After Zhao Jiping finished composing the music for "Westward Journey", he said: Don't put my name at the end of the film. Why?

In 1994, Stephen Chow spent 60 million to film "Westward Journey" and used 800,000 to ask Zhao Jiping to compose the music. Zhao Jiping said: "I can compose the music, but I have a request. Don't play the song at the end of the film." My name, I'm afraid of ruining my reputation." Stephen Chow spent 60 million to film "Westward Journey"

After the filming of "Westward Journey" in 1994, Luk Shuming, who played the role of the Bull Demon King, complained to the media: "Stephen Chow was on the set. He always spoke in Cantonese, and the script was written in Cantonese. We mainland actors couldn't understand it at all." When the leaders of Xiying saw the finished film, they were furious: "This movie by Stephen Chow has seriously deviated from our artistic pursuit! Even the soundtrack master Zhao Jiping shook his head: "Please don't put my name in the film!"

From the project establishment to the start of filming to the completion of the project, the entire crew has been full of conflicts, not only because of " "Tired" was due to the huge differences in film culture between the mainland and Hong Kong at that time. The lighting engineer brought by Liu Zhenwei didn't understand until the last scene was filmed, why lighting assistants in the mainland are paid more than lighting engineers; "Guan Erye" Lu Shuming also didn't understand why he spent four hours doing makeup. However, due to the delay in other people's action scenes, they had to wait and had no food to eat; the martial arts actors of Xiying were even more unconvinced, "Cheng Xiaodong's roles are not evenly divided, and we from the mainland are only qualified to play buffoons?" I'm afraid of the soundtrack. Shameful

Zhao Jiping, who was invited to score the soundtrack, was also confused after reading the script of "Journey to the West": "It's just nonsense and very uncomfortable." At that time, he had just performed for Ma Jingtao's version of "Westward Journey" The soundtrack for "Eternal Dragon Sword" has been completed. After receiving a commission from Rolling Stone Music, I forced myself to read the script. In order to get the feeling, Zhao Jiping visited the studio set up in Xiying Studio. When he opened the door, he found that he had entered the belly of the Bull Demon King, which was filled with all kinds of disgusting props. So Zhao Jiping, who said he was different and did not agree with each other, left in a hurry after composing the song. And he made a request: "Please don't put my name in the film. I can't afford to disgrace this person." In this way, the film was finally completed with many obstacles. Request no credit at the end of the film

In fact, many viewers don’t know that the filming budget for "Westward Journey" was very tight at that time. Although Stephen Chow invested 45 million, it was still unable to make up for the vacancies in actors. In desperation, many people played multiple roles, including Ng Man-tat, who played three roles. Even director Liu Zhenwei was not willing to be lonely, and made a cameo appearance as Bodhi Patriarch. Assistant director Jiang Yuecheng even rushed to release the film, inadvertently bringing the "blind man" to life.

Although "Westward Journey" was a dismal box office after its release that year, Stephen Chow's Color Star Company went bankrupt as a result. But over the years, the "bad movies" of those years have long since turned around. Therefore, classics are like real gold, they will always stand the test.