Thursday, August 10, 2023

Dragon Ball Soundtrack Analysis & Themes #2: Movie 1 "The Legend of Shenlong (M200)

 

In this video I analyze the first Dragon Ball movie soundtrack! The M200 soundtrack, in this post I will focus on talking about the themes present in these soundtracks, for information about the soundtracks themselves, click here.

Goku: Dragon Ball's opening theme "Makafushigi Adventure" is bodied into the soundtrack, serving as Goku's first theme.  Sometimes a triumphant variant is heard, usually used for the character's most crucial moments.

Menace: Theme made to represent the destruction, danger, hopelessness and moments foreshadowing the coming of a evil. (This movie is the debut of this theme)

King Gurumes: Theme made to represent the film's main villain, King Gurumes, it clearly inspired his Army's theme, having less notes.

Gurumes' Army: Theme made for the Gurumes' Army, it's clearly inspired by King Gurumes' theme, adding more notes to the melody. 

Bulma New Theme: For this movie, A New Theme was made for Bulma, this one is a completely original melody, unlike her first theme, which was a instrumental arrangement of "Romantic Ageru Yo" (the series' ending song).

Pansy: Theme made to represent Pansy.

Yamcha New Theme: In this movie, a new theme was made for Yamcha.

Kame Sennin: Originally presented in the A-J Score, this theme was made to represent Muten Roshi / Kame Sennin.

Kinto'un: Originally presented in the A-J score, this theme was made to represent Kinto'un, Goku's flying cloud. (This movie is the final use of this theme)

Shenlong: Originally presented in the A-J score, this is the individual made to represent Shenlong, the inspiration in the theme of the Dragon Balls is quite clear.

Victory: Originally presented in the M00 Score, this theme was made to represent the victory and peace gathered by Goku and his friends.

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