Movie "大话西游 A Chinese Odyssey" - Original Film Music Score by Zhao Jiping

Zhao Jiping 赵季平 is a Chinese composer from Shaanxi 陕西. He is best known for his film scores for the Fifth Generation Chinese director Zhang Yimou 张艺谋.

My favourites of all his works are the two following, from the Movie 大话西游 A Chinese Odyssey (1995): 蘆葦蕩 and 西天取經路遙遙.







电影拍摄地 － 宁夏－银川－镇北堡影视城



The famous monologue of the movie:-
曾經有一份真誠的愛情放在我面前，我沒有珍惜。等我失去的時候我才後悔莫及。人世間最痛苦的事莫過於此。... 如果上天能夠給我一個再來一次的機會，我會對那個女孩子說三個字，我愛你。如果非要在這個愛加上期限，我希望是一萬年。 (Once true love was placed before me, but I didn't cherish it. After I lost it, I regretted it. This is the most painful thing in the world. ... If heaven could give me another chance, I would tell the girl I love her. If I had to place a time limit on this love, I hope it would be 10,000 years).





Here is the Theme Song: Love of a Lifetime 一生所爱 by Lowell Lo 卢冠廷



作詞：唐書琛　作曲：盧冠廷


從前 現在 過去了再不來
紅紅 落葉 長埋塵土內
開始終結總是沒變改
天邊的你飄蕩白雲內

苦海 泛起愛恨
在世間 難逃避命運
相親 竟不可接近
或我應該相信是緣分

情人 別後 永遠
再不來 (消散的情緣)
無言 獨坐 放眼
塵世外 (願來日再聚)
鮮花雖會凋謝 (只願) 但會再開(為你)
一生所愛隱約 (守候) 在白雲外(期待)

苦海 泛起愛恨
在世間 難逃避命運
相親 竟不可接近
或我應該相信 是緣分

Roughly translated into:-
“The sea of bitterness roars waves of love and hatred.
One can hardly avoid the destiny in the world.
Why the ones who love each other cannot be together?
Perhaps I must believe in fate.“>