#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