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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by Gonstead » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:35 am

The only time I do like the dub music in the movies are for movies 5, 8, 12 and 13.

The rest are just bleh including the new music that was composed for the first 3 movies. I tried watching Movie 2 with dub music but it made me want to fall asleep a quarter of the way into the movie.
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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by jpdbzrulz4sure » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:43 am

Hate to say it, but I find the number of pro-dub-score people here quite disheartening. :(
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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by Codarik » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:47 am

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Codarik wrote:it's a shame they didn't have Chris Patton voice Greed 2
Afraid I'm going to have to differ there.
Oh, I know how you feel about Chris Patton's Greed, I read your blog and watched your voice actor comparison video. But I should stop here I don't want to get a warning for going off topic.

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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by DHM211 » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:48 am

Gonstead wrote:The only time I do like the dub music in the movies are for movies 5, 8, 12 and 13.

The rest are just bleh including the new music that was composed for the first 3 movies. I tried watching Movie 2 with dub music but it made me want to fall asleep a quarter of the way into the movie.
Ohh yea movie's 2 u.s score is unbearible but,movie 1 has a great u.s. score.

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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by Codarik » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:50 am

DHM211 wrote:
Gonstead wrote:The only time I do like the dub music in the movies are for movies 5, 8, 12 and 13.

The rest are just bleh including the new music that was composed for the first 3 movies. I tried watching Movie 2 with dub music but it made me want to fall asleep a quarter of the way into the movie.
Ohh yea movie's 2 u.s score is unbearible but,movie 1 has a great u.s. score.
Unbearible? Mixed with movie 2 yes, but to be fair it is good on its own, I personally find Nathan Johnson's music to be highly underrated.

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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by Fionordequester » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:53 am

Isn't part of the mark of a great musician being able to compose music that fits the show though? Not that I've actually seen the movie with Nathan's score, but I'm just saying.
Hate to say it, but I find the number of pro-dub-score people here quite disheartening.
Believe me, I feel the exact same way you do about the anti-dub music feelings I see when I visit these forums. Not that I'm implying anything bad about those people.
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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by Super Sonic » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:55 am

jpdbzrulz4sure wrote:Hate to say it, but I find the number of pro-dub-score people here quite disheartening. :(
It's not so much a bad thing, just some people prefer it more. As I mentioned earlier, something similar is the case with Return of the Jedi. For guys not sure, this is the original ending from 1983 and this is the remastered endingfrom 1997. I like both, but I prefer the remastered. Some guys like the original more.

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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by DHM211 » Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:00 am

Codarik wrote:
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Gonstead wrote:The only time I do like the dub music in the movies are for movies 5, 8, 12 and 13.

The rest are just bleh including the new music that was composed for the first 3 movies. I tried watching Movie 2 with dub music but it made me want to fall asleep a quarter of the way into the movie.
Ohh yea movie's 2 u.s score is unbearible but,movie 1 has a great u.s. score.
Unbearible? Mixed with movie 2 yes, but to be fair it is good on its own, I personally find Nathan Johnson's music to be highly underrated.
Yes Nathan's music can range from unbearible to amazing.
Movie 1-Amazing
Movie 2-Unbearible
Movie 3-Great
DBZ EPISODES 1-67 good-okay
Its hard to believe nathan could do somthing as good as movie 1 only to suck on movie 2.

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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by Gonstead » Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:02 am

DHM211 wrote: Yes Nathan's music can range from unbearible to amazing.
Movie 1-Amazing
Movie 2-Unbearible
Movie 3-Great
DBZ EPISODES 1-67 good-okay
Its hard to believe nathan could do somthing as good as movie 1 only to suck on movie 2.
Personally, I think his best work was in Movie's 12 and 13.
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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by DHM211 » Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:06 am

Gonstead wrote:
DHM211 wrote: Yes Nathan's music can range from unbearible to amazing.
Movie 1-Amazing
Movie 2-Unbearible
Movie 3-Great
DBZ EPISODES 1-67 good-okay
Its hard to believe nathan could do somthing as good as movie 1 only to suck on movie 2.
Personally, I think his best work was in Movie's 12 and 13.
He did 12 and 13?

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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by Codarik » Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:07 am

Just a small nitpick, Mark Menza did the music for movie 1 not Johnson. And yes, Johnson did do movies 12 and 13.

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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by DHM211 » Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:12 am

Codarik wrote:Just a small nitpick, Mark Menza did the music for movie 1 not Johnson. And yes, Johnson did do movies 12 and 13.
No wonder i loved movie one's score so much and yes movie 12 and 13 had great scores.


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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by Piccolo Daimaoh » Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:30 am

Goku's SS3 transformation. That's the main one for me, I think. It's not that I dislike the track they used in the original version; I just don't think it was fitting for such an awe-inspiring scene.

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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:51 am

Never, really. I do like numerous tracks from the Bruce Faulconer score, but I can't think of any that I actually preferred to the overall superior Kikuchi soundtrack.
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Post by jjgp1112 » Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:44 am

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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by TheBlackPaladin » Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:23 am

I will say this, though. I think a good bunch of the Faulconer tracks are good music in and of themselves. I just don't like them as BGM for DBZ.
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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by MisguidedGhost » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:16 pm

Admittedly, it's probably mostly my nostalgia filter speaking, since I grew up with the Funimation dub and Faulconer's score, but for the most part I do prefer the dub music. I still enjoy the original score, and prefer it at times, but I lean toward the Faulconer score. However, one thing I'll definitely admit annoys me is the dub's over reliance on having music play constantly. A lot of scenes are better served by silence, like most of "Final Atonement."

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Re: Times when you've preferred the dub music

Post by DarkPrince_92 » Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:07 pm

MisguidedGhost wrote:Admittedly, it's probably mostly my nostalgia filter speaking, since I grew up with the Funimation dub and Faulconer's score, but for the most part I do prefer the dub music. I still enjoy the original score, and prefer it at times, but I lean toward the Faulconer score. However, one thing I'll definitely admit annoys me is the dub's over reliance on having music play constantly. A lot of scenes are better served by silence, like most of "Final Atonement."
That sums it for it up for me as well.
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