Dragon Ball Super Broly Movie Soundtracks - Dragon Ball
Dragon Ball Super: Broly is the twentieth anime movie of the Dragon Ball franchise overall and the first to be included in the Dragon Ball Super series. The film was directed by Tatsuya Nagamine and written by Akira Toriyama. It is also the third Dragon Ball movie released in the 2010s, after Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods and Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection “F”. It was released in Japan on December 14, 2018 and is the fourth anime movie starring the character Broly, though it is the first one to be considered officially canonical since, unlike the previous three, it was written and supervised by Toriyama directly. As such, some aspects of Broly’s design, character, and backstory were changed from his original, non-canonical counterpart. That said, much of Broly is just as fans likely remember him.
Summary
The film is set after the Tournament of Power in a time when the Earth is at peace. Goku, realizing that there are still extremely strong people in the universe, continues to train himself to become stronger. However, one day, Frieza appears on Earth with a mysterious Saiyan named Broly, who confronts Goku and Vegeta. The first part of this movie is based on the Dragon Ball Minus manga, which tells the origin of Goku and many of the events that lead up to his arrival on Earth. Much of the rest of the movie focuses on Goku and Vegeta’s struggles to defeat the incredibly powerful Legendary Super Saiyan.
Premiere
The movie was distributed in Japan by Toei Company in collaboration with 20th Century Fox, with a premiere held on December 14, 2018, while its international distribution was left in charge of 20th Century Fox. The company Funimation acquired the rights for its broadcast in cinemas in the United States and Canada. In these countries, the movie was broadcast in IMAX, MX4D and 4DX format.
The Dragon Ball Super: Broly world preview was held at the Nippon Budokan Stadium located in the city of Tokyo on November 14, 2018. This event had a limited audience of 1000 people, which were selected through a raffle made by the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine.
Soundtrack
On December 6, 2018, the OST of the Dragon Ball Super: Broly movie was released in Japan. The original soundtrack includes 34 pieces, with each track representing a specific scene of the animated movie. This soundtrack was composed by Norihito Sumitomo. It was released on December 12, 2018 by Avex Trax.
When the album was launched, it was a great success. In its first week, the Dragon Ball Super: Broly soundtrack reached 22,826 copies sold. Then, in its sixth week in the rankings, “Blizzard”, the closing theme, was number 2 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. Also, it achieved the number 1 spot on the Billboard Hot Animation.
The tracklist is the following:
- Birth of Freeza’s Army
- Ruled by Freeza
- Broly’s Potential
- Paragus’ Rage
- Dragon Ball Super: Broly Theme
- Broly on the Frontier
- Freeza’s Scheme, Premonition of Death
- Bardock Falls
- CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA
- Vegeta’s Irritation
- The Adventure Begins
- Bulma’s Wish: Another Five Years
- Freeza’s Wish: Another Five Centimeters
- The Wild Child, Broly
- An Unexpected Bounty
- Broly’s Sorrowful Situation
- Memories of Bah
- Frieza and Broly
- Broly Begins to Battle
- Awakened Power
- Kakarrot vs. Broly
- Broly Evolves
- Prelude to a Comeback
- Broly’s Rage and Sorrow
- Will They Fuse?!
- The Birth of Gogeta!
- The World in Danger
- Broly vs Gogeta (Theme Song)
- Omen of Battle
- Full-Force Kamehameha
- Freeza’s Ambition
- Friendship with Broly
- I’m Kakarrot
- Blizzard (Movie Edit)
To the surprise of many fans of the Dragon Ball series, when the soundtrack was released (but before the movie was aired) many discovered that the song titles were arranged so that they provide relevant information about the story that was going to happen within the movie. This information seemed to be deliberated displayed in chronological order, starting with the rebirth of Frieza’s army, then focusing on the story of Broly. The theme song “Bardock Falls” made fans suspect that he could end up dying in this part of the story.
Fans then theorized that the story would talk about the past of the Saiyan (“The Wild Child, Broly”) and finally also about the battle against Goku and Vegeta. Here, the expected fusion between Goku and Vegeta would take place, giving life to Gogeta, which would mark the climax of the fight that would end with a powerful Kamehameha.
The song called “Friendship With Broly” raised many doubts among fans before the movie’s release, as the case of the legendary Saiyan befriending someone would cause Broly’s story to end in a significantly different way than what was shown in his previous appearances.
Other Movie Soundtracks
Here are a list of other soundtracks released for Dragon Ball Movies
- Dragon Ball Z: Music Collection Vol. 1 (1992)
- Dragon Ball Z: Music Collection Vol. 2 (1993)
- Dragon Ball Z: Kiken na Futari! Super Senshi wa Nemurenai Music Collection (1994)
- Dragon Ball Z: Super Senshi Gekiha!! Katsu no wa Ore Da Music Collection (1994)
- Dragon Ball: Saikyō e no Michi Original Soundtrack (1997)
- Dragonball Evolution: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2009)
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods Original Soundtrack (2013)
- Dragon Ball Z: Fukkatsu no "F" Original Soundtrack (2015)
Links
Dragon Ball Series
Dragon Ball Z Series
Dragon Ball Kai Series
Dragon Ball Super Series
Dragon Ball GT Series
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Akira Toriyama