Ranking of Kikuchi tracks used in Dragon Ball Kai (1-54)

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Ranking of Kikuchi tracks used in Dragon Ball Kai (1-54)

Post by BladeXRG » Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:25 pm

Hello! After documenting the replacement of the Dragon Ball Kai soundtrack with Kikuchi's score all the way until the end of Freeza's arc, I decided to stop for a bit and list the uses of the M-series and the tracks themselfs, from the most used to the least used; and in the end I'll do a top with the 10 most used tracks. I won't be counting anything before the actual episode begins, so the title cards, recaps, and more are going to be excluded since they'd make this list more obvious than it is.


1st place: M700 ("Cha-La Head-Cha-La" TV Era); 281 uses

The most used track from this series is M728 «Raditz's Theme», with 27 uses; in second spot, with just one less use, we have M741 «Boiling Blood», with 26 uses; and third place is a tie between M740 «Heavy Crisis» and M742 «The Suspenseful Intermission», both of them with 19 uses until Freeza's arc; and fourth place is taken by M727 «Vegeta's theme», with only one use less than the top 3 contenders, being used 17 times.

Then the list is the following: M732 (17); M735 (15); M738C (14); M724, M730 & M731 (12); M725 & M736 (11); M726 & M737 (10); M723 (7); M717 (6); M712, M720 & M734 (5); M743 (4); M722 & M729 (3); M711, M721 & M738A (2).

And the BGMs that are only used once are M714, M719, M738B and M739C.

Excluding the "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" tracks, the only ones that are yet to be used are M713, M718 (even though it's used for the promo images, which would technically make it the most used track in Kai, with 98 uses), M739A and M739B.

2nd place: M1300 (Movie 6 - "Charge!! 10-Billion Powerful Warriors"); 159 uses

Despite almost all of the movie 6 tracks being included in the BGM Collection, only 9 made it to the rescore.
The most used track from this series and the entire rescore is... M1314 «Coora's Multiplicity», with the absurdly high number of 39 uses! (and we are only half-way through Kai...)

Then, from the most to the least used you have M1307 «Piccolo Tears Apart The Cyclo-Bots», with the also high number of 29 uses; after that, not far away from the last number number, comes M1318 «Giant Coora Monster!», which was used 27 times; followed by M1312 «Coora's Arm Regenerates», with 19 uses; and right behind it you have M1303 «Piccolo Anticipates Arrival On New Namek», which has 18 uses.

Then come M1308 (15 uses); M1309 & M1315 (5 uses); and M1319 in last place (2 uses).

3rd place: M1400 (Movie 7 - "Battle To The Limit!! The Three Great Super Saiyans"); 86 uses

In number one spot, as the most used track from this series, we obviously have M1418 «Android 13 Transforms», which was used 25 times and has some of the most "iconic" scenes on the rescore; some of them are good, some are not so good... The second most used track is M1405 «The Androids March, Part 2», which has 21 uses; and right behind it is M1412 «Android 14 Catches Trunks' Sword», with 20 uses.

Fourth place is taken by M1411 «Android 13 Shoots Goku», with 8 uses; then come M1414 «Vegeta Vs. 15, Goku Vs. 13» and M1420 «Gathering Energy For The Genkidama», both with 5 uses; and M1407 «Goku Faces The Androids» is in last place, with only 2 uses.

Notice the absence of M1404 «The Androids March, Part 1» in the rescore; despite being pretty similar and its second part being used 21 times, M1404 is yet to be used in Kai.

4th place: M1500 (Movie 8 - "Burn Up!! Hot Fight, Fierce Fight, Super Violent Fight"); 80 uses

I'll be brief with these tracks. First spot is taken by M1523 «The Terror Swells Up», which has 23 uses; then come M1525 «The Tragic Battle» with 16 uses; M1522 «Demon Broli» with 14 uses; M1515 «The Fated Clash!!» with 13 uses; M1507 «The Legendary Super Saiyan» with 6 uses and M1510 «Suspicions Of Trunks And The Gang» with 5 uses.
In last spot, having been used only once each, we have M1508 and M1530.

M1529 «Goku Tears Broli Apart, Part 2» is yet to be used in Kai.

5th place: M1600 (Movie 9 - "The Galaxy at its Threshold!! A Phenomenally Awesome Guy"); 50 uses

First place is M1615 «Gohan Takes Charge», which was used 15 times until Freeza's arc; not far behind is M1623 «Gohan Goes Super Saiyan 2», with 13 uses, being the generic sad song of the rescore; and in third place you have M1619 «Vegeta Vs. Bojack», which was used 10 times.

Then the rest are just ties, between M1604 & M1618 (3 uses); M1620 & M1629 (2 uses); and M1625-2 & M1626 (1 use each).

Notice how M1606 «Trunks Vs. Ten Shin Han» is never used outside of title cards, otherwise it'd have been the most used track, with 20 uses.

6th place: M1700 ("We Gotta Power" TV Era); 10 uses

Only two tracks are used from this series, which are the two than aren't based on "We Gotta Power" or "Angel", M1716 «Gohan Runs At Super-Speed», with 6 uses; and M1717 «Gohan's Comical Theme», with 4 uses.

7th place: M1800 (Movie 10 - "The Dangerous Pair! The Super Warrior Cannot Rest"); 2 uses

The only track from movie 10 that's used in Kai is M1801 «Sleep, Super Warrior», I don't know why is it that one and not any other track.


Top 10 most used tracks:
  • 1st - M1314 «Coora's Multiplicity» (39 uses)
  • 2nd - M1307 «Piccolo Tears Apart The Cyclo-Bots» (29 uses)
  • 3rd - M728 «Raditz's Theme» & M1318 «Giant Coora Monster!» (27 uses)
  • 4th - M741 «Boiling Blood» (26 uses)
  • 5th - M1418 «Android 13 Transforms» (25 uses)
  • 6th - M1523 «The Terror Swells Up» (24 uses)
  • 7th - M1405 «The Androids March, Part 2» (21 uses)
  • 8th - M1412 «Android 14 Catches Trunks' Sword» (20 uses)
  • 9th - M740 «Heavy Crisis»; M742 «The Suspenseful Intermission» & M1312 «Coora's Arm Regenerates» (19 uses)
  • 10th - M727 «Vegeta's theme» & M1303 «Piccolo Anticipates Arrival On New Namek» (18 uses)