Kai Episode 96 (20 March 2011)

[kei17]

Toei only has access to the released BGM

Is this confirmed at all? I did notice that they seemed to be using only released BGM (and what's more, only music from the BGM Collection at that), but how do we know Toei themselves only have access to what's been released on CD?

If that's the case, we BGM fans are in serious trouble. Depending on who does have access to the complete score, that would likely mean no more CDs with previously unreleased stuff on them.

When they release a soundtrack CD, they digitize only the pieces to be included. It costs a lot of money and takes time to digitize all the remaining unreleased tracks. In addition, it is said that now TAVAC does not have their own functional open-reel player, so they cannot digitize those tracks themselves. Columbia Music Entertainment has to help them do that, but they do not have enough time to agree on such cooperation, I guess.

Are they using a mono mix? Why would they be using a mono mix? Stereo versions of Kikuchi's pieces are readily available, so they've really dropped the ball if they're playing these in mono.

About one third of the released tracks are in mono, and others are in stereo. This is simply because of Columbia's negligence that they clumped down on spending money to remix those mono tracks. All the pieces of background music composed/recorded for DB/DBZ are stored on multi-track audio tapes. Columbia stereo-mixed the pieces that were to be used for a soundtrack CD or "Drama Hen" release during DB series' original run, but after Z ended they stopped bothering to remix all the remaining mono-only pieces just for a CD release of a past show. They could remix and release all of them in stereo on the recent CD releaeses. They just didn't do.

[Gaffer Tape]

But why would Toei have to settle for commercially-available CDs? Don't they have access to the original elements? I mean, Toei owns them, don't they?

[kei17]

But why would Toei have to settle for commercially-available CDs? Don't they have access to the original elements? I mean, Toei owns them, don't they?

Toei doesn't own the master tapes. Columbia has them. TAVAC also has the mono-copies, but now they don't have any functional 6mm open-reel players.

[kei17]

I noticed that the recap was too long compared to other episodes', and the editing of it is kind of sloppy. In addition, there is almost no scene that reminds people of earthquake. They cut some scenes in consideration of the quake victims and added extra one and a half minutes to the recap..?

[kenisu3000]

When they release a soundtrack CD, they digitize only the pieces to be included. It costs a lot of money and takes time to digitize all the remaining unreleased tracks. In addition, it is said that now TAVAC does not have their own functional open-reel player, so they cannot digitize those tracks themselves. Columbia Music Entertainment has to help them do that, but they do not have enough time to agree on such cooperation, I guess.

That makes sense. It doesn't make our situation any brighter though. This, combined with the fact that the DragonBall franchise is about to enter a "dark age" seems to spell it out for me: we're really screwed if we want BGM releases.

[Vhanos]

I think when Kai used the music that played at the end of movie 6 was better than what Z used with the track that played at the end in movie 8.