[Lily's Take] Which Guardian: The Lonely and Great God OST was your favorite?

The whole time I was watching our beloved drama "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God", I just wanted to write this article so bad. Personally, I think one of the key ingredients to making a successful drama is the right music playing in the background. I get infatuated to the OSTs very quickly because all the feelings of that drama comes sailing back into my heart whenever I listen to them. "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God" was a great drama overall, but the quality of the OSTs were outstanding! Being said that, can we all just take a moment to appreciate every single OSTs of this drama?

1. Stay with Me by Chanyeol & PUNCH

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My #1 favorite. The instrument melody gives off a mystical vibe while Punch's heart aching vocal and Chanyeol's attractive low voice whispering into my ears is just the best. The great thing about this track is that there's a hidden message. There's two versions to the song, one is the general track as we hear in the video below but there's a special version inserted in the end of the 2^ndepisode where the lyrics is little different.

"I erased you because of the painful memories; I erased all because your love was painful. My love, please don't abandon me. My love, I'm right by you. I'm falling you".

No one noticed this little twist until Episode 14 was aired, where Eun-tak lost her memory of the Guardian: The Lonely and Great God.

 

2. My Eyes by 10cm

 

3. Hush by Lasse Lindh

 

4. Beautiful by Crush

My second favorite song of the drama. I wish I had a better way to describe how BEAUTIFUL this song is! It's such an odd song because it has that ray of sunshine type of warmth yet the sad loneliness is right below it. Whenever I listen to this song, I can see Eun-tak smiling in sunlight with dandelions and Kim Shin watching her.

 

5. You are so Beautiful by Eddy Kim

 

6. Who Are You by Sam Kim

The lyrics of this song goes so perfect of their situation. The cover photo for this song is Guardian: The Lonely and Great God couple in Canada when Eun-tak lost her memory of the Guardian: The Lonely and Great God and reunited 9 years later. The lyrics goes – "I'll find you, I'll recognize you. Wherever you are, however you look, I will get you". "I'll remember you, I'll long for you. I won't forget you even after many sun dawns".

 

7. I Miss You by Soyou

 

8. The First Snow by Jung Joonil

9. I Will Go to You Like the First Snow by Ailee

According to the composers, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God team requested the "most heart aching, desperate, wretched yet beautiful song" possible and after 12 times of rejection, this song got a pass. Lyrics reminds us of Kim Shin's words to Eun-tak in Episode 13, so many fans requested if Gong Yoo can release his version of the song. The song definitely has highly praised reviews, many mentioned that this song will be the new winter romance song (The #1 winter romance song of South Korea have been "Snow Flower" from the drama "Sorry, I Love You" for many years now.)

 

10. Wish by Urban Zakapa

 

11. And I'm Here / Winter Is Coming / Stuck In Love

"And I'm Here" is Ji Eun-tak's theme song, who have a lonely fate since birth but always optimistic and hopeful. This song was inserted in the cake scene where young Eun-tak said her farewell to mom's ghost. Also, this song played in the background of the episode where student ghost asked Eun-tak to clean up her room before her mom comes in and be saddened by how poor she was living. As the mother come in the room and cry, we cried together with this song. Guardian: The Lonely and Great God producing team made another little hint in the lyrics of this song as we hear "When you feel so lonely, I'll be here to shelter you" "Have you completely erased me from your memories?, from yours?" "While I still feel your breeze, holding your hands again, holding your hands".

 

"Winter Is Coming" is not meant to have a lot of meaning on the lyrics but the tone and the imagery from the accent of the song. This song have a few languages combined including Russian and French.

 

"Stuck in Love" is my personal favorite #3 out of all the Guardian: The Lonely and Great God OST. This is one of the first song we heard as it was inserted in the teaser. First time I heard it, I couldn't believe such a beautiful song could exist.

 

 12. Heaven by Roy Kim and Kim Izzy

 

13. LOVE by Mamamoo

 

14. Round and Round by Heize

Personal #4 favorite! We have heard this song over and over in the show. Whenever this song was playing, we knew the important event was about to go down in the drama. Though I must say, ever since episode 10, all I can think of when I hear this song is the Guardian: The Lonely and Great God and Grim Reaper walking down the tunnel in fog with green onions. LOL

So here's all the OSTs of Guardian: The Lonely and Great God and my personal favorites (: Which OST was your favorite?

By. Lily Lee