Dalpalan
Dalpalan | |
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| Born | Kang Ki-young July 16, 1966 Seoul, South Korea |
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| Years active | 1986–present |
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| Member of | Pitch Present |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 강기영 |
| RR | Gang Giyeong |
| MR | Kang Kiyŏng |
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| Hangul | 달파란 |
| RR | Dalparan |
| MR | Talp'aran |
Dalpalan (born Kang Ki-young on July 16, 1966) is a South Korean film score composer and music director. He was a first-generation Korean heavy metal and electronic musician and a former member of the bands Sinawe, H2O and Pipi Band.
He began making film music in 1997 with the film "Bad Movie" and made his full-fledged debut two years later with the film "Lies" (1999). In 2002, Dalparan, Jang Young-gyu, Bang Jun-seok, and Lee Byeong-hoon established the film music group "Pitch Present." Dalparan frequently collaborates with musician Jang Young-gyu, a fellow member of Pitch Present, on several film scores, including A Bittersweet Life (2005), The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008), The Front Line (2011), The Thieves (2012), Assassination (2015), and The Wailing (2016). As music director he is also known for his work in the film Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned (2017), Believer (2018), Samjin Company English Class (2019), and Phantom (2023).