Mike Smith, Scott Morgan & Julius Dobos composed a majority of the English Dub of Dragonball Z produced by Funimation(Yes, Bruce Faulconer is not the main composer and composed less than 1% of the score.) These 3 have now formed a band called SSJ and perform live versions of the DBZ Soundtrack across America.
Mike Smith handled over 70% of the soundtrack from the Ginyu Saga all the way to halfway through the Buu Saga, highlight tracks from him include Vegetas Themes, Goku SSJ, Perfect Cell Theme, Hyperbolic Time Chamber, The Dragon Theme and more....
Scott Morgan worked on the show from the episode Fighting Power One Million until the end of the Otherworld Tournament and a majority of the guitar work on the show was handled by him but he fully composed the Garlic Jr Saga and his highlights include Androids 17,18,19 & 20, Imperfect Cell Theme, Destruction Theme, Pikkons Theme and more....
Julius Dobos started work on the show from the Otherworld Tournament and stayed until the very end of the series so he composed a majority of the Buu Saga, his highlights include the SSJ3 Theme, Super Buu, Buu Is Fighting, Mystic Gohan and more....
SSJ BAND
YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXJkNDtZ4VCZUDhkht19qw'
FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/SSJ-598921027132860/
JULIUS DOBOS/FORGOTTEN FUTURE
JULIUS DOBOS WEBSITE - https://www.juliusdobos.com/?fbclid=IwAR1w0In1ezyFtvu32JLqNrdIsqjmft9qorBFecJ8Cjz91BjSkNA3W_DYBAM
FORGOTTEN FUTURE WEBSITE- https://forgottenfuturemusic.com/?fbclid=IwAR1w0In1ezyFtvu32JLqNrdIsqjmft9qorBFecJ8Cjz91BjSkNA3W_DYBAM
TWITTER - @juliusdobos
INSTAGRAM - @forgottenfutureofficial
SCOTT MORGAN
WEBSITE - http://morganstudios.com/?fbclid=IwAR1w0In1ezyFtvu32JLqNrdIsqjmft9qorBFecJ8Cjz91BjSkNA3W_DYBAM
YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/morganstudios?
TIMESTAMPS
01:11 - Sampler/Samples Mike Used When He First Worked On DBZ
02:38 - Directions/Script From Funimation
04:19 - How The Guys Scored Music To The Episodes
06:28 - How The Guys Go About Composing/Time Constraints On DBZ
09:23 - Recording Sounds As SFX/Violin SFX Being Used In DBZ
11:31 - Keeping The Music Seamless Between All 3 Composers
14:45 - How Much Time They Had To Work On Each Episode
17:36 - Vegeta’s Hells Bells & Super Saiyan Themes
19:16 - Mike Only Realised Recently How Iconic His Themes Are
19:57 - Scott Thought People Hated The Score Until He Went On Youtube
21:08 - Super Saiyan 3 Theme/Drum Loops
25:25 - Julius Approached DBZ As Just Another Job/Core Importance Of Scoring
26:44 - Scott Morgan Foresaw The Big Themes Popping Off
28:29 - Ben Kasparek The Music Editor/Save The World Episode Ben Got It Perfect
30:14 - Episodic Trunks Theme/ How The Destruction Theme Came About
33:05 - Ginyu Voice Actors Worked On DBZ Movies Music
33:36 - Recording Destruction Theme So Loud
35:11 - Pikkons Theme
36:22 - Phillip Glass
36:52 - How Mike Wrote Buu/Cell & Frieza Themes
38:16 - Buu’s Themes
41:34 - Challenge Of Scoring To Reaction Shots
42:39 - Scott Doing The Ultimate Perfect Cells Theme
43:38 - Imperfect Cell Theme
44:54 - Experimenting With The Non Big Themes
46:30 - Great Saiyaman Theme
47:17 - Space Room
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