Dragon Ball TV Series Soundtracks - Dragon Ball

The following is a compilation of official, released soundtracks according to each respective installment of the Dragon Ball anime adaptations.

Dragon Ball Super

The entirety of the soundtrack for the Dragon Ball Super anime series was composed by Norihito Sugimoto (住友紀人). To date there are two CD compilations.

Dragon Ball Super: Original Soundtrack
Released on February, 2016. This CD contains 70 different tracks which include all of the music used for the show up until the Future Trunks saga. It contains the extended version of the opening and ending, as well as their TV-size version.

Notable Tracks:

Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic! (超絶☆ダイナミック！ Chōzetsu Dainamikku!!). The first opening of the show. Singer Kazuya Yoshii performs the original version in Japanese as well as the English-language version.
Hello Hello Hello (ハローハローハロー). The first ending of the show. Performed by Japanese band Good Morning America. The English version is performed by musician Jonathan Young.

Dragon Ball Super: Original Soundtrack. Vol. 2
Released on 2018 (February 28th), the CD contains all music featured in the show’s last sagas. There are 61 tracks in the CD.

Notable Tracks:

Limit-Break X Survivor (限界突破×サバイバー, Genkai Toppa x Sabaibā) performed by Kiyoshi Hikawa.
Haruka (遥), performed by Japanese band Lacco Tower. The English version is performed by singer Zachary J. Willis.

Dragon Ball Z

The Dragon Ball Z series spawned several soundtrack releases, both in Japan and around the world. As the show was airing, from 1989 until 1996, many CDs were released by Columbia Records Japan which featured many of the shows original songs, character themes, and instrumental adaptations. This collection is widely known as the Dragon Ball Z: Hit Song Collection Series, and is made up of the following releases:

Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection II: Miracle Zenkai Power!!
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection III: Space Dancing
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection IV: Character Special
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection V: Journey of Light
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection VI: BP∞ Battle Points Unlimited
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection VII: The Journey of the 7 Balls
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 8: Character Special 2
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 8 ½ : Special
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 9: Future Shock!!
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 10: Virtual Triangle
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 11: The Room of ‘Mind and Time’
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 12: DBZ a Go Go!!
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 13: Battle & Hope
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 14: Straight
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 15: Sunlight & City Lights
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 16: We Gotta Power
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 17: Hippy Hoppy Shake!!
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 18: Praise the Future
Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 18 ½ : Special Remix

Additionally, there was a final release in the Hit Song Collection Series which compiled the best and most well-loved songs by fans into two CDs. The official name for this release is Dragon Ball Z: Hit Song Collection Best. Never Ending Story.

Subsequent to the show’s completion, a CD box was released containing all of the vocal tracks found in the original soundtrack, as well as some rare tracks that were never released before. This CD, the Dragon Ball Z Complete Song Collection, was released in 2003 by Columbia Records.

An American replica of this same model was released from 2001 to 2006. It spawned nine different albums, all containing original songs (composed by Robert Wasserman) which were written exclusively for the American dub of Dragon Ball Z.

Additional Dragon Ball Z Soundtrack releases:

Dragon Ball Z: Best Song Collection "Legend of Dragonworld" (2006)
Dragon Ball Z: BGM Collection (2006)
Dragon Ball Z Complete Song Collection Box: Mightiest Recorded Legend (2008)

Dragon Ball Z Kai

The original soundtrack for Dragon Ball Z Kai was written by musicians Kenji Yamamoto and Dragon Soul. It includes three different releases, which feature all of the original music composed for the show. Opening and ending themes, background music as well as unused bonus tracks can be found in these three releases:

Dragon Ball Z Kai: Original Soundtrack
Dragon Ball Z Kai: Original Soundtrack 2
Dragon Ball Z Kai: Original Soundtrack III & Songs

Dragon Ball GT

The show features original music composed by Akihito Tokunaga, although it makes use of popular Japanese artists of the time (1996). These include:

Field of View: Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku (DAN DAN 心魅かれてく)
Deen: Hitori Janai (ひとりじゃない)
Zard: Don’t You See!
Shizuka Kudou: Blue Velvet
Wands: Sabitsuita Machine Gun de Ima o Uchinukō (錆びついたマシンガンで今を撃ち抜こう)

Adaptations

Given the immense popularity of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z in particular, many variations of the openings and endings exist, with some countries having more than one version of the same song simultaneously. In Spain, for example, the opening song Cha-La Head-Cha-La (チャラ・ヘッチャラ Chara Hetchara) has many variations. A Spanish version is broadcasted for the whole region and exclusive versions for autonomous provinces’ local TV stations: a galician version for Galicia, a basque version for Basque Country, and a catalan version for Catalonia.

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Dragon Ball Series
Dragon Ball Z Series
Dragon Ball Kai Series
Dragon Ball Super Series
Dragon Ball GT Series
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