Why Kai 1.0's Kikuchi Score was so limited.
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Re: Why Kai 1.0's Kikuchi Score was so limited.
Based on what I know/remember reading on this very Forum, one reason was licensing issues with OST's from the other movies, the fact that it was super rushed, and the fact that they limited themselves to only songs on the 2006 "Dragon Ball Z BGM Collection" for having only the ones in the highest quality of sound. Some other songs from Movie 1, 3, and 12, if memory serves right, were used in the very early times in the beginning of the replacement before it was all finalized.
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Re: Why Kai 1.0's Kikuchi Score was so limited.
Do you have any clips from these examples? I'm very curious.simtek34 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:41 pmBased on what I know/remember reading on this very Forum, one reason was licensing issues with OST's from the other movies, the fact that it was super rushed, and the fact that they limited themselves to only songs on the 2006 "Dragon Ball Z BGM Collection" for having only the ones in the highest quality of sound. Some other songs from Movie 1, 3, and 12, if memory serves right, were used in the very early times in the beginning of the replacement before it was all finalized.
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Re: Why Kai 1.0's Kikuchi Score was so limited.
Like what the other guy said, I believe they only used the songs off that 2006 remaster because they were remastered. They had the best sound. When you remember that a good half of that soundtrack's songs were vocal songs, they had maybe 20-30 to choose from for the entire 98 episode series. It was a rush job to replace the plagiarized score in what was considered a failed product. They didn't care to do anything else at that point. They just wanted it done as cheaply and quickly as possible. =(
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Re: Why Kai 1.0's Kikuchi Score was so limited.
Episodes 96-98 don't sound as badly placed as 01-95 maybe because they were the first ones done with the Kikuchi music, and then 01-95 with little to no care. It's so weird to hear the Saiyan and Freeza arcs with music from the Cell arc.SpiritBombTriumphant wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:52 amLike what the other guy said, I believe they only used the songs off that 2006 remaster because they were remastered. They had the best sound. When you remember that a good half of that soundtrack's songs were vocal songs, they had maybe 20-30 to choose from for the entire 98 episode series. It was a rush job to replace the plagiarized score in what was considered a failed product. They didn't care to do anything else at that point. They just wanted it done as cheaply and quickly as possible. =(
There were countless Kikuchi BGMs (Dragon Ball and non-Dragon Ball) that TOEI could have used but they stuck to the limited ones in stereo.

Re: Why Kai 1.0's Kikuchi Score was so limited.
https://twitter.com/nappasan/status/1082272944573665281superfan2024 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:00 pmDo you have any clips from these examples? I'm very curious.simtek34 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:41 pmBased on what I know/remember reading on this very Forum, one reason was licensing issues with OST's from the other movies, the fact that it was super rushed, and the fact that they limited themselves to only songs on the 2006 "Dragon Ball Z BGM Collection" for having only the ones in the highest quality of sound. Some other songs from Movie 1, 3, and 12, if memory serves right, were used in the very early times in the beginning of the replacement before it was all finalized.
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Re: Why Kai 1.0's Kikuchi Score was so limited.
Dragon Ball Kai episode 78 used this OST from DBZ Movie 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G33F_iYD12c
Dragon Ball Kai episode 82 used this OST from DBZ Movie 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnId6f3xcNo
As I've stated earlier, the Kikuchi version of Dragon Ball Kai typically only used the "anime-made for" tracks and the tracks from movies 6-9, so it's odd to see these two tracks in the series, even in the english dub which has been released for home video (implying that all the uses of Kikuchi for Dragon Ball Kai have been finalized).
Maybe there was a chance that the producers forgot to remove these tracks during the phase of having to re-insert Kikuchi tracks into Dragon Ball Kai?
Dragon Ball Kai episode 82 used this OST from DBZ Movie 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnId6f3xcNo
As I've stated earlier, the Kikuchi version of Dragon Ball Kai typically only used the "anime-made for" tracks and the tracks from movies 6-9, so it's odd to see these two tracks in the series, even in the english dub which has been released for home video (implying that all the uses of Kikuchi for Dragon Ball Kai have been finalized).
Maybe there was a chance that the producers forgot to remove these tracks during the phase of having to re-insert Kikuchi tracks into Dragon Ball Kai?
Re: Why Kai 1.0's Kikuchi Score was so limited.
DBZ Movie 10, actually.superfan2024 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:29 pmDragon Ball Kai episode 78 used this OST from DBZ Movie 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G33F_iYD12c
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Re: Why Kai 1.0's Kikuchi Score was so limited.
Yeah I made a typo. Thank you!Danfun64 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:05 pmDBZ Movie 10, actually.superfan2024 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:29 pmDragon Ball Kai episode 78 used this OST from DBZ Movie 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G33F_iYD12c
Re: Why Kai 1.0's Kikuchi Score was so limited.
There were multiple reasons why it's so limited:
- They had no additional budget and time to digitize the tracks that have never been released on CD. They are all still being stored only on reel-to-reel tapes.
- They wanted to avoid mono tracks that can sound distracting. (There are a few instances of mono tracks used in the final version of Kikuchi-Kai, but I think they just accidentally slipped in.)
- They had to avoid any tracks containing melodies coming from the theme songs in Z.
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Re: Why Kai 1.0's Kikuchi Score was so limited.
I was really pissed when they didn't play this track this trackin Kikuchi Kai. Like come on, this is my jam. Why the hell wasn't it played?
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Re: Why Kai 1.0's Kikuchi Score was so limited.
I might be misremembering, but isn't that from DBZ Movie 1? That would explain it.
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Re: Why Kai 1.0's Kikuchi Score was so limited.
That's my favorite Kikuchi track, and I agree, it's a travesty that it wasn't in Kai.Dragon Ball Gus wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2019 7:34 pmI was really pissed when they didn't play this track this trackin Kikuchi Kai. Like come on, this is my jam. Why the hell wasn't it played?
Yup, it's from movie 1.