Composer Jung Jaeil signs to Decca

South Korean composer Jung Jaeil has signed to Decca Records. His first project of the new partnership will be the July international release of his album psalms in partnership with Universal Music Korea. 

As well as providing the soundtrack for Parasite, the first ever foreign-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, Jaeil created the soundtrack for hit Netflix show Squid Game in 2021. His latest album psalms, will combine choral a cappella performed by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra and Choir with electronic sounds and string ensemble.

Co-Presidents of Decca Label Group, Tom Lewis and Laura Monks, said: ‘[Jaeil’s]unique style and approach to composition makes him stand out from the crowd. He has already achieved great recognition for his soundtrack work that we now aim to amplify on a global scale.’ 

Having studied both piano and guitar, Jaeil worked on the score for his first film at the age of 15. His accolades include awards for Best Original Score for a TV Show or Limited Series at the 2021 Hollywood Music in Media Awards (for Squid Game) and Best Music at the 2020 Grand Bell Awards (for Parasite). In 2018 he performed at the Inter-Korean Summit between the president of South Korea, and North Korea’s supreme leader.

Jaeil said: ‘I grew up listening to countless albums from Decca so am truly amazed that my music is now being released on Decca and I’m getting to join an archive filled with historical recordings from the legends.’ 

psalms receives its international release on 22 July. You can find out more about Decca Records here.

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