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2018 South Korean television series

The Hymn of Death
Promotional poster
Also known as	The Hymn of Death Death Song

Hangul	사의 찬미
Literal meaning	Praise of Death
Revised Romanization	Saui Chanmi

Genre	Historical Romance Tragedy Melodrama
Written by	Jo Soo-jin
Directed by	Park Soo-jin
Starring	Lee Jong-suk Shin Hye-sun
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	6
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	35 minutes
Production company	The Story Works
Original release
Network	SBS TV
Release	November 27 (2018-11-27) – December 4, 2018 (2018-12-04)

The Hymn of Death (Korean: 사의 찬미; RR: Saui Chanmi) is a 2018 South Korean television miniseries based on true events, starring Lee Jong-suk and Shin Hye-sun. It aired on SBS from November 27 to December 4, 2018, and is available on Netflix worldwide.

Synopsis

The series depicts the tragic romance between Joseon's first soprano Yun Sim-deok (Shin Hye-sun) and the genius playwright, Kim Woo-jin (Lee Jong-suk).

Cast

Main

Lee Jong-suk as Kim Woo-jin
Shin Hye-sun as Yun Sim-deok

Supporting

Woo-jin's family

Kim Myeong-su as Kim Sung-gyu (Woo-jin's father)
Park Sun-im as Jung Chum-hyo (Woo-jin's wife)

Sim-deok's family

Kim Won-hae as Yoon Suk-ho (Sim-deok's father)
Hwang Young-hee as Kim Ssi (Sim-deok's mother)
Go Bo-gyeol as Yoon Sung-duk (Sim-deok's younger sister)
Shin Jae-ha as Yoon Ki-sung (Sim-deok's younger brother)

People of Dong Woo-hee Theater

Lee Ji-hoon as Hong Nan-pa
Jung Moon-sung as Jo Myung-hee [ko]
Oh Eui-shik as Hong Hae-sung [ko]
Lee Joon-yi as Kyosuke Tomoda (new Japanese actor)
Han Eun-seo as Han Ki-joo (Soprano, piano player)

People around Sim-deok

Lee Sang-yeob as Gim Hong-gi
Jang Hyun-sung as Lee Yong-moon
Lee Cheol-min as government officer
Kim Kang-hyun as Lee Seo-koo
Jang Hyuk-jin as Dauchi
Bae Hae-sun as Vocal Music Professor

Production

The first script reading took place on March 27, 2018. The filming began in late April, 2018.

The drama serves as a reunion between Lee Jong-suk and Shin Hye-sun who previously worked together on the KBS drama School 2013 (2013).

Original soundtrack

The Hymn of Death OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Recorded	2018
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Danal Entertainment

Part 1

Released on November 27, 2018 (2018-11-27)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"The Heart Only Knows" (가슴만 알죠)	Hong Jin-young	Hong Jin-young	Sohyang	5:03
2.	"The Heart Only Knows" (Inst.)		Hong Jin-young		5:03
Total length:					10:06

Part 2

Released on December 3, 2018 (2018-12-03)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Stay With Me"	Oh Sung-hoon LONG CANDY	Oh Sung-hoon Lee Hyuck-joon	Song Ha-ye	3:45
2.	"Stay With Me" (Inst.)		Oh Sung-hoon Lee Hyuck-joon		3:45
Total length:					7:30

Part 3

Released on December 4, 2018 (2018-12-04)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Falling In Love"	Oh Sung-hoon LONG CANDY	Oh Sung-hoon Park Ga-young	Hynn	3:45
2.	"Falling In Love" (Inst.)		Oh Sung-hoon Park Ga-young		3:45
Total length:					7:30

Viewership

The Hymn of Death : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

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Season		Episode number						Average
Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	Average
	1	1316	1194	N/A	932	N/A	948	N/A

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.

Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		Nielsen Korea		TNmS
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	November 27, 2018	7.4% (10th)	8.3% (9th)	5.9%
2	November 27, 2018	7.8% (9th)	8.9% (6th)	6.5%
3	December 3, 2018	4.7% (NR)	N/A	4.2%
4	December 3, 2018	5.6% (NR)		5.1%
5	December 4, 2018	4.7% (NR)		N/A
6	December 4, 2018	6.2% (16th)	7.0% (14th)	N/A
Average		6.1%	—	—
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. NR denotes that the series did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date. N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

Notes

^ In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.
^ Due to some ratings not being recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

References

Park, Jin-hai (May 16, 2017). "Drama viewers angry over commercial breaks". The Korea Times. Retrieved April 17, 2020 – via PressReader.
"The Hymn of Death". SBS International. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
"Lee Jong-suk, Shin Hye-sun to appear in 'Hymn of Death'". Kpop Herald. November 2, 2018.
"Netflix Tunes up Korean Series 'Hymn of Death'". Variety. November 22, 2018.
Park Jin-young (March 15, 2018). "[공식입장] 이지훈 측 "'사의 찬미' 출연 확정..이종석X신혜선과 호흡"". OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-03-16.
한은서 ‘사의 찬미’ 출연 확정, 신혜선과 호흡. TV Daily (in Korean). April 26, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
"[SBS Star] Lee Sang-yeob Joins 'Hymn of Death' with Lee Jong Suk". SBS News. 27 March 2018.
^ "[Oh!쎈 톡] '사의찬미' 이종석X신혜선, 첫 삽 떴다..어제(27일) 대본리딩". Chosun. March 28, 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
"Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved July 29, 2020.
"AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
^ Park, Dong-jae (November 28, 2018). "11월 27일 지상파 시청률 순위, 월화극 1위 이종석X신혜선 '사의찬미'". Break News (in Korean). Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ Yu, Chung-hee (December 4, 2018). 신하균의 ‘나쁜형사’, ‘땐뽀걸즈’ ‘사의찬미’ 제치고 지상파 월화극 1위. Ten Asia (in Korean). Retrieved December 6, 2018.

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