Trilha Sonora #2 (2023)

THE TOXIC DANCE OF LOVE

So, I’ll just go straight into the positives and negatives of Soundtrack 2.
Positives:
1. Character Development: I’ve really appreciated how the drama delves into the flaws and emotional struggles of its characters. Suho’s unwavering love and Hyeonseo’s complicated personality give us a lot to unpack and connect with on an emotional level.

2. Complex Relationships: The love triangle between Suho, Hyeonseo, and K definitely adds an intriguing layer to the story. It explores jealousy, emotional baggage, and personal growth in a way that feels both relatable and thought-provoking.


3. Emotional Depth: The drama does a great job tackling themes like self-worth, communication issues, and the fallout from unresolved emotions. Those emotional scenes, especially towards the end, are really powerful and impactful.

Negatives:
1. Frustrating Clichés: One thing that can be really annoying is how the drama leans on clichés, like characters keeping secrets and causing unnecessary heartbreak. It makes the plot feel predictable and pretty frustrating at times.

2. Unlikeable Characters: Hyeonseo’s actions and attitudes make her a tough character to root for. While everyone’s flawed, her lack of communication and treatment of Suho might make it hard to sympathize with her, which took away from my overall enjoyment.


3. Imbalanced Progression: The story dragged with repetitive issues between the characters, only for Hyeonseo to suddenly have a change of heart at the last minute. This messed with the pacing and left me feeling a bit unsatisfied with how everything was resolved.

Conclusion:
Overall, the drama does well with emotional depth and character exploration, but the overused tropes and the unlikable traits of key characters dampened the experience for me. While it ends on a beautiful note, the journey to get there was a bit too taxing for.

Leia Mais

Disappointing compared to the prequel

Soundtrack #1 had a beautiful couple growing from friends to lovers. It felt sweet and delicate.

Soundtrack #2 on the other side has a dislikable emotionally immature ML, still very much in love with the FL but also wanting revenge for the breakup pain he suffered, the poor boy. But his love is of course stronger than his hate, for now at least. I don't want to witness what happens once there is some discord between them in the future.

There is also a weak ass love triangle, with the second love interest baking out without even putting up a fight. I really wish she would have ended up with him, instead of the immature ex.

Leia Mais

A Befitting Sequel to 2022's Sleeper Hit

Disney+ is back with the sequel to its 2022 hit “Soundtrack”. Starring Park Hyung Sik and Han So Hee in a “Friends to Lovers” romance, the show was well-received because of its heartfelt story and the natural chemistry between the two stars. “Unrequited Love” seems to be the recurrent theme in this series. Banking on this premise, “Soundtrack #2” stars Geum Sae Rok, Steve Noh and DEMIAN in a surreptitious love triangle that is equal parts exciting and intricate. With Director Kim Hee Won’s return, you can expect great things and honestly, I wasn’t disappointed with the pilot episodes. Despite the short format, the first two episodes weave a somber tale encompassing the main lead’s past affairs and their present trajectory. It is as slow burn as it can be and yet, the characters are so quirky; you can’t help but fall in love instantly.

Read the complete article here-

https://kcdramamusings.wordpress.com/2023/12/07/soundtrack-2-first-impressions/

Leia Mais

Hot take: It's better than season 1

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Park HyungSik and Han SoHee's duo, but I PERSONALLY am not a big fan of friends to lovers....Probably that's why I loved the story of this Soundtrack more.
I loved the "PASSION" our main leads had for each other....
I saw many people criticizing the female lead, but as a person who unfortunately suffers from inferiority complex, I TOTALLY understand her being cautious about taking SuHo's help.
So, I can say I loved how, instead of being picture perfect, our leads had flaws, and they did overcome it....

Ending was a bit rushed but I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS SOUNDTRACK...♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

Leia Mais

Short, but full of heart

I was so excited to see another Soundtrack show, had loved #1, so was intrigued. As a pianist myself I can relate to so many aspects of her character. Both the main leads really portrayed the depth of emotions from the past and present scenes. I found myself deeply engaged in their story and was rooting for them. The moment of connection is filled with all the right feels and the chemistry between them is perfection.

I was glad thos didn’t end right there and took us on a journey through the challenges of second chance love, which of course has to be just a glimpse due to the length of the series.

Soundtrack is a short series, so everything has to be right on pointe or this thing just wouldn’t work.

Beautiful ending to a short mini drama full of heart.

Leia Mais

SHOULD HAVE LET HER GO TO SANTIAGO ALONE

The start of the drama raised my expectations high but the last few minutes were beyond me. Apart from that it was overall a good one. The first impulse on seeing the show is to compare it with the soundtrack 1 but that would not do justice to this one. That soundtrack had a different universe this one has a different one. Maybe it was the fear of this comparison only that the writers and the directors tried to give this one a haphazard happy ending.

The beginning really served the ex-lovers troupe where the two leads meet again after a long time with their changed situations. Everything was amazing honestly the characters, the emotions, the setup everything. Especially the chemistry between the leads goodness I wonder what a good execution could have brought out of the gem of this chemistry.
The plot development tried to show how just getting back together is not the endgame for the leads and even if they do get together the breaking apart can happen again if there is no clarity on the character's part about what they did and why they did what they did and what do they want. However, they did not answer any of it they did not even show the female lead side of the story of why they broke up in the past properly.

Also, there was no need to put that poor second male lead i mean the lead characters already had enough of their problems to work on and I don't think either of them cared about poor K. (I didn't even feel bad for him. He was very extra.)

The last fifteen minutes did not make a single sense to me, everything was so rushed I wondered if I skipped something important.
it's not important to give a happy ending, where the leads always end up together to make a good drama.
Personally, I would have felt much better if she had gone to Santiago all alone and discovered herself even if that meant them not ending up together. Her just accepting the male leads company on her Santiago trip defeats the whole point of going there since she wanted to learn about herself and love things just the way they are without letting her inferiority come in between. It was so very unsettling.
Like what's the point of sending her on a trip, closing the shop and breaking up again if that's how they were going to end it, she could have just done that in Korea only why spend so much money. A trip like that will not help her.

I think I took this a little personally but was kinda self-destructive and contradictory.

Leia Mais