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THE WAY OF THE EXPLODING FIST

Posted: 04/11/2003 - 18:09
by Shinobi221
Can anyone help?
I was on holiday just a few weeks ago at Walt Disney World in Florida. One night me and the wife decided to visit EPCOT for a bite to eat.
Whilst we were walking around china outside they had some acrobats performing. To my amazment the music that was playing was tune 1 from the way of the exploding fist! Is it a classical chinese piece of music? Or have they used it without asking? :shock:

Posted: 04/11/2003 - 18:21
by Chris Abbott
Deeply suspect it's a traditional Chinese piece...
It also showed up in "Courage the Cowardly Lion" (children's TV show).

A free copy of Karma64 to the first person to find out what it is and post the result here.

Chris

Posted: 04/11/2003 - 19:47
by Sonic Wanderer
Chris Abbott wrote:It also showed up in "Courage the Cowardly Lion" (children's TV show).
Don't you mean "Courage The Cowardly Dog" ? And what episode?

Posted: 04/11/2003 - 21:41
by Chris Abbott
> Don't you mean "Courage The Cowardly Dog" ?
Oops!

> And what episode?
The one where he leaps over the Great Wall of China...

Chris

Posted: 05/11/2003 - 7:30
by carlsson
Oh well, I could always ask my Beijing-born boss or his parents currently staying here. But since China is a quite big country with several different people and cultures, it might be more likely to find a match on Internet or a musical encyclopedia than asking some Chinese people.

Edit: If it wasn't for the fact my boss is music illiterate.. no clue from him.

Posted: 18/11/2003 - 20:05
by Kenz
WOW! I heard the Fist tune being played in Epcot / Florida too! In fact, I got so excited (as I do about things like this) I even mentioned it in my Commodore Zone C64 mag many moons ago. :)

I played the C64 version to my fiance Natasha and she thinks it's a traditional tune - although she comes from Singapore, not China, so she's not 100% certain.

Posted: 18/11/2003 - 22:03
by Chris Abbott
Hey Kenz :)

Back up and running I see ;-)

Posted: 19/11/2003 - 18:55
by Kenz
'Running' is the operative word there Chris! (I won't explain why) :shock:

Posted: 19/11/2003 - 19:56
by Chris Abbott
> 'Running' is the operative word there Chris! (I won't explain why)
I don't think you need to :)