There are many, many individual songs from OSTs that I love so much that I either buy from iTunes or put into Spotify playlists, but there are only a few drama OSTs where I loved EVERY song and the whole arc of the OST from beginning to end is an embodied musical experience. Those are listed here (and not in order of preference per se, because that changes for me based on my mood.) *Forest (some of the best instrumental songs from any drama - perfectly fits the theme of nature, memory, trauma, healing, love, etc.) *Just Between Lovers (both the instrumental and sung version of I'll Be There by Zitten is perfection itself, and the rest of the songs are masterfully written and performed. "My Family" hits me in the chest every time.) *When the Weather is Fine (the music follows an arc of freeze to thaw, of sadness to joy) *Goblin (not much more to add to what others have said, but I will say that so much of this OST is sheer genius - and not available on iTunes for reasons that I don't understand. "Dark Walk" is one of the best pieces of music from any genre, and any region of the world. And I'm Here is so hauntingly beautiful that I can't listen to it very often - it brings too much longing and sadness.)
AGREED, @Xue Yin!! Well-said comment! I'm watching Count Your Lucky Stars right now and their chemistry is off…
I haven't seen that drama yet! I generally prefer TW-dramas and K-dramas to C-dramas, but I've watched four C-dramas in a row now, and have liked each one so far.
AGREED, @Xue Yin!! Well-said comment! I'm watching Count Your Lucky Stars right now and their chemistry is off…
People love who they love - we haven't fully figured out the mechanics to attraction and desire yet, and so as long as its consensual (and legal) I'm ok with it, generally. Also I'm just a sucker for romance so I love watching people in love - no matter if they have an age gap or not (or are the same gender - love is love!)
Two of my top five K-dramas are in your list: Goblin and Thirty But Seventeen, and two of my least favorite dramas ever are also in your list: She Was Pretty, and A Korean Odyssey. To each their own! We all have such diverse likes (and dislikes) and dramas impact us each in a different way. Thank goodness there are a lot to choose from. :-) My top five K-dramas: Stranger Just Between Lovers Tunnel Goblin Thirty But Seventeen
This is definitely a struggle. I have almost never watched a currently airing drama, (on purpose for these reasons) but I started binging Count Your Lucky Stars not realizing that it was still airing and now I'm annoyed. I stopped watching new episodes of Lost Romance, not because I didn't like it, but because I loved it so much that I wanted to have more than one episode to watch at a time. I think I might just wait until it's done to pick it back up. I despise spoilers that I don't actively seek out, and more than one drama has been spoiled this way, which is just sucky. More importantly, I've decided that other folks' opinions about a drama are irrelevant. One of the worst things for me is coming here or Viki and reading too many negative comments while I'm watching a drama - it just ruins it for me. So I make it a habit not to read comments while a currently airing show is on, and only sparingly afterwards.
I definitely disagree with you (and apparently a lot of people here) about Goblin and Romance is a Bonus Book - I loved both of them immensely. (Also, I'm still confused why some folks have made such a big deal about the actual age between the lead actors in Goblin, considering Kim Go Eun was 25 when she filmed that drama, and not a child.) I'm not bothered by age gaps at all, and in fact noona romances are some of my favorites. You could add Secret Love Affair here (20 year difference) and Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food (although that drama had other issues). People love who they love, and I'm here for it, as long as it's legal and consensual. (And I would add that same-gender folks also deserve to love who they love, even if it's not legal - yet - in their country.) I agreed with you about Mr. Sunshine, but I would have preferred the FL with the SML instead, but not because of an age gap. I also agreed with you about Search: WWW because both couples had great chemistry and were good influences on each other. Folks seem to get way too worked up about the age of someone, and I find that incredibly problematic, especially for women in this world. A Witch's Romance had some of the fieriest chemistry of any drama I've seen and the FL was in her 40's, and good for her....(because Park Seo Joon) !!
One of the only times I had SLS was Reply 1994. Still pissed about Yoo Yeon Seok's character.
There is some justice in the world after all...thank you for reminding me about the shows where I did get to see him be the ML and get the girl. LOL. (Looking forward to the 2nd season of Hospital Playlist too!)
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*Forest (some of the best instrumental songs from any drama - perfectly fits the theme of nature, memory, trauma, healing, love, etc.)
*Just Between Lovers (both the instrumental and sung version of I'll Be There by Zitten is perfection itself, and the rest of the songs are masterfully written and performed. "My Family" hits me in the chest every time.)
*When the Weather is Fine (the music follows an arc of freeze to thaw, of sadness to joy)
*Goblin (not much more to add to what others have said, but I will say that so much of this OST is sheer genius - and not available on iTunes for reasons that I don't understand. "Dark Walk" is one of the best pieces of music from any genre, and any region of the world. And I'm Here is so hauntingly beautiful that I can't listen to it very often - it brings too much longing and sadness.)
My top five K-dramas:
Stranger
Just Between Lovers
Tunnel
Goblin
Thirty But Seventeen
I despise spoilers that I don't actively seek out, and more than one drama has been spoiled this way, which is just sucky. More importantly, I've decided that other folks' opinions about a drama are irrelevant. One of the worst things for me is coming here or Viki and reading too many negative comments while I'm watching a drama - it just ruins it for me. So I make it a habit not to read comments while a currently airing show is on, and only sparingly afterwards.
I'm not bothered by age gaps at all, and in fact noona romances are some of my favorites. You could add Secret Love Affair here (20 year difference) and Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food (although that drama had other issues). People love who they love, and I'm here for it, as long as it's legal and consensual. (And I would add that same-gender folks also deserve to love who they love, even if it's not legal - yet - in their country.)
I agreed with you about Mr. Sunshine, but I would have preferred the FL with the SML instead, but not because of an age gap. I also agreed with you about Search: WWW because both couples had great chemistry and were good influences on each other.
Folks seem to get way too worked up about the age of someone, and I find that incredibly problematic, especially for women in this world. A Witch's Romance had some of the fieriest chemistry of any drama I've seen and the FL was in her 40's, and good for her....(because Park Seo Joon) !!
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