Is the Kenji Yamamoto score worth it?

[Weejus]

Only for the music placement. Since the UK broadcast didn't start until January 2013, we had the Kikuchi score the whole way through and for the most part, I didn't mind it. It wasn't until the Cell arc where I realised that Toei had basically stuck four Kikuchi songs in a loop and I wondered how they could have screwed up so badly given how many songs Kikuchi composed for DBZ.

Also, was The Lone Warrior composed by Yamamoto? That actually made it into the UK broadcast, but Super Dragon Soul and Saiyan Blood didn't.

[TheGmGoken]

Lone Warrior was NOT composed by Yammaoto. Glady since I love that bgm.

[Codarik]

Luckily I found a place to download the remaining episodes with English and Yamamoto.

For the love of Kami, please PM me where you found those.

[Goku7]

I have to say, I just bought parts 1-4 of kai with yamamoto and I think it is totally worth it. The music makes everything more epic, especially during when Goku fights Vegeta. Unfortunately you can't get the rest with yamamoto, but the kikuchi score for the rest of the series works IMO

[Blade]

I realised that Toei had basically stuck four Kikuchi songs in a loop.

Probably because that's all they could afford to give him royalties for (or were tight enough to pay for) having been forced to cut their losses and ditch Yamamoto's score.

As I mentioned earlier, Yamamoto's score was a large and polished production. It certainly wasn't cheap, although in terms of salary and royalty agreements, it's probable that Yamamoto got a significantly unfavorable deal in comparison to what Kikuchi got when he was scoring the series. Kikuchi was very handsomely paid for his work his work on Dragonball.

[Naruto6583]

Only for the music placement. Since the UK broadcast didn't start until January 2013, we had the Kikuchi score the whole way through and for the most part, I didn't mind it. It wasn't until the Cell arc where I realised that Toei had basically stuck four Kikuchi songs in a loop and I wondered how they could have screwed up so badly given how many songs Kikuchi composed for DBZ.

Also, was The Lone Warrior composed by Yamamoto? That actually made it into the UK broadcast, but Super Dragon Soul and Saiyan Blood didn't.

Weird super dragon soul isn't a yamamoto product its still there but the lyrics were stripped from the track in the kikuchi dvds

[Puto]

Only for the music placement. Since the UK broadcast didn't start until January 2013, we had the Kikuchi score the whole way through and for the most part, I didn't mind it. It wasn't until the Cell arc where I realised that Toei had basically stuck four Kikuchi songs in a loop and I wondered how they could have screwed up so badly given how many songs Kikuchi composed for DBZ.

Also, was The Lone Warrior composed by Yamamoto? That actually made it into the UK broadcast, but Super Dragon Soul and Saiyan Blood didn't.

Weird super dragon soul isn't a yamamoto product its still there but the lyrics were stripped from the track in the kikuchi dvds

Are you sure you're not confusing with the Toonzai airing? (Toonzai airings stripped off all Japanese lyrics)

[TheBlackPaladin]

The only problem with calling the original Japanese a "dub" is that it's usually not called that because of how it was made. It's usually called a "dub" because people want to put it on the same level as any other dub.

True......but maybe the term "Japanese dub" is vaguely applicable if we're specifically talking about Kai? Since it's essentially the exact same animation, re-used, and there already was an "original" Japanese audio track recorded that they're now recording over?

[Naruto6583]

Maybe but I recall seeing the scene uncut and super dragon soul was vocal less

[Flame Dragon]

I wonder if Yamamoto career is dead after what he pulled... does he still get work? Honestly i'm kinda pissed with him because i liked Kai with a new score.
Thankfully i love Kikuchi too.

[kei17]

I wonder if Yamamoto career is dead after what he pulled... does he still get work? Honestly i'm kinda pissed with him because i liked Kai with a new score.
Thankfully i love Kikuchi too,

I directly contacted him and he said that he's refraining voluntarily from composition. He still does arrangement for Kageyama's non-DB-related songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnVOHaeV-rc

[Gokuden]

I'm pretty sure the Hong Kong release has the Kenji Yamamoto score... But it's a pain to read chinese.

[ShinGaijin]

I'm pretty sure the Hong Kong release has the Kenji Yamamoto score... But it's a pain to read chinese.

Unfortunatly, no.It's broadcast in HD, widescreen AR, but with the Kikuchi replacement score.