M106
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Setting  Score 1  Score 2  Score 3  Colonel Silver rolls in with his troops. | |
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| Tonality | C Minor |
| Length | 1:15 |
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| Catalog Number | K-131 |
| Composition | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
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| Debut Year | 1986 |
| First Appears | Dragon Ball Episode 30 |
| Debut Release | Daizenshuu (1994 CD) |
| BGM Suite | The Red Ribbon |
M106 is the official catalogue number of a piece of background music (BGM) composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi for the Dragon Ball anime in 1986. The piece debuted in Dragon Ball Episode 30 which was broadcast on 17 September 1986.
Overview
M106 was assigned the Kanzenshuu catalogue number of K-131 based on its placement in the series. The full composition is part a of the suite entitled "The Red Ribbon", which is track #16 on disc #2 of the Daizenshuu.
To start, M106 was used notably as the theme of the Red Ribbon Army, in military scenes such as Red Ribbon tanks on the march. In addition, M106 was also used a few times as the theme for the Royal Defense Forces as they challenged Demon King Piccolo, the Saiyans, and Cell.
— Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu (2:16a)
M106 was given the title "The Mystery Army" on The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant,[1] the most common source for fan titles of Kikuchi's compositions.
Form and Analysis
M106 is a military march–style piece, though violins would typically not be used in a march. A glockenspiel more or less doubles the violin but we omitted it in the score to save space.
| Part | Bars | Details |
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| Intro | 4 | snare drum marching cadence |
| A1 | 8 | trumpet/violin melody; antecedent phrase; HC (i—iv-V-iv-V) |
| A2 | 8 | consequent phrase; PAC (i—iv-V-iv-V-i) |
| B1 | 4 | trumpet melody; antecedent phrase; HC (i-V/V-ii-V) |
| B2 | 4 | consequent phrase; HC (i-vii˚-V7/V-V) |
| A2' | 8 | return of A2 with definite ending; PAC (i—iv-V-iv-V-i) |
In its first iteration, A2 ends on a perfect authentic cadence, but the beat in the drums and trombone continues into B. In A2', the final note is just held with no underlying rhythm.
On the vii˚ chord, when the trumpets go up, the 3rd trumpet plays a discordant B♭ instead of B♮, which sounds really bad. It may be that the trumpet player simply played the wrong note, but it is also possible that Kikuchi wrote it like that on purpose to evoke the amateur nature of a stereotypical military band in the field.[a]
Usage and Variations
Below is a table of every instance where M106 is used in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z.
Durations are approximate and do not necessarily include the fade times normally included in the full track's duration.
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| Dragon Ball Episode 30 Colonel Silver's troops roll across the desert. |
0:31: After the 2nd bar of A2, skips to the final bar of the piece. |
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| Dragon Ball Episode 30 Silver's troops roll into a town. |
0:23: Cuts off abruptly after A1 as the troops kick open a family's door. | 
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| Dragon Ball Episode 31 Silver's troops roll into the Ox Demon King's village. The Pilaf Gang takes off in their flying fortress. |
0:32: The final 1.5 bars of the drum intro are cut. The final bar of A1 is cut. After the 5th bar of A2, skips to the final bar of the piece. | 
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| Dragon Ball Episode 32 Previous events are recapped. |
0:58: After B1, skips to the 4th bar of A2' and plays to the end. | 
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| Dragon Ball Episode 33 Troops roll out of Red Ribbon Army headquarters. |
0:25: After the 3rd beat of the 7th bar of A1, skips to the pickup to the final bar of A2'. (The bassline is the main tell that they mixed A1 and A2'.) | 
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| Dragon Ball Episode 36 Previous events are recapped. |
0:37: After the 6th bar of A2, skips to the final bar. | 
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| Dragon Ball Episode 49 General Blue's B team approaches Kame House. |
0:19: After the 3rd bar of A1, skips to the final two bars of the piece. | 
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| Dragon Ball Episode 113 In Central City, the residents celebrate the 20th anniversary of the King of Earth's reign. |
1:11: The first bar of the drum intro is cut. | 
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| Dragon Ball Z Episode 62 As Freeza watches, the Ginyu Special Force does a routine to psych themselves up for their assignment on Planet Namek. |
0:39: The drum intro is cut. (There is a drum cadence that precedes this usage of the track, but it does not belong to this piece, and there is a pause afterward.) Then, after the 2nd bar of B1, it skips to the final bar. | 
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| Dragon Ball Z Episode 90 Ginyu tries out some poses in Bulma's body. |
0:23: After the 2nd bar of A2, skips to the final bar. | 
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| Dragon Ball Z Episode 93 The Ginyus arrive on Kaiō's planet. |
0:40: Begins with A2. The 1st bar of B2 is cut. After the 3rd bar of A2', skips to the final two bars. | 
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| Dragon Ball Z Episode 95 The Ginyus try to escape Hell. |
0:11: Begins with A2'. After its 3rd bar, skips to its final two bars. | 
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| Dragon Ball Z Episode 182 The Royal Defense Forces roll out to confront Cell, but the King tells his commanders it is futile; the young man who saved the Earth before was unable to defeat him. Their only hope is the boy he chose to fight next. |
0:48: After the 3rd bar of B1, skips to the final bar of the piece. | 
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| Dragon Ball Z Episode 192 The world celebrates Mister Satan's victory over Cell. |
0:32: Begins with A1, then skips to A2' and plays to the end. | 
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| Dragon Ball Z Episode 239 Chi-Chi gets ready to dive for the Dragon Ball, but Videl beats her to it. |
0:03: Just the first 2 bars of the drum intro. | 
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Notes
- ↑ It could also be an intentional descending chromatic line, but this seems doubtful as it does not serve any real musical purpose in this context.
References
- ↑ "The DragonBall BGM Daizenshuu" (11 June 2008). The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant. Retrieved: 30 June 2019.
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