![]() A careful amount of synthesizer is thrown in for good measure. In another scene, roaring horns sound and drums snap as Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan. In one scene, a simple piece with tingle bells added creates the effect of focusing on Gohan. It comes off as this very spirited score, one that captures the atmosphere of not just the setting but the pace and mood of a scene. The overall effect seems like part parade music, part toddler tunes, and part building orchestral. Sometimes it's cute (but never cutesy), other times it's triumphant, and sometimes it's grandious. ![]() I've been thinking about how to best describe the Kikuchi sound in the Dragon Ball franchise. Taking cues from old films, Kikuchi is a little Wang Fu-ling and a little Bernard Hermann. He is best known, however, for scoring the anime adaptation of Toriyama's most popular work, Dragon Ball. Cutting his teeth on tokusatsu programs, Kikuchi got work scoring the anime adaption of the popular Akira Toriyama manga Dr. While not the quality of say, Yoko Kanno's contributions, or the emotional power of Hiroshi Miyagawa's work, Kikuchi has been in the business of incidental music (that is to say, background music) for decades.
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