Joo Jin-Mo has a wonderful singing voice! He and Zo In-sung both play geomungo in the movie, while Song Ji-hyo plays bipa.
English lyrics can be found in comments by (1) RemusKingOfRome5, 5 years ago; (2) +magusia333 You’re welcome, 3 years ago. There are Romanized Korean lyrics, too.
Here’s the story behind the song, which is actually a poem, “Saengmokin [(Semu), or ‘colored-
eye people’] Bakery,” aka “The Turkish Bakery.”
With the Mongol armies came the so-called Saengmokin (Semu), or “colored-eye people”, this group consisted of Muslims from Central Asia.[184] In the Mongol social order, the Saengmokin occupied a position just below the Mongols themselves, and exerted a great deal of influence within the Yuan dynasty.
It was during this period satirical poems were composed and one of them was the Sanghwajeom, the “Colored-eye people bakery”, the song tells the tale of a Korean woman
who goes to a Muslim bakery to buy some dumplings.[185]”
Note: In the same article are entries for two other poems/songs that have been used in the soundtracks of several sageuk dramas and films:
1. “Chongsan pyolgok” (“Song of the Green Mountain”) on p. 218 is sung in SIX FLYING DRAGONS as a solo by Byun Yo-han and as a duet by him and Lee Cho-hee. It is also performed by Yeonsangun’s court musician, Wolhamae (Hwang Suk-jung), who sings a version of “Song of the Green Mountain” aka “Green Mountain Special Tune” during her final performance with her bipa Ribbon Friend in ep. 29 of REBEL: THIEF WHO STOLE THE PEOPLE.
2. “Gashiri” (“Would You Go?”) on p. 219 has been sung by Song Ji-hyo with bipa (Korean pear-shaped lute) accompaniment in A FROZEN FLOWER. I thought I’ve heard it in another film or drama, but have been unable to locate it.
PakalanaPikake
October 11, 2019 at 2:20 AM
MY COUNTRY / A FROZEN FLOWER – Goryeo Music
Joo Jin-mo, vocal & geomungo: “Ssanghwajeom” [“A Frozen Flower”]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFWIgToLukY
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PakalanaPikake
October 11, 2019 at 2:21 AM
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Joo Jin-Mo has a wonderful singing voice! He and Zo In-sung both play geomungo in the movie, while Song Ji-hyo plays bipa.
English lyrics can be found in comments by (1) RemusKingOfRome5, 5 years ago; (2) +magusia333 You’re welcome, 3 years ago. There are Romanized Korean lyrics, too.
Here’s the story behind the song, which is actually a poem, “Saengmokin [(Semu), or ‘colored-
eye people’] Bakery,” aka “The Turkish Bakery.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goryeo#Islam
See also: ”Ssanghwajom” (“The Turkish Bakery”) in Lee, Peter H. “Popular Poems in the Koryo Dynasty as Described in the Koryo Sa and Akchang Kasa.” Oriens Extremus 5, no. 2 (1958): 202-27.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/43383351.
http://oriens-extremus.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/OE-5.2-5.pdf [p. 217 (PDF pg. 16 of 26)]
Note: In the same article are entries for two other poems/songs that have been used in the soundtracks of several sageuk dramas and films:
1. “Chongsan pyolgok” (“Song of the Green Mountain”) on p. 218 is sung in SIX FLYING DRAGONS as a solo by Byun Yo-han and as a duet by him and Lee Cho-hee. It is also performed by Yeonsangun’s court musician, Wolhamae (Hwang Suk-jung), who sings a version of “Song of the Green Mountain” aka “Green Mountain Special Tune” during her final performance with her bipa Ribbon Friend in ep. 29 of REBEL: THIEF WHO STOLE THE PEOPLE.
2. “Gashiri” (“Would You Go?”) on p. 219 has been sung by Song Ji-hyo with bipa (Korean pear-shaped lute) accompaniment in A FROZEN FLOWER. I thought I’ve heard it in another film or drama, but have been unable to locate it.
https://www.jstor.org/action/doAdvancedSearch?q0=popular+poems+in+the+koryo
+dynasty&f0=all&c1=AND&q1=Lee&f1=all&c2=AND&q2=&f2=all&c3=AND&q3=&f3=all&c4=AND&q4=&f4=all&c5=AND&q5=&f5=all&c6=AND&q6=&f6=all&acc=off&ar=on&la=eng+OR+en&sd=&ed=&pt=oriens+extremus&isbn=&dc.asianstudies-discipline=on&Search=&group=none
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PakalanaPikake
October 11, 2019 at 2:24 AM
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More Goryeo Soundtracks:
SIX FLYING DRAGONS, OST Part 8, Track 1
Byun Yo-han: “Song of Chungsan [Green Mountain] I” (Eng. & Arabic lyrics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5agy7Vogsg
SIX FLYING DRAGONS, OST Part 8, Track 2
Lee Cho-hee & Byun Yo-han duet: “Song of Chungsan [Green Mountain] II” (Eng. lyrics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ4BR9pEhtA
Hangul/Romanized/English lyrics for both versions:
https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Six_Flying_Dragons_OST
A FROZEN FLOWER, OST
Song Ji-hyo vocal & geomungo: “Gashiri” (“Would You Go?”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA-UeewJcfU
Hangul & English lyrics in comments by Lyn Ngo, 6 months ago [as of 10/10/19].
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