some of the alumni includes Academy Award winning composers such as James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, Marco Beltrami and James Newton Howard.

At USC, he was enrolled in the graduate program for scoring for films and TV under well noted composers such as Jack Smalley, Christopher Young and James Newton Howard.

Jay has won the Jury Choice Gold Medal for Excellence for Best Impact of Music in a Feature Film of 2010 Park City Film Music Festival.

As the co-founder of Musicians Association of Asia and America, Jay has been working earnestly to carry out cultural exchange between Asia and America. For the efficient exchange, Jay is doing his utmost to protect the rights of American Musicians who are actively working around the world.

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Composer
Year Title Type Rating
2023 Song of the Bandits
Drama
8.2
2023 Longing for You
Drama
7.8
2022 The Interest of Love
Drama
6.8
2022 Remarriage and Desires
Drama
8.0
2022 Military Prosecutor Doberman
Drama
8.3
2021 The Veil
Drama
8.4
2021 You Raise Me Up
Drama
7.7
2020 Do You Like Brahms?
Drama
8.0
2019 Everything and Nothing
Drama
7.6
2019 Love Affairs in the Afternoon
Drama
7.9
2018 My Healing Love
Drama
7.4
2016 Monster
Drama
7.2
2015 Hidden Identity
Drama
7.6
2014 Bad Guys
Drama
8.5
2014 Doctor Stranger
Drama
7.9
2013 Empress Ki
Drama
8.6
2011 Birdie Buddy
Drama
6.5
2009 Tamra, the Island
Drama
7.1
2001 Beautiful Days
Drama
7.4
2000 All About Eve
Drama
7.5
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  • First Name: Jang Woo
  • Family Name: Kim
  • Native name: 김장우
  • Also Known as: Jay Kim
  • Nationality: South Korean
  • Gender: Male

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