Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to understand the musical features in the use of modes in Korean and Chinese classical drama OSTs, with the intention of providing assistance to music creators who wish to produce OSTs for classical dramas. To achieve this, we explore the overall musical flow of classical drama OSTs, focusing on the analysis of the main insert songs' thematic melodies. In order to grasp the commonalities and differences, we analyze the thematic melodies of key insert songs, covering the period from 2020 to 2023, selecting the top 12 OST songs from dramas that entered the top 3 viewership rankings in Korea and China. As a result, commonalities and differences in the musical characteristics of OSTs from classical dramas in Korea and China were identified. It is hoped that this will contribute to exploring ways to utilize classical drama OST production and serve as valuable information and foundational material for the development of drama music genres.
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