What do you guys think of the Sparking Meteor theme

majinvegetaGT · Post by **majinvegetaGT** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:00 am

In my opinion one of Kageyama's best ever. Heres a link to the full version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLyBPsTP03g

SaiyamanMS · Post by **SaiyamanMS** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:13 am

I think it's fantastic, despite the fact that his pronounciation of "survivor" sounds kinda like "Seviper" to me, which makes me imagine a Super Saiyan Habunake. XD

Casual Matt · Post by **Casual Matt** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:41 am

Quite simply, I think it rocks. Now all we need it the intros to these games animated by Toei and my life is complete.

Seriously, Meteor's opining was a bad fanfic come to life.

Sshadow5001 · Post by **Sshadow5001** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:13 am

It's a pretty good song but i still prefer the Budokai 2&3 themes.

Casual Matt · Post by **Casual Matt** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:56 am

Sshadow5001 wrote:It's a pretty good song but i still prefer the Budokai 2&3 themes.

I'm not sure if I like Super Survivor or DBZ2's theme more.

Post by **VegettoEX** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:06 am

I've been very conflicted with my thoughts on this song.

On one hand, I think it's really awesome. It's got a ton of energy behind both the music itself and the vocal performance. If you listen to Kageyama's vocals, you can really hear some love behind what he's doing; for example, that last "Fight-oooooo!" at the end has almost this 80's-metal, rock-anthem scream to it

. I also really dig finally hearing some traditional rock musicality to the songs, rather than simply some upbeat pop music (which I can't find fault in due to the age of the series and its relative placement to pop music of the time, but still...). I've always loved the crazy guitar solos in songs like "WE GOTTA POWER" and to hear them come to modern fruition in an arrangement like this is really amazing.

On the other hand, despite everything I've said and felt so far, there's a little bit of "soul" that I find missing in the song. I think the DBZ2 & DBZ3 OPs were the songs that absolutely showcased exactly what a modern version of a 90's DBZ song should sound like -- no particular instrument overpowered the song, the vocals had a similar tone both in content and performance to older songs (for example, DBZ movie EDs), and they brought the same kind of dumb smirk to my face that I would expect from looking at Goku and hearing that type of song.

I've heard a lot of comments about the new game's opening animation being very fanboy-ish. While this doesn't affect the actual song itself, I feel like the song almost heads into that territory, as well. I'm not going to say that previous DBZ songs weren't very generic, but I feel like this song takes a step back in that regard. When you combine that with "RAWR BROLI & JANENBA!!!1" in the animation, it kinda multiplies that feeling a bit.

I more or less still love the song a lot, and it's definitely going to find a place in my DBZ fanboy heart very quickly. I can only hope for more...!

mysteriousdbzgt · Post by **mysteriousdbzgt** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:14 am

Super Survivor is really cool. Now it's stuck in my head.

SonEric84 · Post by **SonEric84** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:41 am

It is pretty cool, but I agree with Mike about there being something missing. I won't complain though, any new DB music is fine by me.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:01 pm

Is it just me or does the very start of the intro sound like the beginning to "Chocolate Rain" by Tay Zonday?

majinvegetaGT · Post by **majinvegetaGT** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:13 pm

VegettoEX is right there is a lot of soul and energy put into this song that makes us get pumped. The only problem I have is the opening video of the theme.
Me personally it doesn't go with the song at all!!!

And I bet their gonna sabotage the damn song with ether a instrumental
version of the song or make a complete different version of it.

But ether way I'll still buy the game. ^_^

Post by **VegettoEX** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:31 pm

majinvegetaGT wrote:VegettoEX is right there is a lot of soul and energy put into this song that makes us get pumped. The only problem I have is the op video of the theme.
Me personally it doesn't go with the song at all!!!

And I bet thier gonna sabotage the damn song with ether a instrumental
version of the song or make a complete different version of it.

But ether way I'll still buy the game. ^_^

Please remember to type properly... just a few things you need to fix up in there, and you'll otherwise be good to go. Thanks!

majinvegetaGT · Post by **majinvegetaGT** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:38 pm

lol sorry about that

SuperSaiyan3Goku · Post by **SuperSaiyan3Goku** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:10 pm

I've been listening to this song like, 10 times a day since I first heard that a full version existed, and I absolutely love it! Definitely my favorite Hironobu Kageyama song ever.

It is now permanently stuck in my head.

majinvegetaGT · Post by **majinvegetaGT** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:33 pm

Ha!! I love this so much is on my Ipod lol I guess that goes to far.

SuperSaiyan3Goku · Post by **SuperSaiyan3Goku** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:06 pm

majinvegetaGT wrote:Ha!! I love this so much is on my Ipod lol I guess that goes to far.

Too far?

Hell no, I'm gonna do that when I get mine!

Lol · Post by **Lol** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:24 pm

It's starts to get far when you start singing it in the bathroom without knowing japanese...
About the song, I love it. Altough the opening is like OMG!11 GOHAN VS JANENBA!!!11BEST ONE!, it's fine. I like the 2D animations of the Budokai games more (Even though I don't ever played them...), but the Meteor opening is good just for using Super Survivor. The song is that good...

Casual Matt · Post by **Casual Matt** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:35 pm

Lol wrote:It's starts to get far when you start singing it in the bathroom without knowing japanese...

Gah, I've been doing that in the kitchen.

majinvegetaGT · Post by **majinvegetaGT** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:18 pm

I think thats vary common in anime fans. Sometimes I'll sing hikari no will pawa and people will look at me wired like. lol But it still music doesn't matter if it American or not.

Thanos · Post by **Thanos** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:42 pm

Heh, I guess I'm the only one who doesn't like it. I, like some others (can't be bothered/don't care enough to look back to see who exactly) prefer the Dragon Ball Z 2/3 themes. They felt so Dragon Ball, yet still had a rock-y sound to it. This just sounds... I dunno. And the fact that most videos people make of the game have "Suupa Suviva" on them doesn't help.

Kanzenshuu

What do you guys think of the Sparking Meteor theme

What do you guys think of the Sparking Meteor theme

Makes us get pumped.

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