#59 - Mike Smith, Scott Morgan & Julius Dobos Interview (COMPOSERS OF DRAGONBALL Z/Faulconer Productions)

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