Super Sonic wrote:Myself, I love "Ginyu Transformation" and was kind of disappointed it wasn't used when Vegeta got hit by the Spirit Bomb. It definately would have fit.
Everyone seems pissed it wasn't recycled in that scene for the redub
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Anyhow, do some of you guys even know the main reason FUNi changed the music in the first place? Same reasons the music was changed in Budokai Tenkaichi, licensing issues and paying royalties. Think about it, if FUNi had used the original music for the DBZ series, they would have had to pay royalties every single time DBZ aired on Cartoon Network, YTV, ect. That may have ended up in a scenario where they'd be spending more money than making it. Now when they hire a composer on the other hand (Bruce Faulconer, Mark Menza, Nathan Jones), then they don't have to pay royalties and can go through less trouble as the episodes air on television without issues.
There are the special exceptions with DBZ movies 1 and 2, as well as the entire original DragonBall series, and evidently FUNi had severed ties with Saban (Shuki Levy as well) so they had no basic choice but to keep the original music for the televised airings of movies 1 and 2 (though they already had an edit-dub of movie 3 availabe that had replaced music). Concerning the fact they retained the music for the entire original DB airing (which I give them props for, as I prefer that dub over the Japanese version), that was basically due to major fan request and demand that they not replace the original BGM, and also due to the fact that original DB wasn't as "mainstream" and popular as DBZ. Because FUNi didn't replace the music for original DB and remained admiringly faithful to the storyline, I'd say that dub is just as good...if not better than the first 3 uncut Pioneer movies.
Point I'm trying to make, you guys shouldn't place blame entirely on FUNi, as they would have had to pay a lot of money, in royalties, had they retained the original BGM for the DBZ series. Why the hell they found the need to replace the music for GT, especially considering the fact that the Blue Water dub kept it, is beyond my comprehension. It, like original DB, was an entirely different series than Z. If they had to replace the BGM, I would have preferred Faulconer's music over that complete bullshit score of Mark Menza's. Don't place entire blame on FUNi for the music in Z's dub, but place entire blame on them for screwing GT's dub like a red district whore. Bright side about FUNi's work with GT, the Japanese version remained as intact as the Dragonbox itself ('cept for the Goku Jr. special, of course). ^^;;