Sunday, March 13, 2022

KPOP OT EP 36: Top 10 K-Drama OST Albums

 Hello everyone, it's Linda here. Welcome back to another episode of KPOP OT, where we talk about everything and anything related to KPOP or the Korean Hallyu Wave. 

In the last couple of episode we are talking about original soundtrack (OST) songs. I have listed my favorite OST artists and my favorite OST songs in the last episodes of KPOP OT. Today, I will be talking about OST albums, basically all the songs that were release in the series. 

There is a lot of single songs from different TV series that I love listening too but finding a series with all great OST songs are hard. But I'm here to list my favorite OST albums. 

Disclaimer! This is not based on any ranking or number charts. This is based on my own opinions and thoughts. You are entitle to yours, feel free to let me know yours but please be respectful about it in the comment section. 

All the drama summary and the original soundtrack list are found on Mydramalist and Wikipedia. I have link all the links down below at the very end of the post. I did not write any of the drama summaries. All the credits go the to original writer either on Mydramalist of Wikipedia. 


10. Start Up

Set in one of the world's most advanced tech sector, "Start Up" tells the tale of the razor-thin margins between ultimate success and abject failure. The story takes place in the fictional Sandbox Company, where the journey of four unique people is told. 

After a revolving door of unfulfilling retail jobs, Seo Dal Mi (Bae Suzy) is unsatisfied with the current trajectory of her life. Her soul longs for a grand adventure that sees her at the top and managing her own company. Although she does not have much to offer, she has big dreams, red hot ambition, and the soul of a pioneer. 

A constant source of his family's pride as a child, Nam Do San (Nam Joo Hyuk) as an adult is the founder of Sam San Tech, a fledgling start-up company that is looking to transition into bigger endeavors. But a vague dream and limited ambition see his company flounder. Unknown to him, the tailwinds of fate has begun to fill up Sam San Tech's sails. 

Han Ji Pyeong (Kim Sun Ho), a man who does not want to own anyone anything, owes a large debt to one special person who helped him greatly in the past. His role in the start-up world sees him as Judge, Jury, and Executioner, as his pragmatic advice sees the futures of start-ups either rise into greatness or fall into obscurity. 

Tired of doing all the work, but seeing the credit got o someone else, Won In Jae (Kang Han Na) yearns to prove herself in a male-dominated industry, as a capable woman who can succeed without the advantages her privileged childhood has giver her.

OST:

Listen - Red Velvet
Day and Night - Jung Seung Hwan
One Day - Kim Feel
I Know - Seunghee, Jiho, and Binnie of Oh My Girl
Running - Gaho
Where is Dream - 10cm
My Love - Davichi
Even For A Moment - Cheeze
Blue Bird - Ailee
Lonesome Diary - Sandeul of B1A4
Two Words - Wendy of Red Velvet
Love Letter - Bolbbalgan4
Dream - Jamie
My Dear Love - Bae Suzy
Love Me Like You Used To - Kassy
To Me - Jung Eun Ji of APINK
Care About You - K.Will


9. Boys Over Flowers

Geum Jan Di (Ku Hye Seon) comes from a poor family who owns a dry-cleaning shop. One day, she visits Shinhwa High School, a prestigious school for the wealthy and saves a student trying to commit suicide because of bullying. For her heroic act, Jan Di receives a swimming scholarship and starts attending the school. 

In Shinhwa High, she meets the notorious F4, the most popular and powerful group of boys at the school, consisting of Gu Jun Pyo (Lee Min Ho); the leader of F4 and heir to the Shinhwa Group, Yoon Ji Hu (Kim Hyun Joong); the grandson of a former president of Korean, So Yi Jung (Kim Bum); a skilled potter who comes from a family that owns the country's biggest art museum, and Song Woo Bin (Kim Jun); whose family runs the country's largest construction company.

Her life at school starts out miserable, as she doesn't fit in with other students because of her status, and later becomes words when she is labeled as the new bullying target of the F4. 

OST:

Paradise - T-Max
Because I'm Stupid - SS501
Do You Know? - Someday
Stand By Me - Shinee
Lucky - Ashily
Starlight Tear - Kim Yoo Kyung
Some - Seo Jin Young
One More Time - Tree Bicycle
Say Yes - T-Max
Wish Ur My Love - T-Max ft. J
Yearning Heart - A'ST1
Making A Lover - SS501
What Do I Do - Jisun
Love Is Fire - Kara
Love U - Howl
Something Like Love - Brand New Day
Tears Are Falling - Lee Sang Gon


8. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

Do Bong Soon is a petite, unemployed woman who is honest and kind. She appears little and sweet on the outside, but she is in fact very, very strong. For generations in her family, the women have been gifted Herculean strength to use for the greater good. If abused, however, their power will be taken away. 

Whilst standing up for herself after gang members bully her, she finds herself approached by Ahn Min Hyuk, the handsome and somewhat childish CEO of Ainsoft, a gaming company. Ahn Min Hyuk, who holds a great distrust towards the police, witnessed the whole exchange of Bong Soon's superhuman strength, and now wants to employ her as a bodyguard after being threatened by an unknown enemy. Min Hyuk falls in love with super-strong Bong Soon at first sight, but there's a catch. Bong Soon has eyes for someone else; police officer and childhood friend, In Guk Doo, whom she has known since high school. 

When chaos ensues after a series of kidnappings in Do Bong Soon's hometown of Dobong-dong, Dobong-gu, Bong Soon must decide whether to use her strength and stand up to evil, or play it safe and keep her powers hidden from the world. Combined with the love triangle she faces between In Guk Doo and Ahn Min Hyuk, as well as having to keep Min Hyuk safe, Bong Soon's life is thrown into turmoil. 

OST:

You're My Garden - Jung Eun Ji of APINK
Heartbeat - Suran
How Would It Be - Standing Egg
Pit-A-Pat - Chungha
Double Trouble Couple - Mamamoo
I Fall In Love - Vromance ft. Obroject
Super Power Girl - Every Single Day
Because of You - Park Hyung Sik


7. Who Are You: School 2015

Sekang High School is the most prestigious private high school in Seoul's Gangnam District, and Go Eun Byul (Kim So Hyun) is the most popular girl there. Her best friend is Han Yi An (Nam Joo Hyuk), the school's star swimmer and is in love with her since childhood. 

Meanwhile, her identical twin Lee Eun Bi (Kim So Hyun) is living in an orphanage, Love House, in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, where the younger residents look up to her as a mother figure and is being bullied at school. 

Then one day, Eun Byul mysteriously disappears. Soon after, Eun Bi loses her memories and is mistaken as being Eun Byul. Eun Bi then starts living her life as Eun Byul.


OST:

Reset - Tiger JK ft. Jinshil
Blow Way - Baechigi ft. Punch
I'll Listen To What You Have To Say - Yoon Mi Rae
Remembers - Byul
Prayer - Younha
That Name - Jonghyun and Taemin of SHINEE
Return - Wendy of Red Velvet ft. Yook Ji Dam
Love Song - Yook Sung Jae of BTOB ft. Park Hye Soo


6. Hotel del Luna

Nestled deep in the heart of Seoul's thriving downtown sits a curious hotel, the like of which no one has ever seen before. Old beyond measure, the building has stood for millennia, an ever-present testament to the fact that things are not always what they seem. 

Running this hotel is Jang Man Wol (IU), a greedy, suspicious soul who has spent the past thousand years acting as the establishment's CEO. Bound to the hotel by a deity who keeps her there to save her from going berserk and self-destruction with rage, hatred and thirst for revenge. Her only hope of escape is if she could let go of her resentment and hatred, and find love. Trapped in her resentment for a betrayal, Man Wol is doomed to spend all of the eternity running this odd establishment, catering to the needs of the most peculiar clientele. 

Things take an interesting turn when Goo Chan Sung (Yeo Jin Goo) shows up. Once the youngest assistant manager ever to work at a multinational hotel corporation, Chan Sung finds himself forced to manage the Hotel del Luna because of a deal his father made with Man Wol years ago. Excellent with managing money, he starts to put Jang's excessive spending and disastrous finance situation in order, that may be exactly what this odd establishment and its cursed CEO needs. 

OST:

Another Day - Monday Kim and Punch
Lean On My Shoulders - 10cm
All About You - Taeyeon of SNSD
Only You - Yang Da Il
Can You See My Heart - Heize
At The End Of You - Chungha
Remember All My Days and Then - Gummy
See the Stars - Red Velvet
Can You Hear My Voice - Ben
So Long - Paul Kim
Say Goodbye - Song Ha Ye
Done For Me - Punch
Love Del Luna - Taeyong of NCT and Punch
Happy Ending - IU


5. Descendants of the Sun

A love story that develops between a surgeon and a special forces officer. 

Kang Mo Yeon (Song Hye Kyo) is a pretty and assertive woman who works as a cardiothoracic surgeon at Haesung Hospital. She isn't afraid to admit her mistakes and believes that capability overrides whatever connections you have. However, she is soon faced with the reality that she cannot advance with just capability. 

Her life is forever changed when she encounters Yoo Shi Jin (Song Joong Ki), the Captain and team leader of Alpha Team who cares more about  protecting anybody in need of help as well as his country, even if it goes against the order of his superiors. 

This drama will tell of how they both bond together in a time of war and overcome the odds against them.

OST: 

Always - Yoon Mi Rae
Everytime - Chen of EXO and Punch
This Love - Davichi
You Are My Everything - Gummy
Once Again - Kim Na Young ft. Mad Clown
Talk Love - K.Will
With You - Lyn
By My Side - SG Wannabe
Wind Beneath Your Wings - M.C the Max
How Can I Love You - XIA (Junsu)


4. The Beauty Inside


Han Se Gye (Seo Hyun Jin) is a top actress, also known as a troublemaker, with many rumors around her. To others, her life appears as a mystery, when in fact she is faced with a strange occurrence where she must change into a different body and new identity for one week a month. 

She encounters Seo Do Jae (Lee Min Ki), a brilliant man who is an executive at an airline company. He seems to have it all: a perfect appearance, knowledge, and a good job; but he has a secret too. He suffers from Prosopagnosia, the inability to recognize faces. However, he manages to hide this from the world, everyday he makes an effort to remember people by their personalities. 

Seo Do Jae's life begins to change when he meets Han Se Gye. She is the only person whose face he can recognize. 

OST:

Cloud - Rothy
The Beauty Inside - Vincent ft. 2morro
Falling In Love - Davichi
Beautiful Moment - K.Will
Goodbye - Wendy of Red Velvet
The Love Inside - 2morro
Run - 2morro


3. Hwarang

Queen Jiso, as regent, has been the ruler of Silla since the death of her father, King Beopheung, while keeping her son, Sammaekjong, hidden from enemies and assassins. 

As the young King comes of age, citizens, officials and Sammaekjong (Park Hyung Shik) himself, have all grown impatient for her to cede power. However, the powerful nobles that tried to usurp the power continue to eye the throne, and Jiso fears the consequences of her ceding it. 

In order to break the power of the nobles, who have grown accustomed to their privileges under the bone rank system, Jiso plans to create a new elite group, the Hwarang, that will cut across the existing power factions and to bind them to protect her son and the throne. 

As this new elite group of male youth bond and grow, they are unaware that within their number is their King, Sammaekjong and Kim Sun Woo (Park Seo Jun), a commoner with a secret even he is not aware of. 

OST: 

Even If I Die, It's You - V and Jin of BTS
Dream - Bolbbalgan4
Become Each Other's Tears - Hyorin
Divine Move - Yoseob of Highlight
Anywhere - Han Dong Gun
I Can Only See You - Wendy and Seulgi of Red Velvet 
Memorizing a Spell - Jun Woo Sung of Noel
Don't Leave Me Alone - Jung Dong Ha
Divine Move - Kim Juna
I'll Be Here - Park Hyung Shik
Becoming Each Other's Tears - Park Seo Joon


2. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

When a total eclipse of the sun takes place, Go Ha Jin (IU) is transported back in time to start of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea during King Taejo's rule. She wakes up in the body of the 16-year-old Hae Soo and finds herself living in the house of the 8th Prince Wang Wook (Kang Ha Neul), who is married to Hae Soo's cousin. She soon befriends several of the princes and meets the ostracized 4th Prince, Wang So (Lee Joon Gi). 

Although knowing she should not get involved in palace intrigues over the succession to the throne, she inadvertently becomes a pawn in the struggle, as several of the Princes fall in love with her. 



OST: 
For You - Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin of EXO
Say Yes - Loco and Punch
I Love You, I Remember You - I.O.I
Forgetting You - Davichi
All With You -Taeyeon
Can You Hear My Heart - Epik High and Lee Hi
A Lot Like Love - Baek A Yeon
I Confess - SG Wannabe
Will Be Back- Sunhae Im
My Love - Lee Hi
Wind - Jung Seung Hwan
Be With You - Akdong Musician
Goodbye - Im Do Hyuk


1. Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (Goblin)

Kim Shin (Gong Yoo) was once an unbeatable general in Goryeo's military who died a tragic death. He now possesses immortality but is tired of living while everyone else around him dies. For 900 years, Kim Shin has searched for his bride, a mortal who can pull out the sword and end his life. 

One day, he encounters Ji Eun Tak (Kim Go Eun), a positive, upbeat high school student who can see the dead and has gone through tragic events, yet still stays strong. She claims to be the Goblin's bride who can end his immortal life, but what appears to be an easy task, only gets complicated, as the two fall in love. 


OST:

Round and Round - Heize and Han Soo Ji
Stay With Me - Chanyeol and Punch
My Eyes - 10cm
Hush - Lasse Lindh
Beautiful - Crush
You Are So Beautiful - Eddy Kim
Who Are You - Sam Kim
I Miss You - Soyou
First Snow - Jung Joon Il
I Will Do To You Like The First Snow - Ailee
Wish - Urban Zakapa
Heaven - Roy Kim and Kim EZ
Love - Mamamoo
And I'm Here - Kim Kyung See
Winter is Coming - Han Soo Ji
Stuck in Love - Kim Kyung See




Let me just say that you should listen to all of the songs on every single one of these albums. All of them are amazing and beautiful. Let me know your thoughts in the comment section below. Which OST album should I check out? I'll see you in the next episode. 

Image Credits: Start Up, Boys Over Flowers, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, Who Are You: School 2015, Hotel Del Luna, Descendants of the Sun, The Beauty Inside, Hwarang, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo and Goblin.

Information Credits: Start Up 1/2, Boys Over Flowers 1/2, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon 1/2, Who Are You: School 2015 1/2, Hotel Del Luna 1/2, Descendants of the Sun 1/2, The Beauty Inside 1/2, Hwarang 1/2, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo 1/2 and Goblin 1/2.

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