THE MONKEY KING GOES TO THE OLYMPICS

Sun Wukong, known in the West as the Monkey King, is the main character in the classical Chinese epic novel Journey to the West. In the novel, he accompanies the monk Xuanzang on the journey to retrieve Buddhist sutras from India.
Created by the men behind Gorillaz - Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett - Monkey and his friends will be the faces of the BBC's Beijing Olympics coverage in the next few months.



Client: BBC
Agency: Red Bee Media,
RKCR/Y&R
Executive Creative Director: Damon Collins
Creative: Paul Angus,
Ted Heath
Production Company: Passion Pictures,
Zombie Flesh Eaters
Director: Jamie Hewlett
Animation Director: Pete Candeland,
Rob Valley
Music Composer & Producer: Damon Albarn
Lead Vocals: Jia Ruhan
Choir: Tianyuan Choir, Beijing
Musical Director: David Coulter,
Mike Smith