Opera Singer Reacts to Celestial Symphony from Black Myth: Wukong

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  • Опубликовано: 26 дек 2024

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  • @MarcoMeatball
    @MarcoMeatball  4 месяца назад +1068

    Sadly had to remove the original journey to the west celestial symphony clip (the tv show) due to some copyright issues. but wow!

    • @bigman415
      @bigman415 4 месяца назад +45

      The cutscene music is so emotional too😢

    • @AegisKHAOS
      @AegisKHAOS 4 месяца назад +15

      Deleted my previous comment when I saw this comment. And definitely 'wow'. Same with the original outro. The vocals were grand.

    • @catefu3576
      @catefu3576 4 месяца назад +5

      在yt找的到音樂哦 全部都有

    • @rafaleyu
      @rafaleyu 4 месяца назад

      ruclips.net/video/lnNxfdwtQNQ/видео.htmlsi=rluYgjs6A66mQ30Z

    • @leliboo2445
      @leliboo2445 4 месяца назад +16

      Listen this "Unyielding Valor" from intro scene where wukong went to meet the heaven army

  • @AndrewScott-sq9fy
    @AndrewScott-sq9fy 4 месяца назад +3445

    western people - “ cool music “
    asians - “ nostalgia hits hard ”

    • @carterbohren8253
      @carterbohren8253 4 месяца назад +117

      Man I wish that as a western person we had anything like this

    • @isonny2010
      @isonny2010 4 месяца назад +274

      More like 3 generations of people jumping up on their seat and shouting in pure joy.

    • @giahuytran720
      @giahuytran720 4 месяца назад +231

      Like literally every Asian born from 1980s until now will regconize this beat

    • @nguyenquanghung2344
      @nguyenquanghung2344 4 месяца назад +107

      @@giahuytran720 my father born in 1954 love Journey to the West series 1986 still regconize this

    • @UniqueIdSucks
      @UniqueIdSucks 4 месяца назад

      Ironically the music is also in some of the Truck signal sound in my country til this day too :D

  • @thefourthrabbit9516
    @thefourthrabbit9516 4 месяца назад +3085

    The theme part of this song (derived from the 1986 TV series theme) is probably as iconic as the Star Wars theme for Asian people.

    • @ahflyer
      @ahflyer 4 месяца назад +167

      Very exactly comparison! And as OP, every time to hear this back in 90s, a child realized can watch this serial in TV now!

    • @junli6065
      @junli6065 4 месяца назад +21

      Yeah, just like Binary Sunset

    • @qiuhuiwang693
      @qiuhuiwang693 4 месяца назад +22

      definitely!

    • @henryfatchoi6404
      @henryfatchoi6404 4 месяца назад +25

      Search Black Myth Wu Kong Original Music 1986 Journey to the West Cover and can Search Black Myth Wu Kong Children's and beauties music version Journey to the West Cover

    • @Ringo_Hu
      @Ringo_Hu 4 месяца назад +10

      你猜对了~~

  • @hloc
    @hloc 4 месяца назад +1623

    In the 80s.... This music is on every TV in Singapore.... I remember rushing home to watch JTW when its on TV... Bring a tear to my 50yr old eye...

    • @上正止
      @上正止 4 месяца назад +27

      1987

    • @iamyanh
      @iamyanh 4 месяца назад +92

      The same in China, I am 45 year old. There is only one TV sets in that year, when this music comes, all the children from neighbor brought their chairs and sat together in front of the TV set.

    • @江海旭
      @江海旭 4 месяца назад +7

      1988

    • @jayxu5784
      @jayxu5784 4 месяца назад +13

      im 24 and this is my childhood

    • @yiyu5673
      @yiyu5673 4 месяца назад +18

      Same! I am 36, but this music and Sun wukong just remind my childhood

  • @CHOWVANSEN
    @CHOWVANSEN 4 месяца назад +346

    The original composer is Mr. Xu Jingqing, who created most of the music of Journey to the West in 1986, and has been waiting 30 years for crowdfunding to start a Journey to the West theme concert, now he is 82 years old, when he saw his music appeared in the Black myth WuKong is very excited, the old music is rejuvenated in the new field, he said that the game screen is beautiful, the fight scenes are fantastic, He even said he wanted to play hahaha, there are so many foreign friends like his music, I think he'd be very happy about that。

    • @lalalalalalala127
      @lalalalalalala127 3 месяца назад +9

      Mr. Xu is incredible!

    • @felllvy9269
      @felllvy9269 3 месяца назад +9

      Thanks for sharing the background for everyone.

  • @lizma4809
    @lizma4809 4 месяца назад +814

    my god. I’m Chinese and, this hit hard!! This is the theme to 80s TV drama Journey to the West. This is literally a part of our childhood. There were some electronic music elements in the original 80s track ( like the one in the beginning) making it a very trendy and a bit controversial music back in 80s china. Back then the genre was still very new to the market

    • @waynez5535
      @waynez5535 4 месяца назад +11

      I watched this in the early 90s on beta max not even VHS
      Millennial childhood exact same orchestral music!!!

    • @sophiemoon5533
      @sophiemoon5533 4 месяца назад +12

      86 JTW was the most essential thing for my every summer holiday😂

    • @Shadowless_Kick
      @Shadowless_Kick 4 месяца назад +6

      After removing the electronic music elements, this version in the game is better than the original. Of course, the quality of today's orchestration is also much improved.

    • @rueyching
      @rueyching 3 месяца назад

      1986

  • @CallmeHaiLe
    @CallmeHaiLe 4 месяца назад +828

    As a Vietnamese, I listened to this song throughout my youth, every summer with the Journey to the West TV show. When I first heard it in the trailer, I pre-ordered the game instantly. Thank you, Game Science, for bringing back my childhood memories

    • @我是韭菜-l9h
      @我是韭菜-l9h 4 месяца назад +48

      看来1986年的西游记传播了整个东南亚,我和你一样 听着听着就回忆起30年前,流泪❤欢迎来中国玩,游戏里有很多实景都在 山西

    • @nonameratnowhere
      @nonameratnowhere 3 месяца назад +18

      被西游记支配的每一个暑假😂

    • @3k3878
      @3k3878 3 месяца назад +21

      我以前以为新闻说西游记、还珠格格在越南热播是吹牛,原来我和越南人有相同的童年😂

    • @nggkhaihuynh246
      @nggkhaihuynh246 3 месяца назад +1

      🥰🇻🇳🥰

    • @windJason-y2b
      @windJason-y2b 3 месяца назад +11

      🇻🇳🇨🇳

  • @teohyc
    @teohyc 4 месяца назад +509

    Those who have watched the TV show will be able enjoy this way more immensely because it hits the nostalgia so hard.

    • @nhatvurchannel9770
      @nhatvurchannel9770 4 месяца назад +6

      nostalgic feeling. I listen to this melody after knowing about Wukong more than 50 times :))

  • @继阳叶
    @继阳叶 4 месяца назад +360

    With tears streaming down my face... it's no longer Captain America facing Thanos' army before me... but the childhood superhero, holding the most powerful staff in the world, wearing the brightest golden armor, standing on the most beautiful cloud in the world. In front of him are countless heavenly soldiers and generals, but he just sneers with disdain. With one strike of his staff, he shatters all injustices and evil between heaven and earth, and with one kick, he breaks all the shackles and constraints of the human world... I finally realize that this demon monkey is the hero I've always wanted.

    • @LeonardLuzon
      @LeonardLuzon 4 месяца назад +2

      As for DC Universe, it seems like they incorporated Sun Wukong's clone, the "Monkey Prince" entered the superhero roster.

    • @skyhunt9595
      @skyhunt9595 3 месяца назад

      Dont forget he has an immortal demon heart

    • @eidothea
      @eidothea 3 месяца назад +2

      You captured this so beautifully

    • @inkblossom36
      @inkblossom36 3 месяца назад +1

      I loved the sentiment.

    • @Bunny11344
      @Bunny11344 4 дня назад

      We all love wukong so much 😭 this makes me want to get a back piece tattoo of him done

  • @notdante1151
    @notdante1151 4 месяца назад +1358

    The show is originated form China but every 80-90s Asian know the song from heart and will always remember it.

    • @forgettohaveaname2954
      @forgettohaveaname2954 4 месяца назад +31

      actually this edition is hardly any re-mix but the same as the original version of 1986 TV series of CCTV Journey to the West

    • @gwapoboy1
      @gwapoboy1 4 месяца назад +58

      作为一个中国人,在评论区看到很多亚洲人的共鸣,我很惊讶《西游记》原来这么受欢迎
      回复

    • @suzikomimori8461
      @suzikomimori8461 4 месяца назад +9

      不是只有中国人看过1986版的西游记?亚洲其他地方应该不知道这个版本西游记吧

    • @cheebc9981
      @cheebc9981 4 месяца назад +35

      @@gwapoboy1 主要是東亞地區,日本、韓國、越南、馬來西亞、新加坡等地對於西遊記算是非常熟悉的。

    • @cheebc9981
      @cheebc9981 4 месяца назад

      @@suzikomimori8461 有翻譯成其它語言在其它國家播出。

  • @hannagray157
    @hannagray157 4 месяца назад +346

    China has so much great everything to offer, the world needs to know! China needs to produce more iconic products like this to deliver its great culture and history!!! It's a shame that most westerners got to know China only through toxic and super biased western media.

    • @Yush33k1
      @Yush33k1 3 месяца назад +25

      That’s so true

    • @ruiwang5582
      @ruiwang5582 3 месяца назад

      There is a small group of Western politicians whose goal is to create chaos and sever the connections between Asian people

    • @vivianqingwei6869
      @vivianqingwei6869 3 месяца назад +18

      Exactly

    • @Brother_O4TS
      @Brother_O4TS 2 месяца назад

      oh the culture and tradition is cool, most westerners know that. Modern China tho, is dystopic. Have you seen all the shit the China has been doing, internationally and in their own country? Don't go praising China and at the same time, discrediting people who share the bad shit that China's done and doing

    • @Brother_O4TS
      @Brother_O4TS 2 месяца назад

      oh the culture and tradition is cool, most westerners know that. Modern China tho, is dystopic. Have you seen all the sh*t the China has been doing, internationally and in their own country? Don't go praising China and at the same time, discrediting people who share the bad sh*t that China's done and doing (not saying that biased news doesn't exist)

  • @CelsiusTears
    @CelsiusTears 4 месяца назад +474

    As a Chinese player myself, this game hits so hard in so many places because of the nostalgia. Even the soundtracks when fighting the bosses hit just the right way. Journey to the West was one of my favorite cult classics growing up and I'm so glad to see this game come out and so many around the world are enjoying it!

    • @CocoXLarge
      @CocoXLarge 4 месяца назад +25

      now they just need to make a three kingdoms game worth a damn.

    • @CelsiusTears
      @CelsiusTears 4 месяца назад

      @@CocoXLarge yea something that isn't a dynasty warriors rip off XD

    • @pxg1773
      @pxg1773 4 месяца назад

      @@CocoXLargeI hope so but that’s almost impossible

    • @CocoXLarge
      @CocoXLarge 4 месяца назад +1

      @@pxg1773 then do a dating sim for dream of red mansion

    • @pxg1773
      @pxg1773 4 месяца назад +3

      @@CocoXLarge or better. 金瓶梅porn game

  • @danghuydung95
    @danghuydung95 4 месяца назад +203

    my grandma is a 40s kid, she hum to this every summer when the show was casted on national TV, now she's gone, this homage brought me to tear, it was my childhood, and there are images of my grandma in it
    Congratulation to China, they made a AAA for the first time, and the wine is too damn fine...

    • @我是韭菜-l9h
      @我是韭菜-l9h 4 месяца назад +1

      你们那里也看1986年的西游记吗?这音乐真的是很好❤

  • @cyrillsfun4667
    @cyrillsfun4667 4 месяца назад +761

    Dudeeee, lemme tell you! The hype when Kratos picked up his blades ain't got nothing on this. The 1986 TV shows are what keeps children in the southeast Asian country to have sweet dinner tv times for almost 40 years.
    I legit cried and scream when I heard it in Blackmyth. This piece of music is what defines the legends of the Journey to the West, just like how LOTR trilogy defines the angelic feelings of the world of Tolkien.

    • @MarcoMeatball
      @MarcoMeatball  4 месяца назад +55

      I can only imagine!

    • @更辉陈
      @更辉陈 4 месяца назад +16

      东南亚国家也看西游记吗?

    • @stugiii6609
      @stugiii6609 4 месяца назад

      ​@@更辉陈 yes we do

    • @hdvoice
      @hdvoice 4 месяца назад

      @@更辉陈Pan-Chinese cultural sphere all do.

    • @gadgetgasspoll
      @gadgetgasspoll 4 месяца назад

      ​@@更辉陈no, just the tv series in a lot of version

  • @lzwaaron
    @lzwaaron 4 месяца назад +337

    i can’t stop crying hearing this!!!

    • @jimlobster5462
      @jimlobster5462 4 месяца назад +35

      me too, summer at grandma's house...

    • @oudai7559
      @oudai7559 4 месяца назад +1

      me too!

    • @quangnhat5345
      @quangnhat5345 4 месяца назад +18

      ​@@jimlobster5462Summer at my home, with my grandparents and parents, 1pm and 6pm movie time. This hit my childhood so hard, especially when my grandfather passed away few years ago.

    • @luanhuynh5059
      @luanhuynh5059 4 месяца назад +3

      @@jimlobster5462 EXCATLY, my grandma would always watch this with us, almost everyone in my family know this

    • @PisciTear
      @PisciTear 4 месяца назад +2

      just came back from the restroom cuz I was crying lol

  • @bruceh6900
    @bruceh6900 4 месяца назад +484

    2:12 time travels to 1986
    2:40 can’t hold my tears

    • @maxwang2537
      @maxwang2537 4 месяца назад +17

      Who can?!❤❤❤

    • @CarmenDeng
      @CarmenDeng 4 месяца назад +9

      exactly!!!!

    • @sweep_yep
      @sweep_yep 4 месяца назад +7

      so true

    • @黄河-z8s
      @黄河-z8s 4 месяца назад +16

      原来不只我一个😂

    • @calirain1681
      @calirain1681 4 месяца назад +7

      I feel you man, I’m glad I’m not alone in this.

  • @土佬-w8h
    @土佬-w8h 4 месяца назад +228

    In Southeast Asia, for people in many countries, the main theme of the TV series Journey to the West is a childhood memory, just like the familiar music of Disney.

  • @cadevywilliams3501
    @cadevywilliams3501 4 месяца назад +278

    That motif is deeply drilled into the DNA of a lot of Asian players. It echos so so hard.

  • @nangongyiyun
    @nangongyiyun 4 месяца назад +405

    BGM is performed by the China National Orchestra of China. The Central Chinese Orchestra is a state-level art troupe directly under the Ministry of Culture, consisting of a large national orchestra, a national chorus, a music creation center and other departments.

    • @Ven43568
      @Ven43568 4 месяца назад +29

      Wow! This is a great orchestra, the China National Orchestra. They rendered such a magnificent musical piece!

    • @Khn_2102
      @Khn_2102 4 месяца назад +9

      Nice info

    • @maxwang2537
      @maxwang2537 4 месяца назад +12

      That means everything is towards perfection. Love it!❤

    • @alanweiss1288
      @alanweiss1288 4 месяца назад +2

      Thanks for the info!!

    • @tc-red9000
      @tc-red9000 3 месяца назад +3

      Its so great that they game science managed to ask them to do the music! Love it! ❤

  • @robertzdc
    @robertzdc 4 месяца назад +1186

    2:40 hits all Chinese hard😭😭

    • @ucthientran9219
      @ucthientran9219 4 месяца назад +181

      Vietnamese too!

    • @Takedm
      @Takedm 4 месяца назад +175

      Not only the Chinese, All Asian people can feel the nostalgia too.

    • @n3stigniz
      @n3stigniz 4 месяца назад +68

      I Cried.....

    • @justinlzy
      @justinlzy 4 месяца назад +75

      I think it hit all Asians hard

    • @MREAGLE-6666
      @MREAGLE-6666 4 месяца назад +69

      Sri Lankans too!

  • @AegisKHAOS
    @AegisKHAOS 4 месяца назад +165

    I had complete goosebumps when I listened to this. I couldn't believe how faithful this adaptation was to the original 1986 version. And I thought the trailers were awesome for teasing us briefly.

  • @isonny2010
    @isonny2010 4 месяца назад +154

    You are the first channel reacting to Wukong soundtrack. And i am dying to hear others with music or performing art background o break down or react to this whole soundtrack.

    • @MarcoMeatball
      @MarcoMeatball  4 месяца назад +6

      I hope they do too

    • @MarcoMeatball
      @MarcoMeatball  4 месяца назад +7

      @@melonmind.eng333 nothing misleading about the title friend. I am still an opera singer just because I don’t sing professionally.

  • @vincentrocks
    @vincentrocks 4 месяца назад +171

    This song played over and over on TV during school summer breaks every year for 10 years since I was in high school in Beijing. Now I’m in my 40s living on the other side of the world. This song is home, and pain.

    • @graceyang4590
      @graceyang4590 4 месяца назад +5

      homesick

    • @vincentrocks
      @vincentrocks 4 месяца назад +8

      @@graceyang4590 "Nostalgia": noun, from Greek nostos "return home", and algos "pain".

    • @fxxkutube2728
      @fxxkutube2728 4 месяца назад

      终有一天可以回到故事开始的地方。就像黑悟空的结局动画一样。

    • @pennyz4110
      @pennyz4110 4 месяца назад

      @@vincentrocks 升华了nostalgia这个词

  • @deviancepurplehaze6045
    @deviancepurplehaze6045 4 месяца назад +637

    The homage to the original theme made me cry!
    30 years ago. Journey to the West was every Asian bois peak cinema!
    Any long sticks on the road will turn into Ru Yi Jingu Bang 😂

    • @GiaBao-gr2zd
      @GiaBao-gr2zd 4 месяца назад +19

      the stick doesn't have to be that long too :)))

    • @DuChen-py7gl
      @DuChen-py7gl 4 месяца назад +18

      Great symphony. It's definitely a memory of my youth. I heard the familiar climax of the familiar music, and my skin gave goosebumps.

    • @ssamg5743
      @ssamg5743 4 месяца назад +6

      cannot agree more

    • @SchengW
      @SchengW 4 месяца назад +6

      it was almost 40 years ago already

    • @jerriapproves
      @jerriapproves 3 месяца назад +3

      Girls too. I still pick up long sticks whenever hiking 😂

  • @xiehancheng
    @xiehancheng 4 месяца назад +106

    前奏让我胳膊的汗毛都起来了,对华人来说这个旋律就是回忆。正因为《西游记》让我们很多中国男人一看到一些棍子就欲罢不能,哪怕是笔直的树枝小时候都爱不释手,80后中年男人。

  • @strawberrymilkshake4576
    @strawberrymilkshake4576 4 месяца назад +136

    My soul just feels like being cleaned because of this Wukong soundtrack 😭

  • @willx2018
    @willx2018 4 месяца назад +32

    My parents bought the entire 1986 TV show dvd set in the early 2000s, and as a child growing up in that time, we had this tiny dvd (or cd idk) player that we would watch for every single road trip. My parents loved watching it with me as it brought them back to China and it defined so much of my childhood. Even as an American, this song was heard probably a thousand times over my life. To have a game that brings this series so much respect is so fun.

  • @YunaLeow
    @YunaLeow 4 месяца назад +350

    Literal chills when the motif starts playing. To most of us Chinese players, Journey to the West is something so quintessential to our culture, and the nostalgia probably hit us like a truck.
    This company has proven to us that they are a strong storytelling powerhouse, and not to be trifled with. I am half hoping that they would come up with a three kingdom game next.

    • @JT-cm9di
      @JT-cm9di 4 месяца назад +27

      Wukong is like Superman to all Chinese in the world😂

    • @GiaBao-gr2zd
      @GiaBao-gr2zd 4 месяца назад +19

      Vietnamese here too. One of the best TV series of all time.

    • @lemonnexus
      @lemonnexus 4 месяца назад +4

      To be honest I hope they don’t make a AAA game or the next big thing next, they had some smaller grounded games before attempting this excellent work. Sometimes high expectations can kill a studio

    • @axe3425
      @axe3425 4 месяца назад

      Making a Three Kingdoms game would be tantamount to suicide, as Japan has firmly taken over the genre

    • @EduruChan
      @EduruChan 4 месяца назад +1

      @@JT-cm9difun fact: superman took elements from journey to the west

  • @anh9525
    @anh9525 4 месяца назад +125

    Not only about the music, but also the animation. Game science really just activated every neuron of every Asian who had watched the 1986 Journey to the west show. Even i, teared right away i heard the music, which i didn't even know. It reminds me of the summer when i was just the little boy, go home from school and sit right in front of TV to wait for the show. Damn, what a time to be alive, most kids these day can't understand how precious this moment can be.

    • @洞房不败-s8u
      @洞房不败-s8u 4 месяца назад +2

      刻进DNA的旋律了😂

    • @Ming_snzhx
      @Ming_snzhx 4 месяца назад +6

      Summer vacation, electric fan, watermelon, bamboo mat and grandparents.

    • @xuansu9036
      @xuansu9036 3 месяца назад +1

      @@Ming_snzhxpractically shared memory for all East and southeast Asians

    • @Ming_snzhx
      @Ming_snzhx 3 месяца назад

      @@xuansu9036 Exactly

    • @BenFanWXGWDH
      @BenFanWXGWDH 2 месяца назад

      @@Ming_snzhx 说话能不能不要这样太有画面感呢,服你了,你不知道这样很容易让人回忆过去的生活吗?

  • @YoshiroPoh
    @YoshiroPoh 4 месяца назад +322

    2:40 When Nostalgic starts...

    • @nigel6842
      @nigel6842 4 месяца назад +27

      For me it started at 2:13

    • @leodelonix155
      @leodelonix155 4 месяца назад +23

      The hinting motif starts at 1:53. When I first heard this motif and knowing they are going to using this piece in the game I immediately had goosebumps.

    • @lawrencephea916
      @lawrencephea916 4 месяца назад +2

      Totally hit right on my feelings right now.

    • @wenwu2937
      @wenwu2937 4 месяца назад +2

      @@nigel6842right there I cried

    • @hxx888
      @hxx888 4 месяца назад

      @@nigel6842❤

  • @shanyuliang
    @shanyuliang 4 месяца назад +340

    I don't think people didn't watch the 1986 JTW will truly appreciate this piece. To us watched it as children, Sun Wu Kong is not just a powerful character, he is a hero, a trustworthy friend.

    • @shanyuliang
      @shanyuliang 4 месяца назад

      I want to know if I love this piece just because I watched the 1986 JTW more than 10 times. So I found this. ruclips.net/video/VZ3YBZRcaKI/видео.htmlsi=v-D4NsVuFTt2NObW

    • @summerain6918
      @summerain6918 4 месяца назад +12

      好的东西值得被喜欢啊,之前不知道,现在知道也不晚

    • @calirain1681
      @calirain1681 4 месяца назад +9

      It will never get old when it’s that good.

    • @YY-du3ix
      @YY-du3ix 4 месяца назад

      Super hero

    • @nohandle237
      @nohandle237 4 месяца назад

      I like the original version but enjoy this piece as well.

  • @maxwang2537
    @maxwang2537 4 месяца назад +18

    Man I’m unable to stop watching/listening to this. What a great review, bit by bit, of a beautiful piece of creativity that originated deep, deep, from an ancient culture that is now catching up.
    It made me nearly drown in my own tears.

    • @hippocreation
      @hippocreation 4 месяца назад

      Call on all apes, Let’s raise!

  • @nightowl4121
    @nightowl4121 4 месяца назад +56

    Whoa! We appreciate you alerting us to this musical selection. I've been playing it multiple times because I'm really enjoying it.

  • @mechannel7046
    @mechannel7046 4 месяца назад +27

    So refreshing to hear your perspective on Wukong from a music standpoint. Your analysis is so interesting

  • @andyluo104
    @andyluo104 4 месяца назад +76

    For those who are interested, the original sound track of the Classic Chinese TV show is called 云宫迅音, have a listen

    • @lazmanariffsulaiman7569
      @lazmanariffsulaiman7569 4 месяца назад +4

      Thanks.
      Was beating myself on the head looking for it on Spotify. You helped me found it immediately.

    • @miraeha6576
      @miraeha6576 3 месяца назад +1

      Văn Cung Tấn Âm

  • @victoorwarrior6663
    @victoorwarrior6663 3 месяца назад +12

    Thank you China for your wonderful ancestral culture and history and giving us this great game, from the design of the characters to the sound work, Greetings from South America .

  • @tanthokg
    @tanthokg 4 месяца назад +56

    This song alone makes the whole game invaluable. You might've heard this a lot, but JJTW 1986 is literally engraved into our souls, from my grandma, born in 1952, to me, a gen Z. It's her childhood, my mother's childhood, and mine, and we're not even Chinese, just Asians from a neighboring country. i can remember it was on almost every regional and national channels in summer back in the day.
    Some people say this game is mid, "a reskined dark souls", "only Asians can relate", that it heavily relies on nostalgia, overrated, and overly hyped. I'd say if your game OST can immediately resonate with millions and make them all feel nostalgic upon hearing, you're welcome to do it.

  • @ben-taobeneton3945
    @ben-taobeneton3945 4 месяца назад +101

    Wukong is definitely *GAME OF THE YEAR* 📖 in my book. I'm so infatuated with the ancient Chinese culture and aesthetics. It's art! This game is truly an art!
    Also quite challenging. It's a magnificent blend which has been getting distant for the past 5-10 years. This brings back memories of the old "God of War", "Devil may Cry", "Prince of Persia", "Spyro" and many more.
    It's magical and grand! ✨

    • @MarcoMeatball
      @MarcoMeatball  4 месяца назад +7

      I feel the same. I love stories like these and to see it brought to life is beautiful

    • @ben-taobeneton3945
      @ben-taobeneton3945 4 месяца назад +5

      @@MarcoMeatball Absolutely! And the fact it's based on an ancient Novel (well after the Novel ended) but the world that they brought to life is brilliant.

  • @ftd7435
    @ftd7435 2 месяца назад +5

    I'm 59 ... this 1986 Journey To The West tv series brings back memories of my parents and me glued to the tv.

  • @binbincc118
    @binbincc118 4 месяца назад +28

    I can never go back to my childhood when I listened to this bgm. This song made me cry again.😭

  • @HCChang5717
    @HCChang5717 4 месяца назад +9

    Thank you for sharing this reaction video. This music is deep in my memory. The tv show JTtW replays every vacation since I was a little kid. Now I am 33 years old, everytime hearing this remix version I get goosebumps.

  • @NL-wu8ru
    @NL-wu8ru 4 месяца назад +59

    Hear the music, I have tears in my eyes. It is my childhood memory, when I saw the TV show “Xi You Ji”.

  • @MatchaRam3n
    @MatchaRam3n 3 месяца назад +6

    Came back here again from the composer's reaction to this video on Bilibili. Mr Jingqing Xu is pleasantly surprised, seeing you singing along makes him so happy.
    This is so wonderful 🥹

  • @anonymintheworld9781
    @anonymintheworld9781 4 месяца назад +57

    For a Chinese, this music is my childhood, nostalgia

  • @AW-gu5gj
    @AW-gu5gj 4 месяца назад +35

    I'm smiling like the kid I was in 1986 but this time with tears...

    • @gwapoboy1
      @gwapoboy1 4 месяца назад

      😭😭😭

  • @cks2020693
    @cks2020693 4 месяца назад +17

    goddamn, even after 20 years, I still get goosebumps everytime I hear this music

  • @tracyzheng5011
    @tracyzheng5011 4 месяца назад +13

    tearing listening to this. living in america for most of my adult life. but this was my childhood memory and forever cherish it

  • @ian9557
    @ian9557 3 месяца назад +15

    This is not a game, IT IS A PIECE OF MASTER ART!! WELL DONE CHINA!

  • @Lily-lx9vv
    @Lily-lx9vv 4 месяца назад +9

    Thank you so much for this video and I love the interpretation! Also great thanks to the developers of this game for breathing a second life to this classic piece of Chinese myth and making to known to more part of the world!
    As a Chinese myself, I am very happy and surprised to see that people from other Asian countries also have such fond memories of the 1986 version of Journey to the West. This TV show (together with TV adaptation of other 3 classic Chinese literature, came out around the same time) was really an irreplaceable part of my childhood. Listening to the music literarily fills my eyes with tears!

  • @KDing-te4mc
    @KDing-te4mc 4 месяца назад +15

    2:58 That suprano singing hits me the hardest! Nostalgia and made me cry

  • @mingyuhuang8944
    @mingyuhuang8944 4 месяца назад +20

    Not only is this game incredible quality but it's also China's first AAA flagship game, and a truly culturally significant one at that. It's amazing to see how many people have become fascinated with the lore and story of "Journey to the West". It really is one of the greatest literature classics in human history.
    It deserves the 10 million copies sold ❤❤

  • @DuChen-py7gl
    @DuChen-py7gl 4 месяца назад +25

    Great symphony. It's definitely a memory of my youth. I heard the familiar climax of the familiar music, and my skin gave goosebumps.

  • @Carinaruan
    @Carinaruan 4 месяца назад +73

    This music is exactly from the 1986 TV series "Journey to the West," a cherished memory from our childhood. Wukong's Chinese voiceover is still performed by the same voice actor from back then, bringing back all those nostalgic feelings!!

    • @susanwqz
      @susanwqz 4 месяца назад +2

      I don't think the CN VA for WuKong is the same though. His VA in BMW is Lin Qiang who's born in 1982.

    • @gamephreak5
      @gamephreak5 4 месяца назад +1

      @@susanwqz I was wondering because the Chinese VA does a great job at imitating the 1986 actor, especially when he laughs!

  • @shiulai5804
    @shiulai5804 4 месяца назад +4

    Thanks. Your guidance and genuine fondness for the musical piece have helped me appreciate it too.

  • @puzhao1639
    @puzhao1639 3 месяца назад +10

    Everytime I heard this song played from the tv, I know summer holiday is coming, the TV series “Journal to the west” has been popular for decades. I've been listening to this music since I was a kid.

  • @MuraCasardis
    @MuraCasardis 4 месяца назад +18

    The music of this game is so good. It's not overstating itself most of the time, but when it hits, damn.

    • @MarcoMeatball
      @MarcoMeatball  4 месяца назад +3

      Most of it is very subtle and for sure

  • @LightBrand
    @LightBrand 4 месяца назад +63

    This is the opening theme of your favourite TV show as a kid that you sit and watch through the entire thing every chance you get because you know the shows going to start right after, which is why "everyone" knows it.
    No less Iconic than say the House opening theme, or Kim Possible or Fairly Odd Parents/Sponsebob.

    • @ZihaoWei-c2e
      @ZihaoWei-c2e 4 месяца назад +3

      The series were broadcasted every summer and winter (till now). Many Chinese people can recite very scenes by heart.

  • @quintaia4381
    @quintaia4381 4 месяца назад +37

    A Chinese classical heroic symphony music based on the original novel, originally from the TV series of the same story in 1986.

  • @phammanh2689
    @phammanh2689 4 месяца назад +57

    Oh man the melody takes me back to when i was a kid watching the original Journey to the West series

  • @inkbold8511
    @inkbold8511 4 месяца назад +20

    Gets me the goosebumps at 2:00 marks that intro music.

  • @justinlzy
    @justinlzy 4 месяца назад +147

    The original composer of this masterpiece Mr. Xu jingqing just post his own reaction video on BiliBili too

    • @doombros9770
      @doombros9770 4 месяца назад +6

      Please give link

    • @Anonymous------
      @Anonymous------ 4 месяца назад

      ​@@doombros9770
      YT doesn't allow the link. You can search for it.

    • @FML-v9x
      @FML-v9x 4 месяца назад

      ​@@doombros9770 Try this www.bilibili.com/video/BV1q5411h7w8?share_session_id=c897f873-3541-4b34-b534-c65bc78769f7

    • @nosrah9660
      @nosrah9660 4 месяца назад

      @@justinlzy could you post the name of the vid please?

    • @promisexu9699
      @promisexu9699 4 месяца назад +11

      @@nosrah9660 【游戏里的《云宫迅音》】or search this code in bilibili: BV1TW421X7KY

  • @hikarihakai1285
    @hikarihakai1285 4 месяца назад +21

    ah the nostalgia hit hard with this one the melody is just so iconic

  • @familyling
    @familyling 4 месяца назад +13

    Thanks for this video. I enjoyed it very much. Although I do not play video game, your video makes me appreciate more with this iconic Chinese drama theme music. Thank you very much.

  • @chaohe5734
    @chaohe5734 3 месяца назад +7

    Watching this TV show was the happiest part of my childhood. I can still remember, every time this theme song was played on TV, all kids were running back home to watch. And 40 minutes later, everybody came back to the playground with a long Stick in the hand.

  • @sophia8376
    @sophia8376 4 месяца назад +37

    I become tearful when listen to this theme music! The theme is the same as what I heard from the TV series The Journey to the West - which was produced in 1986! So proud to see the game producer is so confident to use the original (and very old) theme music!
    Thank you for your appreciation to it. ❤

  • @thinhvcoin
    @thinhvcoin 4 месяца назад +57

    I probably watched the 1986 show more than 20 times. Back when we were kids, we only have broadcast TV and they always showed this series every summer for kids. We grew up with this, literally. Love from Vietnam

  • @maggies8277
    @maggies8277 3 месяца назад +4

    so beautiful and nostalgic. Brings tears to my eyes. The electronic toms are actually the times Wukong did cloud somersaults in the video.

  • @cupidcoffeezkf
    @cupidcoffeezkf 3 месяца назад +3

    Thanks for this..all my memories from my childhood with this book and the music just all flushed back! Cried to the end of the song for no reason! Thanks again for this video from your artist point of view.

  • @Lings_Vlog
    @Lings_Vlog 3 месяца назад +4

    You know, this really brings me back to my childhood. During the summer break, I watched the shows thousands of times. The Devs must also be my age and I can feel their passion in creating the game. Well done bro

  • @孙笑川-t8h
    @孙笑川-t8h 3 месяца назад +34

    Hey Marco,The composer of this song saw your review video and was very happy that the music he composed 40 years ago is now appreciated by friends in the West. He really likes how immersed you are when listening to the song, and he's truly delighted.
    Would you be able to review the earliest version of this song? It’s one of the oldest electronic music pieces in China.😊

  • @gunjchowwiwat8357
    @gunjchowwiwat8357 4 месяца назад +32

    RUclips​ didn't recommend this. I search for it.❤love your reaction!

  • @tpv51
    @tpv51 4 месяца назад +134

    Damn i have never felt more empowered as an Asian. So glad the Asian anthem finally got the popularity it deserve😊
    For real though, i was born in 2004, and i have barely read Journey to the West. But the song is legit a brain worm that is pass through each generations cus even without any interaction with the work, every kids know what that song came from

    • @JIKInternalTeam
      @JIKInternalTeam 4 месяца назад +7

      Come to Ghana and you will know how popular it is 😂

    • @xuansu9036
      @xuansu9036 3 месяца назад +1

      Fun fact, the base rhythm came from the composer hearing someone beating on his metal lunch box while waiting to get his meal.

    • @changelton
      @changelton 3 месяца назад +1

      You're right.

  • @fiaX216
    @fiaX216 3 месяца назад +21

    2:25 diudiudiu is soul of this theme🥰

    • @bzchnt3143
      @bzchnt3143 3 месяца назад

      LMAOOOO I understand completely

    • @OblivionsAbyss
      @OblivionsAbyss 3 месяца назад

      This is so true

    • @samjones15520
      @samjones15520 2 месяца назад

      😂

    • @籴睿潘
      @籴睿潘 3 дня назад

      哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈 丢丢丢丢帮帮帮 灯灯等灯登灯等灯

  • @OrionRox
    @OrionRox 4 месяца назад +6

    This song was used as the opening theme for the 1986 Journey to the West TV show. To this day, CCTV channel 8 still airs the show from beginning to end every summer. As a result, most of us grew up watching this show and listening to this song.
    When I heard it in the game for the first time, it hit me so hard that I almost cried.

  • @dyh5426
    @dyh5426 4 месяца назад +30

    Man, my childhood just floods back when that music starts playing. The song originally comes from a TV series from 1986, and so many channels would replay it every the summer break for kids. It’s like how Friends reruns on TV in the US-whenever it’s on, you just have to stop and watch a bit.

  • @noobplayerchanel8326
    @noobplayerchanel8326 4 месяца назад +17

    when i listen to it it brings back my childhood feeling on hot summer days watching Journey to the West over and over again

  • @expn001
    @expn001 4 месяца назад +22

    I cryied the nostalgia hit me

  • @yv08o52
    @yv08o52 4 месяца назад +22

    Oh God! My goosebumps! All memories come back since childhood.😭

  • @jishe8957
    @jishe8957 4 месяца назад +13

    Starting at 2:12, it is a melody that has been shared by all Chinese people (including many East and Southeast Asians) for 40 years. It contains the heavenly palace, the dragon palace, the hell, gods, Buddhas, monsters, as well as the suffering, struggle, persistence and success of a group of mortals.

  • @0animalproductworld558
    @0animalproductworld558 4 месяца назад +12

    That old sounds that I first heard in ~1996 when the legendary was just released. It was a beyond excited hit back in the day in Vietnam. I have never gone to nor lived in China before but wow, it was something in Vietnam.

  • @yintianwang
    @yintianwang 3 месяца назад +16

    I used to dismiss this piece because it was so familiar. Today, through the eyes and ears of foreigners, I realized that I had grown up in the classics without knowing it.

  • @domokun845
    @domokun845 4 месяца назад +13

    Man, I was like 4 or 5 when I watched the og show and this theme is just lodged in my memory, where's the synth laser sounds?! Nostalgia x 10

  • @summerzhang4720
    @summerzhang4720 3 месяца назад +5

    Thank you for sharing this. I cannot stop crying. I really miss my home country now❤

    • @art-543
      @art-543 3 месяца назад +2

      有空时候回来看看

  • @xindeng3472
    @xindeng3472 2 месяца назад +4

    Hello, Mr. Macro. I am very excited to tell you that your reaction video has been reacted to by Mr. Xu Jingqing, the original author of the 1986 version of the theme song of Journey to the West! He is very happy that his works since 40 years ago are liked by professional artists overseas who also appreciate and love music.❤❤🎉🎉

  • @odysliu9102
    @odysliu9102 4 месяца назад +4

    Thanks for picking this out. I didn't expect to hear this in Wukong🤩

  • @kevnewsinformation2299
    @kevnewsinformation2299 4 месяца назад +6

    It hit really hard when 2:12 begins. all sort emotion is coming to play, start with excitement, sadness, nostalgic, memory lane, happiness and now eagerness to watch the series again and play the game.

  • @maru8217
    @maru8217 4 месяца назад +36

    This piece of music is embedded into the DNA of every single Chinese brought up in the greater China region. I don’t think there’s even exception. Listening to this brought me back to 30 plus years ago when the drama of journey to the west was replayed during my school holidays season.

    • @Lala-gy7cn
      @Lala-gy7cn 4 месяца назад +5

      Not just china, my dad had the series on vhs in uk, damn it brings back memories RIP my daddy your fave series is a game, I will buy and play on his behalf every 80s Chinese kid around the world must’ve watched the original series

    • @maru8217
      @maru8217 4 месяца назад

      @@Lala-gy7cn Glad to hear that your dad from the UK also did enjoy the series like all of us in Asia.This is really new to me. Hope you will enjoy playing this new game to continue his uncompleted journey to the west.

    • @Lala-gy7cn
      @Lala-gy7cn 4 месяца назад +4

      @@maru8217 yup he kept his roots and embedded it all to his children I jus bought the game today and I’ve got my son in to it now 🤣

  • @dthanhnguyen-op4kf
    @dthanhnguyen-op4kf 4 месяца назад +46

    Me: *a kid who watch 1986's Journey to the West*
    Also me: the whole different experience,isn't it?

  • @zongliangwu7461
    @zongliangwu7461 4 месяца назад +5

    Thanks for helping us appreciate the wonderful music!

  • @nguyentientoan61
    @nguyentientoan61 3 месяца назад +5

    I live in Vietnam, I remembered when I was a little kid, I asked my parents for the Wukong mask and his signature staff so I can dress up as Wukong for the Mid-Autumn festival (it’s a traditional Chinese fes), I was so happy when I first got it! I hit the street, then I found out, apparently every kid in the neighborhood…also dressed up as Wukong 😂 Wukong will forever be iconic as for us Vietnamese!

  • @JuanDiegoPinillos
    @JuanDiegoPinillos 3 месяца назад +3

    The game is a masterpiece, a beautiful work of art.

  • @shinobuoshino9699
    @shinobuoshino9699 3 месяца назад +7

    This is like going back to the good old days when I was sitting in front of an old TV watching Journey to the west with my grandpa. Now I'm playing black myth Wukong with my sons and when the main theme starts I just couldn't hold back tears anymore.🥲🥲

  • @hohohohoho262
    @hohohohoho262 4 месяца назад +10

    I love music I love wukong and I love the way you interpreted it.

  • @rayyoung9934
    @rayyoung9934 4 месяца назад +11

    Wow holy..... Goosebumps What a masterpiece!

  • @WaynesWorldStudioVancouver
    @WaynesWorldStudioVancouver 3 месяца назад +2

    First time came across your site and thank you for the education. I’m not a gamer but enjoy the cinematic animation, creativity story. Yet brought out this Asian story and music to the West! Thank you and subscribed!

  • @Fairyfromsea
    @Fairyfromsea 4 месяца назад +13

    Tears burst in my eyes. Wukong is definitely THE HERO of every asian kid!

    • @loodora
      @loodora 4 месяца назад +1

      I loved the part where Wu Kong went to Hell to strike off the death dates of his fellow monkeys so that they live forever too. He was literally forced to leave his family and friends behind to collect the script.

    • @Fairyfromsea
      @Fairyfromsea 3 месяца назад

      @@loodora 齐天大圣勇闯地府 改写生死簿 就是为了拯救自己的同类 哪个小朋友看了不会崇拜他呀!

  • @isabellahudson8287
    @isabellahudson8287 4 месяца назад +16

    The music originally from the 1986 TV series. They made some adaption. So you can hear the synth sound from 70s and 80s.

  • @tranbaonam7
    @tranbaonam7 4 месяца назад +18

    this sound play on millions tv in asia around since 1986

    • @seanpolo
      @seanpolo 3 месяца назад

      中国就有十几亿人,几千万电视差不多

  • @kiki5533
    @kiki5533 2 месяца назад +1

    I am very happy to see your performance of each melody from your eyes! you really like this song❤

  • @andytlwang
    @andytlwang 4 месяца назад +15

    Marco reviewing Black Myth music?! Pause am not ready for it, will be back after taking a breather.