What do you think?
I noticed that from 1993 on, the music in the DBZ Anime declined a bit. Don't get me wrong, it was still good; just not as good as it had been before. And I think the reason was because Kenji Yamamoto was no longer arranging them. From 1989 to 1993, many of the songs heard in the anime, and on the DBZ Hit Song Collections, were arranged by Yamamoto.
Like I said in my thread looking back on the day he was fired five years ago, Yamamoto was a terrific arranger. Just about everything he arranged was gold. If only Yamamoto had just stuck with arranging, and never moved on to composing, he'd still be working for the franchise.
Did the music decline a bit in 1993?
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Re: Did the music decline a bit in 1993?
Absolutely. Yamamoto was fantastic at presenting the final mix. Even the songs he ripped off, dare I say, sound better as a final product than the originals he ripped from! He understood sound and music very well.
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Re: Did the music decline a bit in 1993?
Not sure if its Yamamoto related, but the end credits songs for movies 10-12 are kinda bland compared to previous ones. But movie 13 blows everything away. What a great song!
Re: Did the music decline a bit in 1993?
It is Yamamoto-related. He arranged the ending themes to movies 1-9. The movie 8 and 9 ending themes are my absolute favorites.Marugoto wrote:Not sure if its Yamamoto related, but the end credits songs for movies 10-12 are kinda bland compared to previous ones. But movie 13 blows everything away. What a great song!