First i watched everything in english (I grew up with the ocean dub) . But when i got older i more and more appreciate the Japanese version. Also because the funi dub changed it to a kiddy show. I only prefer dragon ball in english. Z and gt in Japanese definitely.
Japanese themes really bring back memories of real DBZ. As a kid I watched japanese with subtitles and if I compare the Faulconer's themes with japanese it's the japanese that kicks in. But it is also true that Faulconer's have a greater influence in key moments.
Wy not love both? Both have pros and cons but none is bad!
@gutyzao Terrible spelling and grammar, if the American soundtrack was the original, you wouldn't hate it, and it wouldn't be hated on. You;re pathetic.
If the American soundtrack was the original I probably wouldn't like Dragon Ball nearly as much as I do. Wouldn't have the atmosphere that the Japanese stuff does.
i have listened to both sets of music because I have the uncut boxsets. Each set of music has its pros and cons. When Vegeta hits Cell with Final Flash Falcouner really kicks but, but other times the japanese music really is better. Just my humble opinion.
Repetition is actually a key component to art in general. When I studied film in school, repetition was considered one of the 7 key components to film making. They might both be repetitive, but Japanese soundtrack is far superior. And luckily you can watch the English version with Japanese soundtrack. The newer English versions tossed out the funmination soundtrack because it was so poor in comparison to the original Japanese soundtracks. Now the only changes made are voice work.
@pmilleroly27 I'm not disagreeing with you in terms of artistic concepts.
But I think there is a prime difference in repetitive music and "music that revisits common themes." The Japanese soundtrack being the latter. It does have themes that are the same throughout the soundtrack but rhythms, arrangements and compositions are always slightly varied. It keeps it fresh while remaining familiar.
@pmilleroly27 I like the Japanese version better. It also happens to be well orchestrated as well.
I just think there is a difference in our thoughts when it comes to repetition. I think the Japanese soundtrack is not so much repetitive but recurrent. It doesn't repeat the same beats and rhythms over and over in a never ending loop like the American soundtrack does.
@galacticaphantome Most successful mainstream music in and of itself is repetitive. It's a jingle that sticks in your head and its catchy simplicity is the reason why so many people continue to listen to it. To the standard audience, complex "arrangements" isn't amusing. Because they're an audience, not critics. That's why the Bruce Falcouner themes come up first and most. What's fact is you're a true ignoramus for stating your opinion as fact.
@ViewtifulMichael Today's successful mainstream music is successful because the standards of good music has fallen. EVEN then, at least today's mainstream music has a bridge to cut repetition. Bruce has none.
Next, I never said anything about complex arrangements being good. I simply stated that Bruce's arrangements are bad. For example, the god awful placement of electrical guitar solos, the random fucking clown piano. His ability to compose music is hideous.
@galacticaphantome You think the standards have fallen and you think Bruce's ability to compose is bad. Plenty of others disagree and you're not changing their minds. But even on account that the standards for music have "changed", as you believe for the worse, he clearly succeeded in appealing to them. I'm not a musician, I'm a listener. And frankly, the technical "behind closed doors" aspect of music bores me. You can slam me for that all you want since I assume you're quite the opposite.-
@ViewtifulMichael There is such thing as bad fucking art. Bad music is bad music, bad films are bad films, bad paintings are bad paintings. There are standards in these things and by in large, standards have fallen very low.
Bruce Faulconer makes is a bad musician and he makes bad music. That's a fact. People liking his music doesn't make his music any less bad.
You shouldn't cry so much about replacing the theme, even though that Falcouner is repeating himself often Piccolo's theme is quite good. But yea they could Use both themes or remaster this one.
@Dominus96 I would like the falcouner music if he wasnt so repetitive with the ost, and you have to admit you eventualy get tired of something if you listen to it excessively
No. But the thing is they replaced the original Japanese OST with Bruce Faulkoner's, which is insulting. Of course if they truly wanted to keep with it, they wouldn't have dubbed it at all - but that wouldn't work with the American audience. (Apparently the American audience has a problem with reading.) Bruce Faulkoner's *is* uninspired, though. He ridiculed Piccolo's theme. In the Japanese OST Cell's theme was menacing, like himself - in the American OST, rock music. Yawn.
I like both Bruce Faulconer's work and the Japanese soundtrack. They both have their good qualities, I personally do not see anything wrong with either.
I know that it is a lot of it, but here you can listen cool playlists, from the Japanese version (used also e.g. in France and in Poland). American\Englishmen really you have of what to regret.
h t t p ://satanpetitcoeur.wrzuta.pl/audio/9qtvd7qroFz/dragon_ball_-_soundtrack_23
How can people say they are DBZ fans and preffer that CHEAP ASS faulconer? you bitches are not FANS, true fans will isten to the REAL deal, not some fail rock... dbz with rock... geesh.
Not to mention that Falconer mostly reused parts from one theme for another. Like when Shenlong is summoned, it's the same as the one with Goku going Supersaiyan, he just edited a part out and renamed it. At least Shunsuke did compose a theme for the characters, not just rehashed them.
@Kaladraz Go fuck yourself, this sounds intense. Faulconer fails, he used a low budget yamaha keyboard to try and take out fitting moments with little kid low budget techno music. The english dub completely destroyed DB's reputation and turned it into unfaithful bullshit. All the character themes in the japanese version are japanese bands that sound very retro, and this theme is badass for piccolo.
@Kaladraz Go continue to ride FUNimations cock then. It's your opinion not mine. Obviously this is piccolo's real theme and the most well known around the globe. Failconer had no clue what he was doing, he took a shit all over a legend.
then dont listen to it... i wanted to check out how japanese music sounded cuz some ppl said its better than falconer. obviously falconer is better, but what can i say, its human nature to be curious. i checked it out on youtube, and it is the shittiest thing i heard. and its also like 10 minutes of music thats replayed throughout the entire series.
I didnt realized that US DBZ had different music, good thing that mexican dubbers are cheap and used the original sound instead of playing some mariachi. LOL
Anyone who says that Bruce Faulconer's soundtrack is better than the Japanese soundtrack truly has no appreciation for art.
Bruce Faulconer is a glorified commercial jingle monkey who can only do 10 second catch tunes. His musical hackery shows through when he has to do something like a TV show like DBZ. His music is uninspired and repetitive.
The original DBZ soundtrack is fully orchestrated with hundreds of different sets, but still retaining many key tunes without become repetitive.
@galacticaphantome Plus if you really examine a few of the tracks you can see that Faulconer was trying to imitate the J-Soundtrack, like with hell's bells. If you listen to Hell's Bells and the theme that plays when vegeta does final flash to cell in the original score you can see the similarities.
@Uberjetsu Well he did a terrible job of doing it as he took all the complexity and emotion out of the song by replacing it with a 10 second rhythm that repeats over the course of 5 minutes while adding a hokey out of place guitar solo over it.
@OhhWowFilms First off, the whole "he's better than you" argument is logical fallacy for someone who doesn't have an argument.
Next bad music is not subjective. His music is repetitive, cheap and commercial. Aside from a few catchy tunes that last for all but one second. There is no attempt at emotion, it's all cheap hooks and four on the floor beats.
If you like that kind of crap, that's subjective, but lets not pretend that his music is good by any technical merits.
Ummm. Yes, musical taste is pretty much the definition of subjective. When one person likes one style but another person likes a different one. That's what subjective MEANS.
@Nnaron Musical taste and Bad music are two separate things. Fact is that Bruce makes bad music like the majority of mainstream pop artists makes bad music.
Your may prefer bad music as a taste but it doesn't make it any less BAD.
And those who like bad music lacks appreciation of the musical arts.
@jjabroni56 the original soundtrack revisits a common musical themes, to incite the viewer of a character, an emotion, etc.
However it's never repetitive since the themes are always arranged differently, rhythms are composed differently, and generally accompanied with new music.
It's something that all great musicians do when making large bodies of music like a soundtrack.
Bruce Falconer has one dimensional themes, like "Vegeta's Theme" which is poorly composed in the first place.
@galacticaphantome yeah, maybe so, but this is pretty much a matter of opinion. It is true that in Falcouner verse they just repeat the same music clips all over and over again, but most of his soundtracks are so epic that it just makes me wanna hear them again. I'm not saying the japanese is bad, but imo Falcouner's music makes DBZ a lot more epic. Although sometimes it does go a little over yes.
@sxdxdb amen bro. Also if you watch GT in Japanese. The score is beautiful. It's inspiring and I ultimately believe there is so much hatred towards GT because funimation ruined GT
@RsKorosiya Your comments made zero sense , they are null and void. Also DB is a classical martial arts 80's retro series. Not a techno rock low budget synthesizer ear rape fest. Falconer clearly had no clue wtf he was doing. He changed an already legendary score by Shunsuke Kikuchi. No one wants to listen to constant metal music that destroys dragon balls reputation
No point in arguing with him bro. Everyone knows Shunsuke Kikuchi is one of the greatest and most award winning composers in all of anime and his OST for Dragonball and DBZ are the only ones that deserve to be in the show.
@PrinceofSaiyajins456 Sure, it's more like you dumbasses don't know what true music is, try playing this in a school, everyone will laugh his ass off at you, then try playing for example Vegeta's theme from "failconer" and most of them will probably not mind it, why? Because "failconer's" music sounds more future-ish, this music sounds like music you would put on Star Trek the series back in 1960, you need to stay in terms of the technology, it's like having computers and not using them, dumbass
@PrinceofSaiyajins456 Why do you think those people in school will like Vegeta's theme better? Because it sounds like the music we have now, it's with a guitar, rock, not some old shit.
I don't understand why americans removed this amazing soundtrack and replaced it by fucking bullshit which is playing every second of every episode! Japanese soundtrack is amazing. What's wrong with it? If they want to add their soundtrack to anime, let them make their own anime and then they can add their shitty soundtrack to it! I prefer japanese dragon ball z with sub!
@Shianetto This sounds like the music from a spaghetti western. If you find this amazing, then I'm sure you listen to nothing other than 1970' s western music right? Oh wait, you're an enormous weeaboo trying to sound cultured on japan while just showing your ignorance. LOL GO GO GLORIOUS NIPON I AM SO OTAKU
Dude this is one of the most famous and legendary soundtracks in all of anime. The English dub had some good tunes too but this fits Dragonball the best. It has nothing to do with "weaboo this and that". Every country but the US used this soundtrack so this is what 80% of DBZ fans grew up with.
really? u honestly think american version is shitty? wow. out of everyone i heard from, everybody and few japanese say funimation is better, but few japanese say the japanese version is better... does have anything to do with them just being too proud of being japanese and this being a japanese cartoon? seriously, some people are just too ignorant these days.
As much as i love the awesome japanese themes(and i prefer them, with a couple of exceptions), I dont see why people hate so much on Bruce Faulconer. I mean, he wasn't the best but he did make some decent scores. Also, it isnt just America you know. I've been watching the first 20 episodes or so english dub and i havent been annoyed with the music. And when i say this, people will say im a bruce fanboy when i clearly stated i prefer the japanese music.
@FilMarck Was the comment directed towards you? Nope your the troll? Mad much? hahaha. I think you should stop being butt hurt at the fact that over in japan the music for the dbz soundtrack was complete and utter shit and the music in america was way better and made the moments way more awesome. I listen to this pethetic music and it makes me glad I don't live I didn't watch in japan. The only reason you responded to something that wasn't directed to you was because you know it's true....
@DavidOAnal The American music used on Dragon Ball was complete shit and FUNimation admitted to hate Faulconer's songs too.
Thankfully only the US Dragon Ball Z was fucked because the rest of the world kept with the true DBZ BGM which is brilliant and 1000x better than your shit.
@FilMarck It's pretty obvious that the u.s. soundtrack sounds better... What do you like about the Japanese themes? they sound like the music from the 80's lucky hear in america dbz came out way after that so the music was more up to date with the time. I't really depends what time period you where watching this. I still don't think this music fits all those epic moment's that dbz had.
@FilMarck Are you american or Japanese cause if your american your not making ANY since at all. But if your origin is of Japanese decent I can understand why you don't like it.
@DavidOAnal You stupid dumbfuck, I'm not American, I'd be embarrassed if I were.
The rest of the world got the true DBZ BGM for the dubs but America got the shitty Faulconer music.
I don't need to be Japanese to recognize the original DBZ BGM is superior to the shitty american bgm, anyone can, unless they're faulconer cocksuckers.
@FilMarck Lol looks like someone on there period. So tell me what about it is so Superior? and if american music is so inferior then why are you so angry about it? If it is you shouldn't be mad you shouldn't even care... obviously your angry at the fact that america is the only place that got something decent out of what japan had come up with. We dubbed it and remastered it and made it good. The worthless crap you call music over in japan wouldn't have made it here in america get over it.
@DavidOAnal What a shitty "remaster" FUNimation did, the colours were too bright, the cropped it wrongly, the orange bricks are plain shit and so is Faulconer's "music".
@FilMarck It made it look much neater i'm sorry to tell you this but your angry at american dbz and it shows. You look at the way dvz cartoons looked and the way they where remastered and it's obvious that its damn better dude. They didn't change the songs because they didn't wan't to pay well maybe. But i'm sure they would have kept them if they fit in with our culture. They changed it because they new we wouldn't like it.
@DavidOAnal Better? Get your eyes checked, god dammit.
The colours were wrong, the contrast was too bright, the cropping wasn't done correctly as Toei did with Dragon Ball Kai in Japan for airing in TV (also widescreen for DVD).
Keep defending your shitty US Dragon Ball, I don't care.
@DavidOAnal Really? Cause that's why they decided to use the original tracks from the Japanese version in the dub for Kai when they couldn't get the license to the Kai music, and the Faulconer was passed over because it was so bland and forgettable. The dub is atrocious. You should be the one who, in fact, gets over it. The Japanese voices may not be appealing to the ear all the time but at least they take their job seriously and don't make everyone sound like a huge goof.
@deathmasks OH and what a suprise NO ONE in america like kai. They all say it sucks ass. You can even tell from the comments on youtube that it sucks. They say kai is all about dumb voices stupid scenes and crapy music. The proof is on any dbz kai video even some of the up loaders say it sucks inthe description box. I honestly can't stand the shit. It's so un bearable to watch So get over the fact that the dbz that america had was way better then the original crap.
It's the internet. The internet is filled with a bunch of whiny man-babies who will call something shit just because it is not exactly what they want or not the way they remember it. On top of that many Youtube users are pants-on-head retarded. Some of comments on a few Youtube videos hardly represents an entire fan base's opinion. Nobody in America likes Kai you say? Then why does it have such high ratings? The music, in my opinion, is just as good as the original music.
@Kozakie1 It doesn't have high ratings it's on saturday mornings.... It sucks. Also the music sounds as though it's from the 80's. It's less than mediocre in my opinion sorry MOST people don't like it.
@Mataglio WOW you caught me at a good time lol. yep i researched that. explains the wiered music lol. Thanks. I commend the japanese for creating such a cool cartoon in the 80's back then my parent's where rocking with shows like bugs bunny lol. Looney toons and stuff like that. No wonder japanese anime is so famous but it seems like cartoon network doesn't wan't to show it anymore. I miss tonammie.
It isn't the Piccolo's theme, in Japan they added music to help the atmosphere and stop.
RedFlameFox 5 days ago
Do you mean someone the shitty american soundtrack before this?
Wow, I´m glad the world ends this year then.
ScourgeofInfidels 5 days ago
@ScourgeofInfidels *prefers
ScourgeofInfidels 5 days ago
5:04 is the most epic song!!!
Benjixmaster 6 days ago
Who the hell are dislike that???
pisaktibor 1 week ago
First i watched everything in english (I grew up with the ocean dub) . But when i got older i more and more appreciate the Japanese version. Also because the funi dub changed it to a kiddy show. I only prefer dragon ball in english. Z and gt in Japanese definitely.
groenendijk7 3 weeks ago
I prefer the original Dragon Ball much more in Japanese and much more than Z and GT in general.
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Bruce Faulconer is cool....but japanese soundtracks are the bests...masterpiece of dramatization of sound
gutyzao 3 weeks ago
Bruce Faulconer is cool....but japanese soundtracks are the bests...masterpiece of dramatization sound
gutyzao 3 weeks ago
4:30 the most majestic theme in Dragon Ball!!!!!
Joakinsmat 4 weeks ago
Japanese themes really bring back memories of real DBZ. As a kid I watched japanese with subtitles and if I compare the Faulconer's themes with japanese it's the japanese that kicks in. But it is also true that Faulconer's have a greater influence in key moments.
Wy not love both? Both have pros and cons but none is bad!
CenAkaKlemen 1 month ago 11
1°Freeza vs Goku
2°Piccolo vs Goku
3°Broly vs Goku
4°Vegeta vs Goku
5°Gohan vs Androids 17 & 18
gutyzao 1 month ago
Piccolo vs Goku at DB Final is one of the best fights of all series
gutyzao 1 month ago
Piccolo is so badass that his soundtrack got its own theme.
MrNudeypants 1 month ago
Chuck Norris plays this song when he eats his breakfast.
macee17 1 month ago
DB Was First.!
And The Music..
Was First.!
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SuperNostalgic 2 months ago
@SuperNostalgic Japanese is the original silly :3. If you mean Bruce Faulconers track you're right though, he did compose brilliant tracks.
xPokemonPlayerx 1 month ago
@xPokemonPlayerx Oops. I was sleepy when I typed it. I know the original is Japanese. Thanks for not being mean about it :3
Forgot to type in "original American" music. Dagh.
SuperNostalgic 1 month ago
@SuperNostalgic Its perfectly fine ^^.
xPokemonPlayerx 1 month ago
Bruce's tracks were crap for Piccolo compared to his Japanese theme.
edward18517 1 month ago
@SuperNostalgic Japanese are Originals....americans soundtracks is fuckin sux
gutyzao 1 month ago
@gutyzao I know :p
SuperNostalgic 1 month ago
@gutyzao Terrible spelling and grammar, if the American soundtrack was the original, you wouldn't hate it, and it wouldn't be hated on. You;re pathetic.
xPokemonPlayerx 1 month ago
@xPokemonPlayerx FUCK U i dont care u insect
gutyzao 1 month ago
@gutyzao You're just butthurt, you're only proving yourself to be an idiot.
xPokemonPlayerx 1 month ago
If the American soundtrack was the original I probably wouldn't like Dragon Ball nearly as much as I do. Wouldn't have the atmosphere that the Japanese stuff does.
edward18517 1 month ago
@edward18517 You probably grew up with Kikuchis score then.
xPokemonPlayerx 1 month ago
if you mean the original Japanese tracks, then yes.
edward18517 1 month ago
@edward18517 Okay.
xPokemonPlayerx 1 month ago
Original is always the best.
HoFabii 2 months ago
best theme in the dbz series indeed
awsomish 2 months ago
i have listened to both sets of music because I have the uncut boxsets. Each set of music has its pros and cons. When Vegeta hits Cell with Final Flash Falcouner really kicks but, but other times the japanese music really is better. Just my humble opinion.
kameyu1000 2 months ago
@kameyu1000 for Goku's first SSJ3 transformation, Falconer did a great job too. But otherwise I completely agree with you.
macee17 2 months ago
Hey, anyone here watch the show avatar the last airbender. Did they steal the song at 2:01 for that show?
kameyu1000 2 months ago
dang this is awful the funi heck even the ocean theme is better than this
barcakid101 2 months ago
Repetition is actually a key component to art in general. When I studied film in school, repetition was considered one of the 7 key components to film making. They might both be repetitive, but Japanese soundtrack is far superior. And luckily you can watch the English version with Japanese soundtrack. The newer English versions tossed out the funmination soundtrack because it was so poor in comparison to the original Japanese soundtracks. Now the only changes made are voice work.
pmilleroly27 2 months ago
@pmilleroly27 I'm not disagreeing with you in terms of artistic concepts.
But I think there is a prime difference in repetitive music and "music that revisits common themes." The Japanese soundtrack being the latter. It does have themes that are the same throughout the soundtrack but rhythms, arrangements and compositions are always slightly varied. It keeps it fresh while remaining familiar.
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pmilleroly27 2 months ago
@galacticaphantome wait im confused, which version do you like? I like the Japanese soundtrack and from the sounds of things you do too?
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@pmilleroly27 I like the Japanese version better. It also happens to be well orchestrated as well.
I just think there is a difference in our thoughts when it comes to repetition. I think the Japanese soundtrack is not so much repetitive but recurrent. It doesn't repeat the same beats and rhythms over and over in a never ending loop like the American soundtrack does.
galacticaphantome 2 months ago
Lets not forget gentlemen that an opinion is an opinion and never to be stated as a matter of fact.
ViewtifulMichael 2 months ago
@ViewtifulMichael It's a fact that Bruce Faulconer makes repetitive boring music with terrible arrangements. It's bad music.
galacticaphantome 2 months ago
@galacticaphantome Most successful mainstream music in and of itself is repetitive. It's a jingle that sticks in your head and its catchy simplicity is the reason why so many people continue to listen to it. To the standard audience, complex "arrangements" isn't amusing. Because they're an audience, not critics. That's why the Bruce Falcouner themes come up first and most. What's fact is you're a true ignoramus for stating your opinion as fact.
ViewtifulMichael 2 months ago
@ViewtifulMichael Today's successful mainstream music is successful because the standards of good music has fallen. EVEN then, at least today's mainstream music has a bridge to cut repetition. Bruce has none.
Next, I never said anything about complex arrangements being good. I simply stated that Bruce's arrangements are bad. For example, the god awful placement of electrical guitar solos, the random fucking clown piano. His ability to compose music is hideous.
Go learn what good music is.
galacticaphantome 2 months ago
@galacticaphantome You think the standards have fallen and you think Bruce's ability to compose is bad. Plenty of others disagree and you're not changing their minds. But even on account that the standards for music have "changed", as you believe for the worse, he clearly succeeded in appealing to them. I'm not a musician, I'm a listener. And frankly, the technical "behind closed doors" aspect of music bores me. You can slam me for that all you want since I assume you're quite the opposite.-
ViewtifulMichael 2 months ago
@galacticaphantome -I'm not saying I'm right. But what I'm saying is on such a subjective matter, I'm not wrong either.
ViewtifulMichael 2 months ago
@ViewtifulMichael There is such thing as bad fucking art. Bad music is bad music, bad films are bad films, bad paintings are bad paintings. There are standards in these things and by in large, standards have fallen very low.
Bruce Faulconer makes is a bad musician and he makes bad music. That's a fact. People liking his music doesn't make his music any less bad.
galacticaphantome 2 months ago
Does anyone know the name of the theme when he appeared to fight Freiza in the original DBZ.
( Not Faulconer's theme)
TheSchamploo 2 months ago in playlist DBZ Piccolo OST
For me best part at : 0:55 :D
icemama37 2 months ago
pikoro dai maku
king piccolo
pickora ruleZ
thegunerscratsh 2 months ago
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Best battle of Dragon Ball: Son Goku vs Piccolo
3:47 BARDOCK VS FRIEZA!!
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You shouldn't cry so much about replacing the theme, even though that Falcouner is repeating himself often Piccolo's theme is quite good. But yea they could Use both themes or remaster this one.
Cloudo1989 3 months ago
4:30
POCCOLO IS HERE TO SAVE THE DAY!
chuchito0 3 months ago
Bruce Faulconer haters are retarded. Is it impossible to like BOTH the Japanese and American music?
Dominus96 3 months ago 9
@Dominus96
I agree, but Japanese music had been also criticized.
cornedbeef2001 3 months ago
@Dominus96 I would like the falcouner music if he wasnt so repetitive with the ost, and you have to admit you eventualy get tired of something if you listen to it excessively
CashlessNick 3 months ago
@Dominus96
No. But the thing is they replaced the original Japanese OST with Bruce Faulkoner's, which is insulting. Of course if they truly wanted to keep with it, they wouldn't have dubbed it at all - but that wouldn't work with the American audience. (Apparently the American audience has a problem with reading.) Bruce Faulkoner's *is* uninspired, though. He ridiculed Piccolo's theme. In the Japanese OST Cell's theme was menacing, like himself - in the American OST, rock music. Yawn.
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Cloudo1989 3 months ago
@Dominus96 Unfortunately, there are very few people like you and I, who like BOTH the Japanese and American music, its a shame.
xPokemonPlayerx 1 month ago
@xPokemonPlayerx u are a geek, nerd, troll, something like shit it
gutyzao 1 month ago
@gutyzao No, you are. Oh sorry, let me write like you: NO!!1!!111 U R
xPokemonPlayerx 1 month ago
@Dominus96 Bruce Faulconer's music is okay but it didn't have the dramatic feel to it like the Japanese music have.
SMAXZO 1 month ago
@SMAXZO thank you. someone else agrees
Htown2500 3 weeks ago
@SMAXZO u right
gutyzao 3 weeks ago
prefer the funi
barcakid101 3 months ago
I like both Bruce Faulconer's work and the Japanese soundtrack. They both have their good qualities, I personally do not see anything wrong with either.
Murzas 3 months ago
been looking for this one!
ThePortalVision 3 months ago
Where's the song playing while Piccolo's going to Dio to fuse with him?
SonRicko 4 months ago
4:30 - 7:29 <3333
Waldimart 4 months ago
4:30 - The Best Theme in DBZ History, period. This is why they shouldn't change the music EVER.
Kevinjamesprojects 4 months ago 24
@Kevinjamesprojects It suits the character better than anything Falcouner could come up with.
SonicTheFrenchHorn 2 months ago
I know that it is a lot of it, but here you can listen cool playlists, from the Japanese version (used also e.g. in France and in Poland). American\Englishmen really you have of what to regret.
h t t p ://satanpetitcoeur.wrzuta.pl/audio/9qtvd7qroFz/dragon_ball_-_soundtrack_23
klakluska 4 months ago
A true fan of DBZ would enjoy all forms of DB and DBZ and all music except GT.
kotaro07 4 months ago
How can people say they are DBZ fans and preffer that CHEAP ASS faulconer? you bitches are not FANS, true fans will isten to the REAL deal, not some fail rock... dbz with rock... geesh.
EtaYorius 5 months ago
@EtaYorius
Not to mention that Falconer mostly reused parts from one theme for another. Like when Shenlong is summoned, it's the same as the one with Goku going Supersaiyan, he just edited a part out and renamed it. At least Shunsuke did compose a theme for the characters, not just rehashed them.
zenegermen 4 months ago
this japanese shit sounds like fucking circus music compared to bruce falconer
Kaladraz 5 months ago
@Kaladraz Go fuck yourself, this sounds intense. Faulconer fails, he used a low budget yamaha keyboard to try and take out fitting moments with little kid low budget techno music. The english dub completely destroyed DB's reputation and turned it into unfaithful bullshit. All the character themes in the japanese version are japanese bands that sound very retro, and this theme is badass for piccolo.
PrinceofSaiyajins456 5 months ago
@PrinceofSaiyajins um the other piccolo theme owns this so bad lol
Kaladraz 5 months ago
@Kaladraz Go continue to ride FUNimations cock then. It's your opinion not mine. Obviously this is piccolo's real theme and the most well known around the globe. Failconer had no clue what he was doing, he took a shit all over a legend.
PrinceofSaiyajins456 5 months ago
@Kaladraz
then dont listen to it... i wanted to check out how japanese music sounded cuz some ppl said its better than falconer. obviously falconer is better, but what can i say, its human nature to be curious. i checked it out on youtube, and it is the shittiest thing i heard. and its also like 10 minutes of music thats replayed throughout the entire series.
qy72hund 4 months ago
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americans should be in prision for the murderer of the original soundtrack
pinadeiro 5 months ago
I didnt realized that US DBZ had different music, good thing that mexican dubbers are cheap and used the original sound instead of playing some mariachi. LOL
RodrigoCabanillas 5 months ago
I'm glad Germany used the Japanese soundtrack.
ZidaneTribal93 5 months ago 3
@ZidaneTribal93
so u can make fun of germans? thats just racist
qy72hund 4 months ago
6:25 on is my favorite part
paladinartea 5 months ago
Anyone who says that Bruce Faulconer's soundtrack is better than the Japanese soundtrack truly has no appreciation for art.
Bruce Faulconer is a glorified commercial jingle monkey who can only do 10 second catch tunes. His musical hackery shows through when he has to do something like a TV show like DBZ. His music is uninspired and repetitive.
The original DBZ soundtrack is fully orchestrated with hundreds of different sets, but still retaining many key tunes without become repetitive.
galacticaphantome 5 months ago 11
@galacticaphantome Dude......Are u a musician or a music composer? Man!!! Ur explanations are just awesome!!!
Thilieph1 5 months ago
@galacticaphantome awesome comment. I love you
Shianetto 4 months ago
@galacticaphantome deal with it...most of us grew up with it
OmegaZero718 3 months ago
@OmegaZero718 Sure you did. It's pretty obvious since anyone under the age of 22 has terrible taste because of the declining quality of media.
galacticaphantome 3 months ago
@galacticaphantome Plus if you really examine a few of the tracks you can see that Faulconer was trying to imitate the J-Soundtrack, like with hell's bells. If you listen to Hell's Bells and the theme that plays when vegeta does final flash to cell in the original score you can see the similarities.
Uberjetsu 3 months ago
@Uberjetsu Well he did a terrible job of doing it as he took all the complexity and emotion out of the song by replacing it with a 10 second rhythm that repeats over the course of 5 minutes while adding a hokey out of place guitar solo over it.
Bruce Faulconer is a hack's hack.
galacticaphantome 3 months ago
@galacticaphantome yea I agree 100%
Uberjetsu 3 months ago
@galacticaphantome That's totally subjective. Bruce Faulconer is talented and his work is most likely better than whatever you can produce
OhhWowFilms 2 months ago
@OhhWowFilms First off, the whole "he's better than you" argument is logical fallacy for someone who doesn't have an argument.
Next bad music is not subjective. His music is repetitive, cheap and commercial. Aside from a few catchy tunes that last for all but one second. There is no attempt at emotion, it's all cheap hooks and four on the floor beats.
If you like that kind of crap, that's subjective, but lets not pretend that his music is good by any technical merits.
galacticaphantome 2 months ago
@galacticaphantome "Next bad music is not subjective."
Ummm. Yes, musical taste is pretty much the definition of subjective. When one person likes one style but another person likes a different one. That's what subjective MEANS.
Nnaron 2 months ago
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galacticaphantome 2 months ago
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@Nnaron Musical taste and Bad music are two separate things. Fact is that Bruce makes bad music like the majority of mainstream pop artists makes bad music.
Your may prefer bad music as a taste but it doesn't make it any less BAD.
And those who like bad music lacks appreciation of the musical arts.
galacticaphantome 2 months ago
@galacticaphantome Wow, I sincerely hope you're trolling. If not, that shows an amazing ignorance of how art and the English language work.
Good day, sir.
Nnaron 2 months ago
@Nnaron Clearly I have a better understand of both than you do. If you can't figure it out then the problem lies with you not me.
galacticaphantome 2 months ago
@galacticaphantome
Bitch please, the original repeats the same music every time and is horrible for the genre of the anime. Go fuck yourself. His music MAKES dbz.
jjabroni56 2 months ago
@jjabroni56 the original soundtrack revisits a common musical themes, to incite the viewer of a character, an emotion, etc.
However it's never repetitive since the themes are always arranged differently, rhythms are composed differently, and generally accompanied with new music.
It's something that all great musicians do when making large bodies of music like a soundtrack.
Bruce Falconer has one dimensional themes, like "Vegeta's Theme" which is poorly composed in the first place.
galacticaphantome 2 months ago
@galacticaphantome Yes, but Falcouner's music sets the mood a lot better.
thegamingwarhero 2 months ago
@thegamingwarhero No it forces a mood. Here's funny music, Here's sad music, Here's angry music.
Setting a mood requires subtlety which Faulconer doesn't have.
galacticaphantome 2 months ago
@galacticaphantome yeah, maybe so, but this is pretty much a matter of opinion. It is true that in Falcouner verse they just repeat the same music clips all over and over again, but most of his soundtracks are so epic that it just makes me wanna hear them again. I'm not saying the japanese is bad, but imo Falcouner's music makes DBZ a lot more epic. Although sometimes it does go a little over yes.
thegamingwarhero 2 months ago
The true epicness begins at 4:31
FaceMaster420 5 months ago 2
i think the last song is acutally picoolos theme
anybody have a extended version of it? or know where i can find it?
PhillyPugilist 5 months ago
@sxdxdb amen bro. Also if you watch GT in Japanese. The score is beautiful. It's inspiring and I ultimately believe there is so much hatred towards GT because funimation ruined GT
PrinceofSaiyajins456 5 months ago
@RsKorosiya if the music is so "old shot and boring" then how come this video has 352 likes and only 11 dislikes? LOL what a dumbass
PrinceofSaiyajins456 5 months ago
@RsKorosiya Your comments made zero sense , they are null and void. Also DB is a classical martial arts 80's retro series. Not a techno rock low budget synthesizer ear rape fest. Falconer clearly had no clue wtf he was doing. He changed an already legendary score by Shunsuke Kikuchi. No one wants to listen to constant metal music that destroys dragon balls reputation
PrinceofSaiyajins456 5 months ago 4
@PrinceofSaiyajins456
No point in arguing with him bro. Everyone knows Shunsuke Kikuchi is one of the greatest and most award winning composers in all of anime and his OST for Dragonball and DBZ are the only ones that deserve to be in the show.
sxdxdb 5 months ago 2
this sounds like music you would put on looney toones even the ripped kai music is better imo
RSKorosiya 5 months ago
@RSKorosiya No it doesn't it sound sick , your just a failconer fanboy who won't get off his cock.
PrinceofSaiyajins456 5 months ago
@PrinceofSaiyajins456 Sure, it's more like you dumbasses don't know what true music is, try playing this in a school, everyone will laugh his ass off at you, then try playing for example Vegeta's theme from "failconer" and most of them will probably not mind it, why? Because "failconer's" music sounds more future-ish, this music sounds like music you would put on Star Trek the series back in 1960, you need to stay in terms of the technology, it's like having computers and not using them, dumbass
RSKorosiya 5 months ago
@PrinceofSaiyajins456 Why do you think those people in school will like Vegeta's theme better? Because it sounds like the music we have now, it's with a guitar, rock, not some old shit.
RSKorosiya 5 months ago
EVERYONE I CAN VOUCH TO SAY THAT @ 6:24 IS WHAT WE ALL KNOW BEST FROM THAT YOUNG EVIL PICCOLO WITH THE OLD SINISTER VOICE,,,IT WAS GREAT!!!!
MrBby91 5 months ago
I love the fact that the music has a piccolo in it
metallicabillxxx 6 months ago
como se llama o en donde encuentro la musica completa del minuto 3:46? GRACAIS!
DragonBallGA100 6 months ago
No Comment.
WhiteFangOfTheLeaf 6 months ago
was fucking waiting for 5:04 the entire time
bkzunltd000 6 months ago
This even sounds like I'm watching it on VHS because of the sound quality. Awesome.
zackolot 6 months ago
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Shianetto 6 months ago
this was piccolos theme in dragon ball not z
Zhinga4NERD 7 months ago
I don't understand why americans removed this amazing soundtrack and replaced it by fucking bullshit which is playing every second of every episode! Japanese soundtrack is amazing. What's wrong with it? If they want to add their soundtrack to anime, let them make their own anime and then they can add their shitty soundtrack to it! I prefer japanese dragon ball z with sub!
Shianetto 7 months ago 36
@Shianetto This sounds like the music from a spaghetti western. If you find this amazing, then I'm sure you listen to nothing other than 1970' s western music right? Oh wait, you're an enormous weeaboo trying to sound cultured on japan while just showing your ignorance. LOL GO GO GLORIOUS NIPON I AM SO OTAKU
barsafarce 4 months ago
@barsafarce
Dude this is one of the most famous and legendary soundtracks in all of anime. The English dub had some good tunes too but this fits Dragonball the best. It has nothing to do with "weaboo this and that". Every country but the US used this soundtrack so this is what 80% of DBZ fans grew up with.
razzzorsedgeable 4 months ago
@Shianetto
really? u honestly think american version is shitty? wow. out of everyone i heard from, everybody and few japanese say funimation is better, but few japanese say the japanese version is better... does have anything to do with them just being too proud of being japanese and this being a japanese cartoon? seriously, some people are just too ignorant these days.
qy72hund 4 months ago
@Shianetto its just opinion. i personally love the american dub of it but its just my opinion. thats just how it is
paulkrules1 4 months ago
@Shianetto Japanese music sucks.
fuckturks2223 4 months ago
@fuckturks2223
Why are you watching these videos then? Japan made DBZ.
stoopkidzafraid 4 months ago
@fuckturks2223 You suck.
Shianetto 4 months ago
@fuckturks2223 and you swallow
MangelKorn 3 months ago
@MangelKorn And i jack of to it.
fuckturks2223 3 months ago
that is creepy as hell Mangel
edward18517 3 months ago
@fuckturks2223 says the retarded dipshit who watch videos that he beforehand already knows he dislikes
athfuhshgh 2 months ago
@Shianetto
As much as i love the awesome japanese themes(and i prefer them, with a couple of exceptions), I dont see why people hate so much on Bruce Faulconer. I mean, he wasn't the best but he did make some decent scores. Also, it isnt just America you know. I've been watching the first 20 episodes or so english dub and i havent been annoyed with the music. And when i say this, people will say im a bruce fanboy when i clearly stated i prefer the japanese music.
kierany9 2 months ago
sound like the old school batman theme
xXInfiniteyXx 7 months ago
es mejor la version japonesa que las mamadas que quiere poner de musica la version americana que asco mil veces esta n.n
pako52900 7 months ago 2
9 people doesn`t have seen Dragon Ball
bastogic 8 months ago
SEÑOR PICOROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
HELLER868 8 months ago 3
At 0:55 what theme is that? I really really want to know, because it sounds fantastic.
Amarflex 8 months ago
I hope this is just the dragon ball themes I hope japans music was better than this.
DavidOAnal 8 months ago
@DavidOAnal Get a reality check, dyslexic.
FilMarck 8 months ago
@FilMarck Your dyslexic? Sorry to hear that dude....
DavidOAnal 8 months ago
@DavidOAnal That's your best comeback? Failure, you are.
FilMarck 8 months ago
@FilMarck You wan't to argue over the internet? The life you have....
DavidOAnal 8 months ago
@DavidOAnal You're pathetic, troll.
The one who started this bullshit was you dumbfuck with your stupid original comment.
FilMarck 8 months ago
@FilMarck Was the comment directed towards you? Nope your the troll? Mad much? hahaha. I think you should stop being butt hurt at the fact that over in japan the music for the dbz soundtrack was complete and utter shit and the music in america was way better and made the moments way more awesome. I listen to this pethetic music and it makes me glad I don't live I didn't watch in japan. The only reason you responded to something that wasn't directed to you was because you know it's true....
DavidOAnal 8 months ago
@DavidOAnal The American music used on Dragon Ball was complete shit and FUNimation admitted to hate Faulconer's songs too.
Thankfully only the US Dragon Ball Z was fucked because the rest of the world kept with the true DBZ BGM which is brilliant and 1000x better than your shit.
True? You wish.
FilMarck 8 months ago 2
@FilMarck It's pretty obvious that the u.s. soundtrack sounds better... What do you like about the Japanese themes? they sound like the music from the 80's lucky hear in america dbz came out way after that so the music was more up to date with the time. I't really depends what time period you where watching this. I still don't think this music fits all those epic moment's that dbz had.
DavidOAnal 8 months ago
@DavidOAnal FUNimation was too cheap to pay for the original music of Dragon Ball Z so you the American DBZ got fucked by Faulconer's music.
Bruce's music never stops for a second, doesn't allow silent moments and it's always techno/rock mediocre shit tracks.
Keep listening to your shitty US Dragon Ball Z.
FilMarck 8 months ago
@FilMarck Are you american or Japanese cause if your american your not making ANY since at all. But if your origin is of Japanese decent I can understand why you don't like it.
DavidOAnal 8 months ago
@DavidOAnal You stupid dumbfuck, I'm not American, I'd be embarrassed if I were.
The rest of the world got the true DBZ BGM for the dubs but America got the shitty Faulconer music.
I don't need to be Japanese to recognize the original DBZ BGM is superior to the shitty american bgm, anyone can, unless they're faulconer cocksuckers.
FilMarck 8 months ago
@FilMarck Lol looks like someone on there period. So tell me what about it is so Superior? and if american music is so inferior then why are you so angry about it? If it is you shouldn't be mad you shouldn't even care... obviously your angry at the fact that america is the only place that got something decent out of what japan had come up with. We dubbed it and remastered it and made it good. The worthless crap you call music over in japan wouldn't have made it here in america get over it.
DavidOAnal 8 months ago
@DavidOAnal What a shitty "remaster" FUNimation did, the colours were too bright, the cropped it wrongly, the orange bricks are plain shit and so is Faulconer's "music".
FilMarck 8 months ago
@FilMarck It made it look much neater i'm sorry to tell you this but your angry at american dbz and it shows. You look at the way dvz cartoons looked and the way they where remastered and it's obvious that its damn better dude. They didn't change the songs because they didn't wan't to pay well maybe. But i'm sure they would have kept them if they fit in with our culture. They changed it because they new we wouldn't like it.
DavidOAnal 8 months ago
@DavidOAnal Better? Get your eyes checked, god dammit.
The colours were wrong, the contrast was too bright, the cropping wasn't done correctly as Toei did with Dragon Ball Kai in Japan for airing in TV (also widescreen for DVD).
Keep defending your shitty US Dragon Ball, I don't care.
FilMarck 8 months ago
@FilMarck That's your opinion me and a lot of other people like nice looking anime. And what was so wrong with the cropping?
DavidOAnal 8 months ago
@DavidOAnal Really? Cause that's why they decided to use the original tracks from the Japanese version in the dub for Kai when they couldn't get the license to the Kai music, and the Faulconer was passed over because it was so bland and forgettable. The dub is atrocious. You should be the one who, in fact, gets over it. The Japanese voices may not be appealing to the ear all the time but at least they take their job seriously and don't make everyone sound like a huge goof.
deathmasks 8 months ago 2
@deathmasks OH and what a suprise NO ONE in america like kai. They all say it sucks ass. You can even tell from the comments on youtube that it sucks. They say kai is all about dumb voices stupid scenes and crapy music. The proof is on any dbz kai video even some of the up loaders say it sucks inthe description box. I honestly can't stand the shit. It's so un bearable to watch So get over the fact that the dbz that america had was way better then the original crap.
DavidOAnal 8 months ago
@DavidOAnal
It's the internet. The internet is filled with a bunch of whiny man-babies who will call something shit just because it is not exactly what they want or not the way they remember it. On top of that many Youtube users are pants-on-head retarded. Some of comments on a few Youtube videos hardly represents an entire fan base's opinion. Nobody in America likes Kai you say? Then why does it have such high ratings? The music, in my opinion, is just as good as the original music.
Kozakie1 7 months ago 2
@Kozakie1 It doesn't have high ratings it's on saturday mornings.... It sucks. Also the music sounds as though it's from the 80's. It's less than mediocre in my opinion sorry MOST people don't like it.
DavidOAnal 7 months ago
@DavidOAnal dragonball z IS from the 80s lol The U.S got it like 15 yrs later lol
Mataglio 7 months ago 3
@Mataglio WOW you caught me at a good time lol. yep i researched that. explains the wiered music lol. Thanks. I commend the japanese for creating such a cool cartoon in the 80's back then my parent's where rocking with shows like bugs bunny lol. Looney toons and stuff like that. No wonder japanese anime is so famous but it seems like cartoon network doesn't wan't to show it anymore. I miss tonammie.
DavidOAnal 7 months ago