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Journey to the West is the soundtrack to the stage musical Monkey: Journey to the West and is composed by English musician Damon Albarn (of Blur and Gorillaz fame) with the UK Chinese Ensemble. The soundtrack is based upon the musical, but is not a direct recording of it.
Music by Xu Jingqing and lyrics by Yao Ming; performed by Li Shu: Originally written as an insert song, but was in the final release replaced by 就这样走 (Just Leave Like This) Music and lyrics by Yao Ming; performed by Chen Xiaotao. 6: 庄严我神州大地 (The Dignity of Our Land) Music and lyrics by Yao Ming; performed by Zhang Mai: 7
"Into the West" is a song performed by Annie Lennox, and the end-credit song of the 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. It was written by Lennox, Return of the King producer and co-writer Fran Walsh , and composed and co-written by the film's composer Howard Shore . [ 1 ]
Illustration of the road by Kay Nielsen for the 1914 fairy tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon, whose title Tolkien uses in one of his walking songs for Aman, the desired other world. [1] "The Road Goes Ever On" is a title that encompasses several walking songs that J. R. R. Tolkien wrote for his Middle-earth legendarium.
With few exceptions, West wrote the lyrics by himself and the music was predominantly Burgess's, though West took on a larger role in writing the music as time went on. [2] West's songwriting credits appear under his real name, Keith Hopkins; this was a concession to his family, who in his words "didn't feel it was really me unless they saw it ...
Monkey: Journey to the West is a stage adaptation of the 16th century novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en.It was conceived and created by the Chinese actor and director Chen Shi-Zheng along with British musician Damon Albarn and British artist Jamie Hewlett.
The lyrics of the opening theme song, performed by Yang Xiaolin, are taken from the mantra of the Buddhist scripture Heart Sutra. The ending theme song, sung by Dao Lang, is a remixed version of the 1986 television series Journey to the West's theme song, which was originally performed by Jiang Dawei. [citation needed]
The song peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of May 31, 1986, tying with "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Only the Young" for their fourth-highest peak on that chart. [6] It fared even better on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it peaked at #2, tying "The Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love)" as their second-most successful single ...