Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol

Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (Korean: 도도솔솔라라솔; RR: Dodosolsollarasol) is a South Korean television series starring Go Ara, Lee Jae-wook, and Kim Joo-hun. It was scheduled to premiere on KBS2 and Netflix on August 26, 2020. However, KBS postponed its premiere date to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The series aired from October 7 to November 26, 2020, every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:30 (KST).

Synopsis

A romantic-comedy about an energetic and cheerful pianist named Goo Ra-ra. She lost everything she had in a sudden, turning her lucky rich life to rags. While trying to rebuild her new life, she meet a mysterious, warm-hearted multi part-time worker guy named Sunwoo Joon. Since their unpredictable meeting, Sunwoo Joon tends to help Goo Ra-ra by paying for her life cost and even build a small place for a piano lesson course called 'Lala Land' in order to make Goo Ra-ra get back on her feet. They get involved together with the people at the countryside in a small city, called Eunpo City. This is the place where their secrets, pain, stories, and reason behind Sunwoo Jun's thoughtful acts towards Goo Ra-ra slowly started to leak out.

Cast

Main

• Go Ara as Goo Ra-ra
  • Park So-yi as young Ra-ra

Man-su's only daughter and heiress of Ra-ra Cosmetics, a down-on-her-luck but optimistic pianist whose talent of seeing the best in people and any situation brightens and touches the lives of those around her.

• Lee Jae-wook as Sunwoo Joon
  • Shim Ji-wan as young Joon

A mysterious and aloof albeit good looking and warm-hearted soul who has his own secrets and pains. While he keeps and maintains his distant demeanor from others, always showing his best level of alpha power, he finds himself instantly drawn, captivated and hooked by Goo Ra-ra's positive and childlike charms.

• Kim Joo-hun as Cha Eun-seok

An orthopedic surgeon feeling the effects of Burnout Syndrome. He is a voice and presence that could instantly inspire trust - or not - from others. A divorcee, who was once a piano talent. He also finds himself drawn to Goo Ra-ra, marvelling at her simplicity, energy and warm personality.

Supporting

Eunpo residents

• Ye Ji-won as Jin Sook-kyeong, Ha-young's mother and owner of Jin's Beauty Salon
• Shin Eun-soo as Jin Ha-yeong, Sook-kyeong's daughter
• Yoon Jong-bin as Lee Seung-gi (name after a famous ballad singer), Ha-young's best friend who secretly likes her
• Lee Soon-jae as Kim Man-bok, old man who does various jobs around Eunpo
• Song Min-jae as Shin Jae-min, a child prodigy who can play piano just by listening the music
• Park Sung-yeon as Seung-gi's mother, Sook-kyeong's friend and customer at Jin's Beauty Salon
• Lee Seon-hee as Ye-seo's mother, Sook-kyeong's friend and customer at Jin's Beauty Salon
• Kim Jung-yeon as Mi-ran, Sook-kyeong's friend and customer at Jin's Beauty Salon

People around Sunwoo Joon

• Seo Yi-sook as Jo Yoon-sil, Joon's overprotective mother
• Choi Kwang-il as Sunwoo Myung, Joon's father
• Lee Si-woo as Kim Ji-hoon, Sunwoo Joon's friend
• Kwon Eun-bin as Jung Ga-yeong

People around Goo Ra-ra

• Um Hyo-sup as Goo Man-su, Goo Ra-ra's father and President of Rara Cosmetics
• Moon Hee-kyung as Gong Mi-sook, a professor who taught Ra-ra piano from her childhood to college with passion and sincerity
• Ahn Nae-sang as Secretary Moon, Man-su's secretary, he disappeared after the bankruptcy of Rara Cosmetics
• Moon Tae-yoo as Bang Jeong-nam, Ra-ra's ex-fiancé and Eun-seok's junior at medical school
• Jeon Soo-kyeong as Im Ja-kyung, Jeong-nam's mother
• Kim Ju-yeon as Kim Si-ah, Ra-ra's university friend

Others

• Choi Kwang-je as Chu Min-su, a private detective who is looking for Joon
• Lee Soo-mi as Oh Young-joo as Eun-seok's ex-wife
• Kang Hyung-seok as Ahn Joong-ho, a mysterious fellow in Eunpo
• Kim Bum-suk as Detective Kang Min-guk

Production

The drama is helmed by director Kim Min-kyung and penned by screenwriter Oh Ji-young, who wrote Shopaholic Louis (2016) and My Secret, Terrius (2018).

The first script reading took place early in May 2020 in South Korea.

The series was originally scheduled to premiere on August 26, 2020. However, one of the cast member, Heo Dong-won was tested positive for COVID-19 and as a preventative measure, KBS halted all production activities until further notice. The series resumed filming on September 1, 2020 after the cast members tested negative.

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Part 13

Part 14

Part 15

Part 16

Classical music quoted

• Episode 1
  • Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman", nursery rhyme arr. W.A. Mozart.
  • Grande valse Brilliante in E-flat, Op. 18, by Chopin.
  • La Campanella by Franz Liszt.
  • Sonatine (Mouvement de Menuet), by Ravel.
  • Six Moments Musicaux, by Rachmaninoff.
• Episode 2
  • Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman", nursery rhyme arr. W.A. Mozart.
  • Je te veux, by Erik Satie. Arranged for clarinet, piano, and cello.
• Episode 3
  • Prelude & Fugue 2 in c minor by J.S. Bach
  • Prelude No 1 in C major from the Well-tempered Clavier by J.S. Bach
  • Goldberg variations (Aria da capo) by J.S. Bach
  • Pathétique piano sonata in c minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Prelude in D from the Well-tempered Clavier by J.S. Bach
  • Toccata and Fugue in d minor by J.S. Bach
  • A maiden's prayer by Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska
• Episode 4
  • Je te veux, by Erik Satie. Arranged for solo piano.
  • Etude in C major no 1, Opus 10 by Frédéric Chopin

Ratings

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol on Netflix
• Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol at IMDb
• Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol at HanCinema