- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection Series
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Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection Series (ドラゴンボールZ ヒット曲集 Doragon Bōru Zetto Hitto Kyokushū) is a soundtrack series from the anime Dragon Ball Z. It was produced and released by Columbia Records of Japan from July 21, 1989 to March 20, 1996 the show's entire lifespan. The collection features a variety of theme songs, insert songs, image songs (songs inspired by the show.), character songs, instrumental suites, remixes, and medleys. The collection is sought after by many DBZ fans and is considered the holy grail of anime soundtracks by few. On September 20, 2006, Columbia re-released the Hit Song Collection on their Animex 1300 series.
Contents
List of Albums
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection (1989)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 2: Miracle Zenkai Power!! (1989)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 3: Space Dancing (1990)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 4: Character Special (1990)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 5: Journey of Light (1990)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 6: BP∞ Battle Points Unlimited (1991)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 7: The Journey of the 7 Balls (1991)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 8: Character Special 2 (1991)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 8½: Special (1991)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 9: Future Shock!! (1991)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 10: Virtual Triangle (1992)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 11: The Room of 'Mind and Time' (1992)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 12: DBZ a Go Go!! (1992)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 13: Battle & Hope (1992)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 14: Straight (1993)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 15: Sunlight & City Lights (1993)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 16: We Gotta Power (1994)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 17: Hippy Hoppy Shake!! (1995)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 18: For Participation of the Future (1996)
- Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection 18½ Special: Super Remix (1996)
List of Artist
The hit song collection has featured an impressive list of Japanese artists.
In alphabetical order:
- Ammy
- Broadway
- CHIHO/Chiho Kiyooka
- DBZ Cast
- Dragon Magic Orchestra
- Goji Tsuno
- Heavy Duty
- Hiroki Takahashi
- Hironobu Kageyama
- Ichiro’s Group
- Jun'ichiro Oda
- Junko Uchida
- Koji Kaya
- Kuko
- Manna
- Monolith
- Mariko Takase
- Masako Iwanaga
- Mikio Katsumata
- Namek Troupe
- Naoko Umino
- Pink Dragon
- Pochi featuring Apple Pie
- Rei
- Sachi Hanaoka
- Satoko Yamano
- Shines
- Shin'ichi Ishihara
- Taneri
- Team DBZ
- Tokio
- Tom
- Tricky Shirai
- Ushio Hashimoto
- Waffle
- Yasumi
- YUKA/Yūka Satō
CD Box Sets
With the debut of the Hit Song Collection there have been a few CD sets released featuring songs from the series. The sets range from theme songs to compilations of theme and image songs. The first was the five disc Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z: Great Complete Collection in 1994 to the more recent two disc Dragon Ball Z: Best Song Collection "Legend of Dragonworld" in 2006 are a few of these sets.
Dragon Ball Z Complete Song Collection
Dragon Ball Z Complete Song Collection (ドラゴンボールZ コンプリート・ソングコレクション Doragon Bōru Zetto Konpurīto Songu Korekushon) is a CD soundtrack box set released by Columbia Records of Japan in 2003. The collection is made up of four three disc volumes that span the entire Hit Song Collection Series vocal track library. The collection also includes songs from some of the video game soundtracks (mainly Ultimate Battle 22 and Legends) and rare tracks that prior to this release were only available as bonus tracks on the 8mm singles of the closing themes to movies 10-13. This set is quite sought after by the Dragon Ball fans who missed out on owning the individual albums in the Hit Song Collection series. However many fans have bought this set despite already owning all of the Hit Song Collection albums. Individuals that don't own the Hit Song Collection or this set still got a little something out of this collection if they already own the Great Complete Collection & Never Ending Story.
List of Volumes
Categories:- Dragon Ball soundtrack albums
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