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"A Demon Rears Its Head" is track #08 on both the Dragon Ball Ongakushū and disc #2 of the Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu BGM collection. It is a suite of five musical tracks composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi for the Dragon Ball anime.
Booklet Notes
These notes were included with the Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu compact disc release.
(Uses, in part, "Mystical Adventure!" composed by Takeshi Ike)
As you're all surely aware, Dragon Ball's origins lie in Journey to the West. And just as the obstacles that stood in the way of Sun Wukong from Journey to the West were "demons" [妖怪 yōkai], in early Dragon Ball as well, the "demon" ilk stood in Goku's way. Because of that, they may not be very prominent now that things have gone on to Dragon Ball Z, but here the entire track is structured around "demons" as Goku's foes.
First of all, as a premonition, H8 starts off from a theme of quiet stillness, giving the idea of a demon lurking somewhere. Next, the interlude from A8, a cheerful arrangement of the opening theme, we believe to give the mental image of Goku inadvertently entering the demon's territory.
Continuing on, there is G9, which gives the image of a gleam in the demon's eyes, which is then followed by I21, with the image of an approaching onslaught. Then, when we get to H9, the true nature of the gigantic shadow is...?!
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