Im Tae-kyung to release album in Japan

Musical actor Im Tae-kyung

By Park Jin-hai

Musical actor and crossover tenor Im Tae-kyung will release a new album titled “All This Time” concurrently in Korea and Japan on Feb. 5.

The album will include various songs from musicals that Im has been starred in, as well as a soundtrack from a famous movie, his agency Theatro said.

The songs are “All This Time” from the musical “The Count of Monte Cristo;” “From the Beginning Until Now” from the musical adaption of famous drama “Winter Sonata;” the theme song from the musical “Werther” as well as “Love Theme” from the movie “Cinema Paradiso.”

A new song from star composer Frank Wildhorn will also be included on the album.

Im’s agency said that Watanabe Music Publishing, a Japanese music label, which recognized Im’s Tokyo performance at the K-Musical Stars Concert in April 2013, will make the album available to Japanese fans.