Dalpalan (born Kang Ki-young on July 16, 1966) is a South Korean film score composer and music director.
In 2002, Dalparan, Jang Young-gyu, Bang Jun-seok, and Lee Byeong-hoon established the film music group "Pitch Present."
Dalparan frequently collaborates with musician Jang Young-gyu, a fellow member of Pitch Present, on several film scores, including A Bittersweet Life (2005), The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008), The Front Line (2011), The Thieves (2012), Assassination (2015), and The Wailing (2016).
[3][4] As music director he is also known for his work in the film Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned (2017), Believer (2018), Samjin Company English Class (2019), and Phantom (2023).
[6][7] He then formed the band H2O with Kim Min-gi (drums) and Park Hyun-jun (guitar) and did first album Don't Worry.
[11] After coming home to Korea, in 1995, Dalpalan formed the neo-punk a Pipi Band with guitarist Park Hyeon-joon, whom he met at H2O, and experimented with punk music.
[12][13][14] After Lee Yoon-jeong's departure, the band changed its name to "Pippi Long Stocking with Goguma (Kwon Byeong-jun)" and continued performing.
However, their unconventional actions, such as stopping performances and spitting at a camera during a live music ranking program, led to a ban from future appearances.
The first techno performance at 'Master Plan' near Hongik University in late 1997 was met with criticism from attendees who found the repetitive beats without lyrics unappealing.
Dalparan experienced the challenges of the underground scene firsthand, realizing the difficulties of being a pioneer in a market with few consumers and no institutional support.
Dalparan emphasized the need for collaboration between different music scenes, but lamented the lack of opportunities for emerging artists due to limited genre representation on mainstream media like TV.
[11] The album features an authentic techno sound, with minimal use of lyrics and a predominance of repetitive, mechanical-sounding elements that create a dreamy, atmospheric quality.