Journey to the West is the soundtrack to the stage musical Monkey: Journey to the West and is performed by English musician Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz fame with the UK Chinese Ensemble. The album was released as a download, CD, and double vinyl LP in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2008 by XL Recordings. In the United States, the album was released a day later as a download, while a CD was released on 23 September 2008.[1]
The soundtrack is only based upon, but not a direct recording of the musical. It entered the UK Albums Chart at #5 on release and #1 on the UK indie chart.[2] The track Monkey Bee entered the Top 200 UK Singles Chart based on downloads alone at #196.[3]
Track listing
| 1. |
"Monkey's World" |
2:34 |
| 2. |
"Monkey Travels" |
0:45 |
| 3. |
"Into the Eastern Sea" |
0:35 |
| 4. |
"The Living Sea" |
1:54 |
| 5. |
"The Dragon King" |
2:19 |
| 6. |
"Iron Rod" |
1:06 |
| 7. |
"Out of the Eastern Sea" |
1:05 |
| 8. |
"Heavenly Peach Banquet" |
3:32 |
| 9. |
"Battle Into Heaven" |
3:30 |
| 10. |
"O Mi to Fu" |
0:57 |
| 11. |
"Whisper" |
2:17 |
| 12. |
"Tripitaka's Curse" |
1:22 |
| 13. |
"Confessions of a Pig" |
3:21 |
| 14. |
"Sandy the River Demon" |
2:16 |
| 15. |
"March of the Volunteers" |
1:52 |
| 16. |
"The White Skeleton Demon" |
1:34 |
| 17. |
"Monk's Song" |
1:46 |
| 18. |
"I Love Buddha" |
2:43 |
| 19. |
"March of the Iron Army" |
2:45 |
| 20. |
"Pigsy in Space" |
2:16 |
| 21. |
"Monkey Bee" |
5:01 |
| 22. |
"Disappearing Volcano" |
6:09 |
Release history
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