English Opening Singers

LordCrumb · Post by **LordCrumb** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:33 am

Can anyone list who sings the opening songs for each 'Part'', and what (if) characters they play in the series?

Gonstead · Post by **Gonstead** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 3:00 am

LordCrumb wrote:Can anyone list who sings the opening songs for each 'Part'', and what (if) characters they play in the series?

Part 1 - Sean Schemmel - Son Goku, Nail, King Kai.
Part 2 - Justin Cook - Raditz, Super Buu - Buuhan in DBZ Buu Saga (Unconfirmed for Z Kai though)
Part 3 - Vic Mignogna - Burter, Broly in DBZ Movie's 8, 10 and 11.
Part 4 - Greg Ayres - Guldo
Part 5 - Sonny Strait - Krillin, Bardock
Part 6 - Brina Palencia - Puar, Chiaotzu
Part 7 - Combination of Sean Schemmel, Greg Ayres and Justin Cook.
Part 8 - Combination of Brina Palencia, Sonny Strait and Vic Mignogna.

LordCrumb · Post by **LordCrumb** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 3:14 am

Awesome thanks mate!

I thought it might have been Sonny Strait for Part 5. Personally I found that one to be the best so far (only heard up to Part 6).

Majin Steve · Post by **Majin Steve** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:02 am

they do sound atrocious and all, especially Sean's.

I mean Rock the Dragon has better singing.

Gyt Kaliba · Post by **Gyt Kaliba** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:09 am

I disagree, the only one I'd call atrocious, personally anyway, is Justin Cook's. And he sang great in Beck, so...either he's lost his touch, or this just wasn't his kinda song to be able to sing well.

Personally, I'd rank them as follows.

Greg Ayres (He's a great singer, and just does the best overall.)
Sonny Strait (Pretty good singer as well.)
Vic Mignogna (He's probably the best singer of them all, but there's something not quite right with his Dragon Soul. I expected better based on his Dan Dan.)
Brina Palencia (She's a great singer too, but there's something about a female singing Dragon Soul that just doesn't work with me, I dunno what it is.)
Sean Schemmel (I don't think he was 'awful', but...yeah, not the best. I do think he hit the 'Tell a story!' part better than anyone else though.)
Justin Cook (YEEESSSHHH.)

Haven't heard the combo versions to really judge them.

Majin Steve · Post by **Majin Steve** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:23 am

If I had to judge them based solely on his work I'd say none of them were good singers but I've heard some of them in different songs and they sound decent enough. Vic Mignogna's Hikari E sounds good. Maybe it's just because the tempo here is unrelentingly fast. Generally I wish they'd try and get some proper singers in though.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:09 pm

Brina Palencia is a great singer. I like her rendition of the Shin Chan ending. And her Bon Voyage is nice too. And it seems Roshi's got a nice voice too as they jam together.

90sDBZ · Post by **90sDBZ** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:47 pm

I like Vic Mignogna's version best. It's awesome imo.

Mewzard · Post by **Mewzard** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:13 pm

It's kinda funny that Schemmel's version gets so much flack, given from what I've heard, he put the most thought into his version. He wanted to honor the style Takayoshi Tanimoto did, and mentioned that it was at the edge of his range, so it took some effort to do it (would have preferred the autotune-free version, Schemmel certainly didn't want it). Meanwhile, Vic Mignogna got the version least like the original song in style of singing for tv (though, everyone loves his voice). I wonder if Jerry Jewell would have done better with the opening than the ending, because he can sing well (He also did a decent We Are before they got Vic Minogna...yet again...to do (another) op for them...I like Vic, but let someone else have a chance to sing dammit, lol).

Singing-wise, yeah, Cook's version was the worst. Though, I wonder if it was just not his type of song, or if they needed something recorded at the last minute and only did one or two takes.

Gyt Kaliba · Post by **Gyt Kaliba** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:22 pm

Mewzard wrote:Singing-wise, yeah, Cook's version was the worst. Though, I wonder if it was just not his type of song, or if they needed something recorded at the last minute and only did one or two takes.

That's what I wonder too. Like I said, he sings great in Beck if you've ever seen that...but that's much more like, rapping, or something, in the case of his character. It's a far cry from Dragon Soul.

Ringworm128 · Post by **Ringworm128** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:47 am

The Sean Schemmel one is actually my favorite. I don't know what it is about his voice but it ads to the up beat and adventurous vibe the song has.

El Diabeetus · Post by **El Diabeetus** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:05 pm

ringworm128 wrote:The Sean Schemmel one is actually my favorite. I don't know what it is about his voice but it ads to the up beat and adventurous vibe the song has.

Probably helps that his tone is basically the exact same as the original Japanese too.

Mewzard · Post by **Mewzard** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:18 pm

SSJ4 Furanki wrote:
ringworm128 wrote:The Sean Schemmel one is actually my favorite. I don't know what it is about his voice but it ads to the up beat and adventurous vibe the song has.
Probably helps that his tone is basically the exact same as the original Japanese too.

That's what I was saying, Sean said he was trying to honor the original song as best he could, despite not sharing the same exact type of voice (Baritone vs Tenor, I believe). Hence, having to reach a bit on his range to do it. Impressive bit of work to do so. Dunno why they felt they needed to autotune it.

penguintruth · Post by **penguintruth** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:09 am

Vic Mignogna and Brina Palencia are clearly the only two of those people who can sing.

Gyt Kaliba · Post by **Gyt Kaliba** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:27 am

penguintruth wrote:Vic Mignogna and Brina Palencia are clearly the only two of those people who can sing.

You've clearly not heard any of Greg's work in Beck or Sonny's band.

Mewzard · Post by **Mewzard** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:27 am

penguintruth wrote:Vic Mignogna and Brina Palencia are clearly the only two of those people who can sing.

Come on man, you know Schemmel's done some music on his own before:

http://www.myspace.com/seanschemmel/mus ... x-49513960

http://www.myspace.com/seanschemmel/mus ... m-49320471

Of course, if that's too silly for your blood:

http://www.myspace.com/seanschemmel/mus ... r-23501601

And because you know you want to know what a commercial done by Goku would sound like:

http://www.myspace.com/seanschemmel/mus ... g-23466098

I've known about these for a while, but hey, no better time to share.

As for Vic Mignogna and Brina Palencia...yeah, they sing good, but they're both a little over done in terms of Funi's dubbing song choices. Gotta freshen things up on occasion.

Jerry Jewell's performance on the ending surprised me, because I enjoyed his singing in Yu Yu Hakusho:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLgME2OQnOQ

Though they didn't use it for the actual opening, you can hear some of him singing We Are during a One Piece episode during the Skypiea arc:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8cX_eNWums

While not perfect, he can do better.

You know, for all the options we got, I'm disappointed we didn't get more of Chris Sabat singing. All I wanted was him to dub Saiyan Blood as Vegeta, and maybe a full version of the Ginyu Force theme, is that too much to ask for? lol Sure, he's an opera guy, but his voice doing Dragon Soul would be...interesting.

Gyt Kaliba · Post by **Gyt Kaliba** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 2:59 pm

Mewzard wrote:You know, for all the options we got, I'm disappointed we didn't get more of Chris Sabat singing. All I wanted was him to dub Saiyan Blood as Vegeta, and maybe a full version of the Ginyu Force theme, is that too much to ask for? lol Sure, he's an opera guy, but his voice doing Dragon Soul would be...interesting.

I'd have loved a cover of Saiyan Blood by him, though I'm honestly not sure if he could sing well while doing the Vegeta voice...so he may have had to cover it in his normal voice, and we'd just have to enjoy the novelty of it, or something.

As far as his Dragon Soul goes, apparently he did record a version of it for the hell of it, based on con appearances, but nobody outside of FUNimation has heard it. I was hoping they'd toss it onto the last Kai set as a bonus, but apparently it wasn't to be. Out of all of FUNi's shows, DB is always the scarcest with extras.

TheBlackPaladin · Post by **TheBlackPaladin** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 3:09 pm

Gyt Kaliba wrote:As far as his Dragon Soul goes, apparently he did record a version of it for the hell of it, based on con appearances, but nobody outside of FUNimation has heard it. I was hoping they'd toss it onto the last Kai set as a bonus, but apparently it wasn't to be. Out of all of FUNi's shows, DB is always the scarcest with extras.

Well, yeah, that's a long shot. When you said "for the hell of it," it really was "for the hell of it," in the sense that Sabat purposefully didn't take it seriously. He recorded a version that was never intended at any point to be actually used in any official capacity, it was just something he did to make his coworkers laugh (which is why only his coworkers have seen it). He said that he sung it in a heavy southern accent and inserted swear words at random points. Probably never going to see the light of day, but you're right, I too hope to hear it one day. DB is always a little scarce on the "extras" side of things.

Among all the DB "extras," though, the one thing I want to see more than anything else is the DBZ dub blooper reel. Sabat and Schemmel have both said that such a blooper reel does indeed exist, but due to some of the profanity on it, they haven't been able to release it. Quite the pity, I LOVE blooper reels!

Jackal puFF · Post by **Jackal puFF** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:12 pm

There's still hope for a Sabat dragon soul since the buu arc is coming right?! I mean how can he not sing a theme song for the show? He's like everyone's voices haha.

Ringworm128 · Post by **Ringworm128** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:04 pm

I'm a bit disapointed they started syncing two versions together for the later sets. I'm sure there were other voice actors they could have used.

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