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Damn_Underscore
09/30/23 5:16:55 PM
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Cell theme is epic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te4aBJ3wv3U

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Vicious_Dios
09/30/23 5:17:20 PM
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DarthAragorn
09/30/23 5:18:08 PM
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That Super Saiyan 3 theme is fire

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Blue_Popo
09/30/23 5:19:07 PM
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I dont care what changes to dialogue kai and other versions of dbz made or filler that was cut. The iconic power scenes, deaths, combat moments just fail to resonate the same without faulconer

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Arcanine2009
09/30/23 5:27:30 PM
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Yep. I really miss the music. Falconer era was goat. It's not the same with Kai.

I can't believe he has 9 hours of dbz music. There's just no way. But it's on 9 cds.

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Vicious_Dios
09/30/23 5:29:44 PM
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This is my personal favorite Final Form theme of Cell.

https://youtu.be/_zefLAYM7XQ?si=yoWoYnGNymsfTrVJ


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gamer167
09/30/23 5:41:20 PM
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Gobstoppers12
09/30/23 5:43:31 PM
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This is one of my favorites from that era:

https://youtu.be/eP0WAxRS7rY?si=EHKHZidwQqIXiih4

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LeCh0nk
09/30/23 5:43:56 PM
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Vegeta, Cell, Gohan, and Goku SS3 themes are bad ass.

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WellKnownNomad
09/30/23 5:46:31 PM
#10:


Bring back the license nu Metal songs to Dragonball

https://youtu.be/ZGMdYz5VCqw?si=WzmgabMDPkMLIPzh

https://youtu.be/24uIs1sTLhQ?si=YDllhibwSJoxcYZY

https://youtu.be/NsW8c9bgSu4?si=VzDGBOdE_wfeXlId

https://youtu.be/h--t5nITV60?si=HgEEhACm-PHP6c7C

https://youtu.be/NJwMbbP1MpM?si=53KBuxZ-oPPxKbrL

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Gobstoppers12
09/30/23 5:48:22 PM
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WellKnownNomad posted...
Bring back the license nu Metal songs to Dragonball
It honestly feels so wrong when I find the versions of the dub without these songs in them.

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AgentCoulson
09/30/23 5:50:43 PM
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Didn'r it come out that most of the "Faulconer" music wasn't actually Faulconer music?

I like certain tracks but I wouldn't call it goat.

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LordFarquad1312
09/30/23 5:52:19 PM
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It'll never cease to amaze me how DB became popular in the US, despite starting halfway through, a god awful dub and without the original score.

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Gobstoppers12
09/30/23 5:55:08 PM
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AgentCoulson posted...
Didn'r it come out that most of the "Faulconer" music wasn't actually Faulconer music?

I like certain tracks but I wouldn't call it goat.
It was his team, not just him. A lot of different people worked on individual songs.

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npiguitar
09/30/23 6:34:29 PM
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LordFarquad1312 posted...
It'll never cease to amaze me how DB became popular in the US, despite starting halfway through, a god awful dub and without the original score.
It started at the really good part, and the original score kinda sucks. No arguments on that terrible Ocean dub, though.

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Damn_Underscore
09/30/23 7:34:04 PM
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Vegeta sounds better in the Ocean dub tbh

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Blbmbr666
09/30/23 7:45:16 PM
#17:


Perfect Cell and SSJ3 themes always get mentioned, but I think Faulconer's Super Buu theme is absolute fire too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woHtuw_xtcc

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Scintillant
09/30/23 7:47:15 PM
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i feel like his music doesn't fit the show, it sounds like some super creepy sci fi shit instead of goofy action anime. i prefer the original

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Gobstoppers12
09/30/23 8:30:55 PM
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Scintillant posted...
i feel like his music doesn't fit the show
Depends on what you saw first, imo. The music sets the mood, and for me DBZ feels like the Faulconer soundtrack.

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YellowSUV
09/30/23 8:51:49 PM
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Pikkon, a very minor character, got such a great theme. Love how ethereal it is, especially the start of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXJKr4bnGxk

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Ivynn
09/30/23 9:02:46 PM
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Seeing the redemption arc of DBZ's English music has been a trip. I remember when everyone hated it and changing the original music of an anime was seen as a great sin.

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

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LordYeezus
09/30/23 9:03:33 PM
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DBZ is unwatchable without it

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Gobstoppers12
09/30/23 9:04:04 PM
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Ivynn posted...
I remember when everyone hated it and changing the original music of an anime was seen as a great sin.
Most people who hated it probably didn't see the Funi version first.

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XxKrazyChaosxX
09/30/23 9:19:19 PM
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I still get goosebumps when the music kicks in for this scene.

https://youtu.be/DYgr7aAvvgM?si=2I-B1g-hSg-0ykFs

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Back_Stabbath
09/30/23 9:22:06 PM
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whats that one cell theme that sounds like the world is about to end? its my favorite but I can never find it.

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ssjevot
09/30/23 9:25:51 PM
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Alright I listened to the stuff posted and I think you guys are drunk on nostalgia. Maybe I have nostalgia for the original Japanese score, but this stuff just sounds so out of place.

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Damn_Underscore
09/30/23 9:56:04 PM
#27:


Ivynn posted...
Seeing the redemption arc of DBZ's English music has been a trip. I remember when everyone hated it and changing the original music of an anime was seen as a great sin.

I remember too and I disagreed with them back then.

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ShaneMcComez
09/30/23 9:57:29 PM
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I never understood the hate for the Funi dub going far back when I first got into the show back in the early 2000s. I liked the voices for the characters and the music kept me engaged. Then again I've always preferred watching English dubs over the original language as I don't care to read subtitles throughout the whole series. A movie I might.

Also sometimes, not often, a different interpretation of someone else's work on just minor things. Whether implementing different music choices, adding visuals, inserting or taking out scenes. Can improve upon the original. Or at least have it's own audience that likes the changes, while those who preferred the original can go watch the original version.

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Winnsock
09/30/23 10:00:28 PM
#29:


I cant watch DBZ without it. Super is fine without it, but I need that late 90s rock in my DBZ
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VFalcone
09/30/23 10:01:37 PM
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Scintillant posted...
i feel like his music doesn't fit the show, it sounds like some super creepy sci fi shit instead of goofy action anime. i prefer the original
Much of DBZ is creepy, violent, and action packed. That's exactly why I can't stand the original JP soundtrack because at least to me, it doesn't match the scenes in the slightest. The music makes serious moments seem like jokes.
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dave_is_slick
09/30/23 10:05:26 PM
#31:


Blbmbr666 posted...
Perfect Cell and SSJ3 themes always get mentioned, but I think Faulconer's Super Buu theme is absolute fire too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woHtuw_xtcc
Its my favorite out of all of them. It sounds as chaotic as Buu which means they nailed it!

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dave_is_slick
09/30/23 10:07:24 PM
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ssjevot posted...
Alright I listened to the stuff posted and I think you guys are drunk on nostalgia. Maybe I have nostalgia for the original Japanese score, but this stuff just sounds so out of place.
Hell no. That corny ass original music is what's out of place. Something being original doesn't make it good and original DBZ music is not good and doesn't match.

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VFalcone
09/30/23 10:25:22 PM
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Back_Stabbath posted...
whats that one cell theme that sounds like the world is about to end? its my favorite but I can never find it.
One of these maybe?
https://youtu.be/LC-tkbFXQhs
https://youtu.be/dAVqJYj1r-w
https://youtu.be/ysKBZSx2mlo
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PiOverlord
09/30/23 10:32:16 PM
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I always loved the og db music since I watched it my first year of college (like 7 years ago).

When I watched dbz online, it was the English dub with the japanese/original soundtrack. Listening to Faulconer is so weird knowing that's what Americans grew up with. I like the more innocent and lighthearted tone of the og music, and I like that it's not constantly playing. The scenes that are quiet in the og just feel like they should be quiet, but the Faulconer soundtrack plays over it.

I also love the genkidama theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPBoESjzhZ4

It felt like the perfect song as representing the finality of the kid buu fight. It is a very well-made composition that I feel it's a shame that kids didn't get to hear it (although many seem to love the Faulconer replacement for this theme, so I guess that's good).

It also works better going from Dragon Ball to DBZ. DB OG soundtrack to DBZ Faulconer feels like a weird transition.

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Tsukasa1891
09/30/23 10:34:22 PM
#35:


LordFarquad1312 posted...
It'll never cease to amaze me how DB became popular in the US, despite starting halfway through, a god awful dub and without the original score.
Dragonballs popularity didn't really take off until it became more action then comedy. Ocean dub is were most of the memorable memes come from and the original score is bland.

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Back_Stabbath
09/30/23 10:44:47 PM
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VFalcone posted...
One of these maybe?
https://youtu.be/LC-tkbFXQhs

that one fuck yeah

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Jupiter
09/30/23 10:50:05 PM
#37:


Rock The Dragon will ALWAYS be the DBZ theme song to me. That Cha La Head Cha La is the worst theme I've ever heard ever.

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Bass
09/30/23 10:55:05 PM
#38:


I like the original score better, and that's what I'm used to since I first watched through the whole series with Kai.

The Falconer music does give me some nostalgia since I remember it when I caught a few episodes on TV as a kid. I like the tracks overall, but it's not my preference.

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Torgo
09/30/23 11:00:19 PM
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Even though I was an adult when these first ran on Cartoon Network, I was so blown away experiencing this series for the first time along with most of America.

It was so epic, there was nothing like it... and even though we would laugh at the five days to do a super move or for the last thirty seconds of planet Namek to last an hour... you just didn't know where it was all escalating to.

This totally brings back memories of that time and those feels. :)

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geno_16
09/30/23 11:08:04 PM
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Scintillant posted...
i feel like his music doesn't fit the show, it sounds like some super creepy sci fi shit instead of goofy action anime. i prefer the original
I mean, let's take a look at the overall plot of Dragon Ball Z.

  • An alien super warrior arrives from outer space and reveals himself to be the brother of our main character. Shortly after two more alien super warriors arrive from outer space. Most of our heroes are killed in the ensuing battle.
  • Our remaining heroes then must travel through space to an alien planet in order to revive the defeated heroes. There they become stranded as the planet is under siege by an evil galactic space emperor. Our heroes eventualy defeat the space emperor and bring back the others.
  • The evil space emperor however is not dead and, alongside his father, comes to Earth to extract revenge. However he is defeated by a time traveller from the future (who is also the son of two of our heroes, unbeknownst to them). The time traveller reveals that the future was destroyed by two Androids who defeated all of our heroes and our current timeline heroes must train and prepare for their arrival.
  • During the battles with the Androids another arrives from the future, this one a biocreature formed from the amalgamation of our heroes DNA. Our heroes eventually defeat the creature with the help of another Android as well as a chamber where time moves at 1/356 of real world time allowing for extensive training time.
  • Fast forward seven years and our heroes encounter a new threat where an evil magician turns one of our heroes against the others in order to gather enough energy to revive an ancient creature to wreck havoc on the universe.
  • The creature uses absorption techniques to shapeshift and steal our heroes abilities. Eventually the creature completely destroys Earth and kills most of our heroes. The remaining heroes eventually defeat said creature while fighting him on an alien planet inhabited by the gods of our quadrant of the universe.
I don't know, most of that sure sounds like "creepy sci fi shit" to me.
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Tsukasa1891
09/30/23 11:15:03 PM
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geno_16 posted...
I mean, let's take a look at the overall plot of Dragon Ball Z.

* An alien super warrior arrives from outer space and reveals himself to be the brother of our main character. Shortly after two more alien super warriors arrive from outer space. Most of our heroes are killed in the ensuing battle.
* Our remaining heroes then must travel through space to an alien planet in order to revive the defeated heroes. There they become stranded as the planet is under siege by an evil galactic space emperor. Our heroes eventualy defeat the space emperor and bring back the others.
* The evil space emperor however is not dead and, alongside his father, comes to Earth to extract revenge. However he is defeated by a time traveller from the future (who is also the son of two of our heroes, unbeknownst to them). The time traveller reveals that the future was destroyed by two Androids who defeated all of our heroes and our current timeline heroes must train and prepare for their arrival.
* During the battles with the Androids another arrives from the future, this one a biocreature formed from the amalgamation of our heroes DNA. Our heroes eventually defeat the creature with the help of another Android as well as a chamber where time moves at 1/356 of real world time allowing for extensive training time.
* Fast forward seven years and our heroes encounter a new threat where an evil magician turns one of our heroes against the others in order to gather enough energy to revive an ancient creature to wreck havoc on the universe.
* The creature uses absorption techniques to shapeshift and steal our heroes abilities. Eventually the creature completely destroys Earth and kills most of our heroes. The remaining heroes eventually defeat said creature while fighting him on an alien planet inhabited by the gods of our quadrant of the universe.
I don't know, most of that sure sounds like "creepy sci fi shit" to me.
So tl:dr, DBZ is a super creepy sci fi anime with goofy action.

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wanderingshade
09/30/23 11:15:51 PM
#42:


Every time something crazy was about to happen or had just happened and the episode ends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiHu_wmZT-o

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ChocoboMogALT
09/30/23 11:22:55 PM
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Even if you don't like the Faulconer soundtrack, how can you say that the original soundtrack fits well? The fate of the universe is at stake and there's some happy-go-lucky Journey to the East playing.

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dave_is_slick
10/01/23 12:43:16 AM
#44:


wanderingshade posted...
Every time something crazy was about to happen or had just happened and the episode ends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiHu_wmZT-o
"It is a secret we have known before Gohan could even form words in his mouth. Through fights with Raditz, Garlic Jr, The Ginyu Force, and even Frieza, We caught Glimpses of the child's Explosive Power. But like an explosion, it always vanished with the moment. It couldn't be controlled..until Now! At last, the beastly power has been harnished. Gohan has Awoken. Now Cell will battle a warrior eleven years in the making, on the Next Dragonball-Z!"

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BigB0ss13
10/01/23 12:46:18 AM
#45:


Who made this song?

https://youtu.be/__7vxOuEZ0Q?si=enpkLQivu8yHE0UN
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VFalcone
10/01/23 12:50:55 AM
#46:


The "goofy" American music when shit gets real
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Strider102
10/01/23 12:55:22 AM
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I always liked this one, when it starts at 3 minutes in.

https://youtu.be/mXgVEUDBmkQ?si=3AST0TEUNQoouTMB

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PraetorXyn
10/01/23 1:05:10 AM
#48:


Gobstoppers12 posted...
Depends on what you saw first, imo. The music sets the mood, and for me DBZ feels like the Faulconer soundtrack.
No it doesnt. Saw the Faulconer version first. Original is superior.

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PiOverlord
10/01/23 1:20:36 AM
#49:


I've seen people say the OG is better after watching Faulconer first and then the OG soundtrack, but I've never seen anyone say Faulconer is better upon watching it 2nd after originally watching the OG soundtrack.

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Gobstoppers12
10/01/23 1:25:26 AM
#50:


PraetorXyn posted...
No it doesnt. Saw the Faulconer version first. Original is superior.
People who saw the Faulconer version first are a lot more likely to think the Faulconer version is best. You might just be an outlier.

Original music is fine, but the Faulconer tracks are god-tier for the moments they coincide with. Vegeta's Final Flash in the original feels significantly less epic without the intensity of the Faulconer music behind it.

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