K-148

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K-148
Goku dodges Murasaki's ninja attacks.
Unreleased
Tonality	C7
Length	0:46
BGM Data
Catalog Number	K-148
Composition	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Theme Groups	Murasaki
Debut and Release
Debut Year	1986
First Appears	Dragon Ball Episode 37
Debut Release	Unreleased

K-148 is the Kanzenshuu catalogue number assigned to an unreleased piece of background music (BGM) composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi for the Dragon Ball anime in 1986. The piece debuted in Dragon Ball Episode 37 which was broadcast on 05 November 1986.

Overview

K-148 is primarily set in a C⁷ tonality, the dominant of F, but it never resolves. It was potentially meant to be an introduction piece for Murasaki, to be followed by his action piece in F Minor, but instead K-147 was used first. K-148 is given the title "Ninja Murasaki" on The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant, the most common source for fan titles of Kikuchi's compositions.

Form

In the first part of the piece, the meter is not very strict. Even when a steady beat is introduced, the flute melody is played with melodic rubato. Some of the bars given below (fast 4) are estimates.

Intro: ~2 bars, muted trumpet dissonance, crescendo
A: ~6 bars, flute melody, no beat (one flute statement)
B: 4 bars, percussive beat introduced (preceded by a tom pickup)
C: 12 bars, flute melody with beat (two distinct flute statements; final chord is about 2 bars)

Usage

Below is a table of every usage of K-148 in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. Durations are approximate and do not include the fade times normally included in the full track's duration.

K-148 Usage and Variations
Scene	Length and Variations	Setting
Dragon Ball Episode 37 Goku dodges Murasaki's ninja attacks.	0:14: After about a bar of the intro, cuts to the end of C, roughly the last 8 bars.
Dragon Ball Episode 38 Murasaki whistles for his brothers.	0:30: After A, skips to the last note of the first flute statement in C, then plays to the end.
Dragon Ball Episode 42 Murasaki steams after Goku urinates on him while he is disguised as a tree. Then he continues to chase after Goku, Hacchan, and Sno.	0:15: After the first flute statement in A (cutting the hold short a bit), skips to the final chord, just before the muted trumpets come in.
Dragon Ball Episode 72 Mummy-kun's coffin is left behind, delivered in a cloud of smoke that was summoned by the Fortuneteller Crone.	0:29: After about a bar of the intro, skips to the 2nd bar after the steady beat begins.
Dragon Ball Episode 138 Yamcha realizes he is outmatched by the mysterious Shen. (Episode wrap.)	0:35: The intro is followed by the tom pickup into B. Plays to the end.