Ocean and Funimation comparison

[shreddinghead]

Both the Ocean dub and Funimation dub of Z was great. As the way i see it, Ocean dubs track have a more dramatic undertone, and more excitement. However Funimation have a lighter more dynamic track. What do you guys think?

[Ringworm128]

I personally dislike the Shuki Levi score it mostly sounds like noise, it's unfitting, it never shuts up and pretty much every track sounds the same. The only time it ever worked IMO is the Ginyu Force intro. The Faulconer score never shut up and had a few misplaced scenes but at least it sounded like actual music and had some variety to it.

[Gonstead]

I personally dislike the Shuki Levi score it mostly sounds like noise, it's unfitting, it never shuts up and pretty much every track sounds the same.

That's pretty much also the problem with Menza's score for GT.

The score is mainly comprised of a lot of choir, heavy guitar and drums with some rare slight electronic synthesizer for some parts of the song. Very 90's Power Rangers.

Also, wasn't it revealed to be Ron Wasserman to be the composer for the Ocean Dub score in a topic last year/year before that?

[cRookie_Monster]

I personally dislike the Shuki Levi score it mostly sounds like noise, it's unfitting, it never shuts up and pretty much every track sounds the same.

That's pretty much also the problem with Menza's score for GT.

The score is mainly comprised of a lot of choir, heavy guitar and drums with some rare slight electronic synthesizer for some parts of the song. Very 90's Power Rangers.

Also, wasn't it revealed to be Ron Wasserman to be the composer for the Ocean Dub score in a topic last year/year before that?

I believe Ron did the "Rock the Dragon" song, which makes a lot of sense. "Rock the Dragon" doesn't sound like Shuki Levy at all, but it does sound like Power Rangers stuff ^^.

[Gonstead]

I personally dislike the Shuki Levi score it mostly sounds like noise, it's unfitting, it never shuts up and pretty much every track sounds the same.

That's pretty much also the problem with Menza's score for GT.

The score is mainly comprised of a lot of choir, heavy guitar and drums with some rare slight electronic synthesizer for some parts of the song. Very 90's Power Rangers.

Also, wasn't it revealed to be Ron Wasserman to be the composer for the Ocean Dub score in a topic last year/year before that?

I believe Ron did the "Rock the Dragon" song, which makes a lot of sense. "Rock the Dragon" doesn't sound like Shuki Levy at all, but it does sound like Power Rangers stuff ^^.

Ahh, that indeed would make more sense.

[Ringworm128]

I personally dislike the Shuki Levi score it mostly sounds like noise, it's unfitting, it never shuts up and pretty much every track sounds the same.

That's pretty much also the problem with Menza's score for GT.

I actually don't mind the Menza score, to me it sounded a bit more musical and you can here some variety in the riffs and such and it seemed to create a dark and intense mood while the Ocean stuff doesn't create any mood.

[DarkPrince_92]

Menza's score was pretty boring. I was upset hearing his pieces in the movies. And I pretty much could care EVEN less for Shuki Levi's score. However, I feel it had more emotion to it than Menza's. But it was corny and cheesy none the less.

[bkev]

I tend to like the Levy score for the original 65-episode US syndication seasons but the later episodes with recycled Megaman music rarely gel with me. It might be the poor placement of it, though. I dunno for sure what bothers me.

[Gonstead]

If the score done by Menza just had a little bit more variety to it, it might be a bit more likeable.

Heck, Nathan Johnson was about as inexperienced as you can get out of all the Dragon Ball composers and he was able to produce some pretty neat stuff (Movie 12 and 13's scores + Some of DBZ).

I'd almost wonder though what an entire DBZ movie composed by one of the guys in the Faulconer Productions score would be like.

[Majin Steve]

Doesn't really contribute much to the topic but I must say I've never been into the whole 'comparing scores' thing. Never really had the patience or care to do it, but I know that I enjoyed what I heard in Ocean.