Original soundtrack album of award-winning 'Minari' released Tuesday

Cover of the album “Minari (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (2021). [SONY MUSIC KOREA]

The original soundtrack album of Lee Isaac Chung’s film “Minari” (2020) was released on Tuesday, according to Sony Music Korea.

“Minari (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” features 16 tracks including “Rain Song” sung by actor Han Ye-ri in the film, which was listed on the 2021 Academy Awards’ eligibility list for Best Original Song.

The film was scored by Los Angeles–based composer Emile Mosseri, whom director Chung praised as having “captured the film’s intention perfectly.”

The album will also be released in LP format in April.

“Minari” tells the story of a Korean-American family trying to settle in 1980s rural Arkansas and is based on the director’s personal life.

The film has won more than 60 accolades so far, including three nominations for this April’s Screen Actors Guild Awards.

"Minari" will hit Korean theaters on March 3.

BY HALEY YANG [yang.hyunjoo@joongang.co.kr]