Though the clanging of the cymbals are arguably still slightly more jarring, the drumming actually fits better with the horror comedy tone of The Monkey. Despite the difference from the original ...

Whether banging a drum or clanging cymbals, when the monkey starts to work, people die in mysterious ways. But the visual is just one of many changes in The Monkey, preparing audiences for a movie ...

But with his adaptation of The Monkey, filmmaker Oz ... seems as wide as the space between cymbals held by a stuffed monkey, they make a similar sound when clanging together.

But Perkins couldn’t have them because apparently Disney had copyrighted a monkey playing cymbals for “Toy Story 3.” “They own Darth Vader and they own the cymbals,” Perkins says.