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M201
	Setting Score 1 Score 2 The narrator tells of the ancient legend of the Dragon Balls.
Ｍ２０１; M201
Ｍ２０１; M201
Tonality	C7
Length	1:29
BGM Data
Catalog Number	K-201
Composition	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Debut and Release
Debut Year	1986
First Appears	Dragon Ball Movie 1
Debut Release	Daizenshuu (1994 CD)
BGM Suite	The Legend of Shenlong
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M201 is the Kanzenshuu catalogue number assigned to a piece of background music (BGM) composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi for Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong. The film premiered at Tōei Manga Matsuri on 20 December 1986.

Overview

M201 is a very atypical composition among Shunsuke Kikuchi's Dragon Ball works. It is very loosely centered on C, the dominant of F Minor—the film's main key—but the piece is largely atonal and employs a composition technique known as serialism. The full composition is part a of the suite entitled "The Legend of Shenlong", which is track #2 on disc #5 of the Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu.

K-201 is given the title "Legend Of The DragonBalls" on kenisu's Magicant,^[1] the most common source for fan titles of Kikuchi's compositions.

Form

Kikuchi uses something very close to a strict Twelve-tone technique in the composition of M201. Not counting the two introductory bars (a Jaws-like motive resolving down to C), only one note repeats before all twelve tones are used. Two voices alternate in a canon at the tritone, the dissonant interval that divides an octave into perfect halves.

Bass voice (dux): D♭-C-D-E♭-B-B♭-A
Treble voice (comes): G-F♯-G♯-A-F-E-E♭
Interval pattern: 1 (-½) 2 (+1) 3 (+½) 4 (-2) 5 (-½) 6 (-½) 7

The A in the treble voice is the first note that repeats, following the 10th unique tone (G♯). The A is followed by F, the 11th unique tone, and E is the 12th; then E♭ is another repeat. As standard in a canon, these two voices are identical; one of them is merely transposed up a tritone.

This pattern repeats four and a half times before the ending, which contains all the elements of C⁷, the dominant 7th chord in the key of F Minor, except for the unnecessary, "implied" 5th (G). The most prominent elements are the C and B♭ (1 and 7 in the C⁷ chord), but the third (E) can be heard in the background instruments, primarily violin and glockenspiel.

The ending of M201 indeed functions as a dominant leading into the title card music, M202, which is a "Mystical Adventure!" reference in F Minor.

Usage

References

↑ "The DragonBall BGM Daizenshuu" (11 June 2008). The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant. Retrieved: 30 June 2019.

[1] "The DragonBall BGM Daizenshuu" (11 June 2008). The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant. Retrieved: 30 June 2019.

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+{{tab | Setting | [[File:M201.png|300px|M201 (Setting)]]}}
+{{tab | Score 1 | [[File:M201-1.png|320px|M201 (Score 1)]]}}
+{{tab | Score 2 | [[File:M201-2.png|320px|M201 (Score 2)]]}}
+}}
 | caption       = The narrator tells of the ancient legend of the [[Dragon Balls]].
-| key           = 12-tone/C<sup>7</sup>
+| key           = C<sup>7</sup>
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-'''M201''' is the [[Shunsuke Kikuchi catalogue|Kanzenshuu catalogue number]] assigned to a piece of background music (BGM) composed by [[Shunsuke Kikuchi]] for [[Dragon Ball Movie 1|''Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong'']]. The film premiered at ''Toei Manga Matsuri'' on '''20 December 1986'''.
+'''M201''' is the [[Shunsuke Kikuchi catalogue|Kanzenshuu catalogue number]] assigned to a piece of background music (BGM) composed by [[Shunsuke Kikuchi]] for [[Dragon Ball Movie 1|''Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong'']]. The film premiered at ''Tōei Manga Matsuri'' on '''20 December 1986'''.
 ==Overview==
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 K-201 is given the title "Legend Of The DragonBalls" on ''kenisu's Magicant'',<ref>{{Cite web|URL=https://kenisu.webs.com/dragonballbgm.htm|Website=The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant|Title="The DragonBall BGM Daizenshuu"|Date=11 June 2008|AccessDate=30 June 2019}}</ref> the most common source for fan titles of [[Shunsuke Kikuchi|Kikuchi]]'s compositions.
-==Compositional Analysis==
+==Form==
-{{Infobox score
+Kikuchi uses something very close to a strict [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-tone_technique Twelve-tone technique] in the composition of M201. Not counting the two introductory bars (a ''Jaws''-like motive resolving down to C), only one note repeats before all twelve tones are used. Two voices alternate in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_(music) canon] at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritone tritone], the dissonant interval that divides an octave into perfect halves.
-| name          = M201 Score
-| image         =
-{{tabber |
-{{tab | 1 | [[File:M201-1.png|320px|M201 (1)]]}}
-{{tab | 2 | [[File:M201-2.png|320px|M201 (2)]]}}
-}}
-| caption       = Approximate transcription of the track's main tonal elements.
-}}
-Kikuchi uses something very close to a strict [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-tone_technique Twelve-tone technique] in the composition of M201. Not counting the two introductory bars (a ''Jaws''-like motive resolving on C), only one note repeats before all twelve tones are used. Two voices alternate in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_(music) canon] at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritone tritone], the dissonant interval that divides an octave into perfect halves.
-*Base voice (''dux''): D♭-C-D-E♭-B-B♭-A
+*Bass voice (''dux''): D♭-C-D-E♭-B-B♭-A
 *Treble voice (''comes''): G-F♯-G♯-A-F-E-E♭
 *Interval pattern: 1 (-½) 2 (+1) 3 (+½) 4 (-2) 5 (-½) 6 (-½) 7
-The A in the treble voice is the first note that repeats, following the 10th unique tone (G♯). F is the 11th unique tone, and E is the 12th; then E♭ is another repeat. As standard in a canon, these two voices are identical; one of them is merely transposed up a tritone.
+The A in the treble voice is the first note that repeats, following the 10th unique tone (G♯). The A is followed by F, the 11th unique tone, and E is the 12th; then E♭ is another repeat. As standard in a canon, these two voices are identical; one of them is merely transposed up a tritone.
-This pattern repeats four and a half times before the ending, which contains all the elements of C<sup>7</sup>, the dominant 7th chord in the key of F Minor, except for the unnecessary, "implied" 5th. The most prominent elements are the C and B♭ (1 and 7 in the C<sup>7</sup> chord), but the third (E) can be heard in the background instruments, primarily violin and glockenspiel.
+This pattern repeats four and a half times before the ending, which contains all the elements of C<sup>7</sup>, the dominant 7th chord in the key of F Minor, except for the unnecessary, "implied" 5th (G). The most prominent elements are the C and B♭ (1 and 7 in the C<sup>7</sup> chord), but the third (E) can be heard in the background instruments, primarily violin and glockenspiel.
 The ending of M201 indeed functions as a dominant leading into the title card music, [[M202]], which is a "[[Mystical Adventure!]]" reference in F Minor.