Olympics 2008 Monkey Movie – BBC Sport

Posted by admin on March 5th, 2010 and filed under sports | 25 Comments »

The Olympics 08.08.08 http://www.bbc.co.uk/monkeyolympics
BBC Sport’s marketing campaign and titles for the forthcoming Olympic Games are based upon the traditional Chinese folklore ‘Journey to the West’. The animation and music were specially produced by Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn.

Duration : 0:2:0


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25 Responses

  1. jealey12 Says:

    Journey to the West …
    Journey to the West surely?

  2. greenlily9 Says:

    its in chinese …
    its in chinese story called journey to the south

  3. nirvanajc6 Says:

    @rice1ninja the …
    @rice1ninja the original dragon ball was based on that Chinese story

  4. Shinzu92 Says:

    cause the guy who …
    cause the guy who made does the art for gorillaz :/

  5. Shinzu92 Says:

    Jamie is …
    Jamie is amazing.

  6. rice1ninja Says:

    is this some kind …
    is this some kind of mix thing of dragon ball Z and gorillaz (the band) :S lol

  7. ammonman Says:

    @FloBandit – it’s …
    @FloBandit – it’s called an arpeggio. This whole song is based on the pentatonic scale – a lot of East Asian music is. If you want to try it out, play only the black notes on the piano. That’s a pentatonic scale. You can play anything, and it sounds lovely. It’s magic!

  8. spazzing Says:

    @FloBandit I think …
    @FloBandit I think a ..chord….? I wish I could help but I gave up on piano :S It’s definitely not a scale…..

  9. cyberkitkat Says:

    this is by the same …
    this is by the same men who do goralliz an tank girl. i wish they had done an animated thing like this for tank gurl instead of that live action movie sss…sigh

  10. medicaldoctor369 Says:

    This is incredible, …
    This is incredible, Jamie and Damon are true geniuses.

  11. hyperbird13 Says:

    wtf
    wtf

  12. JelloBob Says:

    Is this song in …
    Is this song in Monkey?

  13. xXTouchMyToxicXx Says:

    Lol, I laughed at …
    Lol, I laughed at Sandy’s landing in the backround. XD

  14. CharlieSpecs Says:

    It should, …
    It should, Dragonball was based upon Journey to the west.

  15. snorreproductions Says:

    omfg! Its Jet Li!
    omfg! Its Jet Li!

  16. stickmananimation101 Says:

    one word WOW!!!
    one word WOW!!!

  17. jmemogirl Says:

    cool :)
    cool :)

  18. Galway1610 Says:

    lol
    lol

  19. KristinVincent Says:

    That would be …
    That would be because the manga Dragon Ball was originally based off Saiyuki.

  20. FloBandit Says:

    duno the musical …
    duno the musical term , but i love the way the melody fluctuates like that at 1:02 to near the end ..sounds like a stupid question lol ,but if anyone knows what its called when the melody goes down and up fast Like 1234 , 1234 ,1234 ??

  21. FloBandit Says:

    it is “gorillaz …
    it is “gorillaz style ” because its the same artist .. also , yes ,the first series of dragon ball was based on journey to the west , the same thing this ad was based off … btw i loved this add

  22. remebeau Says:

    @Sonicku Dragon …
    @Sonicku Dragon Ball is based on Journey to the West, at least at the beginning.

  23. Sonicku Says:

    hhmmm….!?


    hhmmm….!?

    Dragon ball anyone?

    this reminds me of the animation series Dragon Ball?what the fucK?

  24. manakinbeater Says:

    anyone wanna …
    anyone wanna translate this? im kinda curious about what it says! lol

  25. Zombi3Biscuit Says:

    same artist
    same artist

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