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Overview

Music across Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball, and the wider world of Akira Toriyama-related productions includes and spans a combination of instrumental-only compositions along with those with vocal accompaniments. These range from:

  • Background Music: Commonly abbreviated as "BGM" and also referred to as the "score" of the respective production, this (generally instrumental) music is literally played in the "background" of scenes. It is meant to complement the on-screen action or dialog. Multiple pieces and suites are composed, and are then selected and placed accordingly during the respective episode, movie, etc.
    • EXAMPLES: TBD
  • Theme Songs: These songs, generally (but not always) accompanied by vocals, act as the traditional "opening" and "ending" themes — or in some cases, slightly more indistinct and generally promotional in overall nature — for the respective series, movie, game, etc.
    • EXAMPLES: TBD
  • Insert Songs: These songs, generally (but not always) accompanied by vocals, act as a sort of mix between "background" and "theme" in nature, in that they are played during the content/scene of a series, movie, game, etc.
    • EXAMPLES: TBD
  • Image Songs: These songs, generally (but not always) accompanied by vocals, were recorded specifically for the home format (vinyl, cassette, CD, digital distribution, etc.) and — perhaps initially — were not used in the actual franchise production (be it a series, movie, game, etc.) itself. These songs are generally performed by the same base of composers, arrangers, and singers as the rest of the respective franchise's music. A Hollywood equivalent is something along the lines of "Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture" albums that contain music from a film, as well as other songs in the same style, tone, or lyrical content that were not directly used in the film itself.
    • EXAMPLES: TBD

Notable Composers

Japanese Composers

TO DO: Include other folks like Toriyama one-shot composers

American Composers

Catalogues

These catalogues are arranged and presented in a variety of chronological fashions, depending on the type of production. Official catalogue numbers and individual track titles are cited wherever possible, and when there is no official catalogue number, a "Kanzenshuu-number" is substituted and links to the track's page.

Franchise Music Catalogues

Japanese Composer Catalogues

American Composer Catalogues

Additional In-Progress, Suggested Pages to Browse

Companies

Individual Songs

Soundtracks


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Theme Songs
Shunsuke Kikuchi
Kenji Yamamoto
Norihito Sumitomo
Miscellaneous
Funimation English Dub Soundtracks
Faulconer Productions
Miscellaneous
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