Dragonball Evolution: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Dragonball Evolution: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Brian Tyler and the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra
Released	March 17, 2009 (2009-03-17) (see Release history)
Recorded	Newman Scoring Stage
Genre	Film score
Length	56:77
Label	Varèse Sarabande
Producer	Brian Tyler Robert Townson
Alternative cover
International Cover

Dragonball Evolution: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the licensed soundtrack to the 2009 Twentieth Century Fox film Dragonball Evolution by composer Brian Tyler. It was released on March 17, 2009 in the US,^[1] on March 30, 2009 in Europe,^[2] and on April 15, 2009 in Japan.^[3]

The score was met with positive reviews from music critics who also drew comparisons to Tyler's previous works as well as other composer works.

Development

A fan of the franchise, Tyler jumped at the job when he was offered it before filming even began. He called director James Wong stating that "they could make the film very, very epic". Tyler stated that the basis for his score is on the vibe that film is a parallel universe with a mythic aspect.^[4] He began work on the project before the initial filming^[5] by writing various themes to the anime itself. With the notion that a particular theme would be fitting for characters such as Goku, Piccolo, and Gohan. Tyler stated that he didn't want to go with "pop, synthpop stuff" that was presented in the anime as it was live-action. Yet he wanted something that "kind of stood outside of time a little bit more". But there are references to contemporary music within the score.^[6] Tyler conducted the score with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra at the Newman Scoring Stage on the Twentieth Century Fox lot. With orchestrations by Robert Elhai, Brad Warnaar, Dana Niu, and Pakk Hui.^[7]

Track List

#	Track title	time
01	The Legend	1:13
02	Dragonball Evolution	3:26
03	Fulums	5:14
04	Kaiou Samma	2:34
05	Goku	3:09
06	Gohan's Special Gift	0:57
07	Master Roshi	3:45
08	The Journey Begins	0:58
09	Lighting the Torches	2:44
10	Vengeance	5:55
11	Chasing Dragonballs	2:41
12	Lord Piccolo	2:51
13	Mai Vs Chi Chi	3:55
14	A Higher Calling	2:03
15	Body Work	1:26
16	I Dream of Chi Chi	0:54
17	Grime Vinyl	1:52
18	Unwelcome Strangers	2:12
19	Bulma and Yamcha	1:51
20	Things to Come	1:42
21	Battle	6:20
22	End Game	1:32
23	Dragonball Evolution Main Titles	1:32

Reception

The album received a fair reception in contrast to its corresponding film. In his Evolution review, Zac Bertschy of Anime News Network gave the score a C grade.^[8] Christopher Coleman of TrackSounds praised the soundtrack, stating that Tyler's status as a fan of the series helped fuel his performance. He then recommended the album for those who enjoyed Tyler's work in such films as Timeline and Eagle Eye.^[9] David Abraham Dueck referred to the soundtrack as "a solidly engaging, robust, and complex musical thrill ride". Yet he felt that it wasn't groundbreaking, stating that did very little to stylistically deviate from Tyler other works.^[10] Tom Hoove of ScoreNotes gave the soundtrack an eight out of ten, citing the music as respectable. Yet like Dueck, Hoove would comment that the score was not groundbreaking, he then continued that the percussion sequences were easy to get into, and would also go on record citing "Chasing Dragonballs" and "Grime Vinyl" as favorite tracks.^[11] James Southall of Movie Wave gave the soundtrack three and a half stars. As he felt that while the soundtrack played too long, it was not much of a problem. As Tyler was able to keep his pace throughout the film. He would also describe that album as an amalgamation of Timeline and Danny Elfman's Batman and Spider-Man scores.^[12]

Release history

Country	Date
United States	March 17, 2009 (2009-03-17)
Europe	March 30, 2009 (2009-03-30)
Japan	April 15, 2009 (2009-04-15)

References

1. ^ "Varèse Sarabande Product Details Dragonball Evolution". Varèse Sarabande. http://www.varesesarabande.com/details.asp?pid=vsd%2D302%2D066%2D954%2D2. Retrieved March 26, 2009. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Dragonball Evolution: Original Soundtrack". Play.com. http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/9007431/-/Product.html?searchstring=dragonball+evolution&searchsource=0#. Retrieved February 19, 2009. 
3. ^ "ブライアン・テイラー/オリジナル・サウンドトラック『DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION』[Original recording] [Soundtrack]". Amazon.co.jp. http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B001TKUM1M. Retrieved March 31, 2009. 
4. ^ "Part 2 of Collider’s Exclusive Video Interview with Composer Brian Tyler". Collider.com. September 29, 2008. http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/9314/tcid/1. Retrieved February 23, 2009. 
5. ^ Collura, Scott (April 15, 2009). "The Fast & Furious Evolution of Brian Tyler: Pt. 2, From Dragonball to Rambo to Aliens vs. Predator… Page 1". IGN. http://music.ign.com/articles/973/973302p1.html. Retrieved April 26, 2009. 
6. ^ Collura, Scott (April 15, 2009). "The Fast & Furious Evolution of Brian Tyler: Pt. 2, From Dragonball to Rambo to Aliens vs. Predator… Page 2". IGN. http://music.ign.com/articles/973/973302p2.html. Retrieved April 26, 2009. 
7. ^ Goldwasser, Dan (February 6, 2009). "Brian Tyler scores Dragonball Evolution". ScoringSessions.com. http://www.scoringsessions.com/news/172/. Retrieved February 6, 2009. 
8. ^ "Dragonball Evolution - Review - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. March 16, 2009. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dragonball-evolution. Retrieved March 19, 2009. 
9. ^ Coleman, Christopher. "Great Balls of Fire". TrackSounds. http://www.tracksounds.com/reviews/dragonball_evolution_brian_tyler.htm. Retrieved April 16, 2009. 
10. ^ David Abraham Dueck (April 8, 2009). "Dragonball: Evolution Soundtrack Review, Another Thrilling Action Score from Brian Tyler". Suite101. http://popmusic.suite101.com/article.cfm/dragonball_evolution_soundtrack_review. Retrieved April 19, 2009. 
11. ^ Hoove, Tom. "Dragonball: Evolution". ScoreNotes. http://scorenotes.com/soundtracks/dragonball.html. Retrieved April 26, 2009. 
12. ^ Southall, James. "Dragonball: Evolution, Exciting action score marks a real return to form for Tyler". Movie Wave. http://www.movie-wave.net/titles/dragonball_evolution.html. Retrieved May 18, 2009.