Would you like to bring back the American composers Bruce Falconer and Shuki Levy for DBS?

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Would you like to bring back the American composers Bruce Falconer and Shuki Levy for DBS?

Post by DragonBallFoodie » Mon Jan 02, 2017 6:28 am

I think it'd be cool to bring back these composers. They gave us such awesome themes, and while I think their scores will appear in the show I'd like to hear new scores from them too.
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Re: Would you like to bring back the American composers Bruce Falconer and Shuki Levy for DBS?

Post by Dragon Ball Ireland » Mon Jan 02, 2017 6:33 am

Its not a matter of whether we want American composers to return for the dub of Super, they won't return period.

You may see some fan edits online syncing exclusively existing tracks from said composers to the Super English dub but in an official capacity Funimation won't touch the OST, they don't replace scores anymore.
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Re: Would you like to bring back the American composers Bruce Falconer and Shuki Levy for DBS?

Post by Boo Machine » Mon Jan 02, 2017 6:38 am

That isn't going to happen. They don't replace scores anymore and they haven't for years now. Even if they did they wouldn't use Falconer.

Though like the above post said if you want it, then I don't doubt there will be "DBS Falconer edition" or something of the like on youtube edited by fans who really like him.
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Re: Would you like to bring back the American composers Bruce Falconer and Shuki Levy for DBS?

Post by NitroEX » Mon Jan 02, 2017 8:22 am

Ron Wasserman was the main guy responsible for creating the music for the Saban/Ocean dub of the first two seasons. Saban unfortunately had a habit of not giving their musicians proper credit for these things so his contribution goes mostly overlooked. These days he's better known for his music on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the 90s X-Men.

Bruce Faulconer will never work with Funimation again, not after their court battle back in the mid 2000s. Bruce wasn't even responsible for a lot of the popular Faulconer tracks in the first place. It's well documented now that he essentially outsourced musicians out of college to come up with new music for the show. If he came back now it probably wouldn't even sound the same, the people he worked with back then have likely moved on in their careers and are probably being paid better elsewhere.

Also since Barry Watson left Funimation they've basically cut out the middleman and no longer require replacement music.

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