U-104

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U-104
Bulma shops for clothes to replace Oolong's bunny suit.
Tonality	B♭ Major
Length	0:06
BGM Data
Catalog Number	U-104
Composition	Unknown
Debut and Release
Debut Year	1986
First Appears	Dragon Ball Episode 9
Debut Release	Unreleased

U-104 is the Kanzenshuu catalogue number assigned to an unreleased piece of background music (BGM) of uncertain authorship. The piece was used in Dragon Ball Episode 9 which was broadcast on 23 April 1986.

Overview

U-104 is a short sitar piece that is only used once in the series. It is given the title "Bulma's New Outfit" on The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant, the most common source for fan titles of Kikuchi's compositions.

The unusual key of B♭ Major, the fact that the piece is only used once, and the atypical instrumentation call into question the assumption that the piece was composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi, but it is still quite possible that he did compose it. It could also be a musical sound effect from the Hidenori Arai library, or perhaps a piece of stock music chosen by director Minoru Okazaki to complement the vaguely Indo-Arabian setting.

Form and Analysis

U-104's melody is entirely played along the B♭ Major scale: 5-6-7-1—(&c)—1-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. The bass moves from the root (B♭) to the fifth (F) and back to the root.