![]() ![]() If we can do that, then we've succeeded." Ĭhen Shi-Zheng, the man responsible for creating and conceiving the stage adaptation of Monkey: Journey to the West, explained that he "was looking for someone young and smart to work with. We want to bring a big cornerstone of Chinese culture and present it to the West. Then for people who do like opera, open them up to new forms of music, too. And demystify opera to a degree, destroy its elitist angle. ![]() We want to bring more flavour to people's lives. But people who come from my normal discipline don't tend to go far enough. Speaking of his decision to compose music for an opera, Albarn noted that, "This is composition, not songwriting, of course, I was apprehensive at first. But we can't call it that for legal reasons". Background ĭamon Albarn made a point in an interview with Gorillaz-Unofficial that the Monkey project was supposed to be " Gorillaz, really. In the United States, the album was released a day later as a download, while a CD was released on 23 September 2008. The album was released as a download, CD, and double vinyl LP in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2008 by XL Recordings. The soundtrack is based upon the musical, but is not a direct recording of it. 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. ![]()
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