Was the Budokai Series OST Inspired by Bruce Falconer?

[NeoKING]

Ever since I was a kid, I thought Falconer was responsible for the soundtrack because of how similar it sounded. Growing up I found this wasn't the case, but is there any traces linking the two OSTs?

[VegettoEX]

Unlikely. Any similarities you hear is simply Yamamoto taking influence / direct compositions from his own past work (which pre-dates Faulconer Productions) and... well... Stratovarius.

[clutchins]

Yamamoto taking influence

"Influence"

[Atp23]

from his own past work

"His own"

[90sDBZ]

Well.. although there's no way to say for sure, I did notice the Daybreak Battle theme from Budokai 3 that plays when Uub meets Vegeta in Dragon Universe sounds kind of similar to some of Faulconer's Vegeta's themes.

Here's Daybreak Battle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF0ly5oTYFU

And here's Vegeta Powers Up from the Faulconer Productions score:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5kEYa8jYmg

And Vegeta's Super Saiyan theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w50zQ67D6wY

Maybe it's just my imagination, but I get a similar vibe from them.

[NitroEX]

Personally I don't hear any Faulconer influence on the Budokai music to be honest. It's well known that Yamamoto borrowed heavily from Stratovarius for the rock tracks in Budokai plus his orchestral tracks (Full of Tears) are worlds apart from anything in the Faulconer score.

[jjgp1112]

It didn't sound like that at all. Most of the soundtrack sounded like Kikuchi through a more modern lens.