---
name: "Shim Hyun-jung"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shim-hyun-jung"
fi1m_id: "shim-hyun-jung"
imdb_id: "nm2021815"
tmdb_id: 87535
wikidata_id: "Q12604949"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T04:30:17.593248+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."
---

# Shim Hyun-jung

## Identity

Shim Hyun-jung

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shim-hyun-jung
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shim-hyun-jung
- **IMDb ID:** nm2021815
- **TMDB ID:** 87535
- **Wikidata ID:** Q12604949
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12604949, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2021815/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87535

Composer. Born 1 January 1971 in Seoul, South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1971, Seoul, South Korea
- **Active:** 2003–2010
- **Also known as:** 심현정, 沈賢貞
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12604949, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2021815/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87535

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Man from Nowhere*](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-nowhere.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Shim Hyun-jung is a South Korean film composer. She composed the majority of the score for *Oldboy* (2003), directed by Park Chan-wook, including the theme "The Last Waltz", working under music supervisor Jo Yeong-wook.

She studied composition at university in South Korea before pursuing further studies in the United States, including time in New York where she discovered an aptitude for film music. Early in her career she worked on short films and documentaries before contributing to feature films such as *Ardor* (2002) and *H* (2002).

Her subsequent credits include *The Man from Nowhere* (2010), for which she received Best Music awards, *A Werewolf Boy* (2012), *Hot Young Bloods* (2014), *The 8th Night* (2021) and *Project Silence* (2023). She has also composed for television series including *Connect* (2022).

*Sources: imdb.com, dearmykorea.com, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Man from Nowhere* (2010), Fi1m 72, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-nowhere.md)
- *Oldboy* (2003), Fi1m 85, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/oldboy.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Project Silence* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Connect* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *Stellar: A Magical Ride* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *The 8th Night* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Stand by Me* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Missing* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Perfect Proposal* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Hot Young Bloods* (2014), Music
- *The Five* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Koan of Spring* (2013), Music
- *Pune 52* (2013), Music
- *A Werewolf Boy* (2012), Music
- *If You Were Me 5* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *The Man from Nowhere* (2010), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-nowhere.md)
- *Tears in the Amazon* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Tears of the Amazon* (2009), series, Original Music Composer
- *Tears in the Arctic* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Mother* (2007), Music
- *Once in a Summer* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Everybody Has Secrets* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Oldboy* (2003), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/oldboy.md)

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