Wu chenen was an elder statesman who witnessed a lot in his life, both good and bad, yet ultimately came away with great faith in human nature to face hardships and survive with good humor and compassion. After monkey masters the spells and magic his master taught him, monkey feels so powerful that he becomes proud and vain, and begins to create trouble. It was conceived and created by the chinese actor and director chen shizheng along with british musician damon albarn and british artist jamie hewlett. Monkey is the main character of journey to the west, a classical chinese novel from the 16 th century. I was very lucky to see the spectacle that is monkeys journey to the west when it was premiered in manchester in 2007. Tang sanzang, an aspiring buddhist hero tries to protect a village from three demons.
Listen to journey to the west in full in the spotify app. It is overflowing with magic, demons, gods, immortals, and scrumptious action and adventure. Of course, monkeyjourney to the west was in the best of hands, being codirected by two sydney theatre greats john bell of bell shakespeare and kim carpenter. Part historical epic, part social satire, and part spiritual allegory, the folk novel journey to the west, which came to be known as monkey, is probably the most popular book in all of east asia. One of the highlights of this years lincoln center festival, monkey. See more ideas about monkey king, journey to the west and monkey. Journey to the west, is based on a 16thcentury chinese folktale.
It deals entirely with the earlier exploits of sun wukong, a monkey born from a stone nourished by the five elements, who learns the art of the tao, 72 polymorphic transformations, combat, and secrets of immortality, and through guile and force makes a name for himself, qitian dasheng simplified chinese. One of the most popular classics of chinese literature is journey to the west, mostly for its intriguing characters, such as sun wukong. Travel to monkeys world in luxury with thames clippers. Damon albarn monkey journey to the west mp3 album download. David kherdians retelling brings this classic of chinese literature to life for the first time in a way that is true to the scope and depth of the. Cloud surfing and kung fu capers mixed with monkey magic rule in a show that looks like being one of the hits at this years brisbane festival. Journey to the west posted on july 11, 20 in monkey. The monkey king 2 soundtrack, by christopher young.
Monkey is arthur waleys delightful rendition of wu chengens journey to the west, one of chinas four great classical novels. David kherdians retelling brings this classic of chinese literature to life for the first time in a way that is true to the scope and depth of the original. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. The main characters of this cultural, china story are monkey, xuanzang. Monkey asked an old man about the heat and the land, and the old man said it was always hot in the region known as the flaming mountain, which blocks the way to the west. Journey to the west conquering the demons ost youtube. When monkey asked how the people got flour for their bread, the old man told him they were dependent on immortal iron fan, who has a palm leaf fan. This abridged version provides english readers with an experience that would otherwise have been inaccessible to those of us unable to read the original chinese. It was written in the 16th century during the ming dynasty and attributed to wu chengen. Ok maybe not for those expecting a slightly chinese influenced parklife or dare but it shows just what a talent albarn is. Oct 22, 2012 journey to the west is one of the four great classical novels of chinese literature, but in the west it is often referred to as monkey. Journey to the west, an album by damon albarn on spotify. He develops complex feelings for miss duan, the demon hunter who repeatedly helps him, and finally quests to meet the legendary monkey king.
The monkey kings origins predate the novel and can be traced back both to the monkeygod, hanuman, from the hindu epic, the ramayana as well as. The simian in question is the lead character in journey to the west, one of chinas oldest and most endearing stories, a tale originally written in the late. Fei yangs cheeky, crotchscratching monkey, who sends assailants spinning into the air before. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Journey to the west 1996 ost mysterious island title may not be accurate download link. Part spiritual pilgrimage, part historical epic, the folk novel journey to the west, which came to be known as monkey, is the most popular classic of asian literature originally written in the sixteenth century, it is the story of the adventures of the roguetrickster monkey and his encounters with a bizarre cast of characters as he travels to india with the buddhist. I was very lucky to see the spectacle that is monkey s journey to the west when it was premiered in manchester in 2007. Monkey journey to the west the album and the opera. Check out journey to the west by monkey on amazon music.
Travel with monkey, pig, friar sand and the tang priest as they continue their journey to india and finally attain the scriptures. Kuanyins mission was to find a pilgrim to obtain scriptures from india and bring them to china. In the story, a ragtag band of characters go on an adventure, encountering various obstacles in their search for the holy scriptures in india. Monkey journey to the west 2008, digipak, cd discogs. Journey to the west and is composed by english musician damon albarn of blur and gorillaz fame with the uk chinese ensemble, the soundtrack itself is only based upon, but not a direct recording of the musical.
The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 306 pages and is available in paperback format. Monkey king wu kong and the other disciples, a pig demon zhu ba jie. Journey to the west is the soundtrack to the stage musical monkey. I added a link to the download of episode one of journey to the west i dicky cheung version with english subs, another link to the download of the spanish sub of the same ep, and also added information about a dubbed version cortez is working on. Journey to the west, the album limited edition boxset announced limited to 2,000 copies worldwide, the new boxset will contain 6 exclusive new tracks, an 84 page monkey art book and 4 exclusive jamie hewlett art prints, each stamped and numbered and one print dated. I just received a program called cool edit from him and an awesome video on how to dub the clip.
See more ideas about journey to the west, monkey king and chinese alphabet. Aug 18, 2008 japanese version features two bonus tracks. Part spiritual pilgrimage, part historical epic, the folk novel journey to the west, which came to be known as monkey, is the most popular classic of asian literature. Basically, journey to the west is about tang san zangs journey to the west duh and the difficulties he and his disciples face in between. From golden monkey to golden showers in just over a week. Originally written in the sixteenth century, it is the story of the adventures of the roguetrickster monkey and his encounters with a bizarre cast of characters as he travels to india with the buddhist. Journey to the west project gutenberg selfpublishing. The monkey king, known as sun wukong in mandarin chinese, is a legendary figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16thcentury chinese novel journey to the west and many later stories and adaptations. Journey to the west is one of the four great classical novels of chinese literature, but in the west it is often referred to as monkey.
Albarn relies heavily on chinese instrumentation and harmony on journey to the west but the score, as a whole, is considerably less explicitly worldbeat than mali music, as albarn weaves in many familiar motifs from his oeuvre, including stiff preprogrammed twostep drum loops, postpunk synths, waves of dreamy textures, circular carnivalesque. Journey to the west cctv ending song complete version. A journey to the west a chinese folk novel test on part ii chapters 10 23 true or false. Journey to the west is one of the four great classical novels of chinese literature. Journey to the west features music by albarn with designs by gorillaz collaborator jamie hewlett, and was conceived and directed by. For example, a recent japanese tv series based on journey to the west was titled simply monkey, as was the most popular english translation of the story, published by arthur waley in 1942. Courier mail monkey business on a road to happiness. Monkey is the most popular figure in all chinese literature, loved for centuries by young people and adults alike. Originally written in the sixteenth century, it is the story of the adventures of the roguetrickster monkey and his encounters with a bizarre cast of characters as he travels to india with the buddhist pilgrim tripitaka in. Monkey bee, for which i can only suggest a search of youtube or veoh for a copy of the videoits beijing opera and crouching tiger, hidden dragon meets gorillaz both visually and musically disappearing volcano, a denouement that manages to blast the listener with the perfect marriage of classical operatic themes and chinese opera. Volume 2 contains some of the most famous episodes from this classic, including monkey s duel with the princess iron fan.
Updated the games section added information about the monkey king. His story is found in a classic sixteenthcentury novel, the journey to the west, as well as in countless later adaptations, from chinese opera to comic books. The novel is a fictionalized account of the legendary pilgrimage to india of the buddhist monk xuanzang, and loosely based its source from the historic text great tang. Wu chenen was an elder statesman who witnessed a lot in his life, both good and bad, yet ultimately came away with great faith in human nature to face hardships and survive with good humor. After 500 years, sun wukong was granted a chance to redeem himself by accmpanying tripitaka a holy man who wanted to make a journey to the west as his guard and companion. This is a special i produced and edited for nat geo music on damon albarn gorillaz, blur and jamie hewlett gorillaz, tank girls opera based on the chinese. The first is the story of sun wukong, or monkey king. Monkey king sun wukong journey to the west chinese. Many chinese consider it to be the greatest novel of all time, and its been adapted countless times into live action and animated tv series and movies one starring stephen chow, comic books from japan and china, and even a few video games. Journey to the west features music by albarn with designs by gorillaz collaborator jamie hewlett, and was conceived and directed by the chinese opera specialist chen shizheng. Monkey king sun wukong journey to the west chinese monkey god. The journey to the west meanders through chinese history and mythology, but is loosely composed of 4 sections. For best effect, place narrator 1 at far left, and narrator 2 at.
Holland for monkey journey to the west monkeys world. It is housed in a black clothbound box, and the artwork on the record sleeve features a light brown monkey king. Journey to the west, the director chen shizheng urged the members of his chinese cast to shed aspects of their past training. The show itself is an explosive 90minute circus featuring chinese acrobats, martial arts experts and contortionists, though the album condenses the experience into 22. Journey to the west a classic chinese tale gets a cirque du soleilstyle makeover with music from the creators of gorillaz, a popular rock band. Journey to the west is a stage adaptation of the novel journey to the west by wu chengen. The first edition of the novel was published in 1592, and was written by wu chengen. The album was released as a download, cd, and double vinyl lp in the united kingdom on 18 august 2008 by xl. Also added information about monkey king chinese chess xiangqi set and opened a new section for it, board games added more information about monkey magic. Jun 11, 20 one of the highlights of this years lincoln center festival, monkey. Journey to the west, from the creators of gorillaz, performs at lincoln center festival in new york city. Provided to youtube by beggars group monkey bee monkey journey to the west. One of the theme songs called da sheng ge song of the great sage to the 1980s tv version of journey to the west monkey king. The journey to the west is a classic of chinese literature which details the adventures of a buddhist monk, tripitaka tang, who travels to india to bring sacred scriptures of buddhism back to.
It is clear that this production is a labour of love, pulling out all the stops to make the evening as enchanting as humanly possible. Two of the other three chinese classics also feature on the 1001 list book 997 a. Not restricted to just one medium, monkey journey to the west utilises actors, parkour athletes, shadow puppets, puppets big, small and omg thats huge. The australian monkeyjourney to the west might well be the best kept secret of this years brisbane festival. I suppose the complete ost for tvbs journey to the west 1996 starring dicky cheung and journey to the west 2 1998 starring benny chan. Journey to the west xiyouji the legend of the monkey king. A band of metal, a gift from buddha to xuanzang was put on the monkeys head in order to keep him under control. But the production, conceived and directed by chen shi.