The nightmarish sounds of Squid Game composer Jung Jae-il: ‘Having no identity very much defines my identity’
Korean composer behind Netflix’s most-watched series on world tour celebrating calculated imperfection in his scoresGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIf you were among the 265 million viewers who made...
By Kelly Burke · The Guardian Culture
Korean composer behind Netflix’s most-watched series on world tour celebrating calculated imperfection in his scores Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email If you were among the 265 million viewers who made Squid Game Netflix’s most-watched series so far, you were likely left mentally and aurally scarred by first season’s end, traumatised by the discordant whistle of a child’s recorder; the sheer banality of a primary school music room reimagined as a herald of human carnage. That sound was the work of composer Jung Jae-il, whose career has been defined by this sort of strange and unsettling contradiction; he is a master in the art of subverting all that is musically familiar – recasting the naive, the genteel, and the elegant into the chilling harbingers of horror. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...