---
name: "Jung Jae-il"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jung-jae-il"
fi1m_id: "jung-jae-il"
imdb_id: "nm8885840"
tmdb_id: 2127965
wikidata_id: "Q19941076"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "7 May 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T04:25:24.449631+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jung Jae-il

## Identity

Jung Jae-il

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jung-jae-il
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jung-jae-il
- **IMDb ID:** nm8885840
- **TMDB ID:** 2127965
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19941076
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Jae-il, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19941076, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8885840/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2127965

Composer. Born 7 May 1982 in Seoul, South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 7 May 1982, Seoul, South Korea
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Bong Joon Ho](https://film.one/person/bong-joon-ho.md), [Cho Yeo-jeong](https://film.one/person/cho-yeo-jeong.md), [Song Kang-ho](https://film.one/person/song-kang-ho.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 91 (1), 2020s 78 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 79 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1, Mystery 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $410m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Jae-il, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19941076, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8885840/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2127965

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Squid Game*](https://film.one/tv/squid-game.md) (81)
- **Tubi:** [*Broker*](https://film.one/film/broker.md) (76)
- **HBO Max:** [*Mickey 17*](https://film.one/film/mickey-17.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jung Jae-il (Korean: 정재일) is a South Korean composer. Born on 7 May 1982 in Seoul, he began playing piano at the age of three and guitar at nine. He studied at the Seoul Jazz Academy, joined bands as a bassist in the late 1990s, and released his first solo album, *Tear Flower*, in 2003.

He is known for his scores for the films *Parasite* (2019), *Okja* (2017), *Broker* (2022) and *Mickey 17* (2025), and the series *Squid Game* (2021). He has also scored *Mr. Sunshine* (2018) and *Sea Fog* (2014). Jung performed piano at the 2018 inter-Korean summit and has received awards including the Baeksang Arts Award for *Squid Game* and the Buil Film Award for *Parasite*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bbc.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Possible Love* (2026), Fi1m 83, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/possible-love.md)
- *Mickey 17* (2025), Fi1m 70, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/mickey-17.md)
- *Broker* (2022), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/broker.md)
- *Squid Game* (2021), Fi1m 81, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/squid-game.md)
- *Parasite* (2019), Fi1m 91, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/parasite.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Possible Love* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/possible-love.md)
- *PONIES* (2026), series, Original Music Composer
- *Twinless* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Mickey 17* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mickey-17.md)
- *Squid Game: Fireplace* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Fuego Sagrado* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Broker* (2022), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/broker.md)
- *Squid Game* (2021), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/squid-game.md)
- *The Doom’s Night* (2021), Music Arranger
- *Round and Around* (2020), Music
- *Parasite* (2019), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/parasite.md)
- *over there* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Sunshine* (2018), series, Original Music Composer
- *Okja* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Arcadia* (2016), Music Director
- *Sea Fog* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Mad Sad Bad* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Picnic* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Wish* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Marine Boy* (2009), Original Music Composer

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