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SOPYONJE

1. Millennium Crane (4:43 )
2. The Wooden Floor of Yoo-Bong's House (0:55)
3. The Way of Sound (1:23)
4. The Party Boy (1:25)
5. The Road (5:22)
6. The Abandoned Hut (6:18)
7. The Way of Sound Part II (3:36)
8. The Mountains (4:15)
9. Millennium Crane Part II (1:55)
10. Ceremony in The Abandon Hut (3:17)
11. The Wharf Song (7:43 ) (famous "Pan-Sori" folk song)

SOPYONJE is a Western Style soundtrack album, and marks the first time this approach was used in the Korean music industry. Prior to the So-pyon-je's release, Korean movie music was only a collection of songs and as such lost much of the connection to the movie. So-pyon-je tells the story of a Korean family of traveling musicians. It follows the main characters through childhood and into early adult life. Set around the time of the Korean Civil War, the story shows the characters's struggle to survive in a time of rapidly changing cultural values. There are happy times along with incidents of great loss and personal tragedy, all of which are complimented with this powerful and emotional soundtrack. Both the movie and the soundtrack won multiple awards both domestically and internationally. Awards included, "Best Picture"of the year at the 1994 Singapore International Film Festival!