How the 86th version of the Journey to the West theme song was performed

The theme song of the 86th version of Journey to the West was played by psychedelic bouncy electric tones, bass guitar; Chinese guzheng, pipa and chimes; Western orchestral instruments such as trumpet and violin; exotic African tambourine and ethereal female voices like celestial music.

The Cloud Palace Overture, also known as Overture to Journey to the West, was written by composer Xu Jingqing in 1986. In the beginning, Yun Gong Xun Yin didn't even have a song title, and was always called "Journey to the West Overture" or "Prelude". The name of the song was chosen by netizens years after the TV series aired. Xu Jingqing liked the name, "intimate and relevant, and literary flavor.

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Compositional background

In the spring of 1985, the cast of the show In the spring of 1985, the crew received the news that CCTV was going to broadcast 16 episodes of Journey to the West during the 1986 Spring Festival. Before the broadcast, Yang Jie told Xu Jingqing to take out the title song of Journey to the West, which was written by another composer, and rewrite a 2 minutes and 40 seconds piece of music. The piece, later dubbed "Cloud Palace Swift Sound" by netizens, was a big headache for Xu Jingqing.

Xu Jingqing used to write at night and get up at noon. One day after getting up at noon, he was in a daze in bed, just as a couple of civilian workers passed by the window, jingling lunchboxes while humming a little tune. Xu Jingqing as enlightenment, from the folk workers tune from a classic "Deng Deng Deng Deng" this brewing.

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