Soundtrack 1 (2022) [+] and Soundtrack 2 (2023) [/]
Aug 14 2024
Soundtrack 1 and Soundtrack 2 are two Korean romance dramas revolving around music.
In Soundtrack 1 long time best friends, photographer Seon-woo (Park Hyng-sik) and lyricist Eun-soo (Han So-hee), end up living together for a couple of weeks so that Seon-woo can help Eun-soo write song lyrics about unrequited which she doesn't understand at all and he's been living with for almost a decade as he's been secretly in love with her (though he explains it as an unrequited love for Jennifer, a woman he met while studying in the USA).
The complication is a competitor seems to have struck first so Seon-woo doesn't tell Eun-soo how he feels and would rather support her in a relationship with someone more compatible. Meanwhile Eun-soo has been suppressing her feeling for Seon-woo because she doesn't want to ruin their friendship if a romance between them fails. It's only when Seon-woo leaves for a year on a photography gig that she comes to realize she loves him.
Soundtrack 2 is a new story. Su-ho (Noh Sang-hyun) and Hyun-seo (Keum Sea-rok) are a couple that broke up. Now a decade later Su-ho is a successful CEO of a media company specializing in YouTube shows while Hyun-seo is a former pianist with a failing piano teaching school. They end up living at Su-ho's place for a couple of weeks along with potential star Kei (Son Jeong-hyuk) as they help him create his debut music video and Kei becomes a competitor for Hyun-seo's affections.
The complication here is that Su-ho ends up with Hyun-seo but her hangups force them apart again. She has no self-love and he's rich so every time he takes her to an expensive restaurant or helps her out with rent she feels inadequate because she can't pay him back. The story ends when she realizes she needs to reflect on herself and decides to walk the Camino de Santiago and in the airport Su-ho surprises her ready to do the walk with her and she accepts.
Soundtrack 1 is a good story. Four 45-minute episodes so it's quite fast. Soundtrack 2 is an ok story not as engrossing. It runs six 45-minute episodes. Overall I recommend Soundtrack 1 whilst Soundtrack 2 can be skipped.
In Soundtrack 1 long time best friends, photographer Seon-woo (Park Hyng-sik) and lyricist Eun-soo (Han So-hee), end up living together for a couple of weeks so that Seon-woo can help Eun-soo write song lyrics about unrequited which she doesn't understand at all and he's been living with for almost a decade as he's been secretly in love with her (though he explains it as an unrequited love for Jennifer, a woman he met while studying in the USA).
The complication is a competitor seems to have struck first so Seon-woo doesn't tell Eun-soo how he feels and would rather support her in a relationship with someone more compatible. Meanwhile Eun-soo has been suppressing her feeling for Seon-woo because she doesn't want to ruin their friendship if a romance between them fails. It's only when Seon-woo leaves for a year on a photography gig that she comes to realize she loves him.
Soundtrack 2 is a new story. Su-ho (Noh Sang-hyun) and Hyun-seo (Keum Sea-rok) are a couple that broke up. Now a decade later Su-ho is a successful CEO of a media company specializing in YouTube shows while Hyun-seo is a former pianist with a failing piano teaching school. They end up living at Su-ho's place for a couple of weeks along with potential star Kei (Son Jeong-hyuk) as they help him create his debut music video and Kei becomes a competitor for Hyun-seo's affections.
The complication here is that Su-ho ends up with Hyun-seo but her hangups force them apart again. She has no self-love and he's rich so every time he takes her to an expensive restaurant or helps her out with rent she feels inadequate because she can't pay him back. The story ends when she realizes she needs to reflect on herself and decides to walk the Camino de Santiago and in the airport Su-ho surprises her ready to do the walk with her and she accepts.
Soundtrack 1 is a good story. Four 45-minute episodes so it's quite fast. Soundtrack 2 is an ok story not as engrossing. It runs six 45-minute episodes. Overall I recommend Soundtrack 1 whilst Soundtrack 2 can be skipped.