--- name: "Mowg" canonical: "https://film.one/person/mowg" fi1m_id: "mowg" imdb_id: "nm3028820" tmdb_id: 929598 wikidata_id: "Q16665451" roles: ["Composer"] born: "1 January 1972" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-18T00:02:04.443157+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." --- # Mowg ## Identity Mowg - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mowg - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** mowg - **IMDb ID:** nm3028820 - **TMDB ID:** 929598 - **Wikidata ID:** Q16665451 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowg_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16665451, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3028820/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/929598 Composer. Born 1 January 1972 in Seoul, South Korea. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 1 January 1972, Seoul, South Korea - **Also known as:** 모그, Lee Sung-hyun, 이성현, Lee Seong-hyeon, 성이현, Sung E Hyun - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowg_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16665451, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3028820/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/929598 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Burning*](https://film.one/film/burning.md) (86) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Mowg, born Lee Sung-hyun in 1972 in South Korea, is a composer and musician of film scores. He adopted his professional name after peers in New York nicknamed him for his resemblance to Mowgli from *The Jungle Book*. He moved to New York in 1993, where he worked as a jazz bassist and session musician across genres before returning to Korea. Mowg is known for his long collaboration with director Kim Jee-woon, beginning with the omnibus film *Doomsday Book* (2012). Their joint credits include *I Saw the Devil* (2010), *The Last Stand* (2013), *The Age of Shadows* (2016) and *Cobweb* (2023). He composed the score for Lee Chang-dong’s *Burning* (2018) and has worked on other notable films such as *Silenced* (2011), *Peninsula* (2020) and the series *All of Us Are Dead* (2022). He has received multiple awards for his film music, including for *I Saw the Devil*, *Masquerade* (2012), *Hwayi: A Monster Boy* (2013), *The Age of Shadows* and *Burning*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Burning* (2018), Fi1m 86, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/burning.md) ## Complete filmography (80) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Method Acting* (2026), Original Music Composer - *Tomorrow's Min-Jae* (2025), Original Music Composer - *Tristes Tropiques* (2025), Original Music Composer - *Boss* (2025), Original Music Composer - *Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy* (2025), Original Music Composer - *Holy Night: Demon Hunters* (2025), Original Music Composer - *Persona a Strange Girl* (2025), Music - *One Win* (2024), Original Music Composer - *The Tyrant* (2024), series, Original Music Composer - *Force of Love* (2024), Director, Writer, Music - *Dead Man* (2024), Original Music Composer - *Daily Dose of Sunshine* (2023), series, Music - *Cobweb* (2023), Music, Original Music Composer - *Ransomed* (2023), Original Music Composer - *The Childe* (2023), Original Music Composer - *Soulmate* (2023), Original Music Composer - *Faith* (2023), Original Music Composer - *Confession* (2022), Original Music Composer - *Vestige* (2022), Original Music Composer - *Anna* (2022), series, Sound Director - *The Witch: Part 2. The Other One* (2022), as Sanwol Fashion Male Employee 1 · Original Music Composer - *Heartbeat* (2022), Music - *All of Us Are Dead* (2022), series, Original Music Composer - *Dr. Brain* (2021), series, Original Music Composer - *Ground Zero* (2021), Original Music Composer - *Dente por Dente* (2020), Music - *Live Your Strength* (2020), Original Music Composer - *Night in Paradise* (2020), Original Music Composer - *Deliver Us from Evil* (2020), Original Music Composer - *Peninsula* (2020), Original Music Composer - *Start-Up* (2019), Original Music Composer - *Jesters: The Game Changers* (2019), Original Music Composer - *EXIT* (2019), Original Music Composer - *The Beast* (2019), Original Music Composer - *Long Live the King* (2019), Original Music Composer - *Persona* (2019), series, Music - *Unstoppable* (2018), Original Music Composer - *Intimate Strangers* (2018), Original Music Composer - *Miss Baek* (2018), Original Music Composer - *Monstrum* (2018), Original Music Composer - *Illang: The Wolf Brigade* (2018), Original Music Composer - *The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion* (2018), as A Star is Born Judge 2 · Original Music Composer - *Burning* (2018), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/burning.md) - *Unknown Woman* (2018), Music - *Romans 8:37* (2017), Original Music Composer - *A Special Lady* (2017), Original Music Composer - *The Outlaws* (2017), Original Music Composer - *The Running Actress* (2017), Original Music Composer - *V.I.P.* (2017), Original Music Composer - *Warriors of the Dawn* (2017), Original Music Composer - *The King* (2017), Music - *The Age of Shadows* (2016), Original Music Composer - *Worst Woman* (2016), Music Supervisor - *Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet* (2016), Original Music Composer - *Like a French Film* (2016), Original Music Composer - *Remember You* (2016), Original Music Composer - *Love Guide for Dumpees* (2015), Original Music Composer - *The Advocate: A Missing Body* (2015), Original Music Composer - *Memories of the Sword* (2015), Music, Original Music Composer - *The Royal Tailor* (2014), Music, Original Music Composer - *Scarlet Innocence* (2014), Original Music Composer - *The Avian Kind* (2014), Music Supervisor - *The Fatal Encounter* (2014), Original Music Composer - *Miss Granny* (2014), Original Music Composer - *Hwayi: A Monster Boy* (2013), Original Music Composer - *Behind the Camera* (2013), Original Music Composer - *How to Use Guys with Secret Tips* (2013), Original Music Composer - *The Last Stand* (2013), Original Music Composer - *A Company Man* (2012), Original Music Composer - *Masquerade* (2012), Original Music Composer - *Doomsday Book* (2012), Original Music Composer - *A Brave New World* (2012), Music - *Happy Birthday* (2012), Music - *Silenced* (2011), Original Music Composer - *Bang* (2010), Music - *Camellia* (2010), Original Music Composer - *I Saw the Devil* (2010), Original Music Composer - *The Influence* (2010), Music - *The Present* (2009), Original Music Composer - *In the Net*, series, Music ## Gallery - ![Mowg](https://film.one/media/person/128431/gallery-4203c469fe2b.jpg) Mowg — KAFA, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Mowg_2020.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Mowg](https://film.one/media/person/128431/gallery-a8e115289376.jpg) Mowg — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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