I would leave this to just an earthly desire to listen to it. I'd call it very decent, I can't deny I love some tracks to death, but it just doesn't work with dbz, if we really need a sci fi type techno soundtrack, I think Sumitomo nailed it pretty well with some of his pieces. This dub music ranges from very good, to good, to outright awful. I'll just call it the english score for that. Most of his stuff isn't really his, just taken from the talent that co-worked with him. there's a problem though, most of it is not really his, I give it to the guy, he's a talented arranger since a lot of his 'arranges' are better than the originals, I would shift him higher if we are talking about the snes era orchestral Yamamoto. He could grow to be a great dbz composer, but time will only tell. I would actually like some of his pieces better than Kikuchi, But lots of his score is pretty bland, it does grow over time though, His best pieces are the ones that use pure orchestra and choir, the lyrics in his pieces are the top selling aspects of his score, very deep. However he is like a motif factory, and that makes his score great. It works for comedy, but for sad and serious parts? C'MON). Great motifs, he knows how to handle them, his music fits the image perfectly, Has some annoying tendencies though (like the annoying TWOINK sound.

His score is just amazing, even though he only did 2 specials and animated cutscenes he transformed them into symphonic masterpieces.

And TBH, I'd be less of a fan of the series as I am now if his stuff was localized in the US, so I'm kinda glad they didn't bring Kikuchi's stuff there. With all the action and intense storytelling, I don't think his songs wouldn't have fitted. Maybe it was perfect for Dragon Ball(Piccolo's theme sounded cool) but for DBZ.naw. Shinuske Kikuchi- I like some of his soundtrack but the thing about it is that it was too boring for my taste. I love every last one of the songs that he did, but the three songs I loved the most are the Gohan Unleashed, Goku's Super Saiyan 1 theme and the Super Saiyan 3 theme.ģ. Bruce Falconer- Not only I love the soundtrack cuz of nostalgia, I loved it because IMO, it fitted the atmosphere way more than the original one did. Kenji has made a thrilling and balanced soundtrack, especially the song when Trunks was going to finish off Cold.Ģ. Kenji Yamammoto(DBZ Kai)- If that wasn't there and if DBZ Kai never existed, Bruce could've been on top, but Yamammoto's score beats both of them. Just rank them from best to worst and state why.

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