The production of a second soundtrack for KBS drama, ‘Boys Over Flowers’ is in the works.
On February 5th, A ‘Boys Over Flowers’ representative stated that, “Currently the production of the second soundtrack and a few singers are being discussed,” and “The singers haven’t been determined yet and there is a possibility that the cast will be participating in the soundtrack.”
The ‘Boys Over Flowers’ soundtrack has been enjoying immense popularity, topping various music charts. SS501’s “Because I’m Foolish” is competing for the top spot against Girl’s Generation ‘Gee.’ Ashily’s ‘Lucky,’ T-Max’s ‘Paradise,’ SHINee’s ‘Stand By Me’ and others are also sharing the spotlight. Four to five of the tracks even ranked among top ten on one popular music chart.
Due to such overwhelming results, the idea of a second soundtrack gained momentum. Furthermore, ‘Boys Over Flowers’ will undergo a change in the content from Episode 13 onwards due to broadcast on the 16th because they believe the time would be right.
“The production of a second soundtrack is highly likely” said a persons concerned, and adding “The problem is getting the actors to sing.”
Consequently, the idea of the F4 forming a group is gathering public interest. In the Taiwanese version, the main characters were part of a group and up til now they were active as a group.
However, the F4 singing together is receiving a large amount of negative reaction. The reason being because Kim Hyun Joong is part of SS501 and Kim Joon a member of T-Max already. The participation of heroine Koo Hye Sun is still unknown.
“The F4 get along very well but also had negative views about singing and pursuing group activities. Each one is active in different fields and because they’re already part of assigned groups,” stated the representative.
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Overplaying of Soundtrack in Boys Before Flowers Criticized
In episode 10 shown on 3rd February, there was an insane amount of background music inserted and had an effect on the overall episode quality. In the total 69 minutes of footage, the total length of songs that were played amounted to around 20 minutes. T-Max Paradise, SS501 My Thoughts Are Bad, TB One More Time, etc were played at least twice in this episode.
If the production team overly promotes the soundtrack to viewers in the hope that they will buy it, then they have every right to be unhappy about this. There wasn’t any real need to do this since the soundtrack was selling like hotcakes and there were lots of pre-orders for it before its release. There were also cries of nepotism directed towards SS501 and T-Max singing for the soundtrack because their members Kim Hyun Joong and Kim Joon are part of F4 in the drama. And so naturally, their groups gets to sing it because of that.
Criticism was also directed towards the inappropriate use of music for some scenes in episode 10. Some expressed their discontent at the countless number of times that Ashily Lucky was played when Jandi appears in the episode.
Another inappropriate use was when Jandi chanced upon Ji Ho playing the piano and Ashily Lucky started playing again. Another example was when Joon Pyo dashes out of the car and goes towards Jandi to kiss her. But the moment was spoiled by T-Max Paradise suddenly playing in the background.
Netizens commented, “This is not the first time actually (overplaying and inappropriate use) but it was simply overdone in the latest episode”, “This is the 1st time that I felt that it was so agonizing listening to music while watching a drama”, “The soundtrack of this drama is a bit scary”, “I really hope that they can tie in the music with the scenes more appropriately in future”.
With regards to the criticism, Group Eight expressed, “The reaction from fans towards the songs from the soundtrack has been very good, so we decided to increase the use of the songs. We will accept all praise and criticism directed towards the drama through our forums and then adapt accordingly.”
Group Eight also dismissed rumors of a possible extension to Boys Before Flowers and assured viewers that the 24 episodes will be sufficient.
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