Dragon Ball Z 3: Original Soundtrack | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Kenji Yamamoto | ||||
Released | March 2, 2005 | |||
Genre | Anime/Video Game | |||
Length | 77:34 | |||
Language | Japanese | |||
Label | Team Entertainment | |||
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Soundtrack chronology | ||||
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Dragon Ball Z 3: Original Soundtrack (ドラゴンボールZ3 オリジナルサウンドトラック Doragon Bōru Zetto Surī Orizinaru Saundotorakku ) is the official licensed soundtrack of the video games for the PS2 by the same name (Known as Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 in English speaking countries). It was released by Team Entertainment on March 2, 2005 in Japan only.[1]
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Like its predecessor Dragon Ball Z & Z 2 Original Soundtrack this album contains a collaboration of American as well as Japanese artists. American credits include Steve Lukather guitarist of the 80's rock band Toto and 70's R&B Soul Funk band Tower of Power, but despite these credits the album remains a Japanese exclusive. The opening theme "Ore wa Tokoton Tomaranai" is performed by Hironobu Kageyama.[2] As its title suggest this release stays focused on tracks that are heard exclusively the game unlike its predecessor that focused on the first two games on a single disc. As a result the soundtrack's track list appears to contain a more complete selection. However, many compositions that were featured throughout trilogy's story modes which were left out of the previous soundtrack were also overlooked. Which many fans have found disappointing prompting many to rip copies of the tracks straight from the game itself.
Ironically, many of these and a few cuts from the previous soundtrack were use for the North American release of Budokai Tenkaichi[3] because at the time of that game's release nether Funimation nor Atari had secured rights to the compositions by the anime's composer Shunsuke Kikuchi which was used in that game. The cuts used appear to have rip straight from this album as the instrumentation does not loop as it did in the Budokai games. Like the previous soundtrack Z & Z 2, the back of the album's jewel case feature track listings in both Japanese as well as English. But the English are not direct translations, but instead the name that was given when the game was released as Budokai 3. The theme song "Ore wa Tokoton Tomaranai!!", is only presented in this collection its TV size version as it was heard at the beginning of the game. Fortunately the full version of this song was released as a single coupled with Budokai 2's opening theme "Kusuburu Heart ni Hi o Tsukero!!" also performed by Kageyama.
Like the game's previous two installments Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Z 2, the names of various music tracks were changed when it was released in English speaking countries as Budokai 3 for localization. The name changes are as follows:
1.The Ultimate Energy!!
11.Step On It
22.Warning
24.Chaos
26.Sky High
Upon the game's release, the music received mixed reviews from gaming critics. Although it would receive high scores like 8 on GameZone,[4] many critics still referred to the music as repetitive and corny. Yet it was appropriate for conveying the game's atmosphere.[5][6][7][8] Luke Van Leuveren of Palgn states "the sound is generic but annoyingly addictive".[9] However, Jeremy Dunham of IGN thought the music sounded terrific[10] and Tony "Zing" Tomas of WHAM! Gaming called it top notch.[11]