Best not-from-the-series video game BGM?

Thanos6 · Post by **Thanos6** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:47 am

I'm going to go with "Dark Half" from Sparking Neo/Budokai Tenkaichi 2. It does such a good job of portraying an apocalyptic time, an "end-of-all-things" situation. It's the only thing that makes playing through the DBGT story stages tolerable, as that was the atmosphere that sort of pervaded GT as a whole (well, the fighting parts, anyway).

It almost reminds me of something from Chrono Trigger, one of the 2300 A.D. themes.

It would also do good for a setup fight in which you had two good friends or something fighting, showing the break of their relationship.

Well, that's my thoughts. Anyone else's?

kvon · Post by **kvon** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:25 am

Trunks's theme used in Ultimate Battle 22, Shin Butoden, and Final Bout. But I'm biased because I like the vocal version of Hikari no Willpower. It's really hard to pick one with a really strong reason because in my point of view, most of them just sound great by default.

If I have to really pick one, though, it would be the BGM used in Budokai where Piccolo died saving Gohan's life from Nappa's attack. For those who own the DragonBall Z & DragonBall Z 2 CD, I think it's the track named "Full of Tears".

Thanos6 wrote:I'm going to go with "Dark Half" from Sparking Neo/Budokai Tenkaichi 2.

I think Dark Half is pretty good as well.

Mr.Piccolo · Post by **Mr.Piccolo** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:31 am

I don't really know the names but basically everything from Super Butoden 2 (Vegeta, Trunks, Piccolo, and I believe Mr.Satan's theme) and certain songs in "Budokai" (When Vegeta first becomes super saiyan, that song when Piccolo fights Nappa before he dies). Again, I have no idea what these song titles are so sorry if this doesn't make much sense..^^;
-Rick

Grandmaster J · Post by **Grandmaster J** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:27 pm

Great music from a Dragon Ball game, huh? I have many favorites, but the ones that I can think of off the top of my head are as follows. I don't know the official titles of most of them, so bear with me.

- Track #11 on the PC Engine/Turbo Duo DBZ game (Idainaru Goku Densetsu) soundtrack. It's fast-paced and sounds perfect for a DBZ villain battle.

- 'Goku vs Vegeta' theme from Shin Butoden's soundtrack (I think it's track eight). There's a few other versions of this track, but I think this version is the best. It's also on Ultimate Battle 22.

- Gohan's piano theme (track #9), also from Shin Butoden (which is also on UB22). I don't know why, but I just love the piano melody. It's fast-paced and aggressive.

- Doubler's violin theme (track #13) from Shin Butoden (again, also in UB22) is super excellent. This one was done very well, in my opinion. I'm into the classical and symphonic music genre, and I can listen to this track over and over again.

- The arranged version of the Super Butoden 2 title screen theme kicks so much ass. It's definitely one of the best arranged video game tracks I've ever heard.

- Hyper Dimension: The title screen theme is excellent. I also like 'Another-S', 'Emergency', 'U-Blue' and 'Landbase'. This game had some of the best music for a SFC/SNES game. Also, the arranged music for the title screen and 'Another-S' are freaking amazing.

- Majin Buu's theme from Final Bout is awesome. And it's the only one I like from Final Bout, with the exception of the opening into them, which is really good.

That's all I can think of for now. Sorry for the long post.

Thanos · Post by **Thanos** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:37 am

"Piccolo's Theme" from Super Butoden 2 (described by Mike as a James Bond rip-off) is good.

"Trunks' Theme" from the same game is also awesome.

"Electric Gravity" is so, so awesome. That 'East-Asian' sound to the music is just made of absolute awesome. (from 0:53 on from it is just... the best. Ever.)

I love "The Fearsome Ginyu Tokusentai", as seen in the "Complete BGM Collection" (from 0:37 on) from the series.... but it's in "Sparking! NEO", so I'm safe

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Jodaku · Post by **Jodaku** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:25 am

Hero of Heroes (The SSJ4 Goku theme from Final Bout): Definitely my favourite BMG from a video game.

Hikari No Will Power from UB22 is another classic. I remember Goku and Majin Vegeta having good themes from the same game too.

While can't pin point the specific tracks Legends had some decent tracks and Super Butoden 2 had some nice stuff too.

I thought the closing theme in Legacy of Goku 1 was amazing, it rivals Hero of Heroes as my favourite.

The Budokai series had some cool stuff, as do the new BT2 score. I agree on the thread starter on 'Dark Half', while 'Go Ahead' is just ridiculously catchy and addictive.

GI_Judd2287 · Post by **GI_Judd2287** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:47 am

I liked a lot of the music from Super Gokuden 2 on the SF.

Grandmaster J · Post by **Grandmaster J** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:12 pm

There's a track in the Super Sonic Warriors game (GBA) that kicks so much ass. But since there wasn't an official release of the OST, I couldn't tell you what the name of it is nor the actual track number. All I know is it's one of the BGM tracks that plays during some of the battles. So sorry.

Daizensushi-x · Post by **Daizensushi-x** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:49 am

My favorite is defanetely Hikari No Willpower.

Kanzenshuu

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