#59 - COMPOSERS OF ENGLISH DUB OF DRAGONBALL Z/Faulconer Productions Interview

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/UCxXJ... FACEBOOK -   / ssj-598921027132860   JULIUS DOBOS/FORGOTTEN FUTURE JULIUS DOBOS WEBSITE - https://www.juliusdobos.com/?fbclid=I... FORGOTTEN FUTURE WEBSITE- https://forgottenfuturemusic.com/?fbc... YOUTUBE -    / juliusdobos   INSTAGRAM - @forgottenfutureofficial SCOTT MORGAN WEBSITE - http://morganstudios.com/?fbclid=IwAR... YOUTUBE -    / morganstudios   fbclid=IwAR1w0In1ezyFtvu32JLqNrdIsqjmft9qorBFecJ8Cjz91BjSkNA3W_DYBAM #brucefaulconer #dbzmusic #faulconerproductions TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 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 Theme 48:12 - Final Atonement/Serious Suspense Theme 48:55 - Coycoy88 & Other Fans Releasing Unreleased DBZ Music Through Editing Audio 52:25 - SSJ Band Performing Live Covers Of DBZ Music/How Live Gigs Came About 57:34 - Rehearsals Before Live Gigs 58:35 - Scott Has Been Mainly Doing Engineering Work Since 2005 59:35 - Scott Wrote Music For Roland & Microsoft 1:00:29 - Julius’ Forgotten Future Work 1:01:05 - Julius’ Work After DBZ 1:02:44 - Julius’ Interactive Forgotten Future Show 1:03:32 - Mike Smith Loved The Time Constraints On DBZ 1:04:27 - Julius Didn’t Like Composing 24/7 On DBZ/Julius’ Work On You Dont Mess With Zohan Film 1:05:59 - Not Writing By Committee On DBZ/John Carpenter 1:06:51 - You Have To Diversify To Earn Money In The Music Industry/Automated Mixing & Mastering 1:10:14 - Where To Follow Mike Smith, Scott Morgan, Julius Dobos & SSJ Band 1:12:09 - SSJ Live Performance Clip