The music also parallels the east-west journey of the two male protagonists.
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Xuan Zang's pilgrimage to India for Buddhist scriptures in the 7th Century was the inspiration for the novel Journey to the West and popular television series Monkey.
One of them, the Hsuan Tsang Temple, houses the remains of the great itinerant monk Hsuan Tsang, immortalized in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, who went on a 16-year pilgrimage to India.
The discussions, which are at an early stage, emerged after the Royal Opera House decided to show Monkey: Journey To The West in July.
The new link, which is supposed to be finished by 2003, will eventually offer a 45-minute ride from Penn Station to Kennedy (about the same as the journey from London's West End to Heathrow).
At the beginning of this year I made a series of journeys from London to Lancashire - a short journey on the West Coast lines but a million miles from my day job.
Now a Canadian filmmaker, Amber Fares, is making a feature-length documentary about the Speed Sisters and their incredible journey from the streets of the West Bank.
This project ends in November, but there's already talk of another similar journey in the West.
After a couple of days spent chugging through the landscapes of the Old West, the well-worn travel adage about the journey being as important as the destination starts to sound a lot less trite.
As part of this cooperation, Israel is supplying Gaza and the West Bank with H1N1 vaccinations for those who make the religious journey.
In his poignantly personal account, Burke recounts his seemingly post-apocalyptic journey to the Upper West Side from his home in Brooklyn in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
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The high-speed rail link - HS2 - promises to cut journey times and relieve congestion on the West Coast Main Line.
Hilton leaves us on the massage table and our journey through the city is taken forward by jazz singer Paula West.
Buses replaced trains between Hemel Hempstead and Milton Keynes on the West Coast Mainline, adding an hour to journey times.
In the summer of 1978, she attempted the 103-mile journey from Cuba to Key West, Florida.
The train pulls out of Oslo Central Station and begins its journey west.
Bev Halstead, also from west Belfast has made a special journey to Notting Hill for the past three years "because of the atmosphere".
This journey never reached the destination that was until recently in vogue in the West that of a statutorily independent central bank narrowly focused on setting interest rates and targeting inflation.
Spotted by a Gunners scout while playing for Luton in 2001, the boyhood West Ham fan was initially reluctant to switch clubs because it would mean a longer journey for his parents.
Each of you has taken a journey here that is uniquely your own, but follows in the great tradition of West Point.
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The restored steam engine travelled from its sheds near Earl's Court, west London, to start a journey from Kensington Olympia to Moorgate.
My journey took me to BBC Television Centre in west London where I was wheeled out as the latest talking head analysing the impact of Hurricane Sandy as it battered the east coast of the United States.
His journey will take him clockwise along the south coast to Land's End, Wales, north west England, the Isle of Anglesey, Lancashire and Cumbria.
The final leg of the journey sees the bus turning right on to George Street, performing a short loop, before heading west along the street.
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