February 10, 2021
Kim Tae-seong Scores South Korean Space Opera SPACE SWEEPERS
South Korean composer, Kim Tae-seong, known for scoring CROSSING (2008), WAR OF THE ARROWS (2011), THE ADMIRAL: ROARING CURRENTS (2014), PHANTOM DETECTIVE (2016), 1987: WHEN THE DAY COMES (2017), EXTREME JOB (2019), and the television series EMERGENCY COUPLE (2014), SQUAD 38 (2016), BAD GUYS 2 (2017), and THE GUEST (2018), has scored the science fiction adventure SPACE SWEEPERS, now showing on Netflix.
The film is directed by Jo Sung-hee (PHANTOM DETECTIVE, A WEREWOLF BOY). Set in the year 2092, Earth has become nearly uninhabitable. Fleeing the sick earth, UTS corporation builds a new orbiting Home for humanity. But only a chosen few can ascend. The plot follows the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory. But their lives take a huge turn when they discover a humanoid child robot named Dorothy that’s known to be a weapon of mass destruction. Burdened with debts and wishes to fulfill, they get involved in a risky business deal and maybe something more than they might have imagined.
Watch the film’s trailer: