Does Final Bout have the greatest DBz game soundtrack ever?

[GS7X7]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcGndttTxuk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woN6Ugx2ifA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gibPTIYvtxw

I know that everything else about the game is kinda all over the place but... the soundtrack really does kick ass. From all the DB games I've played no other soundtrack has stayed with me as much as Final Bout's did.

Which is rather fitting since DBGT's greatest was always its Japanese soundtrack.

As bad as GT was I always had to give props to the music from start to finish.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Df-pYkKxQg

Also, it seems to have the best intro of all as well.

[dualist]

3rd link, track around the 28 minute mark was my favorite one. I actually liked this game, I mean, it's terrible now, but when me and my friend tricked my PS1 to play Japanese games and got it to work, we played for many a hours.

[Avenged]

Nah I'd say the original Butouden series and Ultimate Battle 22 had some of the best.

SSj 3 Goku http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVG07DbFJwY
hikari no will power http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-wtFsv7R2U
trunks theme butouden 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui6PcxWFypA

[DarkPrince_92]

Yeah I personally think the Butouden games and UB22 did better with the sound.

[InfernalVegito]

I agree. Final Bout took previous songs and gave them a better, more percussive and pounding sound which explains its everlasting earworm quality to me. No other soundtrack sticks to my ears as persistent as this one.

It's diverse, conveys lots of different moods with varying tempos. I could listen to it over and over and never get bored. Overall a perfect soundtrack in my opinion.

[Hellspawn28]

The soundtrack was the only good thing that Final Bout had going for it.

[dbboxkaifan]

Final Bout was a Dragon Ball game not Dragon Ball Z / GT, and imo, I'd go with Tenkaichi 2's OST instead.

[Kamiccolo9]

Legacy of Goku II. It was Faulconer music, but it was done really, really well for the game. Standout pieces for me are the Tropical Islands theme and the Super Namek theme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSSjzxVhEJw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtbACzBwshc

Also, Legendary Super Warriors had a great soundtrack that I once described as "Mega Man meets The Legend of Zelda." I especially like "Decisive Battle," "Awakening," and "Map theme."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3kVVyWbfZM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwzLzpnaexU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHYfQ-OVRNo

[NitroEX]

I completely agree. Final Bout had a very memorable BGM that gave the game a grand epic atmosphere. Ultimate Battle 22 had great songs too and I love that soundtrack equally but a lot of them felt more appropriate for dancing than fighting.

I kinda wish Xenoverse would go back to a similar style of soundtrack to Final Bout or have a few remixes in there for old fans. Imagine how much more epic the kid Buu fight would be if you heard this as the battle starts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr_8jWjUv4U

It would be so much more effective than the generic soulless guitar tracks we constantly have in the games. Budokai 1 had great guitar tracks but after that they just declined in quality.

[omegalucas]

I wouldn't say specifically only Final Bout, but the various Dragon Ball games from that era, like UB22 or the Butouden series as they share some tracks and the style of them. 90's Yamamoto was the best.

[alakazam^]

Dragon Ball got really lucky with its soundtrack, whether being from the TV series, movies or games and even strange releases like the Hit Song Collection series were very good (at least 90's wise).

When I played Final Bout, I would keep Future Trunks' stage in pause just to endlessly hear Hikari no Will Power. Dragon Ball Legends has a really good soundtrack as well, can't really say which of them is my favorite...

Sometimes I wonder where did Yamamoto rip them all off from.