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by Captain-Sora
Sun Jun 03, 2018 10:23 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Does Faulconer Prod. SSJ3 Theme miss the intention?
Replies: 11
Views: 5983

Re: Does Faulconer Prod. SSJ3 Theme miss the intention?

Let's look at Kikuchi's original version, I'm not knowledgeable enough to be able to tell you what track was used or the instrumentation arrangement, but in a word I'd call it terrifying. It uses many low notes as well as long high notes that I can only say feel similar to tracks from monster films...
by Captain-Sora
Mon May 14, 2018 1:11 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball on Australia and New Zealand
Replies: 23
Views: 6184

Re: Dragon Ball on Australia and New Zealand

TV3 aired what they were given, so it was just the same edited episodes that Ocean/Funimation did, no extra censorship. There was additional censorship. As Gohan2k described, the TV3 airings would actually have the contact from a lot of the punches and kicks edited out. I can't recall how consisten...
by Captain-Sora
Sun May 13, 2018 11:37 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dead Zone - first installment weirdness (music cues, ending theme, nyoibo)
Replies: 16
Views: 2557

Re: Dead Zone - first installment weirdness (music cues, ending theme, nyoibo)

DBZ Movie 2 (World's Strongest Guy) also contains Mystical Adventure music cues Yeah, the motif pops up in a handful of pieces, right down to the opening title card. It plays in full during the sequence where Misokatsun's beaten. It's quite fitting that it'd still be featured so prominently, given ...
by Captain-Sora
Sun May 06, 2018 3:01 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: What if Dimps continued the Budokai series right after 3?
Replies: 20
Views: 4759

Re: What if Dimps continued the Budokai series right after 3?

I never implied it was to get people to move to the newer consoles. What I said was that it was a quick bone throw to those who couldn't experience Burst Limit at the time because they didn't jump ship to the PS3/360 just yet. Something released so they wouldn't feel left out.
by Captain-Sora
Thu May 03, 2018 11:31 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: What if Dimps continued the Budokai series right after 3?
Replies: 20
Views: 4759

Re: What if Dimps continued the Budokai series right after 3?

It continued the story. Budokai 3 covered all of Z, Infinite World covered Z, GT and the movies. That determines that it's a sequel. Budokai 3 introduced the OG DB, GT, and movie (ignoring the Coola skin from that special version of B2) content. Infinite World just added a bit to them. Not to menti...
by Captain-Sora
Sat Mar 17, 2018 12:40 am
Forum: Music
Topic: What is your favorite track from Shunsuke Kikuchi?
Replies: 30
Views: 7059

Re: What is your favorite track from Shunsuke Kikuchi?

I tend to gravitate towards the few cues that shows Kikuchi's skill in playing with multiple thematic ideas. M814A - A pretty memorable mingling of Mystical Adventure and Piccolo's theme in Movie 1. Not much else to be said of this classic piece. M817 - A rather cool stand off cue. It's actually a r...
by Captain-Sora
Thu Mar 08, 2018 5:25 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Why Kikuchi didn't compose music for the series after the Saiyan Saga?
Replies: 5
Views: 2210

Re: Why Kikuchi didn't compose music for the series after the Saiyan Saga?

Who knows, there might have been more specific Character themes Yeah, that's the one big detriment to the direction taken with the musical score for most of the Z-era. They made use of those numerous film cues quite well, but it's a bit disheartening when you think back and take note of the many mi...
by Captain-Sora
Tue Jan 30, 2018 8:58 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Kikuchi character themes
Replies: 9
Views: 2250

Re: Kikuchi character themes

Vegeta (the "Saiyan" theme is used for him constantly, even as late as the Boo arc when most of the earlier score has ceased to show up) Plus the leitmotif I mentioned above, which is what Kikuchi gives him for when he appears throughout the movies. Also, I forgot to add Mr. Satan's Movie...
by Captain-Sora
Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:43 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Kikuchi character themes
Replies: 9
Views: 2250

Re: Kikuchi character theme's

There are a fair handful of character themes Kikuchi cooked up over the franchise's run. It's just that most of the Z-era ones were for movie villains since the majority of the music introduced from that point onward was reused from the films. Even that Freeza theme given in that earlier example was...
by Captain-Sora
Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:11 am
Forum: Music
Topic: DB Equivalent of Force Theme
Replies: 9
Views: 2301

Re: DB Equivalent of Force Theme

I don't think renditions of the opening songs reflect the Force theme very well. They're more comparable to the main theme of the Star Wars scores (which in itself was a regularly reoccurring leitmotif for Luke Skywalker, as well as accompanying other heroic moments) because they themselves are the ...
by Captain-Sora
Tue Dec 12, 2017 12:15 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: DB Equivalent of Force Theme
Replies: 9
Views: 2301

Re: DB Equivalent of Force Theme

The Force theme appears in numerous tracks rather than in one specific cue. Binary Sunset is the piece what people usually refer to most when talking about the theme, though. For Dragon Ball, I think one strong contender is Shen Long's theme. His leitmotif was introduced way back in the original Dra...
by Captain-Sora
Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:16 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: "Dragon Ball FighterZ" Official Discussion Thread
Replies: 8500
Views: 1271455

Re: "Dragon Ball FighterZ" (PS4/XBO/PC, 2018, Arc System Works) Official Discussion Thread

The FF VII remaster happens in cycles. There was this demo of opening scene before on Sony presentation, which was a demonstration of PS3 hardware and resulted in Advent Children movie later. The tech demo and the movie didn't really have anything to do with each other. Advent Children, which was s...
by Captain-Sora
Thu Mar 30, 2017 4:32 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Bruce Faulconer or Shunsuke Kikuchi ?
Replies: 95
Views: 41329

Re: Bruce Faulconer or Shunsuke Kikuchi ?

Definitely Shunsuke Kikuchi. Don't get me wrong, Bruce Faulconer's low-budget synthesized music is fine on it's own (with some really memorial tracks) but Kikuchi's fully orchestrated bliss truly captures the essence of Dragon Ball even though he gets kinda lazy in terms of composing new tracks for...
by Captain-Sora
Sat Mar 25, 2017 3:35 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Does Movie BGM take too long to debut on TV?
Replies: 4
Views: 1450

Re: Does Movie BGM take too long to debut on TV?

Is anybody else bothered by the fact that bgm from the movies took forever to debut in the Anime series? For example, the piece played when Goku finishes off Broly in movie 8 really had a "main theme" kind of potential, and yet we had to wait until Goku vs. Majin Vegeta to hear it in the ...
by Captain-Sora
Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:16 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Does DBZ's OST Feel Lackluster at Times?
Replies: 71
Views: 13714

Re: Does DBZ's OST Feel Lackluster at Times?

Being this deeply rooted in classical music, Kikuchi would naturally shy away from electric guitars, synthesizers, keyboards, and even pianos. There are some instances where he dabbles into contemporary instrumentation. He wouldn't exactly compose an entire score around a particular modern style, b...
by Captain-Sora
Mon Mar 06, 2017 8:15 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Thoughts on Brian Drummond's Vegeta?
Replies: 205
Views: 22202

Re: Thoughts on Brian Drummond's Vegeta?

The acting behind his Vegeta is very good, as he was already a fairly seasoned veteran of voice-over work at the time, but I've never been a huge fan of the character voice he used. I wonder whose idea it was to take it that high and raspy. Apart from wanting a slimy, conniving and evil sounding vo...
by Captain-Sora
Mon Jan 16, 2017 2:28 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Does DBZ's OST Feel Lackluster at Times?
Replies: 71
Views: 13714

Re: Does DBZ's OST Feel Lackluster at Times?

James Horner fits Tokunaga better. Romantic, melancholic and grandiose music was his forte, and he was already a major player in the film scoring world before Elfman and Zimmer's time.
by Captain-Sora
Sun Jan 15, 2017 5:08 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Does DBZ's OST Feel Lackluster at Times?
Replies: 71
Views: 13714

Re: Does DBZ's OST Feel Lackluster at Times?

This is stark contrast from the Faulconer tracks, which were basically so radically different for everything. Everyone had his or her own theme; every fight had its own theme; every stupid, nonsensical in-between moment had its own theme (which are my least favorite ones, by the way). To be fair, i...
by Captain-Sora
Tue Jan 10, 2017 6:57 am
Forum: Fan-Created Works
Topic: DragonBall Z Abridged
Replies: 12426
Views: 1706795

Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

No, I'm pretty sure it's there for the kids. I believe it's more to do with streamlining/casualizing games than trying to make things easier for kids. In this day and age where gaming has become a lot more prominent and isn't really seen as childish anymore, devs probably take into account the fact...
by Captain-Sora
Thu Nov 24, 2016 2:38 pm
Forum: Fan-Created Works
Topic: DragonBall Z Abridged
Replies: 12426
Views: 1706795

Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Most of XV2's issues and lack of new content probably stem from the scope of the project not matching the amount of time and money Dimps had to work. With the XV series, Bamco has been trying to aim for much broader titles to be made. They must contain fancy online hub worlds, create-a-character fea...