Xi You Ji - Journey to the West theme music
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- Опубліковано 24 чер 2008
- Journey to the West is one of the favourite TV play in China, based on the famous mythological novel of Monkey King ... Here is the wonderful beginning music.
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The younger ones probably won't understand. We didn't have the internet back then. Gaming wasn't what it is today. So TV series like this was EVERYTHING. There wasn't a single Asian kid who grew up in the 80s and 90s who didn't know this theme song. When you hear it, it's like your entire childhood comes flooding back. The feeling is indescribable.
This and Ultra-man was so popular back then.
to anyone who recognized the theme in black myth and went straight back to this, you're cool in my book :)
Thề là nổi da gà đoạn đó
Yayyy
OMG I CRIED!
yep. I recognized this theme in black mythn.
lmao i was surprised to hear that theme after 20+ years
In modern video game, nonetheless.
If you're here from the "Black Myth: Wu Kong" Trailer, this is the part Sun Wu Kong was humming at the end.
0:52
It's 0:36 actually
[Edit] Nevermind. I understand where the miscommunication was formed. The mark you provided sounds like the music the was played at the end of the demo video.
The mark I provided was Sun Wu Kong's humming. Which takes place before the end of the video and before the mark you provided.
@@thienphucn1 nah
Who's here after watching Black Myth Wukong's trailer? 🙋♂️ 🙋♀️
Me, if you watch carefully the end of the trailer you will
realize the old month (or Wukong ) is wishpering the intro of 1986's theme song too.OMG , i want
Zhang Jinlai (Liu Xiao Ling Tong) reaction when the game is release.
Liu Xiao Ling Tong has always been the only actor who could ever play Wukong. Other versions dont even compair.
@@percy15ism yes yes yes!!
@@JackieTrung243 He is old now(T＿T)
Im here from there
I'm Vietnamese and I remember when I was a kid I watched this good times
Loan Le YUHHHHHH
yes!!!
Here in Mongolia too, in 1997
Dude same
They showed this in Vietnam too? Was it sub or dub? This was the shit back when i was a kid
Never realized the TV show is so well accepted in East Asia outside China. Respects to my fellow fans of the Journey to the West.
We watched this in Tanzania.
Sunday mornings
I've seen the newer versions including the 2011. It had good graphics but the 1986's cast and surprisingly, the music, is by far the best.
The more crucial factor that make this version a timeless classic is its faithfulness to ancient text. And its very strict selection of actors and actresses at that time.
Creativity and technical skills back then is not their main focus. But faithfulness to the ancient text as much as they can was the director's agenda back then.
Bartolomeo damn I have this DVD still working. So nostalgic.
Van WangYe Yeah, when I watch newer ones, the CGI is cringeworthy and not as good as this one
honestly, i think this one is the most accurate.
I agree the costumes and settings of the 1986's Series were the timeless classics. The choreography was nice and unique. Moreover, It's the most authentic depiction and interpretation of the novel series.
My best Chinese childhood movie ever👌🏻🙏🏻I still remember it all🇰🇭
You mean show
Man Black Myth using this song was the most gaemer move I've ever seen
This is my childhood.... loved this show! It was fabulous!
Tomato Horse the Jiang 小时候大年三十都在放的电视剧，满满的童年回忆
same!!!!!!!!! I use to watch all kinds of versions of Journey to The West back in China
这个歌真的很好听。
it means it sound really good
Tomato Horse the Jiang yeah me too i missed the show i’ll watch tonight
man i had an awesome childhood...kids these days dont know anything!!!!
i m 15.. and i watched this when i was 7
thats boomer af.. i think even tho they dont know about this... they would know about the movie "The Monkey King" ...
Bruh
Not everyone don't know about this even though I was a toddler back then when my mother sees these kinds of series.
i remember i was watching this when i was 3? or 4
Came back to listen to this b/c of Black Myth: wukong
Original song 💪
my childhood is here !!
South east asian here, OMG my childhood the nostalgia
Who is here from the new Wukong game ? The music at the end was awesome !
Yup. Brings back memories never thought I would hear this again.
It made me sad that I watched dozens of Western reaction videos, no one recognized the legendary melody at the end of the video. The only thing they know is Wukong - the Monkey King because literally every videogames now have Wukong, like Dota 2, LoL, HoN, Smite... Maybe only we Asians know it, oh my childhood.
dragon ball is more popular than chinese novel journey to the west and hanuman indian mythology
Dota monkey king is more closer to the wukong in moba
I mean... can anyone blame them? The world is a very huge place and they have their own Western cultures, myths, folklore, and media they grow up with. JTTW might be legendary to us East Asians, but its popularity doesn't really expand beyond the range of our region. However, I'm still glad that through Black Myth: Wukong, Westerners are finally able to get a glimpse into this epic tale!
My Chinese absolutely sucks since I grew up in Canada in the 90s and never paid attention in Chinese language school or at home, but even I was glued to the tv at home watching this on VHS
this version of journey to the west may not have the best graphics, but it has the best wu kong.
Spot on!
Even without decent graphics or technology, it implemented everything else perfectly
I disagree somewhat. It IS THE MOST faithful adaptation, but in terms of portraying the arrogance and badass of the monkey, Dicky Cheung got it hands down for the 1996 version. Too bad he couldn't finish it due to scheduling issues, but imagine if he did 🤔 the 2003 version sucks and 1998 season 2 with Benny chan was most cute and funny than badass.
@@darkcrow7383 This is one of the more faithful version to the story. If the person has knowledge of the novel, you can see some of the scenes and verses used in the written novel. Even though it has aged, it's very authentic and uses as little cg for the background as possible some of the old interviews had the director say that they could have cg a lot of things but decided not to (as they were filming the 4 great novels at that time. I believe the dream of the red chamber was filmed a year before this.) The dedication put into this one stands out and is widely preferred by others to be the best one. All the actors in this series were pretty good.
agreed. the new wukong is not the same anymore, its just too modern. this is the best wukong :D
I just hit nostalgia
remember this premiere on VTV2 , gosh good old days
Holy crap, I watched this show when I was 8
Its a living classic. The success of this version and its sequel is that they try to be a faithful to the ancient text as possible.
Minor details like the monkey king's somersault cloud, the actor really perform real somersaults. Not like later version, just cheapen it by just jumping onto a cloud.
Like the Iron fan princess fire mountain, they literally went to a desert or volcanic mountain to film it. Very direct visually.
All the subsequencial versions are too twisted, too cheapen, focus on creativity but not faithfulness to the actual ancient text. It will be hard any version will win this version if first they dont stay faithful to ancient text and be meticulous detailed to every single scenes, props and plots.
I agree, modern version just only focus on cool detail in the battle but don't stick to the classic
Jenifer Chong ya. This series had many technic flaws. The tripitaka actor changed over 3 actors. Thr drama is spit into season 1 and 2 due to lack of budget.
But the company strictness to the details and tried to be as faithful to the ancient text makes it a timeless classic.
The actor who acted monkey king was a 3 generation family who acted opera version of monkey king since his granddad time.
Every single guest character from kings, queen, demons, buddha, arhat, jade emperor, gods, village chief, temple abbot are all famous china stars of the time..willing to have a pay cut just to appear in the drama.
Imagine even a simple guest character are 5 star actor or actress. How can this drama cannot be a classic.
Even character like the actor of dragon horse, pigsy and sandy were carefully selected and under go some "TRAINING".
Jenifer Chong nowadays its very hard to find directors had faithful and loyal to actual novel. Whether from east or west, most of them are always desperate to show off their creativity and technical skills. But forgotten the true essence of the novel, scroll or ancient text had written.
I also agree your comment, new versions are only focus on visual effects, animations and creations, with less efforts of acting from actors
And the special effects and battle scenes aren't even that good, only slightly better than what was accomplished almost 25 years ago.
Damn, this is so nostalgic..watching this reminds me so much of those childhood memories..
just feelin lucking 'cause I was born in 2000, truly was a remarkable time to witness the old ages
Oh man, can't help but have to buy Black Myth: Wu Kong.
Best of the best Journey to the west theme music of all time......
Oh man, this will always be my favourite version. It's what me and my dad watch when I was young
Me too are u chinese?
Love this series! No others can't compare with it.
Can or cant
Ngộ Không my childhood hero
im here cause of the new game trailer
This drama (The part one 1986 one) entered world records as the most aired drama in the entire world.
With a very responsible 3-4 directors, extremely strict cast choice, visually direct on scenes and sites, close to faithfulness to ancient text up from story down to even the costumes, very demanding on actors..
Faithfulness first, creative second.
All these points added up will make any future versions very difficult to overtake it.
I would argue their faith to the book makes them even more creative, just less deviating from the original material. Their depiction of the story and setting is incredibly creative and shapes how I see my Chinese culture. I love it
Agree man, this is a heavenly masterpiece, it saved my life from suicide ⚔️🥰😍
yea this was great, and the sequel was amazing as well
The 1986 version was epic because of the awesome music, the actors/actresses. and obviously story telling is an important element that many newer versions don't seem to get it right.
That moon maiden fairy dancing in the middle is the one that got Baije in trouble after he was chasing after her. she's pretty hot, right?
She is the moon goddess chang er. Legend has it her lover, the mythical hero hou yi shot down 9 suns with his bow and spare the last one so the people on earth would still have sunlight but not so much that the ocean would vaporize and earth scorched.
It was said that the heavens was pretty pissed he killed 9 literal gods and so he was torture and his romantic girlfriend chang er was exiled to the moon.
Interestingly, in the mythology of li nezhe, the child hero used the same legendary bow to kill a dragon price of the sea from what I can remember.
@@IamAWESOME3980 wait i know a version that says hou yi got two elixirs of immortality and he was told to only take one or bad things would happen. he left them with his wife, chang e as he did not want to be immortal w/out her. then, when hou yi was out hunting, someone like broke into their house and demanded one elixir, but chang e took them both so the other dude couldnt get it. however, taking both made chang e exiled on the moon, so she became the moon goddess
@@BobtheFixer-tb9jj the very original version was that chang er was just being a b*tch and took the only elixir and left her husband behind.
@@IamAWESOME3980 oh i like read it in like a chinese book and thats the version my parents told me idk
Nostalgia kicking in hard!!!
Saw a clip on tiktok of a bunch of kids playing this on drums and it unlocked a hidden childhood memory! I legit loved this show so much as a kid and would rewatch it over and over again on vhs
watched this in Video Cassette Tape form in the 80s as a kid... omg........ and now Black Myth brought me back. haha
I watch this movie when i was 5
I didn't know chinese and vietnamese language but I was very enjoy with it
I finally found it! This music will always be the best out of the Sun Wukong & Journey to the West films (in my opinion).
Whenever i listen this song i miss my childhood so much. This song is amazing!
Still watching in 2023. I am 42 years old.
0:37 you know why you're here... ;)
I don't know what you're talking about as I knew already in the past until it came back as a video game.
I remember my grandpa singing this while he was alive, loved every second of it. I wish I could have kept a recording or something.....
I remember the series from my youth, in truth I didn't like it much at the time, but this music stuck in my mind and when I heard it after so many years in another clip I immediately remembered the Monkey King and went looking for the original theme song. Thumbs up for the music and bringing back memories.
This was the first time/song that electronic music was introduced/used in china's music production
Respect classic Chinese literature, anime fans, for this was what inspired dragon Ball.
omg i remember watching this when i was a kid
This is so nostalgic for me. Thank you for uploading this.
I used to watch this series on my grandpa's old dvd collection when I was a child. First 5 second quickly bring back the memories.
Watched this when I was younger, loved it!
The world was so much better while I watched this as a kid
From vietnam, it make me miss my past, when im a kid. Love this film forever.
在片头中，虽没有歌词，但那深情的曲调却能让人感受到取经路上的沧桑与艰辛，与唐僧在夕阳下骑马的剪影和孙悟空摇橹出海学艺的镜头组合在一起，能引发人们强烈的共鸣。开头由管乐奏起，加上电子配乐、古筝、琵琶等乐器合奏，曲子和整个故事为一体，描写了一往无前的大无畏的浪漫精神，而小号奏出的具有号召性的激扬旋律给人以一往无前的动力！！
中合唱部分很优美的旋律，如同在空中飞翔一般，我们可以理解为是一种很浪漫的乐观主义对待前面的艰难险途。其中的不停的手鼓声充满了阿拉伯色彩，充满了异国情调，如同走在异国他乡，让人浮想联翩。曲子中的电子拟音充满幽默风趣，曲子最后的竖琴华彩和辉煌的结尾表示最后的美好归宿~
《西游记》电视剧的音乐开创了在电视剧中电子音乐和民乐及管弦乐队结合的先河。它的音乐创作内涵之丰富，旋律之优美、剧情与音乐契合之到位，迄今为止无可匹敌！！！！
赵阿Q 牛人
As soon as I heard the theme from Black Myth wukong I searched for this.
You're totally right about the fact that the story telling is what really set this 1986 masterpiece apart from the newer versions. I have watched the newest version (2011), and I have to say that although it has better technologies, the story telling, camera work, cast selection, are not anywhere near as good as the classic version from 1986.
And the most surprising part is that they only used one camera in the whole TV.
BLACK MYTH: WUKONG!!! YO THE HYPE!!! 我不想再等了！手还是颤颤抖抖的
The best 240p video on UA-cam :]
I came here 2018 now
To See my old childhood Show
this was by far best adaptation of the myth, such an amazing story
I wish they remaster this on Bluray lol
Love this music since I was 5
This is literally all of our childhoods
I watched this growing up! I still love it.
2021 now 😁
my childhood memory in vietnam
thank you so much!!
Man! This was my childhood highlight!!! Still getting the chills when I hear the song.
If you came here from the Black Myth Sun Wukong trailer, you're not alone
Been alone before that
That upcoming Black Myth Wukong game actually remixed this theme
i LOVE THIS !!
Still sounds cool. My childhood memories .... time is flying. .
2020 and i still love this thing 🤩🤩🤩
From Black myth Wukong. This theme is so nolstalgic. This theme reminds me of my childhood.
This brings me back
Anyone here after Black Myth Wukong?
这首歌真是把西天取经一路上的艰难曲折，荡气回肠描绘的淋漓尽致，嗯
BLACK MYTH WUKONG IS SO CLOSE!!!
Chills, literal chills
🔥🔥🔥 literal chills 😭😭😭
full of memories
this was my childhood *cry*
wow memories !
My Childhood. I ❤ Wukong.This is The BEST .
This is so beautiful music and epic series in my childhood too. Hope they touch up with better CGI 😃
Im an 80s baby....this brings back so much memories 🤩
Ladies and gents what we witnessed here today in the 20th century is the chinese taoist art of wu wei. Effortless action. Sweet baby tried to destroy this masterpiece but the universe turned on SBI and their woke barbarians. Game science didnt have to lift a finger and justice was done, the fans purchased the game making it the top most anticipated game on steam. This gave me the largest grin ever as a middle finger to the west.
I regard it as the best beginning music of China series. Music, scenes, all that things are best.
This and the 1996 version with dicky cheung is by far the best adaptation ever. Benny Chen was funny and cute, but man Dicky portrayal was the most badass ever in terms of power and fearlessness. 1986 will always be a classic due to it's faithfulness to the novel and it was more in depth than it's other successors.
They also use this theme in Lego Monkie Kid as Sun Wukong's theme.
I love this song
Stand by for western new comers in 3,2,1 lol
Anyone here from the gameplay trailer?
Nah , im here for my childhood memorie
Been here since childhood
Legend never die
IN CUBA WE HAVE IT TOO VERY GOOD TO REMENBER.
Why do i Always come back to this ? xD
This piece is epic.
Black Myth: Wukong needs to happen. I'm going to watch this film just to get familiar with a classic.
My childhood!
Absolute banger
Wukong game anyone?
My childhood :)
I don't remember anything about the show now.
But I remember this theme.
Damn i need the 10 hours of this majestic music
An excellent story.